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Maui Invitational Thriller: Memphis Triumphs Over UConn
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11/26/2024
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The excitement was palpable to welcome back the Maui Invitational to the Lahaina Civic
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Center.
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A staple of college basketball despite being an arena that seats around 2,600 people.
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And what a show on display yesterday to start off the Maui Invitational.
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Quadruple header that started with the number two team in the country in Yukon in the two-time
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reigning national champs in Connecticut in an absolute battle against the Memphis Tigers.
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And Joe, for just the second time in the last two and a half years, in the last three college
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basketball seasons, including the NCAA tournament, Yukon loses a non-conference game as Memphis
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wins in overtime 99-97.
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The Tigers and Penny Hardaway, an outright eight-and-a-half point dog, a total of course
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in the OT of 149 and a hook, stood no chance.
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Now, you mentioned it, Dan Hurley, always a little bit emotional and excitable on that
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sideline.
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At the end of overtime, as the game was tied, his star freshman, Liam McNeely, goes up to
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grab a rebound.
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A controversial over-the-back loose ball foul is called on McNeely that sends Memphis to
01:32
the line that would have put them up just shooting the regular free throws.
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But then Dan Hurley loses his cool slightly, yells at the refs, and gets teed up.
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Now, I would say they give Dan Hurley a pretty big runway to yell at them because he screams
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even when his team is up by 35 with two minutes left to go.
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But they decided to serve up the technical, which cost Yukon late in that game.
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Not just the regular free throws on the controversial loose ball foul on Liam McNeely, but the technical
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two free throws that put Memphis ahead for good.
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And it's a shame, too, because they had to go on an 18-to-5 run, Ben, at the end of regulation
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just to get that game into overtime there.
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And then, you know, with the technicals and everything else, you're talking about seven
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straight free throws for Memphis, and that was all she wrote.
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They did have a three at the buzzer, I believe, that did not go in, otherwise that would have
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been a very interesting ending as well.
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But ultimately, at the end of the day, listen, it wasn't Hurley's technical that cost them
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the game.
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They dug themselves far too big a hole in that game.
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Shocking that they even made it back.
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But to me, there was nothing controversial about what looked like a very standard over-the-back
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foul, Ben, where it would have been called nine times out of ten in any game.
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It wouldn't have made a difference.
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Nobody would have questioned it.
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It's just that Hurley had been screaming and yelling that entire game, falling to the floor.
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I mean, it's must-watch television.
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And it really is the most entertaining thing you'll see all year long.
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