Texas Women’s Basketball 2023-2024: Handing out ass whoopins and lollipops, and we’re all out of lollipops

[Rickylovesweed 14,542]

James is 5/5 from 3 and 4 were contested. Just one of those days. 

[A’Dam Psycho 1,471]

They shouldn’t have showed up if they were gonna play like this

[D3zii 3,732]

I hate to say this but I would love to see this 

 

NCSTATE vs S.Carolina game. Guard play will be nice!! 

[Js1 85,602]

Just nothing you can do about this. Sucks but we really overachieved. Vic needs to go out and get another really fast guard, who can shoot, to pair with Rori 

[OU Sucks 8,917]

They're hitting virtually all their 3s....we're forcing up shitty shots in the paint and missing most of them.

[VirginiaLonghorn 4,781]

We could use some athletes … 

[Hondo 682]

[MirrOlure 14,848]

Well shit. Ran into a goddamn buzzsaw today

[Cairn Horn88 8,285]

Lights out.  SMH.  Damn.

[D3zii 3,732]

1 minute ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

We could use some athletes … 

Unfortunately this is what more games in the SEC will be like for us. 
 

I’m sure VIC knows this coming from State 

[Js1 85,602]

Just now, MirrOlure said:

Well shit. Ran into a goddamn buzzsaw today

And our whole team went cold at once. Perfect storm to get run off the court 

[Cairn Horn88 8,285]

I’ll go check on Purdue and Tenn.

[Gut Wagon 8,087]

4 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

It's also just one of those days where NC State is apparently going to be unconscious from 3. 

If they don't shoot another one all day I'm not sure we can put a real scare into them. Every spot on the floor looks to be an NCSU advantage. We are inept within 8 feet of the rim and little better beyond. 

Edited March 31 by Gut Wagon

[Js1 85,602]

Stanford would have been a much better matchup for us, honestly. Their guard play sucks 

[TrashMaster G 17,628]

7 minutes ago, OU Sucks said:

I blame this on the opening of a separate thread on the Basketball forum.

Inexcusable loss of focusness.

Well, we made it a helluva lot father than anyone expected on Dec 28th.

[perfectchaos007 6,677]

Trying to force passes that aren’t there are only going to make a bad situation worse 

[Rickylovesweed 14,542]

Athleticism is not a problem with Harmon. 

The problem is we essentially only have 1 guard now without Harmon. We are having to play a PF at PG because she's the most talented player on the roster. We should probably add another athletic guard in the portal but this was always going to be the downfall of this team against a team with quick/athletic guards once Harmon was injured. 

[Cairn Horn88 8,285]

State can’t get any hotter,  can they?

[D3zii 3,732]

Just now, Rickylovesweed said:

Athleticism is not a problem with Harmon. 

The problem is we essentially only have 1 guard now without Harmon. We are having to play a PF at PG because she's the most talented player on the roster. We should probably add another athletic guard in the portal but this was always going to be the downfall of this team against a team with quick/athletic guards once Harmon was injured. 

Honestly I don’t think Harmon would have helped as much as y’all are insinuating.  

[A’Dam Psycho 1,471]

NC st coach bitched for a foul and got it the very next two possessions 

[Rickylovesweed 14,542]

4 minutes ago, D3zii said:

Honestly I don’t think Harmon would have helped as much as y’all are insinuating.  

Yes she would. She's the best defensive guard in the country. 

You put her on James and this game is a completely different story. 

Edited March 31 by Rickylovesweed

[Cairn Horn88 8,285]

Wait..,;State ONLY has 1 foul this whole half?

[VirginiaLonghorn 4,781]

1 minute ago, D3zii said:

Unfortunately this is what more games in the SEC will be like for us. 
 

I’m sure VIC knows this coming from State 

Agree.  Big is good .. big, slow, and unathletic not so much.

Also, I think Booker hit the wall.  Too much on our primary scorer’s plate ..

[ATXbronco 4,100]

Like that bounce for the first three

[Rickylovesweed 14,542]

Honestly, it could be much worse than down by 12. Get this to 6 in the 4th and give yourself a chance. 

[perfectchaos007 6,677]

Down a dozen at half. Not completely out of reach but our defense has to be a lot better 

[Rickylovesweed 14,542]

5 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

Agree.  Big is good .. big, slow, and unathletic not so much.

Also, I think Booker hit the wall.  Too much on our primary scorer’s plate ..

She's playing out of position. Booker is a PF playing PG right now because we don't have Harmon. 

