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College Hoops: Baylor Bears @ Texas Longhorns – Open Thread and Digger
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Texoz commented on the blog post A Wake Before The Funeral 2 minutes ago
Hey Damion, you also lost the Turkish Prison. No smack down defense for you now.
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BigBoss commented on the blog post Want to plant my feet on Rampart Street… 3 minutes ago
I agreed this is a great draw for us. Notre Dame, from what I can tell is a solid well coached squad and we will have a hard time beating them. Our fans, for the most part, are overlooking them because they were somewhat on the bubble, but look what they did in
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James commented on the blog post NFL Draft: A Mockery 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
Re: Claussen
Phil Rivers is a huge dickbag and he’s doing ok.
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whiskey commented on the blog post NFL Draft: A Mockery 2 hours, 44 minutes ago
Patrick, from a personality standpoint Clausen isn’t exactly likeable. I think the perception of him having leadership or other intangible issues is really tied to the fact that many people just don’t like the kid. The same discussion went on to some degree amongst the ND fan base his 1st two seasons.
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Nickel Rover wrote a new blog post: If we can stop Tim Duncan… 6 hours, 57 minutes ago
Basketball:
So Scipio did a great job on introducing us to our ACC counterpart and robbing me of an easy morning column. A great read though, it sounds like they are in Texas’ wheelhouse since it isn’t at Wake. You can see the whole bracket here.
Obviously Kentucky is the 2nd opponent and I don’t think there’s
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Sean commented on the blog post NFL Draft: A Mockery 7 hours, 17 minutes ago
Wait…. Taylor Mays is Jewish?
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Want to plant my feet on Rampart Street… 7 hours, 51 minutes ago
but the pollsters have been far slower to hop on board.
Lazy humans and no brand to fall back on. I don’t think Duke is the third best team by any stretch but what are you going to do.
Tell your guys not to screw up my bracket.
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admin commented on the blog post Want to plant my feet on Rampart Street… 7 hours, 51 minutes ago
…but the pollsters have been far slower to hop on board.
Lazy humans and no brand to fall back on. I don’t think Duke is the third best team by any stretch but what are you going to do.
Tell your guys not to screw up my bracket.
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admin commented on the blog post Want to plant my feet on Rampart Street… 7 hours, 51 minutes ago
…but the pollsters have been far slower to hop on board.
Lazy humans and no brand recognition to fall back on. I don’t think Duke is the third best team by any stretch but what are you going to do.
Tell your guys not to screw up my bracket.
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Castille Day 8 hours, 19 minutes ago
Weird. At least he didn’t steal any laptops or TVs. Or did he?
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Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post NFL Draft: A Mockery 8 hours, 34 minutes ago
Good catch, Primetime. I’m fairly certain he just confused Rolle with DRC. Or maybe he confused Antonio Cromartie with DRC.
Whiskey,
I realize your a ND fan, but what makes you so confident in Claussen? He had a very good season, but what about his leadership skills or lack thereof?
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post A Wake Before The Funeral 8 hours, 50 minutes ago
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em. I’d like us to get the win. I think.
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ursa major wrote a new blog post: Want to plant my feet on Rampart Street… 8 hours, 57 minutes ago
3 seed? New Orleans… to Houston?
As Dr. John so eloquently put it, we are going on down to New Orleans. (Yes, I realize that the song is going home to New Orleans…I don’t care.)
I was pretty nervous before the draw today. We’ve been undersold for about a month. The computers have had us in the
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whiskey commented on the blog post The week in news- Bowl Bust, Anti Piracy and Barnstorming FedEx 9 hours, 2 minutes ago
The Cotton Bowl is a really cool venue. It was a bummer watching them play that game at Jerry’s house this year. I hope the new game comes to fruition. Nice counter on Bosworth. I never personally cared for “The Boz” persona but in retrospect I’ll say that was really pretty
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Evan Turner is the Best Player in the Country 9 hours, 9 minutes ago
Definitely taking him in my player draft. Awesome. Need to study the brackets a bit more but Lighty also impressed me today.
