If we ignore whatever that was that he threw up with 13 seconds left and no shot clock, he battled in that 2nd half. He's gonna be seeing a lot of double teams going forward and I thought he handled it well tonight.
Honestly, my new threshold for a successful season is seeing Murphy get a double double in every game.
He was 5-14 from the field, had 4 turnovers, and completely choked at the free throw line.
He was 5-14 from the field, had 4 turnovers, and completely choked at the free throw line.
He was 7-8 from the line, but missed the one that could have put us in position to win. I guess it's true that he choked, but this was an above average free throw shooting performance for him.
Anyone in their right mind takes 7-8 all day long. He didn't choke. I guy can actually be tired.
Related but off topic...either Murphy or his doppelganger works floor security at some of the Wolves home games.
Murphy is NOT going to get good looks easily with Lynch and Coffey replaced by Konate and Hurt. You don't have to guard either one and they can double Murphy all game.
In HS my team had three of our starters foul out and we lost similarly to the Gophers loss against Indiana. I took 22 shots and made 11 but I felt terrible for shooting so much. I usually made about 65% of my shots.
Point is, Murphy won't be near as efficient without others helping to spread the defense.
Murphy is NOT going to get good looks easily with Lynch and Coffey replaced by Konate and Hurt. You don't have to guard either one and they can double Murphy all game.
In HS my team had three of our starters foul out and we lost similarly to the Gophers loss against Indiana. I took 22 shots and made 11 but I felt terrible for shooting so much. I usually made about 65% of my shots.
Point is, Murphy won't be near as efficient without others helping to spread the defense.
If we ignore whatever that was that he threw up with 13 seconds left and no shot clock, he battled in that 2nd half. He's gonna be seeing a lot of double teams going forward and I thought he handled it well tonight.
Honestly, my new threshold for a successful season is seeing Murphy get a double double in every game.
Was anyone else screaming "timeout!" when Fitz got the offensive rebound off Mason's miss? I think it was a no brainer and coach missed it. You don't call timeout off the made freethrow because you can get the ball in your point guards hands and not allow the defense to set up. But when Fitz get's the rebound, off balance and in the corner with 12 seconds left, you call a timeout. Instead, Fitz rushes a pass to Murph and he shoots the worst shot of the game. I was really upset about that one.
With this, I'm assuming Pitino can call the timeout and it doesn't have to be the player here...
Story in the link is a few years old but pretty sure this is still in effect. A player would have had to call the timeout since the possession was not started by an inbounds pass.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/17981256/coaches-now-allowed-call-inbound-plays-per-ncaa-rule-tweak