OUsucks @ #6 Texas - 1pm, ESPN+

[sunset87 250]

Whew! Take the win, but not very encouraging.

Constantly falling for pump fakes, giving up easy driving lanes and open looks.

[TexArcher 38069]

Big 12 Standings:

 

1. TEXAS

...

10. ou sucks

[Js1 85580]

Texas needs a much better effort against ISU. Who lost in Manhattan 

[Tailgate 3024]

21 wins…I’ll take it.

[Js1 85580]

Just now, sunset87 said:

Whew! Take the win, but not very encouraging.

Constantly falling for pump fakes, giving up easy driving lanes and open looks.

Transition defense was abysmal. 

[Horn80 6131]

Win is a win.

[Atticus 3991]

Gutty win, we tried like hell to lose though.

Big shots by Rice and Disu to pull it out down the stretch. 

Hunter is probably a lost cause for this season.

[UTEE97 3522]

Iowa State, BU (road), TCU (road) and KU to close out the conference play. We better start playing a lot better or there are at least 2-3 losses in there.

[Js1 85580]

Just now, UTEE97 said:

Iowa State, BU (road), TCU (road) and KU to close out the conference play. We better start playing a lot better or there are at least 2-3 losses in there.

Today’s effort is 0-4. Team has to get their heads out of their asses 

[LTtxfan 49358]

FINAL STATS...   TEXAS WINS IN OT !!!  🤘

 

[Horn80 6131]

2 hours ago, Horn80 said:

Brock already scored more now than Hunter will the entire game.

Brock 10 points, Hunter 5.

[texastroubadour 1224]

A win yes. But extremely disappointed in  the team and coaching staff today. 

[Gut Wagon 8087]

Always glad to grab a W, but what's with the continued sporadic play against pedestrian opponents? Hopefully CDC got another valuable data point on Terry today.

[Pato del Muerto 52604]

So on that last disu foul- replay showed that both defender’s feet were outside the restricted area, but disu’s foot was in it. Doesn’t that all by itself show that the defender was too close and inside the imaginary cylinder?

 

also the team made more than one bonehead decision at the end of regulation and at the end of overtime to let ou back into it both times. 5 second call on Allen, foul 5 on brock were the worst. 
 

I blame players and coaches for those errors.  I blame everyone!

Edited February 18, 2023 by Pato del Muerto

[Js1 85580]

Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

So on that last disu foul- replay showed that both defender’s feet were outside the restricted area, but disu’s foot was in it. Doesn’t that all by itself show that the defender was too close and inside the imaginary cylinder?

Expecting competent officiating?

[UTEE97 3522]

We have terrible PG and interior play. We are relying heavily on jump shots, which is not a recipe for success in the tourney.

[Js1 85580]

 

[TexArcher 38069]

6 minutes ago, UTEE97 said:

We have terrible PG and interior play. We are relying heavily on jump shots, which is not a recipe for success in the tourney.

Counterpoint: teams with scoring guards and teams who make their free throws tend to do well in the tourney.

Yeah, we looked like shit against an inferior opponent today.  But it's the Big 12.  And we came from something like 8 down with 8 to play to get the win.  This team is frustratingly inconsistent, but they've got heart in spades.  No lead is safe against us, and I find that encouraging.

[Rickylovesweed 14542]

Iowa State is 13-1 at home and 2-7 on the road. Completely different team on the road. 

Also, OU is a much better team than their record. They just don't know how to win close games. That's now 5 losses in the Big 12 by 4 points or fewer. 

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, UTEE97 said:

We have terrible PG and interior play. We are relying heavily on jump shots, which is not a recipe for success in the tourney.

We have very good guard play. We have spotty interior play. We have awful Hunter play. 

We had a bad game and won. Not an indictment on Terry. Anxious for Tuesday. Of course we must play better. 

[TexArcher 38069]

3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

 

This is the Tweet of the Year.

[UTEE97 3522]

4 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

Counterpoint: teams with scoring guards and teams who make their free throws tend to do well in the tourney.

