Texas vs UCONN- 6pm on ESPNU

[TommysTinyTowels 785]

We are #15 putting some scare in #5 at basically their house without our 2 best front court players.

[shadow_operative 15932]

Abmas has been terrible tonight. i try not to call out players like this, but god damn, his decision making has killed us. 

[HtownHorn 14663]

Karaban is just incredible in the 2nd half. He basically won them the game.

[Horn80 6114]

Like this team.  They didn’t quit and be much better when bigs return.

[Kermit 3156]

Good job, good effort. Abmas pissing down his leg there.

[ClubWhatever 12120]

Not many teams are gonna hit as many wild shots as they have.  Just prayers.  

[NorthLoop 14181]

I'm not mad about this. 

[LonghornSean 3989]

Good effort. Played ‘em pretty much toe to toe after the terrible start

[Gut Wagon 8065]

Great effort, especially by Mitchell, Brock and Horton. Eastern Bloc dude couldn't miss. Abmas needs to take a lap. 

[dcar00 14153]

well we gave em a game.  probably win if our guards show up at all.  Hunter is gonna need to step up his game because Carr isn't there to take heat off.

[HtownHorn 14663]

What are we doing. There is no reason to foul and call TOs.

What we did learn, even when we are fully healthy, we need to play with pace because our guards are really athletic but short. We maximize Mitchell's offensive potential when we play fast and in the open court.

Edited November 21, 2023 by HtownHorn

[Blotto 23488]

Ive seen enough to believe this team is gonna be just fine with a healthy roster. Rodney's got those boys playing hard, but sometimes the shots dont fall (seems like we never shoot well at MSG). If Mitchell plays at this level consistently and we're healthy, we'll be all right. 

Whats the latest on Disu? Is it a certainty he's playing by the time conference games start? 

[Horn80 6114]

Mitchell’s becoming serious offensive weapon.  

[shadow_operative 15932]

looked like it was going to be death by a thousand put back dunks for a while there, but we fought hard and played much better in the second half than we did in the first, particularly the first 10 minutes of the game. i’m not even mad about tonight. the effort and competitiveness makes up for the disappointment of losing. 

Edited November 21, 2023 by shadow_operative

[ATXbronco 4062]

Great to see Mitchell have a nice game even after twisting his ankle earlier in the game.

Also great to see the Longhorns never give up!

[chemHORN 1239]

Terry's teams continue to be good with 2nd half adjustments.  Score may not reflect how close this game was down the stretch.  Impressed with how they played in the 2nd half.  

[TexArcher 37763]

Great game for Mitchell.  This is the kind of L that can make us better.  Abmas needs to have some realizations when they do the film study.

[clownin72 197]

Between last night and tonight I lost coumt on how many time J Will called Shedrick Kaden Sheppard

[jimmyjazz 45887]

At least this time around I can only assume no coach's wife or girlfriend got shit-hammered all weekend and played the fool.

[dcar00 14153]

the missed layup by Hunter at 71-67 and the last second shot by Euro was the game.

[perfectchaos007 6625]

Wire to wire double digit win for UConn is about what I expected with how short handed we were. I thought we fought well though to hang around and not let UConn blow us out by 20. Our bigs need to get healthy.

[Js1 85275]

Yeah I highly doubt if Vegas knew Shedrick was out, the line would have been less than 10. We represented well, a bad start doomed us. Rodney has to stop with those, we saw them a lot last year too

[Billy Pilgrim 1960]

Texas played well against the defending champs. Could’ve folded in the first half when their bigs were dominating but we hung tough all game. Looking forward to seeing what we do when we’re healthy.

[HtownHorn 14663]

1 minute ago, dcar00 said:

the missed layup by Hunter at 71-67 and the last second shot by Euro was the game.

Massachusetts is in Europe?

