November 9, 20187 yr Armed Forces Classic at Fort Bliss, El Paso. Fuck Arkansas, fuck Nolan Richardson, and fuck the SEC.
November 9, 20187 yr Heading to the game now. I will report from the front lines. Can anyone recommend a good Tex-Mex restaurant in El Paso?
November 9, 20187 yr http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/teams/texas-longhorns The Texas Longhorns face their first power conference opponent — and an old and almost forgotten rival — in the Arkansas Razorbacks on Friday in El Paso. The game takes place at Fort Bliss as the annual installment of the Armed Forces Classic, which is thankfully not being played in an non-air conditioned gym in Japan... because what could possibly go wrong with that. (What went wrong was the court became so slippery that the officials ended the game at halftime. This was a fate that was similar to several of the games that ESPN attempted to stage on the deck of aircraft carriers. These events scheduled around Veterans Day are a nice idea, and thankfully are now much better executed.) The Texas team arrived early at Fort Bliss for a variety of events: Playing Arkansas tonight (a team I will get to in a few paragraphs) will more than double our understanding of this iteration of Texas basketball. With only one game so far, Longhorns fans (myself included) have had to work hard to avoid the trap of over-interpreting single game results. In many cases, having a little information is more harmful to understanding than having no information, and I believe the Eastern Illinois game serves as an example of this. That is unless Jericho Sims and Dylan Osetkowski combining to turn the ball over seven times in a single game is going to become a regular occurrence. Still, let’s take a moment to reflect upon that game. I think it is useful to break it down into three segments. For roughly the first 15 minutes of the game, the Horns played tight on offense and passed up open shots, and were a bit too careless with the ball. In the second 15-minute segment, the Longhorns more or less ran the Panthers off the floor. The team played fast and aggressive, and hit some shots. One thing that was clearly demonstrated in the Eastern Illinois game was that Texas can create an open shot pretty much any time it wants against a team like the Panthers. Once the Longhorns stopped passing up those shots, and started taking (and making) them, things clicked pretty well. In the final ten minutes of the game, Texas experimented with some different lineups, worked Andrew Jones into the action, and lost some of its focus. The net result was a 20-point lead turned to a 12-point victory, but the game was never really at risk. As a team, the Texas offense (which is greatly simplified relative to what we watched last season) looked reasonably crisp. However, some of the individual players on the team looked a little sloppy with the ball. I like the idea — play fast, ball screen multiple times a possession, and allow players to be aggressive and attack — but we shall see how the execution of it plays out over the course of the season. Which brings us to tonight’s game, which will be the second Texas contest of the season, and the first for Arkansas. Head coach Mike Anderson’s team won 23 games last year with a group where four of the top five players were seniors, and eight of the top 10 players in terms of minutes played are no longer on the roster. That makes this group a little hard to get a read on, much like Eastern Illinois One player that Arkansas does return is 6’11 sophomore Daniel Gafford. He is good — likely one of the best interior players that the Longhorns will face during the season. He was a skinny (and effective) freshman last year who has added some muscle mass over the summer, and will impact the game on both ends of the floor. Gafford protects the rim exceptionally well, controls the glass, and should be a focal point for the Razorback offense. The Texas front court will have all that it can handle. Two other returning players who saw the floor last season to varying degrees are 6’6 junior Adrio Bailey and 6’8 sophomore Gabe Osabuohien. Anderson has filled out the roster with two transfer guards — Jalen Harris (New Mexico) and Mason Jones (JUCO, Connors State College) — and an eight-man freshman class. Stylistically, Anderson’s teams are known for pressing and playing up tempo. Texas fans are familiar with this style from Anderson’s days in the Big 12 as the head man at Missouri. It is the sort of basketball that Anderson learned to coach under his mentor Nolan Richardson — oh yes, we couldn’t make it all the way through an Arkansas preview without mentioning that name. Texas also aims to play fast, so this could be a high possession game. Senior guard Kerwin Roach II will also be back in the Texas rotation tonight after serving his suspension for an offseason violation of team rules. The game tips off at 6 p.m. Central and airs on ESPN. Edited November 9, 20187 yr by Goo Punch
November 9, 20187 yr Maybe my earliest memory in life comes from around 1987-88, a couple years after Nolan Richardson had taken over for Eddie Sutton, when my dad was the SID at Texas. I remember that Arkansas was in town, but the game was a late tip off so i couldn't attend. I remember insisting that i be woken up when my dad got home, only for him to reveal that Arkansas had once again beaten Texas, meaning I had to go back to sleep angry. Before I ever hated OU or A&M I hated Arkansas, and it's kind of sad for me to have grown up in a world where nobody younger than me (and honestly even many people my age) even remembers it realizes just how big this rivalry used to be. I still hate Arkansas to this day. I hope we kick their asses.
