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Texas vs UConn open thread
Posted by HenryJames on January 23rd, 2010 under Basketball
If we can slow down Ray Allen, we have a chance.
Our Northeast correspondent Vasherized is at the game. He was up there watching field hockey or some other preppy shit and somehow managed to get a ticket. Vasherized talked a bit with Todd Wright who told him that we had a great week of practice, particularly on offense.
The UConn students work on their cheers an hour and a half before gametime.
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Magnificent Bastard commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 9 minutes ago
Thanks for the writeup Trips. It’ll all be over soon. Mercy killing, imo.
Albert Einstein says Rick Barnes is clearly insane.
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Scipio Tex commented on the blog post Top 10 Defensive Lapses 1 hour, 30 minutes ago
Is Gilbert Ariza a cross between Gilbert Arenas and Trevor Ariza? A guy that will play lockdown D and then threaten you with a firearm?
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D W commented on the blog post Top 10 Defensive Lapses 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
Next year is very frightening
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D W commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
We have to live with the fact that Baylor is a more talented and better coached basketball team than we are.
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Hank Dudek commented on the blog post Top 10 Defensive Lapses 2 hours, 7 minutes ago
CJD,
I know exactly what you are talking about. Pitiful defense. We open the second half giving up about 4 easy buckets on run-outs. Damion shoots a three, Mason watches and does not get back, easy bucket. Lucas gets beat down court and gives a way a soft foul for a 3 point -
Scipio Tex commented on the blog post Top 10 Defensive Lapses 4 hours, 43 minutes ago
That was a ruthless and depressing cataloguing of failure. Thanks Hank! I think.
EggNog –
There’s no question that Barnes without point guard just doesn’t work.
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Luke wrote a new blog post: One down, two to go 4 hours, 45 minutes ago
Wildcat fans everywhere took a deep sigh of relief at halftime Thursday night.
Kansas State reminded everyone just how good it is when the intensity is turned all the way up. This team will be tough to beat in any tournament, whether it’s the NCAAs or the Big 12 conference.
They won’t have that much of a
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Scipio Tex commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 4 hours, 45 minutes ago
Good write-up, Trips. I laughed and learned. It was like an episode of Family Ties.
ipowers -
You’re happy with our transition defense? Because that’s what Trips is referencing with respect to floor balance.
And your typing about point guards is something we’d pretty much discussed, established, and put to bed
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Scipio Tex wrote a new blog post: Rick Reilly Is A Walking Amber Alert 5 hours, 2 minutes ago
And he’s protecting your kids.
Particularly the 17 year olds that are healthy, tall, and bad at sports.
I stumbled across this Rick Reilly article on Inside Texas and I think it calls for discussion on a number of issues centered around fair play, basic consideration of others, competition, and our society’s increasingly
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admin commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 5 hours, 13 minutes ago
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 5 hours, 13 minutes ago
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Black Scholes commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 5 hours, 16 minutes ago
Fran Fraschilla? What the hell has she done since ‘Nanny and the Professor’?
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Trips Right commented on the blog post Quick Preview of Today’s Big East Tournament Action 5 hours, 47 minutes ago
travis, they have a chance. If they win out and beat WVU, the committe might give the Hoyas the nod.
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Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 6 hours, 16 minutes ago
Egg, that’s all fine and good, but what did JH do tonight to warrant the benching? You’re talking in generalites parroted by know nothing ESPN color analysts who watch one or two Texas games a year. I saw one egregiously bad shot tonight. The other shots were significantly better than most any other
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Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 6 hours, 16 minutes ago
Egg, that’s all fine and good, but what did JH do tonight to warrant the benching? You’re talking in generalities parroted by know nothing ESPN color analysts who watch one or two Texas games a year. I saw one egregiously bad shot tonight. The other shots were significantly better than most any other
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ursa major commented on the blog post Why The 1994 Goodwill Games Might Be A Sign of Things To Come 6 hours, 36 minutes ago
Ducks>Iceland
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ursa major commented on the blog post Baylor v. Texas – Postgame 6 hours, 38 minutes ago
Of course, Texas fans are prone to overreact to every single game. I.E. tonight.
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Baylor v. Texas – Postgame 6 hours, 40 minutes ago
Four in a row. Last two haven’t really been close. Our program is in trouble. Of course, Baylor shows how quickly things can be turned around…
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ursa major wrote a new blog post: Baylor v. Texas – Postgame 6 hours, 46 minutes ago
Ekpe Udoh’s back must be sore… Baylor has beaten Texas three times in one season for the first time since 1981-1982. Baylor has also beaten Texas four times in a row.
If you had told me before the game…. that Texas would outrebound us 38 to 28, and grab 17 offensive rebounds to our 5…. that
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Baylor v. Texas – Preview 7 hours ago
UT: Where talent submits to mediocrity.
Um, OK.
Anyway, good game Bears. You guys have a really good team, us not so much. Be fun to see how you do in the big dance.
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Trips Right wrote a new blog post: Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 7 hours, 14 minutes ago
I really can’t take it anymore. If you must know how or why Baylor continues to play Earl “the Goat” Manigault to our sports-goggled, weekend warrior check out the last Baylor write-up.
What happened tonight was eerily similar. In fact, it’s mindnumbingly frustrating that our staff made nary an adjustment to try
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ursa major commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor Open Thread 7 hours, 18 minutes ago
The funny thing is, I honestly expected my Bears to lose tonight. I am stupid.
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admin commented on the blog post Kstate Post-Mortem 7 hours, 19 minutes ago
There are no laws in Oklahoma.
So, I think the Horns might be good enough to make the quarterfinals of the NIT. And maybe not. Just a team completely adrift.
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skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor Open Thread 7 hours, 35 minutes ago
Trips , You are so right about not having fun and playing without emotion. I really thought that Barnes was going to get a T this game. You know that a team plays and reflects their coach.
Our team that had so much talent and most of the parts needed and turned into
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skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Top 10 Defensive Lapses 7 hours, 58 minutes ago
It was hard to watch and really made me sick to read it again. And that was just the second half. I feel so used and dirty after this game.
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Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor Open Thread 8 hours, 20 minutes ago
Trips,
I hear you and I agree. And I know most are just frustrated, angry, and beaten down by this year. I really hope that any staff change that takes place will bring energy and maybe a little joy. Just a little. Obviously we need to rework our offense. Barnes installed
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Blues commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor Open Thread 8 hours, 21 minutes ago
There’s no sense in looking up a dead horse’s ass.
