SantaBull

Anything is possible!

Can't change the past. Tonight reminds us what is possible and giving it to UCF makes it even sweeter.

Great job by the players and coaches tonight! One of the best nights to be a USF fan since the baseball team went to the Super Regionals!

That's Whore-lando for ya.

Playing much better on both ends of the floor tonight without Boggs.

He has 5x as many 3's tonight as the entire UCF team. That is the difference in the game.

That would be nice. Homeless people need live basketball too.

The night is young!

Please leave Gregory in the locker room at half time so he doesn't blow another second half lead.

We got blown out by #7 on this list.

I guess we are all arguing how to best put lipstick on a pig LOL

Who do you have run the point then? You can't put Greene there because he is not a distributor and is our best outside shooter - we need to be running him off screens not having 9 sets of eyeballs watching him bring it up the court. Chaplin is a true small forward and is starting to surge, so do you flip flop and him and Murphy? Now you have 2 players out of position Even if you had a capable PG replacement, Murphy can't play the 2 because he has abandoned shooting open 3 pointers (in favor of taking one dribble in for a contested long 2 pointer). He plays more like a small forward but he is too small for that position. Whatever you gain, if anything, in playing him at the 2 or 3 you more than give up by the downgrade at the point position. The only solution is to keep Murphy there and develop him.

The baseball analogies are funny - pitching and playing the field are completely different skill sets. Murphy if I remember played both the 1 and 2 in high school has played mostly the 1 since he has been here (~35 games). Early in his freshman year he displayed excellent passing skills, but his passing and long-range shooting skills have diminished. I think its a combination of confidence, the roles he is being asked to play (to your point), the lack of talent around him, and the lack development/coaching from the staff. To be clear, I don't want Murphy to go but he has regressed in some areas of his game, and the best way for him to reach his potential may be to get away from Gregory.

UCF 14 Chaplin - 15 Tchewa - 7 67%

I agreed with the part that we miss too many open shots. These are D1 players and each of them should have a place on the court where they have the greatest likelihood of making a shot they are comfortable with (e.g Fred Lewis) at the elbow). I'm not saying this is exclusively on Murphy, although his ability to dribble to penetrate should generate alot more easy baskets for others, but also think Gregory should be running plays that get the ball to people where they can make a basket. What happened to this alleged Princeton offense I was hearing about in the offseason where we should be seeing back cuts to the basket for lay ups? This goes back to the OP that Gregory has to go - Murphy's development depends on it.

Funny. That's why I quoted a point guard and didn't use a strawman argument from another sport.

Most of his stats are improved but as a point guard one of your responsibilities is to get the ball to your teammates in "their spot." John Stockton said the most important stat for a PG is team FG%. USF currently ranks #341 in team FG%. The criticism is justified.

Murphy is a small forward is a 2's body. I think his passing skills have really diminished since the first half of last year. I am over watching him pass up open 3 pointers to take one dribble and throw up a contested 19 footer. The coaching staff has done him a diservice.

We are 5-9 ATS and the total has gone under in 11 of 14 games.

Gregory teams have blown 23 second half leads in the last 2+ seasons

Real Time RPI currently projects us to finish the season at 9-22. There is no logic in extending Gregory other than Kelly doesn't want to think about it so he can focus solely on fundraising, the OCS and Big 12 invite.

1. SMU 2. 17 3. Murphy - 15 4. Tchewa - 8 5. 68%

So if #346 gets you a 3 year extension, what do you have to do to get fired? If Kelly was our AD back in the day CJL might still be our HC.

We are one of the worst shooting teams in D1

Nice pitch. Plus they are programs that are pretty good.