#2 Texas vs #17 Illinois 6pm on ESPN - Game Day!

[David Dennison 18993]

Just now, EuroHorn said:

This team is decent.  The wins vs Creighton and Gonzaga aren’t looking as good anymore considering both of those teams have 3 losses already.  Illinois might be more legit 

This is the most Texas fan a post can be.

[SD Hox 108]

1 minute ago, EuroHorn said:

This team is decent.  The wins vs Creighton and Gonzaga aren’t looking as good anymore considering both of those teams have 3 losses already.  Illinois might be more legit 

shut the fuck up

[hobbes2702 13085]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

Nah we just blew it. That’s all. 

This. It happens. It’s basketball. Learn and grow. 

[ztejas 43605]

2 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

We struggled to close out both Creighton and this game. 

I mean it got weird because what's his face hit 2 ridiculous 3s. We didn't do anything against Creighton to blow the game. 

Edited December 7, 2022 by ztejas

[Brian Fantana 6697]

3 minutes ago, Pancho said:

I’m going to just go to bed believing Beard was trying to prove a point with this game. Could have won it, but something he needed to prove with the team. That’s the only thing I can explain. 

Did Mitchell start? I didn't tune in for a little bit. Looks like he went out shortly after he got that dunk, maybe he tweaked something.

e: And didn't Disu get hurt a little bit recently?

Edited December 7, 2022 by Brian Fantana

[kingkoopa6 8395]

1 minute ago, kingkoopa6 said:

carr.. my guy.. SLOOOOOOW DOOOOWWWN

[TexArcher 38119]

Marcus Carr's last two games:

7-20 

3-14

 

This is a concern, man.  Not just the bad percentage, but the volume.  Beard has to get Carr to be less selfish or sit him down.

[BERT 4394]

1 minute ago, EuroHorn said:

This team is decent.  The wins vs Creighton and Gonzaga aren’t looking as good anymore considering both of those teams have 3 losses already.  Illinois might be more legit 

Just decent huh? 

[VaLonghorn99 341]

Oh well - this should not have gone to OT - but it's all right. Got the loss out of our system.

[GreenspointTexas 9708]

Just now, SarkAfterDark said:

This is a game we should've won. Illinois athleticism and their ability to play above the rim is what won this game for them.

We were up by 10. We choked on applesauce

 

 

No way to sugarcoat it. Not finishing at the rim and not letting the refs finish in our ass were the difference in the game

[TrashMaster G 17664]

Oh no! We suck again!

[ClubWhatever 12159]

Carr, man.  Guards has a rough game.  

[VaLonghorn99 341]

We got blocked to death in this one

[hobbes2702 13085]

Just now, ztejas said:

I mean it got weird because what's his face hit 2 ridiculous 3s. We didn't do anything against Creighton to blow the game. 

Yea we did not struggle to close them out. 

[kingkoopa6 8395]

TIMMY BUCKETS!

[SD Hox 108]

just pass it it Rice u dumb bastard

 

[Horn80 6172]

1 minute ago, SarkAfterDark said:

This is a game we should've won. Illinois athleticism and their ability to play above the rim is what won this game for them.

Hunter having too many turnovers, missed shots and free throws was killer.

[ztejas 43605]

1 minute ago, SarkAfterDark said:

Illinois athleticism and their ability to play above the rim is what won this game for them.

If only we had someone like that. 

[Skipper 6245]

3 minutes ago, EuroHorn said:

This team is decent.  The wins vs Creighton and Gonzaga aren’t looking as good anymore considering both of those teams have 3 losses already.  Illinois might be more legit 

I think CBB just going to be wide open this year.    I'm sure some tiers will be established over conference play but a lot of parity.

Edited December 7, 2022 by Skipper

[Firemans4Horn 18189]

Just now, ClubWhatever said:

Carr, man.  Guards has a rough game.  

His entire Texas career is rough from an efficiency perspective and from a need to dribble the air out of the ball. 

[mrhorn 1383]

In the bright side it looks like Timmy is getting his confidence back

[hobbes2702 13085]

1 minute ago, Brian Fantana said:

Did Mitchell start? I didn't tune in for a little bit. Looks like he went out shortly after he got that dunk, maybe he tweaked something.

e: And didn't Disu get hurt a little bit recently?

I don’t know about an injury but Disu looked awful today 

[kingkoopa6 8395]

POOP. 

[Redneck Mutha 8022]

Fuck godammit

[BurntOrangeBlooded15 1566]

Early season crumble to learn from.  This game won’t mean much in the grand scheme of things.
 

Fuck Meyers.  He a fucking longhorn killer. 
 

Also, we’ve gotta get this cramping problem with Hunter figured out.  That’s two games in a row he’s dropping in an important part of a close game. 

[Wally Pryor 5266]

Spoke too soon on Shannon. He was going to get his, too good a player.

