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VinyVango

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  1. Roach isn’t even providing high-5 / motivational support... just sitting on his ass pouting, working a piece of gum Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  2. So I guess Simms broke rules too ... wtf? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. Seeing Liddell and Hamm hustling and contributing while Febres and DO are flat as fuck is an added “what if?” kick in the balls as to why they didn’t see any time earlier this season when we were schlepping to a close loss. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  4. Roaches’ tail dragging aura needs to be in a study hall in Austin, not the locker room in Norman Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  5. Really really sloppy timid soft play... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  6. With a full week to prepare! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  7. Fuck Roach. If it's something more serious than oversleeping a class or practice, or having beer in a no-booze area on campus, he can spend the rest of this season pouting and working out with Buechele away from the team or at the Filipino league combine. No surprise though. He's shown a propensity to make the same boneheaded errors over and over again on the court too. We shouldn't need him to beat OU.
  8. I think 18 wins is what will be needed to be a probable NCAA tourney team. With 17 wins, our fate is reliant upon some other teams to clear out the bubble and take care of business in their tournaments. Less than 17 wins, this team doesn't deserve an NCAA bid.
  9. Especially so during the final 4-8 minutes of games ...we’ve lost several close games for doing that and continue to do it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  10. That big freshman guard with the dreads for the pokes is playing better than any upperclassman on our team Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  11. at some point the bad losses gotta sink the good wins... I don't think we have a chance at the NCAA absent 18 wins. I'm hoping for better, but fear we end up in the NIT and get spanked by some team like South Carolina, Oregon, Indiana or Florida after a competitive 1st half. I am particularly bothered by our recent tendency to aggressively double-team the opposing post and aggressively hedge screens without rotating to cover the 2nd man who is rolling in for the layup. The line-up with Febres as the second big man is horrific on defense. He was covering Wade man-to-man on numerous possessions in the 2nd half of our last game and it was not pretty. The deferral to Roach to "make something happen" in the last 4 minutes of games has killed us all year. He's been really good when conditioned to drive the paint, and there's no excuse for continually letting him pull the dribble for 20 seconds and jack up the James Harden step back long 3. When DO bricks several 1 foot shots, he needs to sit and Hamm (not Febres) needs to be his replacement for defense and rebounding.
  12. Roach shitting the bed since he decided to just jack up 3s (0-5) and with the slop passing (5 turnovers) ... such low b-ball iq in crunch... drive the lane, senior Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  13. It's a rough card... It would be hard to sit though on a Saturday night even if it were free.
  14. I'd be happy with that. It would be nice to have young players who are acclimated to playing together.
  15. Drew is such a douche-nozzle Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  16. We’ve been doing this weird doubling down in the post with no rotation the last several games... I get the pressure but not rotating leaves a guy open for a easy layup about 85% of the time Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  17. I am still confused about Hamm. His stats, energy and aggression have all been excellent in the limited minutes he's been given. He needs to be first in for DO when he's shitting the bed or gassed. Hepa has regressed to a taller, poorer-shooting version of Febres and in my opinion and currently has less to offer short term than Hamm. He needs serious coaching up regarding defense, boxing out, and offense inside the 3 point line. I like his attitude and would like to see it utilized for more than 2 minutes a game setting picks and playing soft defense. Long has regressed from promising early game showings. He gives up more defensively than he offers offensively. As much as Roach can turn it on with his defense and scoring, his mindblowing turnovers, lack of situatoinal iq, and propensity for wanting to dribble for 20 seconds dribbling between his legs and throw up panicked end of shot clock bricks has lost games for us this year. DO seems to be trending towards playing within the lunch bucket role and that's what he should be doing. I'm okay with the Coleman, Ramey, Roach, DO, and Hayes line-up, but there is no excuse for Roach playing the point/distributor role in that line-up. Febres is definitely the 6th man. Sims and Hamm should be the next guys up. I'd like to see more of the Coleman, Ramey, Febres, Hamm, Hayes lineup to see how they mesh, especially when Roach is 3 for 13 with 4 turnovers and DO can't hit a layup against a shorter man.
