Texas vs Purdue - Sunday, 7:40pm on TNT

[TexArcher 37910]

4 minutes ago, Serak The Preparer said:

 

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[SL Xpress 7516]

4 minutes ago, Serak The Preparer said:

Great to see all of the champions of women in the NCAA transgender thread bringing up their daughters as reasons to be extra special concerned, then quickly turn around to call other women ugly for the sole crime of being a cheerleader.

I don’t think the young ladies being cheerleaders is the reason they’re being called ugly. I thinks it’s because they’re ugly. 

[Wally Pryor 5261]

11 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

This is our concern, dude.

AJ and Carr going off today helps.  But I feel like we're gonna need similar efficiency from them and a lot better than 2-8 from Ramey.

And since we're likely to get killed on the glass at both ends, we need to win the turnover battle by a lot.  

My head says we should lose by 7 to 10.  My heart says we've got another win in us.  

Purdue doesn't defend the perimeter well. Ivey gambles alot is consistently out of position. Shots will be there for Jones, Ramey and Febres to win the game. Understandable that this is a concern. But there will be open shots on the perimeter. Converting on them is another issue.

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

fwiw i originally had purdue losing to gonzaga in the FF (and then pussed out and decided to have them losing to kentucky instead). point being, that's how highly i think of purdue. their offensive Four Factors are for real, and that's something that i really value in Tourney games. it's one of the first places i look when a matchup seems too close to call. when a team's offense excels in the Four Factors, that's a sign that they're a tough out for anyone. Purdue is 4th in eFG% and 13th in OReb%. that's about as tough a combo as you can face. 

Edited March 19, 2022 by shadow_operative

[Knighthawk 284]

1 hour ago, TexArcher said:

X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X

Is there some sort of mask mandate that can be applied here such that we don’t have to see this during the game?  I’m afraid our players are going to be distracted by this barnyard freak show.  Jeez 

[ButtFumble 5180]

I have concerns about this game, but the Big 10 seems pretty overrated and Purdue did lose to north Texas state last year

I think good quality defense and some above average offense can win this game for Texas

[Pancho 44856]

Can’t decide if Wisconsin fans will root for Texas or Purdue.  Part of me feels like they would root for their sister conference school because that’s “Midwest nice” then part of me thinks they would want Purdue to lose and them advance as well as root for the upset.

Iowa state fans ain’t rooting for us.  

#arenamagic

#Milwaukeebeermagic 

[shadow_operative 15932]

this Texas tema is, by far, the best team i have ever seen at taking charges. Ivey is so athletic and creative that he has a tendency to get out of control at times. i would love nothing more than two charging fouls on Ivey before the U16 timeout. that's the dream right there. if he sits for long periods then i absolutely can see us going blow for blow with Purdue. 

[Wally Pryor 5261]

Just now, shadow_operative said:

this Texas tema is, by far, the best team i have ever seen at taking charges. Ivey is so athletic and creative that he has a tendency to get out of control at times. i would love nothing more than two charging fouls on Ivey before the U16 timeout. that's the dream right there. if he sits for long periods then i absolutely can see us going blow for blow with Purdue. 

Good point. Ivey is a special talent but, as mentioned above, he's not especially smart.

[Dr Fear 1268]

740pm

[pacman 7359]

Assume we will push the pace offensively, when their bigs are on.

I noticed their two big men don't play a ton of minutes.

Edey, in particular, usually doesn't last half of the game.

[Hermanator 7081]

2 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

i hate this matchup. they were one of only a couple of potential second round matchups that i knew i would really hate going into selection sunday. when we drew them i was like, "fuck it, they can beat us by 20 and i won't care because that means we'll have beaten Va Tech." admittedly now that we've beaten VT i really really don't want to see us lose by 20, but i do hate the matchup. they have size, scoring, an an elite athlete as their best player. we'll need to play our best gone to beat them imo.

Even more than that. We'll need for them to be off. If they play a B+ or A game we aren't winning unless we shoot insane numbers that we never have this season. 

Edited March 19, 2022 by Hermanator

[CptnJiggleBits 928]

3 hours ago, Tailgate said:

 

Edited March 19, 2022 by CptnJiggleBits
Nm

[markstanco 12577]

All the fun posting, but this is going to be a tough game. If they get an ounce of defense they will win. Hopefully they will hold true to bad D.

[shadow_operative 15932]

me reading all of my kiss on this oage: hey drunky, take the rest of the night off. who taught you hone to spell, billy madison? lol

 

BASKETBALL IS LIFE!!!

