First Gottlieb. If you listen to one basketball pundit on ESPN, listen to this guy.
In light of the season ending injury to the only real point guard on the roster I feel the need to go back to
citing Rocky analogies. Again. Certainly coming to an Austin Sports Talk radio show in the next two days no doubt.
I feel like jumping in my ferrari and driving around the suburbs of Houston really fast. I'm
Never to early to start looking to March.
They could start out by swapping stories about Roy Williams and Dean Smith.
Just before Texas gets into the meat of its nonconference schedule, let's talk about the top 5 or 6 teams, along with the Horns, that are vying for the number 1 spot on "Trips Right's Way Too Early, If You're Going to Crown Them Crown Them, National Championship Contending" list, or TRWTEIYGTCTCTNCC list for short.
A beautifully done
Greensboro regional recap on BON.
Great work and an absolute must-read.
Reading that helped me secure some degree of closure. I wish we were still playing.
Now, I'm left with...
baseball.
Wow. What can I say? This one hurts. I woke up this morning feeling like Aminu Timberlake's sternum or Tyler Hansbrough's shattered zygomatic arch. I woke up feeling cheap shotted as I'm sure a lot of folks did including the Texas coaches and players. So, the masochist that I am, I rewind the tape this morning and rewatch the traveshmockery that's sure to follow. This is what happened, Larry...
Dexter
Percentage chance that:
Duke, a perimeter team, makes more foul shots than Texas attempts aside from end game fouling. 60%
Dexter Pittman gets called for 3 or more offensive fouls 25%
Dexter Pittman fouls out 60%
John Scheyer shoots more foul shots than Dexter Pittman 60%
Coach K works the officials longer and harder than Barnes 99%
Coach Barnes gets chippy with Coach K like he did with Dean Smith 25%
Texas wins 40%
Handicap these and/or add your own.
For the better part of four months we've lamented the fact that Texas is a horrendous shooting basketball team. We've got athletes, rebounders, difference makers on the block, and defensive specialists. Obviously, the Horns do a lot of things well, but shooting is not one of them. The whole of the Big 12 conference minus Bill Self for a half, knows our shortcomings stroking the rock as well, and they were able