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Who: SMU (10-3) vs. Memphis (9-3)
When: Tuesday, December 27 @ 9P est / 8P cst
Where: FedEx Forum
TV: ESPNU
RADIO: KAAM 770 AM

Per KenPom:
SMU is projected to win 69-67 (57% Win Probability) [Tier B Game]

When SMU has the ball:
SMU Off: Scoring 110.7 pts. / 100 possessions (#43)
MEMPHIS Def: Giving up 101.5 pts. / 100 possessions (#143) LET’S FEAST

Key stats:
SMU is grabbing 40.7% of all available offensive rebounds (#7)


When MEMPHIS has the Ball
MEMPHIS Off: Scoring 108.9 pts. / 100 possessions (#61)
SMU Def: Giving up 94.4 pts. / 100 possessions (#38)

Key Stats:
Memphis is shooting 31.4% from downtown (#286) – here’s to hoping they don’t catch fire against us
Memphis is shooting 55.7% from 2 (#24) and 65.9% from the stripe (#266)
It’ll take a team effort to contain Dedric Lawson – guy has been playing like a man possessed.

Not blacked out

Tigers lead series 12-8.
At SMU: 5-4 SMU
At Memphis: 8-3 Memphis
Neutral: n/a
CUSA Play: 10-2 Memphis
AAC Play: 5-1 SMU

First Meeting: December 14th, 1953 - at Memphis - W 66-63
Last Meeting: February 25th, 2016 - at Memphis - W 69-62

Wow - SMU leads 5-1 since both of us in AAC. Didn't really realize that.

So excited! Glad we get right back at it after Christmas.

Let's start The American play with a big road win!

gostangs wrote:Wow - SMU leads 5-1 since both of us in AAC. Didn't really realize that.

Yep...the only loss to Memphis in AAC play was the last game of the regular season in 13/14 up there (67-58). Had the lead at halftime in that one too.

Was the game inbetween losing to Louisville at Moody and that horrible loss to Houston in the first round of AAC tourney play.

Mrydel, Ponyte and I were at that loss in Memphis. It hurt.

I was there, too. Sat next to Miller. The second half was so disappointing. One of those games where Nic and the rest couldn't put it together.

Memphis will probably only play 8-9 guys against SMU with Chad Rykhoek out.

GAME STATISTICS
Player GP MIN PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FG% FT% 3P%
Dedric Lawson 12 33.4 21.3 11.3 3.8 1.1 2.6 1.9 .511 .712 .302
K.J. Lawson 12 31.5 15.0 8.9 3.3 0.3 0.4 1.9 .482 .731 .400
Markel Crawford 12 32.2 13.6 4.8 2.3 1.2 0.1 1.1 .500 .780 .326
Jeremiah Martin 12 33.6 9.9 3.2 5.6 2.0 0.6 1.9 .500 .585 .281
Craig Randall II 12 19.8 7.6 1.7 1.1 1.1 0.3 1.2 .383 .500 .339
Jimario Rivers 11 18.1 6.2 3.2 1.2 0.6 1.0 0.7 .587 .667 .000
Keon Clergeot 6 11.0 5.8 1.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 1.0 .375 .800 .333
Christian Kessee 12 8.8 1.8 0.9 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.6 .240 .750 .188
Jake McDowell 6 7.2 0.8 1.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 .286 .500 .000

should be a fun game, but I'm only expecting maybe 9k there...10k tops.

I know we have a few PFs in Memphis. Just curious if Tubbs has reenergized the fanbase there. I remember last season they had completely checked out.

LA_Mustang wrote:I know we have a few PFs in Memphis. Just curious if Tubbs has reenergized the fanbase there. I remember last season they had completely checked out.

Tubs has given some life back to the fan base. Certainly hoping to be one of the happy SMU fans at the game next Tuesday.

best way to re-energize the fanbase is to win...that also helps with recruiting.

both Memphis and SMU lack a lot of depth, so it should be a entertaining game!

Everyone was concerned about Stanford because of our lack of size inside. We handled that pretty well.

Will be interesting to see if we can use our perimeter length and overall athleticism to deny inside against Memphis as well.

I have a feeling that the jitterbug point guard is really the kryptonite for our defense. In which case I think we will be good in conference play.

I hope the refs let 'em play. Otherwise it will be walk on night both ways.
We'll most likely show some zone.

There is already a UNLV style amoeba defense aspect to the team. 3/4 press, slow the team down before they get into half court. Then in half court, grab the closest player for man defense, and switch all over as players switch sides which gives it a little help zone aspect. Jank speaks about interchangeable parts on offense, but the defensive side is where they have gotten really creative with it. When they played straight man, it allowed for isolation where we were susceptible to the jitterbug. And when we helped, players were wide open for threes. Now the help comes from random places and since we switch so much there isn't isolation. Neat to watch.