Edited March 19, 2022 by shadow_operative

[hobbes2702 13045]

1 hour ago, shadow_operative said:

fwiw i originally had purdue losing to gonzaga in the FF (and then pussed out and decided to have them losing to kentucky instead). point being, that's how highly i think of purdue. their offensive Four Factors are for real, and that's something that i really value in Tourney games. it's one of the first places i look when a matchup seems too close to call. when a team's offense excels in the Four Factors, that's a sign that they're a tough out for anyone. Purdue is 4th in eFG% and 13th in OReb%. that's about as tough a combo as you can face. 

I have them losing to Gonzaga in the FF. I hope we fuck up my bracket 

[kingkoopa6 8365]

Texas Fight 

Edited March 19, 2022 by kingkoopa6

[pyrohornIII 4815]

Purdue has had some pretty choice cheerleaders in the past.  Not sure what's going on with this squad.   

[InkaUtexas 25955]

Please stop quoting the original ugly cheerleader post. One look is enough. 

Here is the key. Put our hot ass cheerleaders to distract their players. Simple. 

Hook Em, we got this. 

[MotownHorn 1769]

One way or the other I’ll be 10 rows behind the basket talking loud and pissing off Purdue fans 

Edited March 19, 2022 by MotownHorn

[Txslnghrns 1354]

 

 

[Horns RD Standard 67]

this Texas tema is, by far, the best team i have ever seen at taking charges. Ivey is so athletic and creative that he has a tendency to get out of control at times. i would love nothing more than two charging fouls on Ivey before the U16 timeout. that's the dream right there. if he sits for long periods then i absolutely can see us going blow for blow with Purdue. 

Dont get me wrong, I’ll take him getting into early foul trouble. But i have confidence in our perimeter defenders. They’ve shown to be able to control to some degree good perimeter players (i.e. Agbaji, etc). I just feel its more important for our offensive success to get those bigs (Edey/Williams) into some foul trouble as well. Saw someone post that they dont play heavy minutes to begin with, but even less mins would be even more ideal imo.


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[SL Xpress 7516]

Soooooooo….

Dont know how I missed this, other than it just wasn’t on my radar at all.

So I went to a couple of Purdue boards just to see if there’s any talk about Texas yet. Not all that much. But there’s quite a few comments about the “notorious Chris Beard.” “I’m getting PTSD just watching this Texas team.” “That fucking bank shot. Do we really have to play a Chris Beard team?”

At first it seemed like an unusual reaction to the Texas Tech hiring. Why should they even give a shit? Well, they don’t. Then I checked the Texas Tech tournament games. Yep. Tech routed Painter’s Boilermakers in the Sweet 16 in a #2 (Purdue) v. #3 (Texas Tech) back in 2018.

But wait, there’s more. 
 

In 2016 one of the more amazing games in that entire tournament was played between #5 seed Purdue and…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…Arkansas Little Rock as the #12 seed. But it gets better. Check out this recap for those who don’t remember this game:

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400871264
 

Basically Ark Little Rock came from down 13 with 3 and a half minutes left to play to send the game into double overtime, where they finally pulled off the upset. They’d go on to make the Sweet 16, after which Beard left for Tech. 

Holy shit. Painter and the Purdue fans can’t be happy about seeing a Beard coached team again. It doesn’t necessarily give me any more confidence about the matchup, but it would make it extra entertaining if Beard sent Painter’s Boilermakers home a third time with his third different team, all of them as a lower seed. 

[Underdog 28709]

I’M FUCKING TIRED OF AN 8-10 RECORD!!  I’M FUCKING TIRED OF LOSING TO PURDUE!! 

[Ignatius 4017]

10 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

 Ivey is a superstar, and possibly the most exiting player in the tourney.

I look forward to seeing him exit Sunday night…

[Burt Macklin 19028]

One positive for tomorrow’s game is that while Disu still wasn’t great, he liked better than he has in a while. We’re gonna need him against Purdue for sure. 

[MirrOlure 14787]

[MirrOlure 14787]

NSAP by @Huckleberry

[Horn80 6127]

Dang, didn’t think it be such a late start time.

[txhorns 2409]

9 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

fwiw i originally had purdue losing to gonzaga in the FF (and then pussed out and decided to have them losing to kentucky instead). point being, that's how highly i think of purdue. their offensive Four Factors are for real, and that's something that i really value in Tourney games. it's one of the first places i look when a matchup seems too close to call. when a team's offense excels in the Four Factors, that's a sign that they're a tough out for anyone. Purdue is 4th in eFG% and 13th in OReb%. that's about as tough a combo as you can face. 

Really bad defensive teams don’t have a great track record in the tournament.

[Js1 85372]

7 minutes ago, Horn80 said:

Dang, didn’t think it be such a late start time.

Was hoping for afternoon. Oh well 

[WhatTheBuck 28786]

12 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

Those ladies look.... smart.