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uthookem commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor Open Thread 8 hours, 22 minutes ago
Yep…this is just like watching the 2003 Holiday Bowl, for two months straight.
Hey, did anyone else watch the 2003 Holiday Bowl while on their honeymoon, in Louisiana?
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admin commented on the blog post Top 10 Defensive Lapses 8 hours, 25 minutes ago
I won’t even get started on the offense because there is no prayer in getting that changed this year.
Well the year appears to be one more game. Thus, love to read your thoughts for next season.
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admin commented on the blog post Top 10 Defensive Lapses 8 hours, 25 minutes ago
I won’t even get started on the offense because there is no prayer in getting that changed this year.
Well the year appears to be one more game. Thus, love to read your thoughts for next season.
Diego said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:05 pm
I’m definitely less nervous about this game than the K State game. However, I really don’t want to have a losing streak going. Hopefully we can get a complete game on both ends today.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Vasherized told me we looked nice as rice and mello as jello in pregame warmup.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:11 pm
bullshit call on Pttman. The beat goes on.
chitwood said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:12 pm
man that call on Pittman sucked. That is either a charge or a walk.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:12 pm
UConn looking shaky taking care of the ball early.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Home whistles rear their ugly head early.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Frentetic pace. Much better energy says the hippie.
Diego said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Slow getting back so far.
Savage Henry said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Nice drive Jai. Still wondering why Alexi is ahead of Jonson in rotation. Now Hill? We aren’t as deep in quality as people think.
Skip Foreplay said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:16 pm
We just CAN NOT afford to give them the half court alley-oop all night..
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:16 pm
DUNK THE FUCKING BALL!!
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Why the fuck is Matt Hill playing?
Savage Henry said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Dunk it!
Dunstan Pearl said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Denise>hey
Sailor Ripley said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:18 pm
If we’re going to be elite, we need to quit recruiting guys who can not dunk that shot. What a great play by Bradley.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Matt Hill is not good…at any phase of the game. The fact that he plays ahead of Clint Chapman is criminal, especially given how well Chapman played at KSU. C’mon, Rick.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:21 pm
No foul on the Bradley drive, what the fuck?
Savage Henry said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:22 pm
James looking strong.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:22 pm
I can’t believe at one point my dumb ass was almost indifferent as to whether James came back.
EggNog said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Is that 6 fouls to 1 now?
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Matt Hill has no business on the floor.
Savage Henry said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Where is Gary?
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:24 pm
*sigh* matt hill.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:24 pm
get a body on someone Jordan
Sailor Ripley said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:24 pm
I’m not one for ragging our guys but he’s out of his league.
Dunstan Pearl said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Great. Another on Pittman
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Skip,
I fear your name implies that you’re shorting yourself one of the greatest pleasures that life has to offer: the standing 69. I highly recommend you try it, provided you can find a woman strong enough to hold you up.
sizzlechest said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Refs letting UCONN back in the game.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Everything’s a foul on Pittman. I’ve never seen anything like it and Rick better address it at some point.
hookem625 said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:26 pm
uh… we only have one rebound.
Sailor Ripley said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Jordan is so mentally lazy right now. That was just no concentration.
Savage Henry said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:27 pm
How is Alexi ever going to rebound if he catches worse than my 2 year old?
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:27 pm
We have the worst hands in the entire sport. Everyone looks like Featherstone trying to hold on to the damn ball.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:28 pm
if wangmene could just develop better hands, he’d be a dangerous rebounder. as it is, he gets his hands on the ball pretty often, but he can’t control it. good to see him hit the offensive glass, regardless.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:29 pm
damion looks refocused, though. playing much better than at KSU. thought i’d put something positive in the midst of the negatives.
Diego said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Before Avery shoots, at least we haven’t missed a FT!
Diego said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:33 pm
And after.
Skip Foreplay said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Magnus – I’ll take that under consideration, however, I shudder to think what a woman capable of such a feat would look like.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Bradley’s having a good game thus far as well…
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:35 pm
need to tighten up the defensive boards.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:36 pm
dogus is dominating kemba walker. it is a good matchup for balbay.
Diego said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Matt Hill coming back in…do you take points + rebounds or and 1s given up?
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Hamilton on Robinson doing a great job. This is huge.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:36 pm
UConn is really going over the back a ton on the offensive glass, good think they can’t hold onto the ball.
Savage Henry said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:36 pm
We will pull away if they keep turning it over.
VirginiaLonghorn said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Our weakside rebounding hasn’t been anything to brag about the past three games.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:40 pm
arghh. finish those drives, jordan! he can take robinson to the hole, but finish. and, just as i type this, he drains a 3.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Hamilton isn’t shy is he
Savage Henry said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:42 pm
I think I could beat doge at horse.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Lucas, cold off the bench, shoots up a three without a pass. Damion now is done for the half with two fouls. Where does the offense come from?
EggNog said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Interesting that James gets called for over the back the way this game has gone.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:43 pm
i like that about hamilton. some may complain that he’s a black hole or that he doesn’t have good decision-making (which may be justified), but in games like this especially, you need a guy or two who aren’t afraid of the ball.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Is Matt Hill on scholarship?
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:44 pm
what is jai lucas doing dishing to matt hill down low? that’s not good awareness of who you’re passing to, jai.
VirginiaLonghorn said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:44 pm
If we MUST have a big man in the middle when Dex sits, why isn’t it Chapman rather than Hill?
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:45 pm
gavin edwards should have 3 or 4 fouls already.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:45 pm
mpayne, then why is Hill posting up?
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:46 pm
unbelievable no call on the mason drive.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Matt Hill is just not good. We are determined to make this a close game. With the amount of TO’s they have, we should be up double digits….
Dunstan Pearl said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Get Hill out of there. Jesus Christ
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:47 pm
trips,
for the life of me, i can’t understand why rick plays matt hill over chapman. the dude has no athletic ability to finish down low, especially in a game like this w/ uconn’s length. hill has no business being the game, you’re right. he just blew two more gimme layups downlow. painful, just painful.
