Game 1: Eastern Illinois at Texas, 7 PM, LHN

[Goo Punch 4275]

it's dusty in here.

[Machinator 32099]

What a moment.

[Goo Punch 4275]

Febres looking confident.

[texasstrong12 4668]

Febres is gonna play if he can keep hitting these open 3s. 

[Machinator 32099]

I like second-half Febres much better. Now let's see him do it against good competition.

[Atticus 3978]

13 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

Hepa is a high IQ player. He needs to play more minutes. 

Came to post this. Hepa looks really good. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

Long, Coleman and Ramey will get shooters open shots. Roach and Febres should feast if they can hit jumpers. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

Hayes is a freak 

[Goo Punch 4275]

HAYES!!!! BY GAWD!!!!

[Machinator 32099]

Ramey in the open floor is nice.

[Horny Bull 2766]

Wow!

[RockyMountainHighHorn 895]

15 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

Hepa is a high IQ player. He needs to play more minutes. 

I know to most people this is good. I feel like we as Texas fans have been jaded as “High IQ Player” immediately makes me think “coach on the field” and then unathletic white guy and the snowballing continues..... 

[Goo Punch 4275]

nah, Hepa is gonna be really good.

[Machinator 32099]

Finally, made both free throws.

[Goo Punch 4275]

Just now, Machinator said:

Finally, made both free throws.

who had 5 minutes left in the game?

[texasstrong12 4668]

Shaka likely isn’t going to be this liberal with subs in future games. Most I’ve ever seen him rotate. 

[Machinator 32099]

Just now, texasstrong12 said:

Shaka likely isn’t going to be this liberal with subs in future games. Most I’ve ever seen him rotate. 

Liddell needs time to develop, but I'd like to see a decent amount of Ramey and Hayes in the noncon.

[SDG 3319]

For what amounts to a preseason game I'm pretty happy with what I've seen tonight.  

[RockyMountainHighHorn 895]

7 minutes ago, Goo Punch said:

HAYES!!!! BY GAWD!!!!

For those of us plebes with no LHN, if this dunk was as good as it sounds. Be sure to post a link or vid if you have it. If it was so so, don’t worry about it

[texasstrong12 4668]

Just now, Machinator said:

Liddell needs time to develop, but I'd like to see a decent amount of Ramey and Hayes in the noncon.

I doubt Liddell plays much this year especially when Hamm comes back. No issue with him getting minutes tonight though. 

[SDG 3319]

Just now, RockyMountainHighHorn said:

For those of us plebes with no LHN, if this dunk was as good as it sounds. Be sure to post a link or vid if you have it. If it was so so, don’t worry about it

 

see who made the block first.  

[RockyMountainHighHorn 895]

2 minutes ago, SDG said:

For what amounts to a preseason game I'm pretty happy with what I've seen tonight.  

I say gotta win by double digits.

And pos rep for the dunk post poster!

[texasstrong12 4668]

Sloppy finish but expected playing all these young guys. 

[Machinator 32099]

Sims... not his best night.

[texasstrong12 4668]

Hepa has a stroke. 

[Machinator 32099]

Ah, Hepa, that was nice.

[Machinator 32099]

Don't mind Jones getting these shots.

[Horny Bull 2766]

Jesus Sims. 

[SDG 3319]

4 minutes ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said:

I say gotta win by double digits.

And pos rep for the dunk post poster!

The points don't really mean anything because Shaka was toying with the rotation a ton.  

[texasstrong12 4668]

Good news is Coleman and Osetkowki haven’t had to play big minutes. We have to keep those guys fresh. 

I hope Shaka realizes this as the season moves forward. 

[kingkoopa6 8377]

8-25 eh.. ill take the 8 makes.. 

 

[Goo Punch 4275]

rough start against a team that was just outmatched in every way, but we really got it together and had a lot of players show a lot of promise. we won't be routinely tested until conference play, but the new players showed a lot to be excited about going forward.

[Braff Zacklin 13636]

 Sims was mentally checked out in the second half. He'll need to do better.

[CheesePie 238]

DO’s hand bandage looked like schilling’s sock

[BigOrange1 6442]

really liked what i saw from ramey, coleman and mitrou-long.  guard play should be a strength this year.

[HtownHorn 14755]

8-25, 11-20. Still can't shoot. Last year we won our first game 105-59. This is going to be a long season.

[texasstrong12 4668]

Not much to take away from tonight until we play better competition.