  18. Get that idiot off the court Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  19. Fucking idiot, roach ... 4 years and no sense no awareness Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  20. Roach sucks the life out of any half court offense momentum or plan ... slow decisions ... slow passes ... such low team ball iq Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  21. I fear / expect Kansas will drive into Hayes/Simms all night and our defense will over-collapse around the ball, allowing for a pass for a wide open three or dump off to a second man in the paint for a layup attempt. The past several games we've shown a relapse into poor rotation... with our guards continually cheating in off their man and DO drifting way out to cover some stiff in the corner. Hayes/Simms have been faced with a ton of 2 on 1 situations as a result. Self will study our film and change up stuff that didn't work so well against us in the first meeting. I'll be glad just to see our guards (the guys that are supposed to be able to handle the ball) not panicking, jacking up ugly shots by even playground standards, or committing unforced turnovers. We don't have a calming, confident, or reliable presence on the court or bench and it will likely bite our ass again if it's a close game at the end.
  22. We will get it close and roach, febres, or long will jack up a contested 25’ brick Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  23. Roach and DO are such a shit show ... at least DO is working in the paint ... Roach still has no clue about clock, situation, poise, and score Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  24. A lot of confusion on offense and defense for game 20... awesome Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  25. I get that teaching a complicated offensive scheme might take time with college kids who are used to simple playground / high school schemes. However as rudimentary as our offense has been from day one of the season, there is ZERO excuse for not adding additional options every few games and alleviating repeated errors by specific players and coaches. There is no excuse for repeatedly putting the ball in Roach's hands as a PG at the end of the game in the crunch. I get he's valuable, but have him moving off ball and get the ball to him where he doesn't go into his fancy ankle-breaker dribble BS and fumble up a turnover of contested 3. There is no excuse for continually playing the 4-guard, 1-big defense when Ramey or Roach are stuck playing in a PF role. Put Hamm in the fucking game. Coach up Simms to get back to extending his arms and grabbing a rebound at the apex of his jump. He's developed this crazy habit this year of leaping early and trying to snatch rebounds at his face or chest level.. a new quirk that should have been aggressively coached out. There is no excuse for all of our players standing around at the 3-point line and letting defenders rest. At least pretend there is a play in the works and make them break a sweat. There is no excuse for the piss-poor boxing out on defense. When the shot is up, get your body into the nearest opponent at least. It's something that used to be stressed in the lowest level of organized basketball (the level where many kids can't throw the ball hard enough to reach the rim). There is no excuse for allowing the quantity of contested and early shot clock 3 point attempts that we jack up. I get the "shoot it when wide open" principle, but what we are allowing is way, way beyond that. There is no excuse for not coaching up Hepa after 20 games to add a roll to the basket after setting a pick. He has a 1-play playbook currently. Ball screens are cool. It's fun when Hayes gets a dunk of a pick and roll. Off-ball screens and using 2 screeners are fun too! Maybe watch a top-20 team playing on ESPN and borrow a couple of their ideas? I'd rather see a new twist that doesn't work as smoothly as desired that the same stale offensive set every trip down the court. Watch any of our games and listen to the valid comments EVERY commentary (save Lowell) makes about blatant issues that need to be corrected. Since were are a marginal NIT team currently, it's time to play the guys who show desire, bring energy, and minimize mistakes. When DO can't get a layup over the front rim and Roach thinks he's Steph Curry, bench their asses. .500 ball is not a sign of things working right, so scrap the weave and pick up the pace. Aside from Hayes, seems like every other kid on the team starts dragging their tail, getting teary eyed, and/or pouting when the slightest negative occurs. I think Hayes is the only player who appears to be consistent and/or improving with each game. Hamm looked good in his stints earlier this year but has been benched in favor of this newfangled 4-guard, 1-big lineup. Bob Weltlich's offenses were more creative ad got more open looks than Shaka's... that's pretty sad.
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