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AJ needs the night off Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’d have taken a one point game at the half if it was offered beforehand Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

OU focusing on driving it inside and we suddenly want to launch bad threes Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That’s the result of mother not being able to run faster than her brother genetics Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sims won the tip Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hepa needs to get back to his man after he helps on the screen ... he’s been leaving Coleman against their center too much Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Watchable basketball so far Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

OU should be very beatable in Austin. That said, of their top three players, two are front court players, which means someone will have to help Sims defend and rebound. Their best player is Doolittle who runs about 6'7" and about 230. If we go small ball, Febres will be assigned to battle Doolittle or a taller big man, and it won't be pretty. Otherwise, Kai, Hepa, Hamm and/or Liddell will need to step up. I expect a low scoring, ugly game. If we give up a lot of second chance points, can't get to the line more than 6 times, and don't hit at least 1/3 of our open looks it will be an ugly loss rather than an ugly win.

I'd guess those were Incarnate Word or UT Rio Grande's numbers (minus perhaps the blocked shots) if I didn't know any better. Even more damning is the fact these stats were accumulated against a VERY soft early schedule, which announcers like Lowell have heralded as Texas' best start in several years without providing the important caveat that the wins came against an out of conference schedule that A&M Corpus Christi might consider too bottom heavy. The Purdue game was an outlier... a tease of what this team could be if they drove the ball inside to draw fouls. There's blood and guts in the water. You either turn into a turtle or fight like hell to keep your job. I'm seeing a quiet turtle on the sideline at our games.

The main oddity for me was getting used to having a large portion of the vehicle on my left side when turning and driving through tight spots. It's weird being positioned in the car with a curb/vehicle/oncoming traffic so close on off your right elbow.

I get the fact we have basketball games on LHN each year (though not a fan of the network), but why the hell are there also conference games on a 2nd PPV service (ESPN+) this year? Shitty.

Sims played with fire and pride. Hepa played with the hustle and fire expected of college player, though his stats were sparse (probably due in part to the fact he got zero meaningful minutes in a real game until about 10 games into the season). The most introverted guy on our team and the guy who had every reason to check out after getting no minutes early in the season stepped up. Coleman is a plus on the court. Sims' play was the only thing keeping things remotely watchable from a Texas perspective. The rest of the team needs to be running sprints today. Add those 3 guys who showed up in Waco to any other team in our conference and you have a team that can take the #2 spot in our conference and make a run into the 2nd weekend of the NCAA tournament. The rest of team is a hot mess of soft play, lack of development, minimal sense of time/situation, and wanting to get their three point shots up. Guys like Ramey, Hamm and Kai have shown glimpses of the right attitude. Baker, Williams, and Cunningham have not seen enough time to get any feel for the college game or be expected to offer any real contribution this year. AJ is best in an off the bench role until he gets stronger and shows the desire/ability to play smart with 100% effort on both ends of the court. Liddell has gone from showing promise to being a complete WTF. He doesn't seem to have a clue what position he is playing or what he is supposed to be doing on either end of the court. Febres is way too soft to be playing anything other than a 10 min a game, shooting guard role off the bench... maybe as a 8th man. Living and dying by his 3 point shot is asinine. I'd get it more if he was a huge, motivating, aggressive personality and strong defender, but his defense and rebounding are 2nd string Lady Longhorn on a good day. He's becoming the next Eric Davis, Jr who gets paraded out at the expense of other players' development on the hope that he taps into his twice a year scorch the nets effort. For reasons unknown, Hepa suddenly exited the doghouse and is getting real minutes and showing he deserved then all along. Time to give some other guys real time. At this point, I've ever up for spinning the wheels on Cunningham in Febres' role for a game or two to see what he has. I'd also try something nuts like running Hepa at SF and Jai / Hamm at PF. Our guard stacked line-ups are not cutting it. Hell, maybe run Baker and Sims at the same time and play a 3-2 zone for a bit on defense. Let Ramey backup Coleman and fight with AJ and Febres for SG minutes. Bench any player who jacks up a contested brick 3 pointer early with more than 3 seconds on the shot clock. If we lose any more games to a team that shoots 31% overall and 29% from the 3 point line, I think you need to fire Shaka and his "offensive coordinator" and let Yaklich and his choice of fill-ins ride the rest of the season out. We can't be worse on offense with him running the show.

It does really remind me of the level of coaching, aggressiveness, and basketball iq i saw in a low level high school game last year ... in that game parents were yelling at their kids on the court about what to do... Sims and hepa were the only guys who fought and played like they really cared to be on the court tonight ..and hepa had zero points ... I’m certain every coach in the conference is dying to play us... looks like we have maybe 4-6 wins left in the tank this year Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Can we hire Fran to finish out the season as coach? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

2-14 from 3 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Give Liddell, Williams and Cunningham a look... febres is hurting the team this game Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I must say hepa’s defense looks exponentially better than last year Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Fran just ripped the fuck out of febres for soft play Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’d be happy not seeing febres in another game until he quits playing like a soft, 13 year old ... give his minutes to someone who will hustle ... a walk-on can stand around and jack up clunker 3s if we need that Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sims and Coleman playing well ... Hepa hustling ... nobody else seems to want anything to do with a physical college level basketball game right now Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

2nd possession turnover by AJ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

First shot of the second half contested three-point airball by Febres Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ramey and Coleman have clearly been told to drive inside but nobody else has a clue what they need to do as/when that happens Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

3 trips to the free throw line 1/7 on three point attempts ... Febres 1 point 3 turnovers... Baylor up 13 at half Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Zero movement by any player to fill lanes on offense when the pg drives ... just standing at the 3 point line Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk