Tough game to watch as a long time fan of Memphis athletics. Aside from constantly going under screens in the 1st half which led to a lot of wide open looks for Gonzaga, Penny's team really played the first 20 minutes about as well as could be expected. Then in the 2nd half, we all got quickly reminded as to which team has Mark Few as their head coach.
Either way, I thought Memphis played their hearts out and did about all they could to take the arguably best team in college ball to the final seconds, but it did get me wondering some about Penny. i.e. Is he always going to be Cal Jr for his coaching career where he can bring in top talent, but struggle to keep them and struggle to ever put all the pieces together in a way that makes a genuine championship-caliber team?