Skip Foreplay said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Our inability to finish at the rim is stupefying. Always seems to be the case under Barnes.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:48 pm
mpayne, yep, and you’re right, Edwards should be on the bench by now
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:49 pm
JCB is having a tough game thus far.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Brown just cost us a bucket and a turnover
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:50 pm
i don’t like the lineup in the game right now. brown, mason, lucas, johnson, and…matt hill. not good.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:52 pm
UConn is a comedy of errors passing the ball. John Wooden is rolling over in his grave….Wait!
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:52 pm
i don’t get it. our guards seem to lack some IQ when it comes to the drive and dish. case in point, if matt hill is in the game, he is not an option! c’mon, bradley. oh, and hill misses yet another layup.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Matt Hill needs to go up trying to miss a layup, it might hellp.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Reverse logic. I like it, Trips.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:53 pm
We’re playing really well though, but for some missed layups.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Really bad mental mistake by Chapman.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Matt Hill < Greg Smith
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:56 pm
attaboy mason
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:56 pm
i agree. seems like we’re much more focused in the 1st half than the previous 2 games. on the road against a tough opponent, up by 8 with 15 seconds in 1st half is very good.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Pace is perfect for us. Uconn can’t beat us in a game played in the 80’s.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:59 pm
it’s halftime, so i’m daydreaming about tristan thompson on a team like this. athletic bigs is the one thing our team’s missing.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Feel fortunate to be up 8. We’re playing with much more intensity then Monday and that’s good. Avery Bradley and DJ are playing well. Pittman has 2 points and we’re still getting out rebounded. Hopefully we can put them away in the first 10 minutes of the 2nd half. Hopefully Rick can figure out that Chapman is playing much better then Hill and be first white guy off the bench….
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:01 pm
patrick bateman, i’d prefer if chapman was the only white guy off the bench.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:03 pm
mpayne, I hear ya. I’m still hoping for garbage time when we’re up 25. Then unleash the scrubs, Hill included…
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:05 pm
by the way, i watched the ohio state vs. west virginia game before ours. seeing osu’s slew of 6′6″-6′7″ wings (turner, lighty, buford) makes we hope all the more that hamilton stays in school. i can easily envision him like one of those guys next year. we might need to content ourselves with flashes of brilliance (with a lot of groan-inducing play in between) from hamilton this year, but i am a big believer in the guy.
EggNog said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:08 pm
I think Turner will be the best pro coming out, ahead of John Wall. Wall will almost certainly get picked ahead of him, but the NBA draft is full of inaccuracy and misfires. Hamilton has held his hands down while on offense today, so he appears to be trying to fit into this whole “team” thing.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Hamilton isn’t going anywhere. He’s at least two year player.
chitwood said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Texas +2/-105 2H. Like it.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:09 pm
I want to see Patrick Bateman and Rick Schroeder fight to the death gladiator style.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:13 pm
there have been plenty of players as unprepared for the nba as hamilton who’ve left school. but you’re right, i think he needs AT LEAST another year. i was impressed with evan turner’s game. when i read that he played PG, i was skeptical. i thought he was just a guy playing the point (a la justin mason last year). but he’s a legit PG, at least in college.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:13 pm
Me vs. Ricky Stratton? Que?
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:13 pm
I play Pittman until he fouls out.
java said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:13 pm
nice bounce pass balbay to bradley!
Score!
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Oh shit, I meant Jason Bateman. My bad, bro.
chitwood said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:15 pm
I thought that was where you were going, Trips. Patrick Bateman v. Ricky Stratton seems a little one-sided, you sick fuck.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:16 pm
No worries. Derek Taylor was always Ricky Stratton’s mortal enemy…FTR, I could take him.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:17 pm
uconn with another offensive rebound, this time with pittman in the game.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:17 pm
That’s a foul? Como?
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:18 pm
Three quick fouls on Dogus…..Terrible play by DJ…
java said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:18 pm
3 quicks on balbay? damn is that 4?
Sailor Ripley said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Great start.
Sheesh. Bye Dogus.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:19 pm
dogus getting those fouls will hurt us for this next stretch.
sizzlechest said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Awful 1 minute of basketball.
VirginiaLonghorn said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:20 pm
I guess we’ll find out in the next 15 minutes whether anyone can run this team.
java said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:20 pm
that’s why we saved Dex for the 2nd half… Sexy Dexy, not the new Dex.
dick said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Is that Vasherized wearing a pink UConn shirt?
Savage Henry said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Fucking Lucas
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:22 pm
kemba walker is so out of control.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Looks like they gave one of those fouls that appeared to be on Dogus to Damion. Now they both have 3 fouls.
java said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:22 pm
nice job by Jai.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Uconn’s offense has the Aids.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:23 pm
nice dime by lucas
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Grab the fucking ball hamilton!!!
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Pass the fucking ball hamilton1
java said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:25 pm
that’s what we need to do… turn and shoot. can’ wait to see what this foul is.
EggNog said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:25 pm
1 on 3 is money time for Hamilton.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:25 pm
this is the stretch where we need to establish pittman. if we don’t get production from him here, i doubt he’ll be much of a factor in this game.
Bartoncreek said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Mason in at point. Curious to see how this works out.
java said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Vash’d could be updating from his phone, but no, he is just enjoying the game. Not right I tell you.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:28 pm
If sizzlechest was the “color” guy, how would he describe Ater Majok?
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:28 pm
*groan* hamilton…
okay, we need to go down low to pittman.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Jordan with a couple of nice plays. He’s very talented and very young….
java said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:29 pm
nice pass by Johnson and nice play there.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Nice sequence by Hamilton. Looks good bringing the ball up the court.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Dyson is the only guy on their club you cannot leave.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:31 pm
We’re going small with Damion, JH and Gary. This could be a problem.
java said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:31 pm
yes, he does. maybe he’s growing up.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:31 pm
we have a very small lineup in right now. mismatches all over the place.
java said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Patrick, has Dex been a factor anyway?
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Really good foul by Johnson on Majok
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:33 pm
need to go to pittman NOW.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:33 pm
We fuck up finishing within 3 feet of the basket better than anyone.
RichUT said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:33 pm
A team this talented should be more fun to watch.
Savage Henry said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:33 pm
This team has a problem with 3 minute implosions and missing lay ups.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:33 pm
We can’t make a goddamn layup.
Bartoncreek said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Can we miss any more 5 footers? FUCK
java said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Pittman whistled for another bogus foul.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Size is always a factor and he’s been laying decently in the 2nd half. There’s a lot to criticize about Pittman’s play the last 3 weeks but regardless he’s back in and just fouled. Brilliant. Uconn is just a very big team.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:34 pm
If you were shot out of John Lucas, aren’t you supposed to be able to shoot?