[jimmyjazz 45887]

4 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

looked like it was going to be death by a thousand put back dunks for a while there, but we fought hard and played much better in the second half than we did in the first, particularly the first 10 minutes of the game. i’m not even mad about tonight. the effort and competitiveness makes up for the disappointment of losing. 

We played them even up from 12:29 in the first half.  That's not bad.

[Sal 1088]

People keep talking about missing two big men. College basketball is guard dependent, and we don't have good guards or good depth. I don't see how Disu or Shedrick overcome those problems unless we get multiple guards to make shots consistently. 

[dcar00 14153]

Opponents FT's 43 for 49...nuts.

[ATXbronco 4062]

God Bless Hawaii but Kansas should never wear florals again

Forever

[dcar00 14153]

2 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Massachusetts is in Europe?

Eastern?

[Hookem2147 21194]

Just now, Sal said:

People keep talking about missing two big men. College basketball is guard dependent, and we don't have good guards or good depth. I don't see how Disu or Shedrick overcome those problems unless we get multiple guards to make shots consistently. 

We just watched Brock Cunningham guard a dude who is 7’2 for extended stretches. 

[Js1 85275]

Just now, Hookem2147 said:

We just watched Brock Cunningham guard a dude who is 7’2 for extended stretches. 

Yeah…. I mean, having 6’9 and 6’11 might be helpful there 

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

11:21 1H- uconn leads 26-11

5:24 2H- uconn leads 71-67

we outscored them 56-45 over this period of the game, with no disu, no shedrick, and max abmas playing like a sleeper cell who was went from oklahoma to destroy us from within. we never gave up despite a horrific start, and we got ourselves back into the game with time to spare. that’s my takeaway from the night. the team has heart, and plenty of room to grow. a lot to build on from tonight. 🤘🏼 

 

[dcar00 14153]

2 minutes ago, Sal said:

People keep talking about missing two big men. College basketball is guard dependent, and we don't have good guards or good depth. I don't see how Disu or Shedrick overcome those problems unless we get multiple guards to make shots consistently. 

sure but it would have mattered on the defensive end and rebounding.

[jw4381 3070]

 

Rebounding. Otherwise pretty even. 

[dcar00 14153]

1 minute ago, shadow_operative said:

 

11:21 1H- uconn leads 26-11

5:24 2H- uconn leads 71-67

we outscored them 56-45 over this period of the game, with no disu, no shedrick, and max abmas playing like a sleeper cell who was went from oklahoma to destroy us from within. we never gave up despite a horrific start, and we got ourselves back into the game with time to spare. that’s my takeaway from the night. the team has heart, and plenty of room to grow. a lot to build on from tonight. 🤘🏼 

 

and it was basically an away game.

[The Ace of Aces 5175]

36 minutes ago, WJC88 said:

Better how? 

Defense abilities and even decent guard play. It’s severely lacking so far (early season caveat)

[Rockethorn1978 6072]

3 minutes ago, Sal said:

People keep talking about missing two big men. College basketball is guard dependent, and we don't have good guards or good depth. I don't see how Disu or Shedrick overcome those problems unless we get multiple guards to make shots consistently. 

Having an inside threat on the offensive end matters for shooters as they stretch the floor and you can’t just play deny defense across the three point line all game because you have a post who could score. And disu can hit elbow jumpers all game so it definitely matters for both ends of the floor.

[BurgleBro 787]

Glad I recorded it.  I knew Shedricks shoulder was gonna be an issue. 

Dylan needs to heal up asap

[Blotto 23488]

Just now, Sal said:

People keep talking about missing two big men. College basketball is guard dependent, and we don't have good guards or good depth. I don't see how Disu or Shedrick overcome those problems unless we get multiple guards to make shots consistently. 

To me the biggest issue with the first half was our inability to keep them off the offensive glass. That's the reason we had such a hole to climb out of. Im thinking a healthy Disu and Shedrick evens the game out a bit during that stretch. Thats a good team we just played and for the last 30 minutes it was a scrap. I'm not disappointed by what I watched all things considered. 

