Texas hosts #2 Kansas, 1pm on ESPN. KU -6

[Goo Punch 4275]

13 minutes ago, Happy Gilmore said:

We pull this out..and get the dub. Pot luck? Or is it a sign of a team turning the corner. Seems like there's been to many of those "signs" only for Shaka to shit the bed again 

yeah exactly. every time i catch myself saying, "maybe we're rounding the corner" i remember all of our past wins/great performances against really good teams, only to turn around and be as awful as ever vs some totally crap team in our next game. 

[jimmyjazz 45699]

I just don't think this team can hang with Kansas playing anything less than their best.  

They don't look like they're at their best.  Too many easy shots not going down, a continued lack of any creativity against one of the best defenses out there, and stupid turnovers.  I know it's nice to be up at half, but I really feel like this is about to fall apart.  

I hope I'm wrong.

[Revolution512 1482]

Yeah I don’t expect to win at all. I’m guessing the season is mediocre as usual. 

[Rockethorn1978 6071]

This upset win followed by losses to shit teams will help us secure that 1 seed in the NIT! Let’s goooooooo.

[jimmyjazz 45699]

15 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I just don't think this team can hang with Kansas playing anything less than their best.  

They don't look like they're at their best.  Too many easy shots not going down, a continued lack of any creativity against one of the best defenses out there, and stupid turnovers.  I know it's nice to be up at half, but I really feel like this is about to fall apart.  

I hope I'm wrong.

Welp.

[Radical Larry 28533]

KU is just having their way in the paint.

[rivin 199]

Texas and blowing it in the second half, name a more iconic duo.

[Colonel Sanders 1336]

This team can piss away any lead in 2 minutes.   

[Goo Punch 4275]

3 minutes ago, rivin said:

Texas and blowing it in the second half, name a more iconic duo.

Shaka and meaningless platitudes?

[Deej 76673]

It's what happens when your coach is a glorified cheerleader in the locker room at halftime. 

[Dewey 3284]

Lol at homeboy talking about the the FT difference for KU and its opponents, no shit

[jimmyjazz 45699]

So KU opponents average 14 FTs per game and somehow 4 attempts by Texas at 63% of the game is "business as usual"?  That extrapolates to maybe 7 free throws, Fran.

[Braff Zacklin 13498]

We don't drive inside and settle for too many 3s, I get that, but that was a pretty obvious foul from Garrett on A.J. there. Got all arm/wrist. Yet no whistle.

[GHOSTUSER 361]

Anyone else getting as annoyed as I am about the constant scroll on the bottom of the screen about the Astros and what a stupid fan survey results about the scandal. What other fans think doesn’t matter.

come on Horns.

Edited January 18, 2020 by Iconoclast Texan

[SDG 3319]

2 minutes ago, Iconoclast Texan said:

Anyone else getting as annoyed as I am about the constant scroll on the bottom of the screen about the Astros and what a stupid fan survey results about the scandal. What other fans think doesn’t matter.

come on Horns.

Actually what fans of the cheating team think doesn’t matter.  Other fans are the ones who lost opportunity.  

[dcar00 14091]

you could see that febres turnover coming a mile away. dude should never be leading a break.

[Colonel Sanders 1336]

5 minutes ago, Iconoclast Texan said:

Anyone else getting as annoyed as I am about the constant scroll on the bottom of the screen about the Astros and what a stupid fan survey results about the scandal. What other fans think doesn’t matter.

come on Horns.

I hate the scroller.   So nice to watch a game without it.

[ClubWhatever 12105]

Coleman is getting completely shut down by Dotson.  That won’t work for us.  

[Jhawk 1075]

6 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

We don't drive inside and settle for too many 3s, I get that, but that was a pretty obvious foul from Garrett on A.J. there. Got all arm/wrist. Yet no whistle.

The calls inside have been atrocious all around. Same with the Baylor v. OSU game. If you’re going to have an arc then call the game like you have one. What the fuck is it there for if you aren’t going to call contact under the basket???

[ClubWhatever 12105]

Get Jones out of there

[Goo Punch 4275]

oh Baker...

[GHOSTUSER 361]

Comments from the broadcasters about the FEC crowd sitting on their hands and a lack of energy in the building made me chuckle.

Edited January 18, 2020 by Iconoclast Texan

[jimmyjazz 45699]

Christ, get Baker off the floor.

[Deej 76673]

Shaka'd.

[Radical Larry 28533]

Shit sandwich of a sequence for Baker.

[dcar00 14091]

baker is fucking awful.  we should have let him go to some ACC school and ride the bench.

