Auburn Triumphs to 6-0, Faces Memphis for Maui Invitational Title

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00:00North Carolina falls to Auburn yesterday, but Auburn improves to 6-0.

00:07They're a top five team in the country. They take on perhaps a little bit of a

00:10surprising Memphis team who had a lot of turmoil during the offseason with their

00:15coaching staff, but they moved to 6-0. That's the Maui Championship today.

00:19What do you feel like Memphis can do against this Auburn team? Yeah, I think

00:24that where Memphis has struggled, even in winning their first two games, they've

00:28been great. To win those two games, UConn was huge, and then again in the

00:34semifinals, another enormous victory, this one over Michigan State. In both of those

00:38games, they built significant leads and struggled in the final three minutes to

00:42close out. Even though they've got multiple ball handlers, multiple attacking

00:47players, excellent free-throw shooting when the ball's in those players' hands,

00:51they've got to be able to be more aggressive in those situations at the

00:56right times. Obviously, kill the time, but then be aggressive. Instead, they're

00:59killing time and then taking pull-ups. They're not getting fouled, and they're

01:03not protecting their leads. If they're able to get a lead against Auburn, and I

01:07would probably say that Auburn is able to control this game, but if they're able

01:11to get a lead against Auburn, they have to close out. Auburn, defensively, as good

01:15as a team as there is in the country right now, 1-5 on the floor

01:20and 1-9 overall in their lineup, they're an excellent defensive team.

01:25I think Memphis struggles against that today.