Texas vs Toads B12 Tournament Game Thread ESPN2 11:30am Thurs March 10th

[Wulaw Horn 19069]

1 hour ago, dcar00 said:

#11 Temple says hi!

Too soon. That was a crime against humanity as a 6/11 game. 

[6th Street 6392]

2 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

please expound on this. making statements like this with nothing to back it up is pointless.  i find it hard to believe that a truly elite defensive team with a great tourney coach "has all the makings" of losing in the first round as a favored seed, but maybe you can change my mind with something more substantive than this ten word post you've made. 

Come on. You see it every year. Higher rated seed with a bunch of top athletes loses to lower ranked team that A) has top flight guard play that breaks down said athletes or B) has a bunch of scrappy white dudes that rain 3's and hit their FTs. All the while, the more athletic team goes goes on long scoring droughts as the scrappy underdog plays some 2-3 zone or some shit that they can't figure out.

[6th Street 6392]

Double post

Edited March 11, 2022 by 6th Street

[ztejas 43425]

2 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Higher rated seed with a bunch of top athletes

Count Texas out then!

Have you watched this team? 

[A’Dam Psycho 1470]

I’d rather have Isaiah Taylor than Marcus Carr right now

[A’Dam Psycho 1470]

7 hours ago, Sgt Hulk said:

I feel like I’ve seen this second half collapse stuff before. But I can’t quite put my finger on it 

WV last season after Ramey and AJ1 argument?

[shadow_operative 15932]

55 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Come on. You see it every year. Higher rated seed with a bunch of top athletes loses to lower ranked team that A) has top flight guard play that breaks down said athletes or B) has a bunch of scrappy white dudes that rain 3's and hit their FTs. All the while, the more athletic team goes goes on long scoring droughts as the scrappy underdog plays some 2-3 zone or some shit that they can't figure out.

that's not us. we don't have a bunch of athletes. brock cunningham is like our third best athlete. we have one "bad" loss (based on rankings/computer ratings) on the whole season. we play elite, top level defense, and only teams with great size on the wings and great athletes/rebounding have given us real trouble. this team has the opposite of what you say it does- this team has all the makings of beating a lower seeded opponent from a shit conference in round one. it's just doesn't have the makings of doing much
more than that. 

[LTtxfan 49185]

On 3/10/2022 at 2:37 PM, dcar00 said:

I know there is a lot of warranted bitching about Carr but this collapse is squarely on Beard's coaching today.  He'll probably own it, as he should.

 

Well Beard didn't own it but he should have shared the blame.  Hope the tough comments help this team win in the NCAA Tournament...

In case yah missed this after tcu loss...

 

[dcar00 14182]

2 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

 

Well Beard didn't own it but he should have shared the blame.  Hope the tough comments help this team win in the NCAA Tournament...

In case yah missed this after tcu loss...

 

agreed.  he didn't own it at all.  he definitely was trying to send a message with the way he handled the game.  He's the coach.  we'll see if it works out for him.