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Sean commented on the blog post NFL Draft: A Mockery 9 hours, 26 minutes ago
Rodgers-Cromartie is still on the Cardinals. He didn’t leave.
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Scipio Tex wrote a new blog post: A Wake Before The Funeral 9 hours, 30 minutes ago
What happens when a stoppable force meets a movable object?
We’ll find out on March 18th. Meet Wake Forest.
This game will be watching drunks trying to brawl. Neither belligerent will land a punch, and it will be viewed by both fanbases with equal measures of horror, embarassment, and amusement.
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skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Texas Basketball is Dangerous 9 hours, 39 minutes ago
Some one sent this quote from the Dallas Mornong News to me.
“I’ve had teams in the past that were just where we are right now mentally. And we got it turned around. I had a team in the exact same situation, and we ended up going to the Sweet 16 and ended up losing -
I.M. Hipp commented on the blog post Castille Day 10 hours, 1 minute ago
He really screwed himself. We probably would have won two more games with him. He was more worried about the “devil’s lettuce” than developing into a solid back. Pathetic.
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Kevin Berger commented on the blog post React-to-Ology: Early Look at the Madness 10 hours, 20 minutes ago
dick, thanks for the heads up on the east bracket. In my haste to get the post up I had a brain cramp on the bracket.
As for KU, when you compare their bracket to Syracuse you have to scratch your head. Even Self mentioned as much.
Scooby, you’re probably right about the 8/9.
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skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Texas Basketball is Dangerous 10 hours, 28 minutes ago
I have been thinking that the team quit on Barnes some time during the last 14-15 games.
My brother in Michigan thought the the team fell apart after the 11-12th game of the season I think that it was atm @CC game.
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dick commented on the blog post NCAA Basketball Tournament Lines 10 hours, 37 minutes ago
Marquette line really surprises me. I like Washington and normally I would be impressed with a conference tourney winner but that falls under the Pac 10 sucks rule to me. I would have liked to see Washington lined up against a different 6 seed.
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Farmer Ted commented on the blog post Quick Bracket Thoughts 10 hours, 38 minutes ago
Call me crazy but I would prefer to face OSU over any of the other three 2 seeds. They basically lost to Michigan (who truly sucks) on Friday, played Illinois even yesterday and beat an exhausted Minnesota team today. They aren’t exactly on fire. As for the other #2’s, I have no interest in playing
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Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Basketball is Dangerous 10 hours, 47 minutes ago
sky, it’s pretty crazy really. Barnes sounds like he’s mailing it in at this point.
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whiskey commented on the blog post NFL Draft: A Mockery 10 hours, 48 minutes ago
Good discussion. The perception of Clausen is interesting. He might surprise you. Tate is a player that will contribute wherever he ends up. He’s serious.
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Trips Right commented on the blog post Early NCAA Tournament Bets 10 hours, 51 minutes ago
Utah State can really shoot it. They’re the top 3 point shooting team in America. But they struggle against quicker athletes and can be banged inside. the big 12 isn’t getting a lot of credit so the line is short, imo
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skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Texas Basketball is Dangerous 10 hours, 52 minutes ago
Is it just me or is Damo sounding a lot like Ricky?
Are they just providing some giggles for the rest of the teams? Or do they think this shit will fly even with the blue hairs ?
Will rick ever live down the quotes that will be recorded in Scipio vast mental vaults -
Trips Right commented on the blog post NCAA Basketball Tournament Lines 11 hours, 1 minute ago
I posted my picks, but as you stated Richmond looks like easy money.
I think Purdue is a shell and Siena is experienced, athletic and talented. Saints roll.
I’m fading Gonzaga and St Mary’s. Zero athletes on those clubs.
I”m also fading Michigan State with NMSU. They’ll be able to get shots against
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dick commented on the blog post NCAA Basketball Tournament Lines 11 hours, 6 minutes ago
I like UTEP and Wake to add to Trips bets, which I support fully.