[HtownHorn 14663]

5 minutes ago, Blotto said:

To me the biggest issue with the first half was our inability to keep them off the offensive glass. That's the reason we had such a hole to climb out of. Im thinking a healthy Disu and Shedrick evens the game out a bit during that stretch. Thats a good team we just played and for the last 30 minutes it was a scrap. I'm not disappointed by what I watched all things considered. 

It was like he didn't watch Disu become our best player last year in the post-season. Bigs that can space the floor are gold in college basketball. Karaban is a college 4 and killed us tonight, he also didn't have to play much defense because Brock just isn't a tough guard offensively compared to Disu.

[jimmyjazz 45887]

One stat that surprises me:

We outshot UCONN from the arc, 31.3% - 29.2%.

 

They got us 11 - 7 on offensive boards and 29 - 22 on defensive boards (40 - 29 total).

7 blocks to our 3.

Even on turnovers at 6.

16 of 18 to 10 of 13 on free throws.

[HtownHorn 14663]

2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

One stat that surprises me:

We outshot UCONN from the arc, 31.3% - 29.2%.

 

They got us 11 - 7 on offensive boards and 29 - 22 on defensive boards (40 - 29 total).

7 blocks to our 3.

Even on turnovers at 6.

16 of 18 to 10 of 13 on free throws.

I'm guessing the difference was FTs and 2nd chance points. Both of which could have evened out a little more with Shedrick and Disu. 

[Js1 85275]

Turnover number is encouraging compared to the first couple games 

[jimmyjazz 45887]

2 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

I'm guessing the difference was FTs and 2nd chance points. Both of which could have evened out a little more with Shedrick and Disu. 

The 3's played into it, too.  Even though we "outshot" them from beyond the arc, they took 50% more shots than we did (7 of 24 versus 5 of 16).  That's a 6 point swing to go with the 6 point advantage at the line.

[Revolution512 1487]

If that’s the Mitchell we are going to get, we can cause some problems

[Degenerate Gardner 4085]

Quality loss. Mitchell ’s best showing in terms of being in game flow. Oyema continued to fill in admirably. Keep learning and healing.

[Braff Zacklin 13552]

45 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

Abmas has been terrible tonight. i try not to call out players like this, but god damn, his decision making has killed us. 

Definitely need more hoopin' and less chuckin' from Max going forward. Love the confidence. The selfishness, not so much.

 

But without Shedrick and Disu, this isn't a terrible loss (cue the aggy moral victory angle).

[Gut Wagon 8065]

I'd really like to see more shots for Horton. Especially when Abmas isn't being helpful. 

[Hermanator 7032]

The schedule going forward is Wyoming, Texas St, #4 Marquette, Houston Christian, LSU, Corpus aggy, and UNC Greensboro. I know we all want to beat Marquette to give Shaka a punch in the face after he shit the bed here like a bitch then started winning again with Marquette, but we should be no worse than 10-2 or 9-3 coming out of 2023. Really should be 10-2 as should split Marquette and LSU at least. Disu should be back by mid December but probably not in time for Marquette. 

[Rickylovesweed 14262]

17 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

Definitely need more hoopin' and less chuckin' from Max going forward. Love the confidence. The selfishness, not so much.

 

But without Shedrick and Disu, this isn't a terrible loss (cue the aggy moral victory angle).

Abmas needs to stop chucking but the big issue with him is he's a pick and roll player not a 1 v 1 player. 

I said this in the main Texas thread, but the way you unlock him is a guy like Disu that can kick and pop. When Texas tries to set up PnR with Onyema they just hedge on Hunter or Abmas because Onyema is no threat to score other than a dunk. 

I haven't seen if Shedrick can kick and pop yet. He can definitely score inside. What this team really needs for Hunter and Abmas is a guy like Disu. 

 

Edited November 21, 2023 by Rickylovesweed