Diego said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Fouls are getting ridiculous again this half. This sucks as we have completely outplayed them imo.
EggNog said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:34 pm
6 fouls to 1. Just like the first half.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:34 pm
How has Rick not called a time out?
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:34 pm
oh my. settle down, boys.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Time for TO Barnes!
java said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:35 pm
got to get this lineup out.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:35 pm
That was the worst coaching stretch I’ve ever seen out of Barnes.
Savage Henry said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Kept doge out too long.
VirginiaLonghorn said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:36 pm
I guess my question has been answered … no one but Balbay can run the team.
Bartoncreek said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:36 pm
No Balbay at point and the turnovers begin. Mason looked decent the couple of mins. he was at point
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:36 pm
The most frustrating collection of talent to watch ever. I had much more fun watching BJ Tyler and Terrence Wrencher.
Does Barnes coach offense, or just accumulate talent?
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:36 pm
15-0 runs are beautiful. We couldn’t expect UConn to continue to throw it outbounds for no reason.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:36 pm
For a team that subs as liberally as we do, it’s amazing how long we sit our kids that are in ostensible foul trouble.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Wait, magnus did you just imply that John Lucas was a woman? Because that makes some sense.
Sailor Ripley said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Right now I hate pretty much the whole lot of them, including these refs.
We’re dumber than a sack of axe handles.
scagnetti said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:37 pm
what the fuck is going on?
im only watching via ESPN gamecast
EggNog said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Balbay picked up 3 fouls in about a minute. I don’t think the refs want him (or Pittman) to play their game today.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Barton, as bad as it is. I actually prefer Mason at the point in certain situations. He can’t shoot, but neither can Dogus but he can penetrate and he’s less prone to horrible decisions like JCB and less much of a mismatch then Jai.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:38 pm
I’m not sure how you let the team “play through” a 12 point swing, which included at least five missed three-footers or less, without calling a time out.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:39 pm
need some leadership from damion right now. on the road, uconn with the lead after a run. need your senior leader to do something to stem the tide…rebound, steal, block….something.
Sailor Ripley said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Yeah, the refs are fucking us. Sure. But that run is on Rick. I know his philosophy on his shit but that was atrocious. We’ve got a bunch of pups running around stepping on their ears.
Spinscan said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Barnes needs to find a lineup and stick with it for more than 2 minutes.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Weir, we’re starting 3 guards and two wings. We better be pressing.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Dogus going to the stripe is not a good way to stop the bleeding. Damion gets a bucket.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:41 pm
holy cow, that was an ugly FT from dogus. gary was fouled on the follow, but of course no call.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:41 pm
damion w/ big follow up offensive rebound. that’s what i’m talking about.
scagnetti said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:42 pm
seems like he was waiting for the under 12
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Balbay is a 1980’s NL shortstop. I’m thinking Jose Uribe or some shit.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Bradley is having a very good game. Nice to see him bounce back….
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Thank God James got that board. Dogus looked like he was trying to hurt the back iron on those fts.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:42 pm
bad gamble by j’covan on defense.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Rick’s overreacting by not having Pittman on the floor.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Damion James just got his 4th? or 3rd?
EggNog said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Brown shouldn’t have been left alone with a 7 footer.
CBS kind of ruins big plays showing them 5 times in a row immediately after we see it live.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:44 pm
And if I’m Rick I’d be up in every officials ass about the foul disparity.
UTHornFan014 said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I’m sorry, but we are NOT Final Four quality. We don’t play together, we can’t make lay ups, we can’t shoot freethrows, and we lack any sort of coherent offensive game plan.
Diego said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I’m amazed at this collapse. I’m going to be in a bad mood tonight.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Gary has been BIG all year.
Bartoncreek said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Quit hedging screens 40 feet from the basket. Nice idea having a two 6-0 and a 6-2 guy on the floor against uconn. Barnes is coaching at about the intelligence of our team
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Ghost, apparently you never got “the talk.” John Lucas shot Jai Lucas into Jai Lucas’ mother. John Lucas was a wonderful shooter. It was a play on words. Not a good one, but one nonetheless.
USA better improve my sporting day.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:45 pm
gavin edwards with his 7th foul of the game.
Bartoncreek said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:46 pm
This is it. Mason doesn’t come in at point and we lose.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Barnes is not having a good day.
I assume he’s trying different shit to shake the doldrums of the last 3 games. But, geez.
Also, this officiating is hilariously awful. Really.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:47 pm
i don’t know why balbay was guarding dyson. he matches up much better against walker. let bradley check dyson.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:47 pm
What’s worse than an achilles heel? Whatever it is, that’s what our free throw shooting is.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:47 pm
4th on Dogus? That’s huge.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:47 pm
damn, I thought maybe John was a trannie.
Bartoncreek said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Ok. We lose no matter what.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:48 pm
4th on Pittman. Ridiculous.
RichUT said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:48 pm
The next Barnes team that can knock down FT’s and finish at the rim will be his first. At some point it’s not about the players.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:48 pm
See, if Dex is going to get a 4th foul I want it to be like that one was.
Savage Henry said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Fucking mason
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:49 pm
pittman just doesn’t know how to play with fouls. it’s prerequisite skill for bigs to know when to go for a block and when not to, especially because dexter isn’t a major shot blocker.
Spinscan said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Pittman, wtf
Bartoncreek said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:50 pm
I’m glad Hamilton hasn’t played when he was the only one that didn’t seem that rattled. I just hope that Hill comes in for Pittman so I can officially say that Barnes is fucking clueless about this team.
UTHornFan014 said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Well where will we end up in the polls after these last two games? #8?
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:50 pm
mayne — you didn’t need to include the adjective. He’s just not a shot blocker.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Time for Barnesy to shorten the bench. We’re playing too many players.
Sailor Ripley said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:50 pm
You know, we’re young and all of that but we are just flat out stupid.
It comes down to PG. We don’t really have one. And Rick HAS to have one.
Mason has no comfort there. Balbay getting called for three fouls in 18 seconds was a killer. But that goes back to being stupid. He has to mitigate his d intensity based on the situation.
Fuck. Just fuckity fuck fuck.
Fuck!