Richmond = 4 units
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dick commented on the blog post NCAA Basketball Tournament Lines 11 hours, 7 minutes ago
Just to try and keep it on the same thread, Trips likes:
New Mexico -9
Baylor -12
Louisville pk
Aggs -2
Richmond pk
NM St +12
Siena +4
FSU -1.5
Art Vandelay said:
January 30th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
If we can just stop Terry Teagle.
In honor of playing Baylor I had fried chicken for lunch, and washed it down with an ice cold tall glass of Dr. Pepper and a side of hypocrisy.
HenryJames said:
January 30th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Trips dressed as Josh Lomers for Halloween.
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
Pittman with the left hand? Nice.
HenryJames said:
January 30th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Baylor has a dude named Tweety.
kevwun said:
January 30th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Is anyone’s broad casts not moving smoothly. Mine is pausing every second or so and then jumping forward. It’s like I’m trying to stream video over dialup.
kevwun said:
January 30th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
*broadcast
Art Vandelay said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Lomers has four fouls but none called.
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Tweety on this, I says.
Mason coast to coast.
I just like saying LACEDARIUS!
HenryJames said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
So why is Tim Tebow starting for the South in the Senior Bowl?
Art Vandelay said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Need to get Dex some air. He is going to foul out of tiredness shortly.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Why do I get ESPN gameplan when I’m forced to watch the fucking MAC?
mookiepatookis said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Bad news is I have to watch the end of Directional MIchigan v. Kent before our game comes on the ESPN package. Good news is it’s a good game. Extra bad news is – probably OT.
mookiepatookis said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
“Archive that in the annals of Kent State hoops”
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Damien James is the hoss while you guys try to remember how to run your zone offense.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Kevwun puts his “broads” in “casts.”
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
fuck my life
HenryJames said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
I hope Sean Penn fills a pillowcase with canned sodas and then beats the shit out of Tweety and Lomers.
/too obscure?
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
I hope Scott Hafner dies in a fire for this atrocity.
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Not sure you’d like watching Tweety go off anyway, Trips.
mookiepatookis said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Sean Penn prison movie reference. Title escapes me….
Art Vandelay said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Can Lucas suck any worse?
HenryJames said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Jai Lucas turns it over and then gets called for a hand check on defense.
Art Vandelay said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
yes he can.
sizzlechest said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
HenryJames was a big fan of the HBO show, Oz.
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Now that last turnover was epic. Have a good day Jai.
Art Vandelay said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Lucas should never play again. EVER!!
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
That post move by Lomers took like twenty minutes.
HenryJames said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Lomers is a poor man’s Richard Kiel.
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
I think of Lomers as a slow man’s Luc Longley
Art Vandelay said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Mason has the best game he has had in years, and he gets rewarded by getting to watch Jai Lucas play the point like the fat dude from the Phillips 66 commercials.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Hamilton embarrasses me.
texoz said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
“7 turnovers against a zone defense” in the first half, says the announcer.
Diego said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Jai Lucas has made 1 3 pointer in the last 6+ games. No other part of his game is worthy of playing time imo.
goosehorn said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
It’s from the movie, “Badboys”, not to be confused with the one where shit got real. Very good movie though. Ewww… Jai Lucas… 3 turnovers? Is that right or do I know my 80’s movies better than I know my B-ball?
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Hamilton’s already missed three shots and had a turnover. He’s on fire!
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Give the gdamn ball up Damion. Jeez
texoz said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Wow, three fast breaks and no baskets
chitwood said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Bad Boys is the movie you are thinking of. Also featured Esai Morales.
HenryJames said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
“Hamilton has missed three shots since coming in.”
“He might be coming out.”
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Add wangmene to the list of players that has regressed.
texoz said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
“Good grief, Charlie Brown. Can’t you fucking kick the ball, you pussy-footed egghead.” says Lucy.
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Add Barnes to the list of coaches that has regressed
goosehorn said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Ally Sheedy ftw
Bob in Houston said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
You get caught with all five players below the FT line on the offensive end, you’re going to give up run outs.