Yeah, we looked like shit against an inferior opponent today.  But it's the Big 12.  And we came from something like 8 down with 8 to play to get the win.  This team is frustratingly inconsistent, but they've got heart in spades.  No lead is safe against us, and I find that encouraging.

Point taken. The thing with relying heavily on jump shots though is that you're bound to have a night off from time to time. 

[LTtxfan 49358]

Texas has to get a lot better at end of game execution to be successful in the NCAA Tournament... 

[Rickylovesweed 14542]

7 minutes ago, UTEE97 said:

Point taken. The thing with relying heavily on jump shots though is that you're bound to have a night off from time to time. 

Our problem is not offense. Texas is scoring on almost everyone. 

The issue is that defense is now hit or miss post-Beard. 

[Hook1997 5402]

33 minutes ago, Revolution512 said:

Our defense is atrocious, hard to believe we’ve lost that completely. We didn’t move the ball on offense. Shortened bench, bigs played awful in regulation. Not much to like

They move the ball so slow on offense and you watch teams they play zip it around. The defense is just mind boggling how you take one coach away from a staff and it’s totally different.  

[jimmyjazz 46141]

3 minutes ago, Hook1997 said:

They move the ball so slow on offense and you watch teams they play zip it around. The defense is just mind boggling how you take one coach away from a staff and it’s totally different.  

. . . and the coach who took over was the "defensive" assistant.

[Rickylovesweed 14542]

This has been a brutal season for OU.

7 losses by 4 points or less. They're right there in almost every game but can't find a way to win close games. 

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

. . . and the coach who took over was the "defensive" assistant.

Yeah, that's the thing. It's fairly obvious the best assistant on staff is actually Donewald. 

[Pato del Muerto 52604]

Just now, Rickylovesweed said:

This has been a brutal season for OU.

7 losses by 4 points or less. They're right there in almost every game but can't find a way to win close games. 

And a blowout win at then number 2(?) and current number 1 (for another couple of days)

[Js1 85580]

1 minute ago, Rickylovesweed said:

This has been a brutal season for OU.

7 losses by 4 points or less. They're right there in almost every game but can't find a way to win close games. 

Im no doctor of basketball but I think it’s bc OU sucks 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Im no doctor of basketball but I think it’s bc OU sucks 

Are you a doctor of neighborhood?

[Rickylovesweed 14542]

4 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

And a blowout win at then number 2(?) and current number 1 (for another couple of days)

Yeah, that's why this game scared me. OU has games where they go off on the offensive end. 

They're also 1 or 2 plays away, in a bunch of games, from having numerous top 25 wins. Life in the Big 12 and all that. 

 

[Macklemore 2875]

1 hour ago, GreenspointTexas said:

4 seed at best. We may lose out

You’re such a bitch. 

[TexArcher 38069]

1 minute ago, Macklemore said:

You’re such a bitch. 

Ballgame.

[Js1 85580]

2 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Yeah, that's why this game scared me. OU has games where they go off on the offensive end. 

They're also 1 or 2 plays away, in a bunch of games, from having numerous top 25 wins. Life in the Big 12 and all that. 

 

50% effort in this conference is dicey whether you win or not. Doesn’t matter who and whether you’re home or on the road 

Considering our next 4 opponents, 50% effort won’t cut it. Texas needs to be all in 

[Rickylovesweed 14542]

I think Texas needs to switch up the starting lineup. This was another game where Texas had a really slow start. 

The problem is Rice and Cunningham > Hunter and Mitchell. We have 2 starters that shouldn't be in the starting lineup over 2 bench players. I believe one of Rice or Cunningham should be in the starting 5. 

[Gut Wagon 8087]

2 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

I think Texas needs to switch up the starting lineup. This was another game where Texas had a really slow start. 

The problem is Rice and Cunningham > Hunter and Mitchell. We have 2 starters that shouldn't be in the starting lineup over 2 bench players. I believe one of Rice or Cunningham should be in the starting 5. 