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Barnes is going to go with Pittman and see how long he can go. Not much to lose at this point…
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:51 pm
need to show some poise after these uconn FTs. c’mon horns.
Savage Henry said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:51 pm
This team is wasting their talent
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Need Bradley to step up.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Way to let them rebound their own missed ft
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Small lineup is killing us and then Mason gets a tough call go against him….
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:53 pm
nope, no poise at all. offensive foul on mason instead. suck.
Sailor Ripley said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Like I said, please stop playing Mason at point. Just stop.
Time for a Tecate.
Spinscan said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:53 pm
I can’t watch this shit. Gezis
UTHornFan014 said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Hilarity ensues!!!
RichUT said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:53 pm
This team is regressing as the year goes on. That is squarely on Barnes. This shit is terrible to watch.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:54 pm
That is the worst zone defense I’ve ever seen.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:54 pm
i think barnes needs to experiment with bradley at the point. we’re about to get run out of the gym. c’mon damion, we need you.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Terrible awareness by Pittman. This team is just not a very smart one.
Dunstan Pearl said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:55 pm
This is embarassing
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:55 pm
And Barnes goes to the zone. Fuck dude, you’ve played 87 different rotations, if you’re going to do that press
sizzlechest said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:55 pm
I’m shutting it down for this one guys. G’ night.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Then we give up the offensive board. This team has quit on Barnes. Flat out quit.
Spinscan said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:55 pm
We need to recruit some big guys who can actually play basketball instead of the stiffs we throw out there
VirginiaLonghorn said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:55 pm
We can put our heads between our legs and kiss our ass ‘good night’ …
Diego said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:56 pm
37-16 in the 2nd half.
scagnetti said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:56 pm
time for TWELVE tecates
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Trips –
He goes to the zone, which we promptly fuck up, giving up an easy baseline drive into our big man with 4 fouls. Good way to protect Dex.
Sailor Ripley said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Has a team ever gone from #1 to UR?
Vasherized said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Sounds like a metallica concert in here. They’re in our heads.
And the rout is on…
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:57 pm
we’re clearly a team whose offense fuels its defense. when we’re struggling like this on offense, we go into a funk on defense, too. ironic, given that defense is supposed to be our calling card.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Barnes has a lot of decisions to make. Chiefly, who are we? What kind of identity is this team going to have?
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Absolutely embarassing. We suck in all facets. I’d rather watch GDGD run an offense than Barnes.
UTHornFan014 said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:57 pm
I wouldn’t be surprised if this team chokes and gets knocked out in the round of 32.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Rick honestly doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing with this team. This is our problem, we have an identity crisis.
http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/2009/10/07/texas-basketball-if-youre-going-to-worry-worry-about-an-identity-crisis/
VirginiaLonghorn said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:59 pm
When the UConn crowd chants ‘overrated’, it will be deserved.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Now I know how ransom feels after a win.
EggNog said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Weak foul against Johnson.
chitwood said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:59 pm
UTHorn, how much $ you want to put on that. I’ll give you odds.
CrazyJoeDavola66 said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Shameful performance. Completely caved in physically, emotionally, mentally.
I’m starting to think that the people who say Barnes is a mediocre coach have a point.
And that we’re far from even pretending to be a significant basketball program.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Meanwhile Kentucky beats Arkansas by 30.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:01 pm
How bad would this team be if Damion James went pro?
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:01 pm
dexter is costing himself a lot of money with these last few games.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:01 pm
James just figured out there is a game tonight.
ballrific said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:02 pm
at times Barnes seems so lost, thus the team looks really fucking lost as a result.
Newsflash:
1) Mason is worthless
2) we suck at layups/putbacks
3) we really suck at free throws
4) ucoon is just as talented as us and better coaches yet they’re #21 and we’re a top 5 team?
That’s why I don’t put alot of weight on ranking until mid Feb…..
UTHornFan014 said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:02 pm
James needed to do this 5 minutes ago – Last two possessions, two relatively easy buckets.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Oh by the way Rick, you’re down 13 with a team that’s evidently 13 players deep and you’re not pressing? Jesus f’n Christ. Barnes must be shell shocked.
Vasherized said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:02 pm
I’m not getting paid enough for this.
This team doesn’t have a leader when it needs one.
Mysterious Package said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:03 pm
I stopped watching
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:03 pm
i don’t think you can put this on damion. he’s been dialed in all day. not his fault that our guards kept turning the ball over during that horrible stretch.
Sailor Ripley said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Jai Lucas can’t press his ass against your window.
MAson ain’t what he was.
Varez is gone.
Dogius has four fouls.
jon said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:04 pm
look, there’s no way to deny the fact that we look horrible, but nothing brings out the morons like a losing longhorns team.
there should be some sort of database to save some of these comments, oh wait, that’s orangebloods.com….
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:04 pm
I’m just frustrated that he’s not being the leader we need. This team has no leader. The only player I see with even the possibility for becoming a leader is J’Covan.
ballrific said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:05 pm
20 pts in the 2nd half for us. at least one of the teams made halftime adjustments. uconn has some long, thug life motherfuckers that can jump out the gym. and this is a down year for them? jesus.
Savage Henry said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Last years team was less frustrating.
Sailor Ripley said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Vash – That’s what I was saying with my point guard comment.
EggNog said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Excellent post Sailor.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:06 pm
We don’t have a fucking point coming in next year either right? Kabongo is just a junior now. Holy effin hell.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:07 pm
j’covan?? i don’t think so. damion showed tremendous leadership against aggy and he’s come to play today. i don’t know how much of the crappy play of others you can put on damion’s “leadership”.
Spinscan said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:07 pm
+1 on J’Covan, he’s my favorite player on this team.
Bartoncreek said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:07 pm
It’s disgraceful that Hamilton hasn’t played in 10 mins. while this team melts down. You need points not defense. Between that and Lexi and Hil playing over Champman, and playing 3 guys under 6-2 against UCONN, it is clear that Barnes has lost his fucking mind.
ballrific said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:08 pm
this nice kick in the dick might be what the doctor ordered for our guys. not sure it will help us make those bunnies or free throws but might get them grounded, if that k st. game didnt.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:08 pm
dexter with another total non-factor performance before fouling out.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:08 pm
When Ward went down, I thought we’d be okay as I had read all the hype around JCB and that he was the best player in the scrimmages. Obviously, thus far, that has proved to be a premature and with Jai Lucas being a better guard to play off the ball and in certain matchups (zone), we really struggle to play our high pick n’ roll game without Dogus in the game. I keep hoping the light goes on for JCB and JH and they can become more consistent, even for freshman, but that hasn’t happened. Dexter has been incognito for a month and Bradley had a bad two week stretch. This team has been nothing but DJ and GJ offensively for a month.