Once again, they can’t make shots.
Ugly.
Art Vandelay said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Rick Barnes is regressing. You have to try and get outcoached by Scott Drew.
Diego said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
This is really depressing. I built myself up far too much this season for it to turn into this. If something doesn’t turn around real quick, we’ll be flirting with unranked in a few weeks. Looking at our schedule, we could easily lose 8 of our remaining games. Please tell me I’m crazy.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
I like this personnel group. Let them stay out there a while.
sizzlechest said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
JCB with some defense.
HornsLaw said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Is Wangmene regressing the definition of anti-matter?
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Brown and Bradley doing pretty good on Dunn and Carter. Size advantage?
sizzlechest said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Texas Pom is regressing.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Way to end the half, Horns….
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
I disagree about Texas Pom regressing.
sizzlechest said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Their outfits are regressing.
goosehorn said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
I don’t know about y’all, but I am hating being tweeted.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Hornslaw, he was actually a pretty good player two years ago.
Art Vandelay said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
I can’t watch any more. I wish I was at the Harlem Globetrotters game at the AAC. They play better D. Washington Generals would crush the Horns.
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Most undisciplined team with no offensive plan in college basketball.
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Our best chance of scoring is on off schedule plays.
Sound familiar?
Diego said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Has any team ever started the season 17-0, been ranked #1, and not made the tourney?
chitwood said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
No, and it won’t happen this year either.
Diego said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
You can also put me down on the disagree side regarding Texas Pom regressing.
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Sizzle’s chest is regressing.
texoz said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
It’s amazing how different this team is from the one that beat Mich State and North Carolina over the course of a week.
TaylorTRoom said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
In 1982, Texas started 14 – 0, was ranked #2, and missed the tournament. It took a Mike Wacker injury to cause that collapse.
HornsLaw said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Trips, you’re right. Wangemene did bring something to the table 2 years ago. I was sycophantically attempting to ingratiate myself to the Carnival Goers with a snarky and overly-intellectual post complaining of one of our players.
Didn’t work.
nordberg said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
We are getting absolutely nothing from ANY of our newcomers, including Avery Fucking Bradley.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Hornslaw, gotcha. I’m too shellshocked to get snark right now.
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
That ought to be the zone offense. Balbay into the lane, throw it up and let James/Pittman finish. Izzo style.
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
You’ve been Tweetystruck.
sizzlechest said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
I was being snarky too. For shame.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Amazing how nonchalant our passing is. We can’t shoot today either…
CrazyJoeDavola said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Infuriating team.
UT wildcatter said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Would anyone agree that Radha Mitchell is the modern day Ally Sheedy? Being that she’s in a lot of indy movies and is probably a lesbian
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Crazy Joe’s eternal optimism is regressing.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Time to press and run. Turn this thing into a game of instincts.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
I blame myself for invoking the Texas Western Miners preseason. Don Haskins is angry at me.
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Good news is Baylor is fouling. Bad news is we have to shoot Fts.
jinx said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
This team pisses me off. I’m definitely in the group with expectations WAY too high. This team is the definition of the being less than the sum of its parts.
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
I like JCB’s on-ball defense this game.
HornsLaw said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
If there is a positive right now from this train wreck it is J’Covan looking like he is playing with a little more confidence.
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Trips you can make it up to him by doing his signature look-away during free throws. Or are you already doing that?
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
RRR, that’s a great reference. I actually just sacrificed one of my kid’s hamsters in the name of Juden Smith.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
We’ll come back to win as a result.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
hornslaw, i was just about to type that. Brown is playing well.
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
This isn’t pretty, but you guys are grinding back into this one.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Great move by Barnes to run Balbay along the baseline. It makes the Baylor guards defend the perimeter while the baseline isn’t used to playing off of Balbay.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
fucking pittman.
HornsLaw said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Lomers looked like Godzilla trampling Tokyo on that 3.
texoz said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
How does a ref not call a foul on that play? Avery looked like he was getting fisted with Lomers foot. Is that footed?