They’re all hotter than Fitlump and you all want to fuck her. Also, some of them might actually be engineers. 

[WhatTheBuck 28786]

11 hours ago, Lobo said:

My boilermaker smells like whiskey and feet.

Depending on which way the wind is blowing, West Lafayette smells worse. 

[WhatTheBuck 28786]

11 hours ago, Wally Pryor said:

Ivey is a great talent. Elite talent. He dribbles faster than any CBB player runs. 1 -5 lotto pick.

His mom played basketball at Notre Dame and helped them win a national championship. She’s now their head coach. CBS Saturday Morning had a segment on them today. Oh, and they were also kind enough to include the buzzer-beater he made to beat the Buckeyes in Columbus. Thanks a lot for the reminder, CBS. Or Paramount or whatever.

 

Edited March 19, 2022 by WhatTheBuck

[WhatTheBuck 28786]

Correction. That buzzer-beater was in W. Lafayette. 

Edited March 19, 2022 by WhatTheBuck

[Js1 85372]

13 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

His mom played basketball at Notre Dame and helped them win a national championship. She’s now their head coach. CBS Saturday Morning had a segment on them today. Oh, and they were also kind enough to include the buzzer-beater he made to beat the Buckeyes in Columbus. Thanks a lot for the reminder, CBS. Or Paramount or whatever.

 

He learned from a great PG in his mom.  Who also coached with the Memphis Grizzlies - during Ja Morant’s rookie season 

[Mitch Cumsteen 18550]

1 hour ago, MirrOlure said:

 

I can't believe that was 32 years ago. Gene Keady's post game meltdown, with his terrible rug/combover/wtf pounding the table and bitching about the god damn officials taking the game away from his kids who worked so hard was one of my all time sour grapes moments. I couldn't find it on YouTube but it's great. 

In addition to Beard putting it to Purdue on the regular in the tourney and the 1990 game, they got stuck with Fred Akers after he got shit canned here. Texas takes them out on Sunday and they're going to have Longhorn ptsd for years to come. 

Edited March 19, 2022 by Mitch Cumsteen

[Dbeasy 15067]

I don’t want to sound crazy, but if we could somehow get past Purdue there is a path to elite 8 and final 4 with Kentucky and Baylor out. 

[XYZ 2154]

17 hours ago, Serak The Preparer said:

Great to see all of the champions of women in the NCAA transgender thread bringing up their daughters as reasons to be extra special concerned, then quickly turn around to call other women ugly for the sole crime of being a cheerleader.

What?

[Ignatius 4017]

1 hour ago, Dbeasy said:

I don’t want to sound crazy, but if we could somehow get past Purdue there is a path to elite 8 and final 4 with Kentucky and Baylor out. 

No way we would get past UNC, they completely have our number in hoops….

[Guest Lobo]

Way to jinx it, dude!  

Oh god, somebody's checking the equipment room for black game jerseys, aren't they? 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

I don’t want to sound crazy, but if we could somehow get past Purdue there is a path to elite 8 and final 4 with Kentucky and Baylor out. 

Yep. Purdue the clear favorite now. I’ve got them advancing in my pool but would gladly take that loss. I think if we somehow advance tomorrow, the EE matchup would be UNC-Texas. UNC is pretty much on fire right now and shouldn’t be an 8 seed. But we can beat them and Murray St. We just have a gargantuan task tomorrow. My drunk bluster from last night has faded. 

[DanTheHorn 4925]

1 hour ago, Lobo said:

Way to jinx it, dude!  

Oh god, somebody's checking the equipment room for black game jerseys, aren't they? 

No need all these Johnny Cash wannabe coaches can't seem to want to embrace the colors and bring the black. At least Beard has brought some smiles to us unlike Turtle Tom.

[Guest Lobo]

Yeah, I never liked 'em.  Just seems like there was a stretch there where we'd wear them for these marquee neutral site games and beat UNC in them and lose to Duke in them.  Holy shit, UNC is playing unbelievably good right now though.  I'm optimistic about the Purdue game though.  Because...they'll be wearing black.  And we shall smite them! 

[CptnJiggleBits 928]

LFG!! TEXAS!!

[HookEm 2467]

It seems likely to me that Purdue could be looking ahead a little with the Baylor and Kentucky losses.  Ultimately it will benefit whoever advances, but I think it will hurt them a lot more for THIS game.

[shadow_operative 15932]

welp, i don't like it, but here's my call:

Purdue 78

Texas 66

man i hope i'm wrong. 

Edited March 20, 2022 by shadow_operative

[Sbbruin 21858]

UCLA v Texas in the Elite 8?

 

[Guest Lobo]

Can we start tailgating yet?  

Seabass and the boys asked for a round of Boilermakers.