Memphis Reaction
Jim Boeheim won tonight's game in the locker room at haltime. Something changed with the zone in the second half that I'm not smart enough to fully comprehend, but basically, the two forwards extended the pressure out to the wings. It was enough to take away those corner threes Memphis was getting in the first. It also disrupted the perimeter passing just enough to get the Tigers offense totally out of whack. The Memphis coach, Babyface Curly McGee, took forever to figure out what to do. Finally, at around 7:30 to go, with the SU's lead around 8, he tried to drop one of his forwards a few feet inside the three point line (in the bottom right corner of the your TV screen). They got one easy bucket out of that adjustment before the SU forwards figured out what they were doing. Awareness, coupled with SU's length, was enough to disrupt that plan. Sallie going cold (inevitable) and Kris Joseph's 2nd half both helped, but ultimately it was Boeheim out-coaching B. C. McGee.
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posted by Prof. A at 8:57 PM
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The thing against Pitt was our inability to hit easy shots. I think we win that game nine times out of 10. It was ridiculous.
The first half against Memphis was worrying because, strangely, we kept missing lay-ins, etc. I was concerned that, really, "easy" shots weren't easy for the Orange.
The second half proved that worry unfounded. ...at least for the final 20 minutes in an early January game.
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