Rick Barry's School of FT shooting said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Just noticed we have missed more FTs than any other team in Div 1. Thats right, missed more FTs than all 333 other teams.
texoz said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Feted? Fetid?
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
There’s the pressure you wanted Trips.
Rick Barry's School of FT shooting said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Damion James was better at shooting FTs when he had the Abe Lincoln chops.
texoz said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
I think some of the FT problems fall under the category of getting skull-fucked by your coach.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
We should have recruited Anthony Jones.
nordberg said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Much like our football offense, we’re better off when shit has gone crazy and our normal routine has been broken up.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
It’s maddening that the pressure game isn’t a big part of our identity. We’re deep and athletic to do this 10 minutes a game at least.
texoz said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
I think we need to put a bun with special sauce around the basketball. Maybe Pittman will want it more.
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Two straight quality post-ups from Dex. Man that motivates me.
HornsLaw said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Pittman is an incredibly lazy rebounder for such a big guy.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Lomers gets more whistle credit than Pittman. It’s hilarious.
HornsLaw said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Or maybe because he is such a big guy.
UT wildcatter said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Bun must work
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Eight man rotation anyone? Bradley, Balbay, Brown, Pittman, James, Johnson, Mason, and Hamilton.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Great defense by Pittman!!!
sizzlechest said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
7 man rotation please. Hamilton is assful, which is awful X2.
UT wildcatter said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Dexter has 0 rebounds and 12 points. Weird
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
I like that 8 man, but again I think Chapman or Alexei may have to break into that lineup when we play a big opponent. Good news is that the Big12 isn’t a very big or tall league. Kansas has a lot of length though.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Damion f’n James
nordberg said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
I also have a lot of length Patrick.
James is beastly.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Damion’s exhausted.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Where’s the goddamn foul
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Terrible call.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Two offensive rebounds off of free throws. Awful.
il_cativo said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
I love it when an official comes all the way across the court to overrule 2 officials with a better view and better position.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Dunn fouled out! That’s huge.
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Welcome to my world Patrick.
il_cativo said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
The hell if that “wasn’t malicious.” On the turn to the right you can see him pause and size up JB and actually lower the elbow as he came back thru.
UT wildcatter said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
JCB has some drama around him
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
What’s Dunn complaining about? That was cheap as hell.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Manny Harris was thrown out of the game for the exact same play.
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Big XII should suspend him for that. He looked at JCB and loaded up.
il_cativo said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Damn. If that official in front of press row played any bigger role in this game he’d letter and lose a year of eligibility.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
That’s the play we get out of the time out? Come on Rick.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Texas proving that it’s nearly impossible to inbound the fucking ball. Awesome.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Terrible coaching. Can’t draw up a play after a TO to get the ball in bounds.
James brought his rebounding hard hat today…
Bob in Houston said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
You can always throw it long. I have no idea how they could not get the ball in the second time.
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
What happened Balbay running the baseline?
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Fuck, 4th on James. No bueno.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Baylor’s doing everything they can to give us this game and we can’t seem to score.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Damion F’n James!
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
JCB, baby….
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Balbay has to be smarter. You’re just giving them points sending Carter to the line. Be smarter.
UT wildcatter said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Long rebounds have plagued us as much as free throws this year
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Tweety Carter is eating Balbay for lunch.
UT wildcatter said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Tough stretch coming up
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
We’ll foul with 5 seconds left.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Good D by Damion. C’mon knock these down JCB.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Happy to be wrong. C’mon Brown!
RRR said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Valvano must be mad at you as well, Trips.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Lorenzo Charles images.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Bad luck that didn’t hit anything.
chitwood said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Goddam Derek Whittenburg.
HornsLaw said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
OT without Balbay is not a good combination.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
I’m switching to scotch.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Good opportunity for Brown though. If we can win with him at point it would be huge for his confidence.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Why is that a foul
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Stupid to foul Carter. Dumbsses
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Bad play finish by Brown.