Vasherized said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Rick should let Springmann or Terry coach the next and bench himself.
Pittman is down $10 million in January so far.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:08 pm
jon, did you watch this game? Did you watch the last game? Have you watched Barnes ball over the years? Please save these comments. That way we won’t have to post them year after year.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:08 pm
I don’t mean right now. I mean being a demonstrative floor leader. Yelling at people. I thnk J’Covan will be that dude eventually.
James is a really good player. But he’s not that dude.
UTHornFan014 said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Chitwood,
I don’t think we will get knocked out in the round of 32, but it sure wouldn’t surprise me. This team turtles up when we face any sort adversity. Most of that blame falls on Barnes who still hasn’t figured out what type of team he wants us to be.
Side note – This regression by Pittman in the last few games rivals Atchley’s regression from his junior to senior season. I guess they couldn’t handle the expectations.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Let me get this straight, you don’t play Pittman when you’re up a few possessions, but you play him when you’re down double digits. That makes no fucking sense at all.
LoneOptimist said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:09 pm
We may be playing bad but I see it more as a foul trouble/rebounding problem more so than anything else and I think its mental. We just need to get our head back and we’ll be back…hopefully by tournament time. Also, if the freshmen and mason would stop freaking out every time we are down I think it would help.
Sailor Ripley said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:10 pm
I think we should play Chapman, Hill, Varez on crutches, and two walk ons.
CrazyJoeDavola66 said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:11 pm
jon, we’ve looked horrible for about 6 or 7 games now, and Barnes has done nothing to change the situation. He can’t decide what to do with his lineups except put Mason out there for as long as possible.
Our team is soft and fundamentally unsound.
It’s not that Texas is losing, it’s how they’re losing. The erstwhile #1 team in the country loses to KSU by blowing layups and free throws and is in the process of getting blown out by a middle of the pack Big East team. And we’ve barely entered the Big 12 schedule.
Now, if this is Texas of 5 years ago, this is understandable and somewhat acceptable. But not this team, with this hype and this obvious a collection of talent.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:11 pm
We need Perryman.
Vasherized said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Uconn is just as fast and athletic as we are.
uthookem said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:12 pm
I really thought Matt Hill played a terrific game. Maybe we could have him start over James or Pittman?
The way it looks now, Barnes has no ability (or is just a stubborn motherfucker proving a point) in sitting a few members of this team. He made comments earlier this week about Mason being the straw that stirs the drink, and it’s pretty damn obvious he is stirring a Tab cola.
Oh fuck it, maybe we’ll get an easy draw and make it to the Elite 8.
When the season started, I saw a lock for a Final Four. Now, we’d be extremely lucky to get there. This loss is harder than any of the losses last season. Too much talent to shit the bed like this.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:12 pm
We need to keep fouling that really black dude for UCONN
Savage Henry said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Anyone wanna buy some tix to the Kansas game?
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Trips, one of the teams got into the 80’s!
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Atok looks just like a Predator.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:13 pm
damion is also a PF/SF. being a floor leader is tougher when you don’t have the ball in your hands. but, yes, damion hasn’t been able to settle the team down in any way or light a fire under pittman.
scagnetti said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:13 pm
KState down 3 to OkState with :30 to play in the Little Apple
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Cut to fat guy laughing on the bench. No, everything is fine and dandy with this team jon.
EggNog said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Yes Trips, almost every game ever played in the history of the sport you sit the important guy with fouls while you try and hold the lead. If you are down, then you have nothing to lose and play them. There are a lot of things to gripe about today, but sitting Pittman while in foul trouble and with a lead is not one of them..
uthookem said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:14 pm
The only think lighting a fire under Pittman is two for one tacos at Jack in the Box at this point. He looks about as bad these last few games as he looked good the first quarter of the season.
Sailor Ripley said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Vash – That’s wrong.
UConn is way more athletic than we are. They don’t have anybody coming off the bench like Lucas, Chapman or Hill. As I said, Mason ain’t what he was. And Pittman is not a freakish eraser.
And I like J’C but he’s not a real athletic guy.
UTHornFan014 said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Atok would fit right in on our team in regards to free throw shooting.
Did anyone else just hear the “get the fuck outta here man”???
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:15 pm
we’re all pretty frustrated here. but, the reports on this team’s demise are premature.
uthookem said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Really Egg? Pittman helps us create space and score quickly while we’re down double digits? I don’t know shit about basketball but running inside/outside game and milking shot clock to do so doesn’t make a lot of sense when we’re down by double digits.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:16 pm
I’m pretty sure that Atok is weaing a fake human mask.
Vasherized said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Rough game for Brown. He looked great in warmups too.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Damion is the go-to-guy and glue to the team that brings his hard hat every game. He’s been as much of a leader as you could hope from a personality that is not naturally inclined to do so. Leader on the court are typically guards and typically PG because they can control tempo, pace, and flow of the game because they have the ball in their hands so much. So on the floor, is Dogus our leader?
bigz said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:17 pm
and the overrated chant begins …
UTHornFan014 said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Full court pressure!!!
Bartoncreek said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Maybe, but we have looked like dogshit for 6 straight games. That is more than a hiccup. It isn’t working and we haven’t tried anything different because until this week we were winning ugly. It is time to make some changes.
sa said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:17 pm
some of the substitutions today were just stunningly bad.
I think it’s high time we scrap the “playing everyone on our bench” strategy and just settle on a nice 7 or 8 man rotation.
Vasherized said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:17 pm
20 assists for UConn.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:17 pm
sailor,
yes, our athleticism is overrated.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Egg, so you don’t think it matters when Pittman gets his minutes? I mean, he’s only getting twenty anyway. You act like he’s David Robinson, why not play him when it matters? And then, you fucking bring him in down double digits when we need to pressure, it doesn’t make sense.
uthookem said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:18 pm
I’m not sure about that mpayne. If we don’t find some kind of identity, then we are done. Sure, we’ll make the Sweet 16, but this is a team that is supposedly built for a long run.