I like these type openers where you can play a bunch of guys and not really have to worry about the outcome. Ramey got 23 minutes, Hayes 20 minutes, Hepa 11 minutes, Liddell 7 minutes and Jones 9 minutes. So all those guys were able to get involved early in the year. 

 

 

[texasstrong12 4668]

8 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

8-25, 11-20. Still can't shoot. Last year we won our first game 105-59. This is going to be a long season.

Only HTown Horn would have a take like this. I have no clue if we will be good or bad but Shaka started playing all young guys at about the 10 to 12 minute mark in the 2nd half once we were up 20. He could have easily won this by 40 if he extended minutes of the starters and that was without Roach. 

You bitched all year about the short rotation and Shaka was willing to play a bunch of guys tonight to get them involved. Do you want Texas to blow out shit teams or get some of these young guys involved early so they might be ready once it matters? 

Edited November 7, 2018 by texasstrong12

[Machinator 32099]

Also worth noting that two of those 3-point misses came from Liddell, who almost certainly won't be playing important minutes for Texas, and two more of those misses came from a rusty Andrew Jones.

[texasstrong12 4668]

This was the best I've seen the full court press under Shaka but no clue if that's just because Eastern Illinois sucks. They probably turned the ball over 50% of the time when we pressed. If Shaka would have stuck with the press this game would have been ugly because they had no clue how to break the press. 

[Machinator 32099]

Just now, texasstrong12 said:

This was the best I've seen the full court press under Shaka but no clue if that's just because Eastern Illinois sucks. They probably turned the ball over 50% of the time when we pressed. If Shaka would have stuck with the press this game would have been ugly because they had no clue how to break the press. 

If I recall correctly, we pressed a lot in our season opener last season too, but dialed it back later, even before losing Andrew Jones. Not going to draw any conclusions from this game on that front.

Arkansas likes to run, so that will be interesting.

[texasstrong12 4668]

11 minutes ago, Machinator said:

If I recall correctly, we pressed a lot in our season opener last season too, but dialed it back later, even before losing Andrew Jones. Not going to draw any conclusions from this game on that front.

Arkansas likes to run, so that will be interesting.

We didn't really press all that much tonight but I think it had more to do with the opponent than anything. You want to get something out of these type games so creating turnovers and scoring in transition doesn't do much for the development of a team that struggles in the half court. 

I hope we see more full court pressure this year because I think we have the depth to actually do it once Simms and Roach return.

 

 

Edited November 7, 2018 by texasstrong12

[ChickenSandwich 9844]

Fuck all. We look shits load more talented thN last season. Should be a fun (up and down) ride. 

Excited about ALL of the new additions. 

[Newdoc 3448]

Hopeful this game shows a glimpse of better fitting pieces and increased depth for this year. My first impressions from limited observation.

[jinx 2635]

I think Lance Blanks made a key observation about closing out the game, and it got sloppy a bit late, but there is a ton of talent in this team.  It will be nice to see a rotation this deep.

i wonder how many years Hayes plays in burnt orange after this debut.  Hepa is going to be a great piece.  Reminded me of Boddicker a bit.  Can shoot and do dirty work.  I like that we get a lot of games at home to bake this cake a bit before the conference season starts.  

[RockyMountainHighHorn 895]

1 hour ago, HtownHorn said:

8-25, 11-20. Still can't shoot. Last year we won our first game 105-59. This is going to be a long season.

Already? Fucking already? After the last two football losses, it’s doomsday after a win in our first hoops game? HTH, by chance, if you have any Xanax around, take one and send me the rest. Thank you. 

[BigOrange1 6442]

Just now, RockyMountainHighHorn said:

Already? Fucking already? After the last two football losses, it’s doomsday after a win in our first hoops game? HTH, by chance, if you have any Xanax around, take one and send me the rest. Thank you. 

amazes me how some people just look to go through life miserable. 

[HtownHorn 14755]

1 minute ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said:

Already? Fucking already? After the last two football losses, it’s doomsday after a win in our first hoops game? HTH, by chance, if you have any Xanax around, take one and send me the rest. Thank you. 

I have very low expectations because there will be no half court offense under Shaka. Confirmation bias tells me Shaka will not run havoc as he should to use his athletes to play a more open style. This game is just another in a long line of evidence to say Shaka is over his head. That FT shooting still sucks shouldn't be a huge surprise either.

[RockyMountainHighHorn 895]

@HtownHorn  I don’t disagree with everything you are saying, there are some valid points. But tell me, how much do you honestly think we win by if we played a normal rotation? 

[randygilman 643]

27 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Confirmation bias

Rich