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Originally Posted by DJay23
So what did Tennessee do to Memphis that got them their win?
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It wasn't what Tennessee did, it was what Memphis did/didn't do. Memphis took in the neighborhood of 27 threes in that game. They can hit threes, but that's WAY too many attempts. They settled. They aren't shooting many threes at this point (12 or so a game), as they're absolutely attacking the basket now. Also, Rose was still deferring to a certain degree at that point. In fact, at the end of that game against the Vols, he started to take over, but it wasn't quite enough. Since then, he's really begun to assert himself, culminating in his recent amazing play.
I'm having trouble believing that KU will be able to stop Memphis. Westbrook is a great defender, and both Rose and CDR gave him fits. Collison, who's a quick and tough defender, was dominated. Should be interesting to watch.