Barnes wants to run offense through Pittman, but when he picks up two fouls in the first five minutes of play, and can’t stay on the court more than three minutes at a time, then what to do? So we’re stuck with guards that aren’t really point guards, or a point guard that I could beat in a game of horse handling the rock.
Unless James, Bradley, or Johnson (to some extent) play out of their minds, we beat no one with a pulse.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:19 pm
By the way, fuck your sarcastic tone.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:19 pm
We’ve tired nothing and we’re all out of ideas.
Savage Henry said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Pittman needs to come off the bench and Gary should be starting. Mason should be playing about as many minutes as me. Who is more stubborn Rick or Greg Davis?
Bartoncreek said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Good to see Damion show his heart here. He really is good. It’s time for him to start knocking some teammates heads in.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:20 pm
that should say “we’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas.”
EggNog said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:20 pm
uthookem, there is only one honest way to look at it. We either have our best team on the floor with Pittman or without. If it is without, then it doesn’t matter if he sits while in foul trouble, lead or no lead. If it is with Pittman, we have our best chance with him in.
It’s not like we needed a three pointer with 10 seconds to go in the game. It was a double digit deficit with 8 minutes to go.
ballrific said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:21 pm
damn, a blowout. overrated is an understatement. Maybe the talent isn’t what we all thought it was? too much hype to start this season based on our coaching history. I didn’t think Dexter had hands like feet either but it’s been a weird season. This is still a sweet 16 team, easily. What could calipari or self do with this team from an offensive standpoint? not sure any better b/c he can’t make the players make layups or free throws but but maybe at least put them in better positions to succeed.
Vash, be sure to talk shit to some of the jersey shore kids we’re seeing on tv…
Vasherized said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Sloppy shit here in Storrs. Up there with our first half against A&M.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Balls.
When are AB, JH, and JB going to grow up again? ‘Cause the reason why we suck right now is because we are getting absolutely jack shit from 3 of the 5 most talented players on the roster.
CrazyJoeDavola66 said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:24 pm
“Maybe, but we have looked like dogshit for 6 straight games.”
Exactly so. People who think we’re freaking over one bad game aren’t paying attention.
EggNog said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Trips, if you pressure the ball you need a backstop. It does matter when Pittman gets his minutes, and if he is in foul trouble and the team is up, you sit him. If the game is slipping away, you have nothing to lose and you play him.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Eggnog, that’s horseshit. Your best team up 4 is a different team than your best team down 10.
Bartoncreek said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Well, if getting outscored by 24 in 16 mins. doesn’t wake up the staff and the team then nothing will. We better try something different next game.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:24 pm
I agree greatly with mpayne and Sailor. We actually aren’t a very athletic team. James is an incredible speciman. Bradley is very atheletic, as is Dogus, but outside of that. JCB has very good skills but he’s actually fairly slow and lacks quickness. Lucas is a midget. Hamilton has good skills for his size but isn’t as athletic as advertised. Not a lot of explosion in him nor does he have a quick first step. Pittman is physical, but he’s not athletic lacking quickness. Hill and Chapman, enough said. Mason is fairly atheltic but has limited skills, same with Wangmene. Ward’s loss, who was very athletic and had good skills, is being felt more and more…..
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Ok. Let’s keep it going fellas and transition into a USA vs Guatamala open thread!!
If we can stop Carlos Ruiz, we have a chance…
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Oh, we all pine for Varez, me included. But if he were healthy Barnes would not play ihm enough because Barnes hates hispanic names. I made that up. But I never figured out why Varez didn’t play more last year either.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Go USA! Can they be anymore embarrassing than this loss?
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:27 pm
It’s coming MAgnus — I’m live blogging US v Honduras
LoneOptimist said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Calm down…I hoped we’d play well but certainly didn’t expect it after that K State loss. The season isn’t over and this overrated is an understatement is ridiculous. We are young, we play bad if we get down on the road, especially after our first loss. If we get in foul trouble, we have problems like any other team. The only reason we will not make it far in the tournament is if we keep shooting free throws this poorly. It can’t get any worse…I for one think we will get this out of our heads and come back on fire with Pittman talk like it was earlier in the season when teams couldn’t get easy layups on us.
All we have to do is do better in 1 aspect of our game and we start knocking off good teams again…it’ll come back, the sky is not falling.
uthookem said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Well, we have Tech and Baylor at home, so that should help get us back on track, but then we go up to Oklahoma for big games against both of the numbnut schools up there.
If we play like we did today, we win one, maybe two. If we can somehow find a decent rotation of players, then we win three. I see this team dropping five or six at least, through the rest of the season unless drastic changes are made.
Agree on Varez not being there, but it’s not like he went out last week. Barnes should have been able to fill that void by now. No excuses when we are supposed to be this loaded.
mpayne said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:28 pm
i disagree somewhat with the idea that barnes has not decided on an identity. he’s determined that dexter will be the focal point of the offense and that we’d wear teams down defensively with our on-ball pressure and depth. now, is that the proper identity? that’s debatable, especially given our last few games. offensively, i think we need to readjust because i have no confidence in dexter snapping out of it. i put a lot of responsibility on him right now. he’s also a senior and, from all the reports in the preseason, was being looked to for as much leadership as damion james. when the guy that was supposed to provide our offensive identity goes into the tank like this, it’s no wonder that we look to be in disarray.
Huckleberry said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Didn’t watch the game, just checked the box score. Was the 30-15 foul discrepancy deserved?
Easily the most frustrating Rick Barnes team yet. So much talent running around with no clue what they’re doing.
EggNog said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Being down 10 with 8 minutes to go isn’t panic time, at least it shouldn’t be. Down 10 with 2 minutes left is a different story.
Two stops and two buckets cuts the lead to 5 or 6 with over 6 minutes to play. Two stops and two buckets at a pivotal point midway through the second half is not too much to ask for and certainly shouldn’t require specialist personnel.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Huck — no the officiating was awful
LoneOptimist said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Who is BB gonna start up top?
EggNog said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Huck, the final foul discrepancy was a little bit because we fouled at the end.
At one point in the first half we had 6 fouls to their 1, and again in the second half we roared out to 6 fouls to 1. The officiating was a little one sided, though not completely terrible. Balbay and Pittman were targets from the refs, and were not allowed to play their game.
angel said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:36 pm
Guys: 88-74. I told you. Not bad from a professor of mathematical statistics.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Not sure on that Lone. It will be interesting to see the line-up.
ghost, holla atcha in a little.