November 9, 20187 yr Maybe my earliest memory in life comes from around 1987-88, a couple years after Nolan Richardson had taken over for Eddie Sutton, when my dad was the SID at Texas. I remember that Arkansas was in town, but the game was a late tip off so i couldn't attend. I remember insisting that i be woken up when my dad got home, only for him to reveal that Arkansas had once again beaten Texas, meaning I had to go back to sleep angry. Before I ever hated OU or A&M I hated Arkansas, and it's kind of sad for me to have grown up in a world where nobody younger than me (and honestly even many people my age) even remembers or realizes just how big this rivalry used to be. I still hate Arkansas to this day. I hope we kick their asses. Edited November 9, 20187 yr by Goo Punch
November 9, 20187 yr i think radical larry just vibrated time, space and threads all together there. will watch tonight. hope we can beat their sorry SEC asses
November 9, 20187 yr Arkansas was pretty much the basketball equivalent of OU for us back in the day... heated and hated. They are still up there with OU and A&M on the list for me... sadly, we only regularly play one of them nowadays.
November 9, 20187 yr Arkansas was pretty much the basketball equivalent of OU for us back in the day... heated and hated. They are still up there with OU and A&M on the list for me... sadly, we only regularly play one of them nowadays.Hate Strollin’ Nolan to this very day.
November 9, 20187 yr Current Arkansas head coach Mike Anderson IS a strollin Nolan disciple i believe.
November 9, 20187 yr Sitting in the third row. Of course, this place only goes six rows deep. I took lots of shots from the court and will post any that are decent tomorrow. Really fun. By far, the coolest thing I have seen is an old Stuart tank sitting by itself in a field.
November 9, 20187 yr 6 minutes ago, TreatyOak said: Sitting in the third row. Of course, this place only goes six rows deep. I took lots of shots from the court and will post any that are decent tomorrow. Really fun. By far, the coolest thing I have seen is an old Stuart tank sitting by itself in a field. Military?
November 9, 20187 yr Sitting next to Shaka’s wife. She’s beautiful and very nice. This day doesn’t suck.
November 10, 20187 yr LOL, Dylan’s mom is sitting next to me. She’s pretty fun. We are talking New York.
November 10, 20187 yr 4 minutes ago, TreatyOak said: LOL, Dylan’s mom is sitting next to me. She’s pretty fun. We are talking New York. I'm trying to pick you out of the 200 people on hand
November 10, 20187 yr Looks dark in the gym, and zero sideline. Nice gesture but don’t think we should make a return trip Edited November 10, 20187 yr by ChickenSandwich
November 10, 20187 yr 5 minutes ago, OU Sucks said: I'm trying to pick you out of the 200 people on hand Try not to be an asshole; they are playing on a military base.
November 10, 20187 yr Dang Febres still can't shoot in games. Great in practice..... Bricks live action Edited November 10, 20187 yr by LTtxfan
November 10, 20187 yr Just now, Goo Punch said: losing 10-3 right now. dude learn how to Aggie. we are loosing by less than 10.
November 10, 20187 yr 7 minutes ago, SDG said: Try not to be an asshole; they are playing on a military base. You might be taking this board too seriously.
November 10, 20187 yr Just now, perfectchaos007 said: Our 3 point shooting sucks again I know its 1 game and 4 minutes in but it really doesn't look any better. we might out athlete some folks. oh well.
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