I could not get those settings to alter the way the image displayed on the sphere.

But I found an easier way to do it.

Apply the material as normal. Set the Y and Z rotations on the sphere to +90 degrees, and then use the X axis to rotate it about its vertical axis.

Will that do it for you?

"If I were a shadow, I know I wouldn't like to be half of what I should be."
Mr Otsuka, the old black tomcat in Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)