It makes what she's done this year even more incredible. 

[Gut Wagon 8,087]

I didn't see "playing better without Booker" on my bingo card today, but here we are. 

[ATXbronco 4,100]

Were we shooting from the messed up side of the court in the first half?

Haven't heard them clarify that.

[Rickylovesweed 14,542]

15 minutes ago, D3zii said:

Unfortunately this is what more games in the SEC will be like for us. 
 

I’m sure VIC knows this coming from State 

I see you haven't watched South Carolina. 

They win games by going really big and destroying teams on the offensive boards/points in the paint. This team is a mirror image of South Carolina when we have Harmon to fill the Paopao role from South Carolina. 

[VirginiaLonghorn 4,781]

4 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

Agree.  Big is good .. big, slow, and unathletic not so much.

Also, I think Booker hit the wall.  Too much on our primary scorer’s plate ..

 

1 minute ago, Rickylovesweed said:

She's playing out of position. Booker is a PF playing PG right now because we don't have Harmon. 

It makes what she's done this year even more incredible. 

… and what was incorrect that I said?  The “big, slow, and unathletic” was not directed at Booker.

I agree that Booker’s done a terrific job of taking on Harmon’s role .. but, she has had no chance to take an oncourt breather and it’s showing.

[Js1 85,602]

1 minute ago, Rickylovesweed said:

I see you haven't watched South Carolina. 

They win games by going really big and destroying teams on the offensive boards/points in the paint. This team is a mirror image of South Carolina when we have Harmon to fill the Paopao role from South Carolina. 

Those SC guards can and will shoot it from distance though. It’s the great equalizer and it’s something we don’t do in volume, which means it’s hard to come back 

[VirginiaLonghorn 4,781]

Just now, Rickylovesweed said:

I see you haven't watched South Carolina. 

They win games by going really big and destroying teams on the offensive boards/points in the paint. This team is a mirror image of South Carolina when we have Harmon to fill the Paopao role from South Carolina. 

USCe has athletic bigs … ours only occupy the space they’re standing in.

[Gut Wagon 8,087]

If Booker goes for 20 in the second half we have a chance. But she'll still need scoring help. Maybe Vic can dial up a new idea on D. 

[Mother mopar 3,324]

I guess no Jones again today. 

Played earlier

[immamac 43,178]

Are we using this as the game thread va the game thread? 

[Rickylovesweed 14,542]

5 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

USCe has athletic bigs … ours only occupy the space they’re standing in.

Gaston and Muhammad are very athletic players at the 4 and 5. 

The problem in this game is not our bigs. It's that we can't keep their guards out of the paint with Booker (a PF playing PG) and Gonzales (not a very athletic guard who is a shooter/scorer). 

[D3zii 3,732]

Shaylee Gonzalez might as well go sit in the bench and we play with 4 

[Fuck Tim Beck 3,834]

Is Gonzales wearing concrete shoes? Just a horrible game for her 

[D3zii 3,732]

Please take #32 off Rivers omg!! 

[Hondo 682]

Shay Holle is our leading scorer with 10 pts.

[LTtxfan 49,373]

Damn it Booker

[A’Dam Psycho 1,471]

Water under the bridge but I really really wish Schaefer would’ve pushed to get a guard outta the portal

[D3zii 3,732]

1 minute ago, A’Dam Psycho said:

Water under the bridge but I really really wish Schaefer would’ve pushed to get a guard outta the portal

He did 

Shaylee

[perfectchaos007 6,677]

Still a 12 point deficit just like it was at halftime 

[Hondo 682]

Booker is 4-14 from the field and is just jacking up shots like she's trying to pad stats.  

She's not even useful as a decoy.

 

I've noticed she doesn't feed Holle much.  Shay's 6-7 and needs to get some open looks from the 3pt line.

[Js1 85,602]

1 minute ago, D3zii said:

He did 

Shaylee

We were in it for a couple of guards last offseason but didn’t land any of them 

[Rickylovesweed 14,542]

6 minutes ago, D3zii said:

Please take #32 off Rivers omg!! 

Yeah because our guards were doing so well on her. 

It looks like Vic has given up on our guards defending NC State and is going with length/wings in Jak and Holle. 

[VirginiaLonghorn 4,781]

3 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Damn it Booker

She’s been short on everything .. legs.

[Gut Wagon 8,087]

Certainly getting our chances in this quarter. Just not doing much with them. Booker has to be more aggressive with the ball. They're now laying off her up top.