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
What a fucking lazy start to OT
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Big shot by Brown.
HornsLaw said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
There you go Trips. JCB steps up with the 3.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Amazing. We look gassed.
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
This is a stupid team. Fuck
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Can we get a whistle?
Fundamentals said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
what an overrated team….sad.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Watch, we’ll foul with under 10 seconds on the shot clock.
texoz said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Coach Barnes needs to look in the mirror and ask what he’s doing wrong.
Milksteak said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Worst team we’ve had in a while? I’m so disappointed.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
This certainly hasn’t been one of Rick’s better jobs.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
You’d have to go all the way back to last year to find a worse team.
Most disappointing team in a while? Yes.
HornsLaw said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Free. Throws.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Worst team in a while? You mean, since last year?
Fundamentals said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
“Worst team we’ve had in a while?”
Nope…just overrated…and regressing.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
69 points vs. Baylor at home is disgraceful.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
About Rick, that’s been posted 7 out of the last 8 games.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Why aren’t we pressing the entire game? There’s no reason for it.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Good foul
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
James is gone. Fuck. Ri-damn-diculous how open he was.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Of course their 50% guy is better than ours
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Didn’t like that, we didn’t need to try and foul on that. Press a little? Okay, but then drop and play defense.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
On that play that James fouled out on, why didn’t we play them straight up? We didn’t have to press. The press broke down. That “good” foul should have never had to take place.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
We never give up and we’re dumber than a box of rocks. We are….wait for it….Evander Holyfield.
HornsLaw said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Free. Throws.
Milksteak said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Worst compared to what we could be. Rarely is potential so abused.
Fundamentals said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Free………………………………….Throw………………………..Up…………
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
WE’re a fucking embarrassment from the line
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Amazing. Baylor is still going to give us a shot to win or tie this game…
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
We’re about to tear their hearts out.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
We’re basically Texas football circa 2003
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Great. That’s what we want. Mason to the line.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Hilarious. Mason’s not even close. Having guards that can’t shoot free throws is such a disadvantage…
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
That wasn’t a foul
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Umm, rick, use your last timeout
Milksteak said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Great, average Texas player at the line. It’s so hard to lower expectations to average w this team.
Fundamentals said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
“Rarely is potential so abused.”
Is this the new slogan for UT hoops?? I need to get a shirt like that…
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Hopefully we can inbound this ball in a way that allows a decent shot.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Baylor should foul
Fundamentals said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Drew is going to storm the court and cut down the nets…seriously, wait for it…
hg03 said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
We’re pretty bad.
HornsLaw said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Good inbounds play, Avery got a good look. Fuck.
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Remember when some would argue that Barnes was the best coach on campus?
seriously ... said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
FUCK BARNES.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
THIS is the team that loses to Baylor at home? After 11 fucking years, THIS team loses to Baylor. Unconsionable or something.
Diego said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
We could easily drop the next 3 as well. The fun has just begun.
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Just saw your 2003 football analogy, Trips. Same thoughts. Brown improved as a coach. Barnes is regressing.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
beowulf, I’ve always argued that it’s the swimming coach. You know, ________? He’s awesome.
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
No question, magnus. But Brown has arguably moved into the 2nd spot. Barnes may not be top 5 now.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
I know there’s some weird love affair with Balbay on here, but I don’t see it. Texas’ best teams are when we have a reliable scorer at the 1. The shit Balbay brings to the team are attributes you look for in a bench player. We don’t have an all around point this year, and we won’t have one next year.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Not surprised by this loss, but it still is disappointing because of the lack of progress in our play and our coaching. Some good points would be that JCB had a decent game and perhaps we may have started to get our rotation more manageable…..
Name (required) said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
The core of the problem is still guard play. Same as last year. The guards turn it over, can’t hit threes, and can’t hit free throws. That’s a recipe for getting bounced in the first or second round. Here is where losing Ward is really hurting. Brown is still just too immature a player.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Best coach on campus is Muschamp, and I’ll box anybody’s ears that states otherwise.
