Comments on: Reflections on the Loss to Memphis

By: Free Throws Finally Burn Memphis | Larry Brown Sports

Free Throws Finally Burn Memphis | Larry Brown Sports — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:46:57 +0000

[...] he thought so, but maybe his players were on a different wavelength. Anyway, much like I said in my reflections on the UCLA loss, free throws would eventually come back to burn Memphis. And congrats to Jason for winning the [...]

By: SpinMax

SpinMax — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:56:05 +0000

Steve Lavin should be brought back to UCLA so that I don’t have to see his face on tv every day.

By: Gene

Gene — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:58:42 +0000

Almost exactly my sentiments. However, I would add one other item: Ben Howland needs to include a zone defense in his bag of tricks. Memphis was vulnerable to a zone this year and struggled when forced to play on the perimeter (the same is true for UCLA). Zones are the great equalizers when you feel outmanned in defensive match ups.

Zones also protect players who are in foul trouble. Two times in the last three games, Collison fouled out. Shipp and Westbrook had four fouls in the Western Kentucky game and had to back off of opposing players.

Tim Floyd at USC, who may have trouble controlling his temper on the bench certainly stresses great defense, and he has frustrated UCLA and Stanford with an assortment of defenses that includes the zone.

Yes, the game was winnable for the Bruins, but not in the manner that it was played.