Temple: Round 2

[jacobkdoyle]

Game is Saturday at 12 PM EST on ESPNU.

We all know what happened the first time. Probably our worst game of the season.

Temple is 3-2 in AAC. They blew a 6 point halftime lead and lost by 2 @ Memphis last night. They also lost by 27 to Houston. Wins are over us, @ UConn and vs ECU.

I'm guessing we'll be -5.

UC 67
Temple 58

[UCBearcats]

Temple is a bad basketball team with a good coach, we're a good basketball team with a bad coach..........I think our better players find a way to win this game.

UC - 75

Temple - 62

[WAITE HOYT 2]

Originally Posted by jacobkdoyle

Game is Saturday at 12 PM EST on ESPNU.

We all know what happened the first time. Probably our worst game of the season.

Temple is 3-2 in AAC. They blew a 6 point halftime lead and lost by 2 @ Memphis last night. They also lost by 27 to Houston. Wins are over us, @ UConn and vs ECU.

I'm guessing we'll be -5.

UC 67
Temple 58

There you go Jake. This is our next must win game. If this team scores 77 against us on Saturday I'll break my TV. Philly kids are tuff!! We got to be tougher. No way we can go 0-2 against this group.

[Madman81]

another dreaded noon tip off on the road

[ucswais]

Bearcats 308th in adjusted tempo
Temple 327th

Yet, they just played to 77-70.... will anyone miss a shot this time around? Probably

[WAITE HOYT 2]

Originally Posted by Madman81

another dreaded noon tip off on the road

Time for the cats to understand how good a nooner can be.

[ucswais]

Not sure who else saw that finish last night, but they tied the game with 2 seconds left after they had been fouling to stop the clock. Memphis threw it in and a Temple kid immediately fouled him with 1 second left... I'm pretty sure he thought they were still behind and fouling. Ouch

[Bearcat513]

The early game time on the road always scares me. Still, I think we will win this time around. I just don't see them shooting 50% against us again.

Are they still the worst shooting team in the AAC?

[Madman81]

Originally Posted by ucswais

Not sure who else saw that finish last night, but they tied the game with 2 seconds left after they had been fouling to stop the clock. Memphis threw it in and a Temple kid immediately fouled him with 1 second left... I'm pretty sure he thought they were still behind and fouling. Ouch

oh, man - people here would crucify mick for one of his kids making that mistake.

[L-T]

Originally Posted by Madman81

oh, man - people here would crucify mick for one of his kids making that mistake.

.....and rightfully so. Listen, we all praised him and praised him back in November. When he does positive things, he earns positive comments. It's a fan site. Some will love him, some will not love him. You love him now. Me...not so much. But, when we get that Elite 8 or better this year, he'll be "Da Man"! That's where I thought we were headed in November, and some ESPN analysts were touting us as a Final 4 contender. Not hearing that talk anymore, but I'm not dropping my expectation. The talent is there. Players are playing worse than we know they can play. It's the head coach's job to draw it back out of them.