Blueshorn said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
THIS is the team that loses to Baylor at home? After 11 fucking years, THIS team loses to Baylor. Unconsionable or something.
Allow me to assist you. It’s unconscionable.
Monahorns said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Balbay may have well cost them the game. He gift wrapped them at least 4 maybe 6 pts at the end of regulation by fouling Carter really far from the basket. He is way over aggressive on D sometimes.
Bartoncreek said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
We are not very good. Our schedule shows it. That’s 9 straight that we haven’t even looked like a tournament team.
With Hamilton regressing and no hope of him snapping out of it, we are pretty much fucked. One and done unless we get a real favorable draw. Worst job of coaching on the 40 since Mackovic’s defenses. I think if Rick stops trying and rolls the ball out there we would be a hell of a lot better off. This shit of players not only failing to progress, but noticably playing worse and worse is inexcusable. It has been happening for years.
Monahorns said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
The fact that we get NOTHING from Jordan Hamilton lays squarely on Barnes shoulder to me. It is akin to getting nothing out of Kevin Durant his Freshman year. Horrible.
Name (required) said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Bullshit. James has gotten much better in 4 years. Abrams got much better. DJ improved dramatically from year 1 to 2. Same with Ivey. The list goes on.
sizzlechest said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Barnes has coached the intelligence out of this team with his mindfucking antics. His style was cound to catch up with him at some point.
It pains to say, but can you imagine what Penders would do with this bunch?
sizzlechest said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
cound=bound
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
I’m watching HS highlights right now because I’m too mad/lazy to change the channel and I notice these butt fucking zit faced 17 year olds can make lay-ups AND threes. The teams almost look like they play with a plan.
Barnes is amateur hour. To anybody that says, “well we’re 17-3″ fuck you. Seriously fuck you. We are playing worse and worse and Barnes has no idea what to do. It’s not “hand-wringing” to say that we’re playing like shit. We’re playing like shit.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Blues, allow me to assist you. It’s Bleushorn.
I had the ‘c’ in there and it didn’t look right. Thank you.
Bartoncreek said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
You mean some players actually improve as they get older? Astounding.
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Barnes apologists coming to the rescue…..
5…4…3..2…
Bleushorn said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
For what it’s worth, I agree with you, bleuveigner. It IS unconscionable.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
“He’s been to a Final Four!!…..”
“Look at all the players he puts in the NBA!!!!!;)”
Email Rick said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
You can email your frustrations about this team to rick.barnes@athletics.utexas.edu. Let him know we wont put up with this shit.
Blueshorn said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Now, back to Blueshorn.
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Anyone know if Jeffcoat and Hicks made a decision yet?
I bet Jeffcoat goes to OU and Hicks is tOSU bound. We never get these studs late.
I want a sea change in our recruiting philosophy.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Bleushorn, you just brought a tear to my eye.
It’s been a dream of mine since I was a child spending my Summers in Rangoon to change every ‘ue’ combination to ‘eu’. Thanks for your help.
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
BTW. I blame our crowd. And theDrum.
ransomstoddard said:
January 30th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Well, that was pretty bad. This team is just not doing anything well right now but three things are really surprising to me: 1. I would never have thought our guards would be a liability but man, they are just terrible. 2. The basketball IQ of this team continues to scrape the bottom of the barrel. We not only forget to communicate on defense, we often forget to rotate. We don’t know where to line up on free throws! There was one point when Bradley and Mason were on the low block and James had to almost physically move them. 3. Barnes stubbornly refuses to try anything different. The same starting lineup over and over. The same rotation pattern. The same non-response to the sagging on Dex. It’s really puzzling.
Like others on here, I see an early tournament exit.
Blueshorn said:
January 30th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Two real teams, Kansas and K-State, now playing.
magnusbleuveigner said:
January 30th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
I’m guessing Trips is face down in a glass of Oban 14 or whatever he drinks.
I’ll see you boys at the Post Mortem.
Blueshorn said:
January 30th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Keep a cool tool, ‘veigner. It will get better…someday.
