blgstocks said:
well said. i had a lot more of my heart in this game than money. very disappointed with the tigers effort. so sad to see every player come unglued at the same time. darius was the only player that played ok. this was easily memphis's worst game of the year. the entire game cannot be blamed on one player because all 11 were bad. i can assure you that joey dorsey picking up 2 fouls with 16min left in the game was the beginning of the end. anyway, the poor ft shooting kept the score close. however, i am sick of hearing about how good ucla's def was. farmar held darius on about every play. if good def is played with the hands all over your opponent than every ucla fan should be upset that they beat ark for the national title several years back. that ark team fouled so much the refs couldn't call them all. it is funny that memphis gets no credit for ucla's poor performance last night, but memphis struggles were do to ucla's def.
there were so many blown layups, shots hanging on the rim,etc. the tigers had a melt down and it may been due to youth. however, there is no good excuse for last night's debacle. that team that played in the memphis' uniforms last night looked nothing like anything i have seen all year.
and yes, coaching was horrible for memphis as well. the fact that shawne willaims never posted once in the first half is a travesty.
lastly, the unforced errors and unforced bad shots can only be blamed on memphis. this effort was an embarrassment to bball in general and i think anyone that had to watch it was disappointed.
forgive me for not giving ucla much credit because i don't think they had to work hard to win. memphis was indescribably awful.
congrats to ucla and their bettors.
on a side note, i typically cheer for the pac ten in the tourney because i never get to see a lot of their games until this time of year.