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[emoji50] Disu!

Disu showing … need Hunter and Mitchell to bring it.

Horton covering their number 1 scorer who has like 6 inches on him is doom

The lighting for this video feed is like low quality I’ve seen when Lamar university plays at home on espn +

It's a weird combo of things in my opinion. Our guards are inconsistent and outside Hunter well below average on defense and ball handling (and Hunter's not a great ball handler). The new pieces are still a work in progress far as meshing and complimentary basketball. Our stud portal transfer is still getting used to higher level competition and is a bit less polished as far as shot selection and being able to get teammates involved than we hoped. There is a clear drop in defensive consistency and intensity from Beard's teams and that is concerning since it seems like opponents get to the basket a lot easier than the previous 2 years. There's been stretches this year where the team shows it's good enough when motivated, aggressive and clicking to be a possible 2nd weekend NCAA tourney team, but the inconsistency is concerning. When things aren't working, the great coaches will adapt and change to maximize their roster talent. Terry seems like he is still trying to figure that part out consistently. He's experimented with lineups that have shown promising results and also stuck with discombobulated lineups and guys who were having really bad games. We also don't really have a Sir Jabari Rice rock we can rely on in the crunch... and the defensive energy and focus tends to be bipolar during games. This is not a talent depleted team or a team with a clueless coach... it's once where neither team nor coaches have been able to consistently build forward without taking the steps backwards along the way. These concerns are amplified by the fact we are already > 1/3 of the way into the season.

Not a weird hate … I just expect him to be a lot sharper decision wise due to his experience and pedigree as a transfer … call it high expectations / tough love … I’ll root for him every game, just hoping to see some 5th year senior leading ncaa scorer pedigree and poise bubble up to bring this teams mean up several notches … his inconsistency is frustrating for me but I’m a demanding old bastard at times.

Abmas setting up and heaving bricks 6 feet behind the 3 point arc when there’s 10 feet of open space in front of him is a head scratcher

Texas not rotating and closing out at 100% so that helps the 3 point percentage for UTA at the moment

Starting big12 play by bitch-stomping tech would be a nice statement that the team is ramped up for the conference schedule … I liked the big lineup and hunter’s reappearance last game … just need Abmas to be more controlled with ball security and shoot selection on offense and steering his man into a big defender on defense … otherwise reduce his minutes a bit while weaver and Cunningham d-up on the opposing shooting guards

Abmas struggling to score and take care of the ball 1/3 of the way into the season against UNCG is not a reassuring sign for Big 12 play

It helps having the right guys on the floor … but consistent effort is going to be a key

Even 80% of tonight’s Hunter with the three bigs clicking on the court makes this team look like one with a viable sweet 16 chance

No. He has not played up to his resume and hype yet … he’s been below average on defense and handling the ball and his shot selection has been less than expected so far

Horton and Abmas on the floor together is a big negative for us on the defensive end

I like shed at the 5, disu as the stretch 4 and Mitchell as the 3

That little run with 3 bigs on the floor was promising

Our guards have been slow passing off the screen to the wide open screener (Disu and Shedrick) who pops off the screen

It’s refreshing to have a little big man depth

Poor shot selection … max needs to be moving off screens without the ball to look for an open shot … very weak guard play (minus weaver) on both ends more often than not

The interior and help defense is a shell of what it was last year with the beard holdovers … this ain’t the play of a tourney bound Texas team at the moment

He did that with two nba big men on the roster

Th one bright spot of this game is weaver showing he deserves more playing time .. pay attention, Rodney.

Embarrassing performance

Max as the primary ball handler is not pretty … his passing and defense are poor

Weaver gonna play in the league if he can fine tune that raw talent