Basketball:
Turkish Delight has gone
down and will no longer be tempting Barnes to be future king of Narnia over his brother Self and sisters Turgeon and Capel. Granted that Barnes played PG Mason and the physically challenged Jai Lucas for extended minutes but this can't keep up.
Rick's dogged
dedication (Good job Patrick Bateman) to breaking down J'Covan and co. has become an extremely frustrating thing to see. You have to wonder if Brown
Torn ACL, per Inside Texas' Twitter, per Belmont, per Balbay's doctor, per Balbay's MRI, per Balbay's knee.
That's two guards lost for the season to knee injuries and the latest was from an otherwise innocuous knee bump from a clumsy big man on dedfischer's payroll.
A Tonya Harding sighting on the 40 Acres can't be far away.
Rick Barnes' goal of limiting J'Covan Brown's minutes j'ust got harder.
Basketball:
...we're pulled back in.The
91-51 win over Nebraska was just what the doctor ordered. Awiggo from BON had some quick thoughts
here and txtwstr7 had more
here.
There were a few interesting quotes that came out of the game. First from Brown:
"My job is to take over this team and get us to the national championship. I have to step up"
Brown had 12 points and a 2-1 assist to turnover ration (6-3) and
Football/Recruiting:
srr50 had some
thoughts about Texas in the Big 10 which was followed by a lot of discussion on various "super conference" possibilities. I'm all in favor of changes that result in college football structure in which the best teams can face each other on the field. It's bizarre that this hasn't happened because in the most obvious sense, that's the way to make the most money.
Junior day has seen 3
commits so
He'll be in the
starting lineup against Nebraska.
Brown started four games early in the season until Barnes flagged him for excessive turnovers and inconsistent effort on defense.
But Brown has become more reliable on defense while reducing his turnovers, committing just 10 in nine Big 12 games. He made two while scoring a season-best 28 points against Kansas — 26 in the second half.
Now Barnes said Brown is ready to start, providing justification the coach
Quick Editor's note: This was written
prior to the Kansas game.
- S.R.
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Halfway through Big 12 conference play, I think most Texas fans would have to describe this year’s squad as –frustrating.
Okay, there are a few more strongly worded descriptions that we could use, but it’s not after 11 pm and children could be reading (yea, right.). While, there are a multitude of reasons offered up for our recent funk, I thought we might look
Some quick thoughts to complement the great stuff Trips has already delivered.
BREAKDOWN!
Rick Barnes implemented a set offense 21 games into the regular season against the number 1 team in the country. He told his guys to set it up and run it. The problem is you are supposed to do this in the preseason so that by game 21 against the number 1 team in the country you don’t have to think