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Posted by The General on January 12th, 2009 under Basketball

Five things that need to happen for the Horns to pull off the quasi-upset (quasi because Oklahoma hasn’t played anyone so nobody knows how good they are).

 1)  Make Blake Griffin play defense.  Whoever he guards, needs the ball on the low block every possesion especially early in the game.  We need to get this kid in a little foul trouble early. 

2) Bang Blake Griffin on defense.  Griffin is the best NBA prospect in college, and he will be the #1 pick in the draft and deservedly so, but he is not an Alpha Dog.  I’m stealing from Simmons here, but he is a classic second banana.  Of course, this doesn’t really matter in college because of the talent gap, but I think the kid has some quit in him.  This is one of those games where we need a Gabe Muoneke.

3) Control defensive glass.  Blake Griffin needs no help on offense.  Robin Lopez Taylor Griffin is only a threat if we let him board.

4) MasonBalbayWard has to take Willie Warren out of the game. This is a perfect game to put AJ on Austin Johnson and dare him to shoot. We can help off of Austin (.280 from 3) or Tony Crocker (.337 from 3), though we need to watch Crocker because he could be dangerous if he gets going early.

5) We have to make defenses pay for how they play AJ. Either he needs to get hot and hit a few, or we need to counter.

Oklahoma is not a deep team. Cade Davis is the 6th man and their only contributor off the bench that is more than a body. We can’t help off of him though, and we don’t always recognize these things quickly after substitution. Of course, we will need to make our free throws. Griffin only shoots 61%, but the fouls we have to give (Connor’s and Connor Lite’s) are likely to be softer Charmin, so that doesn’t help much.

Whichever Capel brother coaches the Sooners isn’t very good at what he does, so that helps the good guys.

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  1. Anyone know what the line is for this game?

    Feels like forever ago when we last lost to OU. Thank you Rick Barnes.

  2. ” Griffin only shoots 61%, but the fowls we have to give (Connor’s and Connor Lite’s) are likely to be softer Charmin, so that doesn’t help much.”
    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Why would Conner give Griffin the bird?

    Or is that a clever reference to the soft, downy, feathery-type of “physical” fouls that Conner usually brings?

  3. My esteem of poultry and the various game fowls aside, I am a moron.

    Thanks for catching that Texoz.

  4. Robin Lopez said:

    January 12th, 2009 at 8:50 am

    Taylor Griffin sucks. Take that back.

  5. Oklahoma hasn’t played anyone so nobody knows how good they are

    Other than Davidson and Purdue, both of whom OU beat, sure.

  6. Brook Lopez said:

    January 12th, 2009 at 9:08 am

    Yeah, Taylor totally doesn’t have as many Disney figurines as Brook.

  7. preach it preacher!

  8. RansomStoddard said:

    January 12th, 2009 at 10:12 am

    ou has no desire to do anything but play hard and physical and beat you 50-48. If you run, like Arky did, they get mad and give up.

  9. The General, great post. Number 1 is a huge key. If he has to play defense the entire game, we’ll benefit. Blake takes plays off to rest and sometimes he takes plays off just cuz.

    As for your comments on AJ, the Davidson game gives us some pretty good tape to scout how the sooners will attack our gunslinger defensively. I know Curry is much more accomplished off the bounce, but we should be able to glean some info off that game.

  10. OUsniffsware said:

    January 12th, 2009 at 10:44 am

    I am so glad I found Barking C some intelligent life in Hoops! Thanks.

  11. The General said:

    January 12th, 2009 at 10:54 am

    Ponderos,

    I did overlook Purdue. I’ll give you that one. My bad.

    TG

  12. ou has no desire to do anything but play hard and physical and beat you 50-48.

    Those were the Kelvin Sampson teams. This team will get out and run with Warren and Crocker. Blake’s been known to lead the break, too.

  13. OU plays more loose in every phase of the game compared to Sampson’s teams. In the good ways and the bad ways that a team can be loose.

  14. Bob in Houston said:

    January 12th, 2009 at 11:36 am

    The line… OU 4 1/2, 137

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