Tigers in Our House

Caesar's has the game a near pick 'em but my money is on J'C and The Gang.

It HAS to hit us that we don't need to keep shooting ourselves in the feet.

The sloppy fouls have to stop and the next time Clint goes potty mouth to an official, "I" will help drag him away.

I'm sure we've regained our composure and the odds are against Frank Haith beating us twice. No high-steppin i Our House!

The Tigers travel well, I can't wait to say farewell to these has-beens that never were.

 

Go Horns, beat Mizzou! Spank them out to the sec!

 

Look forward to the game!
Hookem'

 

A few minutes into the second half, and watching this team is painful. They're just not very good.

 

We are making a great effort but as usual it looks like we are going to let this one get away.

 

Who is this Kabongo and what did they do with the highly regarded recruit by the same name?

 

Kabongo just made one of the dumbest plays I have ever seen. TO followed by an intentional foul. Down 2 with the ball to down 4 and possibly 6. And he's a first rounder?

 

Critical play with horns down 2. mizzo guard kicks the ball away from kabongo who then gets called for intentional foul. The non calls are killing Texas.

 

man we suck this year

 

Kabongo makes horrible decisions with the ball and he plays defense like a matador.

 

That clearly was a flagrant foul

 

Horns by one. Maybe we pull one out. But must play defense

 

well we are playing better now. not sure why our team can't maintain mental focus longer in games.

hope we pull this out.

 

With some productive psychotherapy, this team could be pretty decent.

 

Defense and this team go together like oil and water

 

Kabongo's collar was a little tight on that last shot.

 

We lose 67 to 66. A great effort in a close game by the Horns but we fall short again as usual. Perhaps I am too harsh but this is getting old.

 

Barnes weakness of coaching on last possessions either at the end of the game or at half strikes yet again

 

The tigers coming out on the last play in zone defense surprised our guys. Why didn't Barnes call another time out to reset another play. Were we out of time outs?

Mizzu has two great guards. Experienced and clutch.

If Kabongo stayed a couple of years, maybe he could develop those skills.

Here's another question. Why don't our guys run the hard pick and roll. Mizzu scored often off of that. And most good teams do.

 

The move by haith to go zone was genius but something barnes easily could've addressed with a TO. Especially with Kabongo running point.

Kabongo made a huge 3 and hit two clutch FTs. That's about the only positive for him. He is too jittery, dribbles way too much, makes boneheaded decisions, and plays awful D, reaching in way too much. At this point he's Balbay without the D. Though he can drive much better than Balbay, he is frequently out of control. He is a maddening player, but there is clear talent there.

Aside from Kabongo, I thought the D was solid. My complaint is that our guys never really position themselves between the ball and their man. They rarely keep the ball in their periphery. Too many times our post players in particular are a step slow to help out because they're simply not aware of the ball. That kills you against a team like Mizzou, with experienced, quick guards.

Julien Lewis is going to be a hell of a player. As is Holmes.

 

I somewhat agree and this is something I hadn't really noticed with prior teams. But this was prevalent with many guys all over the court tonight, and it is easy to prevent.

 

Tough to win with only 5 assists against 13 turnovers and hitting only 67% from the FT line at home. Too many bonehead plays. Maddening.

 

Well IF, and with us, is always a big "if", both Kabongo and Brown return for next season, along with the other frosh, we will return to being one of the best 32 teams in the country. Let's hope we can get a home game in the NIT come March. The NCAA tournament streak is over for certain now, correct?

 

No, not for certain. But we'd better get on a streak.

 

I like this team. They get down, make mistakes but keep on giving the Effort. They are working hard and they WILL learn to win the close games.

Missouri has a number of 3/4 year players with experience. The Zone defense was a pretty good call at the end of the game. I blame Barnes for not calling another time out when he saw that.

Kabongo draws a ton of fouls, he plays great Defense at times and does make some bonehead dribbling moves at times. I like him, he will be a major major improvement over Balbay.

This team is definately a bubble team at the moment, we have 7 winnable games, we must win them all. Baylor and Kansas, an upset of one of those and we are in.

With what we have coming in next year, lose Brown, we win the National Championship in 2014 or at least Final Four.

 

You are leaving out the Barnes factor.

And the possiility that Kabongo still leaves even though he is nowhere near ready to even be a towel boy in the NBA.

This is UT after all. Home of the "one and dones."

 

Viper - nothing surprises me with kids that come play basketball at UT. Joseph was not ready. Bradley was not ready. But both jumped ship early and got a guaranteed contract out of the deal. Could Kabongo do the same? I would hope not, but I am not a scout in the NBA who might think you can get a potential lottery pick on the cheap and get him in the late 1st round two years early.

For what little hope I have left in Texas basketball, I hope I am wrong.