Sure. I mean, if you'd rather play from ahead than behind. As I would. 

[victory88 5669]

1st place in the big 12.  Lots of bitching in here.  Hook ‘em boys.  We’ve got 4 games left and we’ve beaten 3 of the 4 teams already.  If we go 2-2, I’ll be happy but going for 3-1.

[Ignatius 4028]

1 hour ago, sunset87 said:

Whew! Take the win, but not very encouraging.

Yeah fuck all of those other games we’ve played this year, today was the true indicator of what this team’s all about…

[texastroubadour 1224]

Book KU for the KC regional. My god I hate them 

[Ignatius 4028]

1 hour ago, GreenspointTexas said:

What a shit performance by us, at home

Shouldn’t you be suck-starting a catheter somewhere?

[jw4381 3095]

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

 

[chemHORN 1241]

OU did beat Alabama by 30.  

[Ignatius 4028]

2 hours ago, Rickylovesweed said:

The issue is that defense is now hit or miss post-Beard. 

One thing Beard could definitely coach was hitting….

Edited February 19, 2023 by Ignatius

[Newdoc 3453]

2 hours ago, Horn80 said:

Win is a win.

In a vacuum but there is a lot of concern for the brand of basketball we have seen post Beard. This ugly win doesn’t wash the stink of the Tech loss and lackluster first half performances off by any means. 

[Newdoc 3453]

47 minutes ago, Ignatius said:

Yeah fuck all of those other games we’ve played this year, today was the true indicator of what this team’s all about

We don’t need a TCU football setup. Love the guys on this team and like Terry but it seems we keep rolling lucky at the craps table. OU should have been defeated handily with this home game. Tech should have been a win. Maybe the lights come on for the end if regular season but you can be a fan and concerned about what is happening on the court.

[Js1 85580]

6 minutes ago, Newdoc said:

In a vacuum but there is a lot of concern for the brand of basketball we have seen post Beard. This ugly win doesn’t wash the stink of the Tech loss and lackluster first half performances off by any means. 

 

1 minute ago, Newdoc said:

We don’t need a TCU football setup. Love the guys on this team and like Terry but it seems we keep rolling lucky at the craps table. OU should have been defeated handily with this home game. Tech should have been a win. Maybe the lights come on for the end if regular season but you can be a fan and concerned about what is happening on the court.

Elite teams come out and crush bad opponents. We seem to get down big, which means we have to play close games. If we could play the first 10 min like we tend to do the last 10 min, we’d be fine

Rodney makes great halftime adjustments. But his pre-game plan is shit 

[Rickylovesweed 14542]

Just now, Js1 said:

 

Elite teams come out and crush bad opponents. We seem to get down big, which means we have to play close games. If we could play the first 10 min like we tend to do the last 10 min, we’d be fine

Rodney makes great halftime adjustments. But his pre-game plan is shit 

The thing is Tech and OU aren't bad opponents. They're just perceived that way because of their Big 12 record but they would finish top half of every other conference. 

They've played close games all year. I don't think we (or anyone else for that matter) is going to be crushing opponents outside of a few games. 

[Horn80 6131]

16 minutes ago, Newdoc said:

In a vacuum but there is a lot of concern for the brand of basketball we have seen post Beard. This ugly win doesn’t wash the stink of the Tech loss and lackluster first half performances off by any means. 

Agree 100%

[Rimbo 26122]

ou sucks

[Wulaw Horn 19152]

5 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

The thing is Tech and OU aren't bad opponents. They're just perceived that way because of their Big 12 record but they would finish top half of every other conference. 

They've played close games all year. I don't think we (or anyone else for that matter) is going to be crushing opponents outside of a few games. 

People have a hard time with this because wins and losses are binary, but computers are generally better assessors of talent.  There’s a reason OU is a top 50 team and tech is a top 75 team and it’s not because either team sucks- regardless of their big 12 records.