Hey, atleast we aren’t blue blood elitist Yankee bastards.
uthookem said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Yeah, Pittman hasn’t been allowed to play his game for some time now…maybe that should be a clue that we need to mix it up?
And Doge roared out with 3 fouls in the first 90 seconds of the 2nd half…all of them deserved but based on hustle.
This team won so easily early in the year, and right now is playing with a lack of heart and without a knowledge of how to put away a team.
Trips Right said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:38 pm
The examples of coaches playing players in foul trouble before the game becomes a double deficit contest are legion. Especially when that coach has already indicated, through substituion patterns, that he thinks his team is 11 or 12 players deep. Barnes needs an economics course in the worst way.
bigz said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Texas Scoring Defense (PPG Allowed) Rank since 2002
2002 227
2003 170
2004 107
2005 160
2006 26
2007 252
2008 82
2009 111
2010 94
I know many of you like to use the Ken P. rankings to justify the Texas D, but the assumption that Rick Barnes is a great defensive coach is just that, an assumption. It is truly a myth.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:41 pm
“Balbay and Pittman were targets from the refs, and were not allowed to play their game.”
Other than that, it wasn’t completely terrible you say? 2 of our 5 starters got sodomized by the zebras and you say it wasn’t that bad? Riiiiiiigggghhhht….
Patrick Bateman said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:41 pm
I agree mpayne. We need to change our offensive identity away from an inside-out mindset with Dexter anchoring it to more motion and weak side screens. We’ve been trying to play a lot of high pick and roll recently with Damion playing high screener lately because Dex has been so bad and that’s a good plan with Dogus and Damion on the court but we don’t have anyone else that has a good feel for it and also Rick doesn’t trust JCB (why would you at this point) and his decision making in the lane and Jai is just too small to finish. We seem to get really stagnant on offense if our first set doesn’t work. Very NBAish.
On defense, we need to stop with the whole high pressure, overplay passing lanes defense. Our big guys aren’t athletic enough to handle it. A lot of our defenses woes come from not being able to defend the pick and roll, especially Dexter’s and our weakside help defense isn’t very good especially JH’s and JCB’s. We need to sag a little more offside if we’re going to have Dex or Wangmene or Chappy in the game and also have the big guys flash as our guards go under the pick and then get back to pick guy. We don’t do that and it’s a major problem. We also need to play zone more. 2-3 or 2-1-2 with Dex. This may help him not pick up so many fouls and also reduces the amount of territory that he has to defend. Saying that, I know it won’t happen and I have to hope that the freshmen and Dexter somehow get better at decision making.
I love Barnes and what he has done for the program but he’s rigid and has his own limitations. He reminds me so much of M Brown. Great recruiter but limited schematically that needs to rely on better athletes or a great QB (PG) to succeed. That said, the season is far from over, we are very talented, and I still have hope that we can iron out some of the issues that have been exploited the last month….
Mysterious Package said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:46 pm
We just don’t play well. No natural flow and we are always making excuses for them not finishing, bad bounces, luck, ect. I say BS this is who we are and its not going to get much better. There has been no improvement, if anyhing we’ve degressed. So its ridicious to assume we are going to get better to where we are confident about this team going far in the playoffs
java said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:46 pm
guys, I focused strictly on the game once we went down by 10 and stopped watching the thread. After the game, I checked back in to see what everyone was saying. Take my advice, don’t read this thread because some of the comments do not represent the posting personality many of you have.
Barnes is masterful at preparing his teams for the tourney. Do you really think it is different this year? I don’t want him to curl into the fetal position just because we are highly ranked. The goal is to be in it at the end and to be the last to cut down the nets in the years when everything falls correctly. Unlike football, we do not have to win each game along the way.
We have freshmen that must continue to mature in order to win it all. When they do, Pittman and James will have an easier time of it. For the freshmen to mature, they are going to have to practice and take their lumps in games, as well. If you disagree, fine, you are entitled to your opinion. However, in my experience, nothing is a substitute for real time, heat-of-battle competitive experience.
Get a grip, and show some BC Moxy. #1 at the end is all that matters.
EggNog said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:50 pm
PPG is a very limited way to look at defense, especially for basketball. Tempo factors in way to much to judge a team on that stat alone. FG% is a much better measure, as well as points per shot. In college hoops many lesser talented teams slow the game down, play with less possessions and therefore give up less points.
Our team this year isn’t great at forcing bad shots and holding FG% down. They pressure and force turnovers leading to easy baskets. We are more likely to get a blocked shot or a steal than to actually force a tough shot with a hand in the face.
EggNog said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:52 pm
magnus, the officiating wasn’t as bad as I have seen before. I felt they called things way too tight on Balbay and Pittman. Aside from those 9 fouls, it was pretty even.
That is quite a big aside though.
Mysterious Package said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Java I did the opposite and not sure what your point is.
spit and tears said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Don’t know why anyone’s worked up over this. It’s the annual Texas Stagger in January. I don’t know why we do it, but we do it almost every year. Couple the January stagger with gawdawful in-game management–why oh why does Rick not call a timeout when the other team gets on a run?–and the inability to finish around the rim (another recurring theme over the years), and this outcome is not much of a surprise.
Plus UConn’s frontcourt is so much longer and more athletic than the Texas front court it’s not even funny. UConn was never in the position of having to put a Matt Hill or Clint Chapman on the floor. And their starting bigs can play more than 3 minutes at a stretch. My god.
And finally, forget the damn #1 ranking. If Texas were in the Big East we’d lose about 6 conference games, let’s not kid ourselves. For that matter we could lose a few more in the Big XII. Rick has never gone better than 13-3 in conference, and I certainly don’t see Texas exceeding that this year considering the conference strength.
Vasherized said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Agreed. I’ve seen much worse officiating. We just committed too many idiotic fouls.
The bar at the Nathan Hale is packed. UConn fans already talking national championship.
java said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:21 pm
mysterious package, your comments were true to your posting persona. You were objective, and stated your opinion quickly and clearly.
I just don’t see how we can look at a young team in January, on the road, and believe the sky is falling. Barnes will get it together. If he doesn’t, I will be completely surprised.
Like everyone here, I love to win and suffer when we don’t. At least with basketball, it all hinges on the tourney. All is won or lost in March.
Vasherized, I feel for you. It sucks to be in enemy territory after a loss.