November 21, 20232 yr We are #15 putting some scare in #5 at basically their house without our 2 best front court players.
November 21, 20232 yr Author Abmas has been terrible tonight. i try not to call out players like this, but god damn, his decision making has killed us.
November 21, 20232 yr Great effort, especially by Mitchell, Brock and Horton. Eastern Bloc dude couldn't miss. Abmas needs to take a lap.
November 21, 20232 yr well we gave em a game. probably win if our guards show up at all. Hunter is gonna need to step up his game because Carr isn't there to take heat off.
November 21, 20232 yr What are we doing. There is no reason to foul and call TOs. What we did learn, even when we are fully healthy, we need to play with pace because our guards are really athletic but short. We maximize Mitchell's offensive potential when we play fast and in the open court. Edited November 21, 20232 yr by HtownHorn
November 21, 20232 yr Ive seen enough to believe this team is gonna be just fine with a healthy roster. Rodney's got those boys playing hard, but sometimes the shots dont fall (seems like we never shoot well at MSG). If Mitchell plays at this level consistently and we're healthy, we'll be all right. Whats the latest on Disu? Is it a certainty he's playing by the time conference games start?
November 21, 20232 yr Author looked like it was going to be death by a thousand put back dunks for a while there, but we fought hard and played much better in the second half than we did in the first, particularly the first 10 minutes of the game. i’m not even mad about tonight. the effort and competitiveness makes up for the disappointment of losing. Edited November 21, 20232 yr by shadow_operative
November 21, 20232 yr Great to see Mitchell have a nice game even after twisting his ankle earlier in the game. Also great to see the Longhorns never give up!
November 21, 20232 yr Terry's teams continue to be good with 2nd half adjustments. Score may not reflect how close this game was down the stretch. Impressed with how they played in the 2nd half.
November 21, 20232 yr Great game for Mitchell. This is the kind of L that can make us better. Abmas needs to have some realizations when they do the film study.
November 21, 20232 yr Between last night and tonight I lost coumt on how many time J Will called Shedrick Kaden Sheppard
November 21, 20232 yr At least this time around I can only assume no coach's wife or girlfriend got shit-hammered all weekend and played the fool.
November 21, 20232 yr the missed layup by Hunter at 71-67 and the last second shot by Euro was the game.
November 21, 20232 yr Wire to wire double digit win for UConn is about what I expected with how short handed we were. I thought we fought well though to hang around and not let UConn blow us out by 20. Our bigs need to get healthy.
November 21, 20232 yr Yeah I highly doubt if Vegas knew Shedrick was out, the line would have been less than 10. We represented well, a bad start doomed us. Rodney has to stop with those, we saw them a lot last year too
November 21, 20232 yr Texas played well against the defending champs. Could’ve folded in the first half when their bigs were dominating but we hung tough all game. Looking forward to seeing what we do when we’re healthy.
November 21, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, dcar00 said: the missed layup by Hunter at 71-67 and the last second shot by Euro was the game. Massachusetts is in Europe?
November 21, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, shadow_operative said: looked like it was going to be death by a thousand put back dunks for a while there, but we fought hard and played much better in the second half than we did in the first, particularly the first 10 minutes of the game. i’m not even mad about tonight. the effort and competitiveness makes up for the disappointment of losing. We played them even up from 12:29 in the first half. That's not bad.
November 21, 20232 yr People keep talking about missing two big men. College basketball is guard dependent, and we don't have good guards or good depth. I don't see how Disu or Shedrick overcome those problems unless we get multiple guards to make shots consistently.
November 21, 20232 yr Just now, Sal said: People keep talking about missing two big men. College basketball is guard dependent, and we don't have good guards or good depth. I don't see how Disu or Shedrick overcome those problems unless we get multiple guards to make shots consistently. We just watched Brock Cunningham guard a dude who is 7’2 for extended stretches.
November 21, 20232 yr Just now, Hookem2147 said: We just watched Brock Cunningham guard a dude who is 7’2 for extended stretches. Yeah…. I mean, having 6’9 and 6’11 might be helpful there
November 21, 20232 yr Author 11:21 1H- uconn leads 26-11 5:24 2H- uconn leads 71-67 we outscored them 56-45 over this period of the game, with no disu, no shedrick, and max abmas playing like a sleeper cell who was went from oklahoma to destroy us from within. we never gave up despite a horrific start, and we got ourselves back into the game with time to spare. that’s my takeaway from the night. the team has heart, and plenty of room to grow. a lot to build on from tonight. 🤘🏼
November 21, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, Sal said: People keep talking about missing two big men. College basketball is guard dependent, and we don't have good guards or good depth. I don't see how Disu or Shedrick overcome those problems unless we get multiple guards to make shots consistently. sure but it would have mattered on the defensive end and rebounding.
