Comments on: Guarding Michael Beasley…I mean Kansas State.

By: Trips Right

Trips Right — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:21:47 +0000

How did you like the box and 1, srr50? I yelled box and 1 so loud I scared my kids. Rick fucking Barnes.

By: srr50

srr50 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:57:36 +0000

Beasley is a beast — he had his double/double at the half. But as Trips wisely pointed out, we did induce their guards to take (and miss)enough threes to help out.

Bill Walker? ConnerFuckingAtchley had him for a lot of the game — and Walker went 0 for 14 from the field and scored one point.

Oh and Atchley was perfect from the floor, scored 14 points, and put the finishing touches on the win with a 3-pointer.

He is a prime example of what Rick Barnes does best: take guys who are 4-year fillers on the roster and turns them into important D-1 players

See Royal Ivey, Brandon Mouton, Jason Klotz, and Connor Atchley. To say nothing of guys like P.J. Tucker and Justin Mason who also improve exponentially in the program.

By: Trips Right

Trips Right — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:11:44 +0000

Barton, yeah, I saw a 3.5 out there as well.

Texas isn’t getting alot of love from the linesmakers. Considering they were a short 4 point fave at home against TAMU, 2 point dogs at baylor, and just a 9 point faves at home against Ou. Hell TAMU was an 11.5 point favorite against Nebraska.

Vegas certainly doesn’t believe the hype yet.

By: Bartoncreek

Bartoncreek — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:05:37 +0000

Just checked the vegas numbers. KSU by 3. Those people understand. This will be very difficult.

By: Bartoncreek

Bartoncreek — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:01:05 +0000

Our zone sucks so bad that I think we go man and double from the back side if he gets inside of 15 feet. If he knocks down outside jumpers/threes with a hand in his face, so be it. I just don’t like the idea of messing with our D too much right now.

Guys, this is just a different team at home. They have played 6 conference games at home. 6-0 with an average margin of victory of 23 points. 5 wins over 20 points, one win (Kansas) 9 points. This is a tough task. We can do it, but it is probably 50/50 at best.

By: hiphopopotamus

hiphopopotamus — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:23:19 +0000

It probably wouldn’t hurt for Atchley to hit some 3’s and pull Beasley away from the basket, either.

James/Walker will be a fun matchup to watch.

By: hiphopopotamus

hiphopopotamus — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:21:55 +0000

If UT does two things they should win.

1) Zone them. They don’t move the ball well enough to really succeed against a well played zone.
2) Rebound. Beasley and Walker love to crash the offensive glass and typically get a lot of points here. Limiting that could be a huge key.

By: JW Stringer

JW Stringer — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:18:51 +0000

Great analysis!

Texas has to try beating KSU on their home court which won’t be easy, but if they do, they’ll have their first perfect February since the 1962-63′ season.