[Rockethorn1978 6071]

Will baker sucks. 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3239]

Shaka teams are so predictable and bad, we wont win this, keeping it close will be a moral victory, and some of the lemmings will hold it up as the "progress" needed to keep this clown for another year

[Goo Punch 4275]

another play designed to get Baker a three that ends in a bad turnover. just stop it Shaka. just stop. it was the exact same scenario as my earlier post- we get Baker a wide open look, he hesitates, doesn't shoot (thank god), and then tries to force a pass into the post that gets easily intercepted. just terrible play design and we haven't stopped going to it all year. 

[BigOrange1 6427]

1 minute ago, Goo Punch said:

oh Baker...

won't be putting that stretch on the ol highlight reel.

[Rockethorn1978 6071]

Watching Texas fall apart down the stretch and end up losing by 10 is pretty fitting for Shaka career.

[dcar00 14091]

Just now, The_Great_Hornsby said:

Shaka teams are so predictable and bad, we wont win this, keeping it close will be a moral victory, and some of the lemmings will hold it up as the "progress" needed to keep this clown for another year

our only chance is coleman to the bucket and someone getting hot from 3.

[perfectchaos007 6603]

Baker may be the most overrated recruit in our programs history. Might not be hyperbole 

[SDG 3319]

1 minute ago, Goo Punch said:

another play designed to get Baker a three that ends in a bad turnover. just stop it Shaka. just stop. it was the exact same scenario as my earlier post- we get Baker a wide open look, he hesitates, doesn't shoot (thank god), and then tries to force a pass into the post that gets easily intercepted. just terrible play design and we haven't stopped going to it all year. 

Why do you keep assuming we have “plays”? 

[Fozzz 152]

Will Baker was a top 40 prospect?  

[BigOrange1 6427]

definitely a smart move to pass up the wide open 3 and drive inside for that contested bullshit.

[Goo Punch 4275]

Jericho Sims should either join the track team, or quit to go pro over in Turkey or Greece. Any potential he has is being wasted here. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

Just now, Fozzz said:

Will Baker was a top 40 prospect?  

i think he ended up somewhere in the low-mid 30's. 

[dcar00 14091]

2 minutes ago, Goo Punch said:

another play designed to get Baker a three that ends in a bad turnover. just stop it Shaka. just stop. it was the exact same scenario as my earlier post- we get Baker a wide open look, he hesitates, doesn't shoot (thank god), and then tries to force a pass into the post that gets easily intercepted. just terrible play design and we haven't stopped going to it all year. 

running any play for will baker is YMCA 6th grade "get everyone a shot" feel good coaching.

[ClubWhatever 12105]

I hate how Shaka tolerates getting murdered on the defensive glass.  He’s incapable of going all Izzo on the players but I wish he would.  

[perfectchaos007 6603]

1 minute ago, Fozzz said:

Will Baker was a top 40 prospect?  

As Vitale always says, "you can't teach 7 feet!", but apparently you need more than just a 7 foot frame to play basketball.

[Goo Punch 4275]

here's a video i took last year when Baker and KJ Adams' Westlake team played Austin High. Notice the difference in impact/talent between the sophomore Adams and the HS All American senior Will Baker:

 

[Steamboat1874 4038]

Baker is fucking terrible 

[jimmyjazz 45699]

Just now, ClubWhatever said:

I hate how Shaka tolerates getting murdered on the defensive glass.  He’s incapable of going all Izzo on the players but I wish he would.  

I caught some of his show the other night on 104.9 and this was my biggest takeaway.  I'm not sure I've ever heard him talk about fundamentals, or coaching fundamentals.  EVERYTHING is always about psychology, and frankly, I don't get the feeling he's very inspiring to his guys in that context, either.

There are certain things that can be taught, and a good coach will do it.  I don't think he teaches much of anything.

[ClubWhatever 12105]

2 minutes ago, Goo Punch said:

Jericho Sims should either join the track team, or quit to go pro over in Turkey or Greece. Any potential he has is being wasted here. 

Biased take.  He’s gotten steadily better here.  He can improve more here.  

[Fozzz 152]

Watching this team play is literally hazardous to your health.

[jimmyjazz 45699]

Oh, shut up Fran.  It's the coach.

[Steamboat1874 4038]

Is that the Jaba the Hut girl that is always at the end of the scorers table that is down?

Where they are is right where she sets whoever she is

[jimmyjazz 45699]

Just now, Steamboat1874 said:

Is that the Jaba the Hut girl that is always at the end of the scorers table that is down?

Where they are is right where she sets whoever she is

She was wearing a light purple shirt today, so if that's what you're seeing, it's her.

[GHOSTUSER 361]

That’s the fucking shot we get after a TO