November 21, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, shadow_operative said: 11:21 1H- uconn leads 26-11 5:24 2H- uconn leads 71-67 we outscored them 56-45 over this period of the game, with no disu, no shedrick, and max abmas playing like a sleeper cell who was went from oklahoma to destroy us from within. we never gave up despite a horrific start, and we got ourselves back into the game with time to spare. that’s my takeaway from the night. the team has heart, and plenty of room to grow. a lot to build on from tonight. 🤘🏼 and it was basically an away game.
November 21, 20232 yr 36 minutes ago, WJC88 said: Better how? Defense abilities and even decent guard play. It’s severely lacking so far (early season caveat)
November 21, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Sal said: People keep talking about missing two big men. College basketball is guard dependent, and we don't have good guards or good depth. I don't see how Disu or Shedrick overcome those problems unless we get multiple guards to make shots consistently. Having an inside threat on the offensive end matters for shooters as they stretch the floor and you can’t just play deny defense across the three point line all game because you have a post who could score. And disu can hit elbow jumpers all game so it definitely matters for both ends of the floor.
November 21, 20232 yr Glad I recorded it. I knew Shedricks shoulder was gonna be an issue. Dylan needs to heal up asap
November 21, 20232 yr Just now, Sal said: People keep talking about missing two big men. College basketball is guard dependent, and we don't have good guards or good depth. I don't see how Disu or Shedrick overcome those problems unless we get multiple guards to make shots consistently. To me the biggest issue with the first half was our inability to keep them off the offensive glass. That's the reason we had such a hole to climb out of. Im thinking a healthy Disu and Shedrick evens the game out a bit during that stretch. Thats a good team we just played and for the last 30 minutes it was a scrap. I'm not disappointed by what I watched all things considered.
November 21, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, Blotto said: To me the biggest issue with the first half was our inability to keep them off the offensive glass. That's the reason we had such a hole to climb out of. Im thinking a healthy Disu and Shedrick evens the game out a bit during that stretch. Thats a good team we just played and for the last 30 minutes it was a scrap. I'm not disappointed by what I watched all things considered. It was like he didn't watch Disu become our best player last year in the post-season. Bigs that can space the floor are gold in college basketball. Karaban is a college 4 and killed us tonight, he also didn't have to play much defense because Brock just isn't a tough guard offensively compared to Disu.
November 21, 20232 yr One stat that surprises me: We outshot UCONN from the arc, 31.3% - 29.2%. They got us 11 - 7 on offensive boards and 29 - 22 on defensive boards (40 - 29 total). 7 blocks to our 3. Even on turnovers at 6. 16 of 18 to 10 of 13 on free throws.
November 21, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said: One stat that surprises me: We outshot UCONN from the arc, 31.3% - 29.2%. They got us 11 - 7 on offensive boards and 29 - 22 on defensive boards (40 - 29 total). 7 blocks to our 3. Even on turnovers at 6. 16 of 18 to 10 of 13 on free throws. I'm guessing the difference was FTs and 2nd chance points. Both of which could have evened out a little more with Shedrick and Disu.
November 21, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, HtownHorn said: I'm guessing the difference was FTs and 2nd chance points. Both of which could have evened out a little more with Shedrick and Disu. The 3's played into it, too. Even though we "outshot" them from beyond the arc, they took 50% more shots than we did (7 of 24 versus 5 of 16). That's a 6 point swing to go with the 6 point advantage at the line.
November 21, 20232 yr Quality loss. Mitchell ’s best showing in terms of being in game flow. Oyema continued to fill in admirably. Keep learning and healing.
November 21, 20232 yr 45 minutes ago, shadow_operative said: Abmas has been terrible tonight. i try not to call out players like this, but god damn, his decision making has killed us. Definitely need more hoopin' and less chuckin' from Max going forward. Love the confidence. The selfishness, not so much. But without Shedrick and Disu, this isn't a terrible loss (cue the aggy moral victory angle).
November 21, 20232 yr I'd really like to see more shots for Horton. Especially when Abmas isn't being helpful.
November 21, 20232 yr The schedule going forward is Wyoming, Texas St, #4 Marquette, Houston Christian, LSU, Corpus aggy, and UNC Greensboro. I know we all want to beat Marquette to give Shaka a punch in the face after he shit the bed here like a bitch then started winning again with Marquette, but we should be no worse than 10-2 or 9-3 coming out of 2023. Really should be 10-2 as should split Marquette and LSU at least. Disu should be back by mid December but probably not in time for Marquette.
November 21, 20232 yr 17 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said: Definitely need more hoopin' and less chuckin' from Max going forward. Love the confidence. The selfishness, not so much. But without Shedrick and Disu, this isn't a terrible loss (cue the aggy moral victory angle). Abmas needs to stop chucking but the big issue with him is he's a pick and roll player not a 1 v 1 player. I said this in the main Texas thread, but the way you unlock him is a guy like Disu that can kick and pop. When Texas tries to set up PnR with Onyema they just hedge on Hunter or Abmas because Onyema is no threat to score other than a dunk. I haven't seen if Shedrick can kick and pop yet. He can definitely score inside. What this team really needs for Hunter and Abmas is a guy like Disu. Edited November 21, 20232 yr by Rickylovesweed
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