Name (required) said:
January 30th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Why bother with a post mortem. We all saw what happened and why. No need to rehash it.
beowulf said:
January 30th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
The Post Mortem will reveal death by neglect.
Patrick Bateman said:
January 30th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Ah, do we miss Varez Ward. We have multiple problems on multiple fronts.
1. Our guards all have good talent but all are incomplete. Dogus is the only one with any PG skills, but he can’t shoot enough to keep an opposing team honest or shoot FTs. JCB is too young and can’t take care of the ball, can’t play defense or make good decisions. AB is good but young and inconsistent and can’t shoot FT. Mason– see Dogus except w/o the PG skills. Jai Lucas is too small to be anything but a bench contributor. So when we’re in close games and we want to play great defense, we can’t trust our guards to knock down FTs (Dogus and AB) nor can we rely on the other two to play any type of defense (Jai and JCB)
2. Dexter is overrated. There, I said it. Doesn’t mean he’s not valuable nor can’t have spells of domination, but what he gives you as a mismatch on the offensive end, he gives up on the defensive end. He simply isn’t quick enough or have enough awareness to play m2m. He constantly gets pulled out on the perimeter and has problems hedging and getting back on PnR’s or rotating. Today was a “good game” for Dex and he had 1 F’n rebound. Get his ass within 5 feet of the rim. On offense and defense!
3. We have no real wing players other then Damion. All of our guys are either Big guys or have big guy skill sets (DJ and Gary are really 4s as far as skill set) or are tiny guards (6′3″) or below. JH is our only real wing guy but he’s more confused then Alice wondering around Wonderland right now. It opens up mismatches on offensive rebounding as well as in transition.
4. Our coaching staff hasn’t played to our strengths and seems incapable of admitting our weaknesses. We have a defensive anchor that isn’t effective away from the basket yet we continue to allow him to be pulled out to the foul line extended. We play a defensive system that corresponds to our starting guards strengths but our backups are woefully unprepared to play. Offensively, we have 2 of 3 “perimeter” starters that can’t play on the perimeter. Decide what you want, Rick and then develop a system around that. We’re proverbially putting the round peg in the hexagonal hole. I’ve been wanting to see more zone and sagging defense on players that can’t shoot to assist our help defense and rotations, but we still try and overplay every pass with players that don’t have this skill set (Pittman, Lucas, JH, JCB, any white stiff). It’s really quite silly.
We still have hope but the window is closing quickly to figure it out….
Blueshorn said:
January 30th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Trips is out buying a new hamster to replace the one he sacrificed in vain.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Post mortem is up. And after a tall glass of 12 year old scotch so are my spirits. We’re going to win the national championship, bitches!!! Bobby Joe Hill and David Latin are going to dopplegang Doge Balbay and Dexter Pittman and ironically we’ll beat Kentucky for all the marbles.
Oops, I’m out of scotch. Be right back.
Art Vandelay said:
January 30th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Good stuff Patrick.
I’m so disgusted with our regression (no arguing it) I can’t type straight.
Since we ascended to #1 we have fallen apart. It doesn’t reflect well on the coaching staff. Jai Lucas was the worst player in college basketball today. He hasn’t added jack shit this season. I challenge Trips, The General or anyone else to convince me he should see the floor AT ALL the rest of season.
Also, does Wangmene have a seven foot younger brother? Anyone with sight can see that Chapman brings more to the table than Alexis…. but no minutes for Chapman?
Barnes is in my dog house and has to earn his way out.
Trips Right said:
January 30th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
No challenge here Art. I can’t find a good reason to play Jai, Alexi, or Hamilton for that matter.
hobzzz said:
January 30th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
i wish you could see the same experts who are currently predicting our demise…at the beginning of the season telling us how good we are.
the team will be fine regardless if the experts catch up or not.
the only thing i’ll say is the turkey is the worst shooting short guard i’ve ever seen in my life. he needs to sit on the bench and everything else will take care of itself…experts.