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lanier can’t create his own shot, he’s a catch-and-shoot guy. if they can’t get him the looks he likes this will just get more and more ugly.

yeah, lanier can’t hit anything. this is gonna be a loooooong day for tennessee.

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tenn needs to finish the half like it's the last two minutes of the season. pick up the fucking pace, run and gun

u of h needs to double down on defense. take smart shots 

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best defense in the country, best shooting team in the country. they got overlooked all year because of duke and auburn, but this is by far the best team that sampson has ever put together. 

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8 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

This is the Rick Barnes offense I remember.

The 2001 Big 12 tournament championship was the exact type of game I had in mind when I saw these two were going to play (Texas didn’t score the last 11 minutes of that game) and looks like it’s playing out that way… except Tenn was never in this one

https://www.espn.com/ncb/2001/20010311/recap/taloae.html

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7 minutes ago, Derka said:

8 points with less than four minutes left in the half. countless missed jumpers. just a miserable offensive performance.

 

it is God's plan !

Just now, The Ace of Aces said:

16 is the record for fewest points in a first half of elite 8 game

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Just now, linux said:

Kelvin Sampson used to own Barnes hard for a while too I think it was 8 straight wins at some point

Yeah I remember when we finally beat ou back then

This offense is giving me PTSD

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This may be it, fellas. An entire career dedicated to the tireless pursuit of offensive ineptitude culminates in this masterpiece. Rick's magnum opus. 

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1 minute ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

15 pts at halftime for a bid to the final four should be a felony

I had the misfortune of attending Rick’s last game at Texas 

We needed 57 points to beat Butler that day. We scored 48 points in 40 minutes 

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5 minutes ago, Revolution512 said:

It’s still painful to watch Rick sit there without an answer.

i mean they’ve had a ton of open shots, they’ve just missed them. not a lot he can do about that.

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tenn - stop shooting three's, drive the fuckign ball and make baskets. fucking block out on those defensive rebounds. every man on a u of h body, every fucking shot 

 

u of h - amp up the defense. no easy / fast n contested lay ups. smart high make shots. take your time on O. 

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13 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

The 2001 Big 12 tournament championship was the exact type of game I had in mind when I saw these two were going to play (Texas didn’t score the last 11 minutes of that game) and looks like it’s playing out that way… except Tenn was never in this one

https://www.espn.com/ncb/2001/20010311/recap/taloae.html

I remember watching that on spring break from my hotel room in Daytona. It somehow didn’t kill the party. 

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1 minute ago, Derka said:

i mean they’ve had a ton of open shots, they’ve just missed them. not a lot he can do about that.

Start pushing for good layups or get to the FT line any way possible (except Barnes teams always sucked at FT), aka calming down.

Like someone mentioned this is deja vu x 20

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3 minutes ago, Derka said:

i mean they’ve had a ton of open shots, they’ve just missed them. not a lot he can do about that.

The physicality rattled them, rattled his leader on the floor. They made enough stops on defense to stay in it. Lanier bricking 3s on three consecutive possessions is when it got out of reach. They needed to work differently on that end but took the bait.

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12 minutes ago, linux said:

Start pushing for good layups or get to the FT line any way possible (except Barnes teams always sucked at FT), aka calming down.

Like someone mentioned this is deja vu x 20

they’ve tried that, but this houston defense has shut down the paint. tennessee’s guards are struggling to beat their man, and when they do they get met at the rim with a violent swat. hitting jumpers was always going to be the key, and they’re laying an absolute egg.

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1 minute ago, Derka said:

two wide open catch-and-shoot looks to start the half and they miss both. they’ve had the looks they want, but the entire team is ice cold.

 

drive the fuckign ball !!!!!

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I don’t know that it’s typical rick Barnes offense and instead Houston is just much better on defense than Tennessee’s offense. 

Tennessee is getting good looks, and part of the reason they keep missing is because of how great Houston’s D is

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1 minute ago, Derka said:

they’ve tried that, but this houston defense has shut down the paint. tennessee’s guards are struggling to beat their man, and when they do they get met at the rim with a violent swat. hitting jumpers was always going to be the key, and they’re laying an absolute egg.

The shot chart says otherwise it was an insane 3 point desperation game.

 

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