At least no one, that I can see, is blaming the officiating. Probably need to spend more time on the football board to get that process down. We blew the game. No one to blame but ourselves.

Move on. Learn from this loss.The entire season's in front of us. 

[GreenspointTexas 9708]

[Firemans4Horn 18189]

[MrX 743]

Pretty puzzling lineup calls down the stretch. I’d rather have trial by fire for Mitchell and Morris than whatever we were rolling with under 5:00. 

[The Ace of Aces 5201]

Ugly finish to a great game. No biggie. No impact to our season. 

[Revolution512 1495]

2 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Carr, man.  Guards has a rough game.  

Pretty much just him

[Js1 85651]

1 minute ago, Wally Pryor said:

At least no one, that I can see, is blaming the officiating

Wut 

[ClubWhatever 12159]

We did not guard the arc well in this one.    They shot 44% from 3 which isn’t going to get it done.   

[Brian Fantana 6697]

1 minute ago, hobbes2702 said:

I don’t know about an injury but Disu looked awful today 

Obviously not enough to keep him from playing but I thought I read he tweaked an ankle or something like that recently

[TexArcher 38119]

7 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

His entire Texas career is rough from an efficiency perspective and from a need to dribble the air out of the ball. 

He shot around 39% three years in a row.

The first 5 games this year, he shot 45%.  He looked to be the biggest beneficiary of the Hunter addition and a revised role.

Now it looks like he's completely regressed.  He took the most shots last game and the second-most tonight.  Bad shots, many of them.

You're not good enough to be this selfish, dude.

Edited December 7, 2022 by TexArcher

[Hermanator 7199]

What a shit show finish

[pacman 7379]

Good early failure for the team to build on for the actual season goals.

Edited December 7, 2022 by pacman

[Zepol87 9198]

They gonna be alright

[pops 7007]

Better to lose in December than March. This is a good team. Good teams lose. 

[BERT 4394]

2 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

What’s your point?? 
 

 

and charge your phone. 

[EuroHorn 3273]

4 minutes ago, BERT said:

Just decent huh? 

I’ve watched too much Texas  basketball over the years to say they’re great at this point. We’ll see how they do in the regular season and in the tourney. 

[SL Xpress 7518]

2 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

I don’t know about an injury but Disu looked awful today 

There were reports he injured himself during practice prior to the game against Creighton. That's the reason he wasn't available to close out the game. 

I will be honest. Sometimes I feel like stuff gets said to make things nicer for the media. I'm not saying that's the case here, but I'm also saying this program isn't above that. 

Regardless, there's weirdness going on with Disu. I wish there wasn't, but it's obvious there is. 

[Deej 77003]

"Beard is no Rick Barnes."

- Derka

[Hermanator 7199]

1 minute ago, pops said:

Better to lose in December than March. This is a good team. Good teams lose. 

Can easily do both

This was the first sort of road test of the season and they did enough until the last minute. 

[LTtxfan 49387]

Don't get Beard's player rotations late in regulation, and especially in OT.

Horns just didn't play well offensively late, and allowed Illinois to have too good of an offensive flow during the last 5-6 mins of regulation...

DAMN IT

[Pancho 45181]

Yeah, I’m not too mad. Glad we got a loss out of the way.

Just curious about the lineups as the game went on. Brock (love you bro!) shouldn’t have been in the game down the stretch. I’m just wondering what that was about.

[ClubWhatever 12159]

3 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

He shot around 39% three years in a row.

The first 5 games this year, he shot 45%.  He looked to be the biggest beneficiary of the Mitchell addition and a revised role.

Now it looks like he's completely regressed.  He took the most shots last game and the second-most tonight.  Bad shots, many of them.

You're not good enough to be this selfish, dude.

3-14 for the game, 0-5 from bta.   Ouch. 

Edited December 7, 2022 by ClubWhatever

[ztejas 43605]

2 minutes ago, MrX said:

Pretty puzzling lineup calls down the stretch. I’d rather have trial by fire for Mitchell and Morris than whatever we were rolling with under 5:00. 

Morris is still pretty raw. I understand not trusting him late. 

Mitchell is a great off the ball player on both ends of the court and a very good on-ball defender. I understand wanting him to watch from the bench and earn his time but I feel like he'd learn more by playing. 

Then again Chris Beard knows more about basketball than me and everyone else here does. 

[Valmy77 13303]

Too bad. I was looking forward to a beautiful unblemished pre-conference record.

Ah well. The games that really matter are coming up.

[ClubWhatever 12159]

4 minutes ago, EuroHorn said:

I’ve watched too much Texas  basketball over the years to say they’re great at this point. We’ll see how they do in the regular season and in the tourney. 

The closest thing they have to a go-to player in crunch time is Allen.  You’d like that guy to be a guard.  Don’t have it right now.