Texas vs Louisville- 2:30 pm on ESPN

[shadow_operative 15931]

kenpom has us winning 80-65.

[MotownHorn 1724]

Line is 17.5

Seems high

[Js1 84994]

20 minutes ago, MotownHorn said:

Line is 17.5

Seems high

Nah, Louisville is terrible 

[Rickylovesweed 14137]

Looks like UCONN is going to win on the other side of the bracket. Up 13 with 10 minutes to play. 

[Horny Bull 2759]

2:39 tip

[pacman 7281]

[Mo Horn 8779]

Shedrick dominating on both ends of the court

[Js1 84994]

9-5 Texas at the media timeout 

[Rickylovesweed 14137]

Mitchell is still a work in progress offensively. Don't think our offense should run through him. Needs to just be a slasher/crashing the boards. 

[Degenerate Gardner 4075]

4 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Mitchell is still a work in progress offensively. Don't think our offense should run through him. Needs to just be a slasher/crashing the boards. 

Agreed. Mitchell is a complimentary player without any reliable offensive game at this point.

Edited November 19, 2023 by Degenerate Gardner

[Js1 84994]

Love Abmas’ confidence shooting it

[The Ace of Aces 5102]

Louisville is really, really, really bad. This should be a blowout. 

[Js1 84994]

16-12 Texas. Media TO

[Mo Horn 8779]

8 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Mitchell is still a work in progress offensively. Don't think our offense should run through him. Needs to just be a slasher/crashing the boards. 

 

4 minutes ago, Degenerate Gardner said:

Agreed. Mitchell is a complimentary player without any reliable offensive game at this point.

Zero shot. Other than an alley-oop, it's really playing 4 on 5 offensively. 

[ClubWhatever 12082]

2 minutes ago, The Ace of Aces said:

Louisville is really, really, really bad. This should be a blowout. 

They have size and they are getting in the lane whenever they want. 

[Js1 84994]

Brock is so good at finding the soft spot in a zone defense 

[Mo Horn 8779]

JFC Mitchell

[Rickylovesweed 14137]

Mitchell is killing us. Just dunk that. 

[Js1 84994]

26-23 Texas

[ClubWhatever 12082]

Hunter is getting abused.  We need to help on his man. 

[Mo Horn 8779]

Louisville out hustling Texas right now

[Rickylovesweed 14137]

Getting out hustled on the boards. 

[Mo Horn 8779]

We are flat out getting outplayed

By a less talented team

[ClubWhatever 12082]

Just now, Mo Horn said:

We are flat out getting outplayed

People act like their players are chumps.  They have players.  5 can play. They are athletic. 

[Js1 84994]

Shedrick is working his ass off down there 

[MirrOlure 14572]

So will Shedrick and Disu be on the floor at the same time?

[Rickylovesweed 14137]

Somebody has to box out. 

[Mo Horn 8779]

Horrible call

[MirrOlure 14572]

There was zero fucking contact there

[ClubWhatever 12082]

Bailout call 

[Degenerate Gardner 4075]

I’m all about the Sativa Empire Classic.

[Js1 84994]

We are driving into the lane and then undecided what to do

Defense into offense!

[ClubWhatever 12082]

Kadin is good.

[DaysOff 7785]

I just turned this on and watched 2 steals for points. I am a god.

[Js1 84994]

Laxadaiscally 

[Mo Horn 8779]

Abmas cold from deep today

[Rickylovesweed 14137]

Ugly half but Louisville also hitting shots they haven't hit in 2 years. 

[Js1 84994]

41-38 Texas. Half

[MirrOlure 14572]

On that Abmas layup…they banged the backboard. Is that allowed?

[ClubWhatever 12082]

 Terry needs a plan to keep 4 out of the lane.  

[Rickylovesweed 14137]

Defensively we over helped too much that half. Just stick your man and don't over help off ball. 

[Mo Horn 8779]

1 minute ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Ugly half but Louisville also hitting shots they haven't hit in 2 years. 

So the trend of teams making threes against us continues. Just crazy. 

[Rockethorn1978 6061]

Shedrick has been an incredible pickup. He’s very consistent in his play, just need disu back and we will be fine. Abmas is just streaky, he was streaky at oru too but when he gets hot he will drop 30.

1 minute ago, MirrOlure said:

On that Abmas layup…they banged the backboard. Is that allowed?

No but he made it so they didn’t blow their whistle. I’m assuming they would have if he missed it or given the spirit of fucking Texas by refs they probably wouldn’t have.

[ClubWhatever 12082]

3 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Defensively we over helped too much that half. Just stick your man and don't over help off ball. 

Disagree.  Their guards lived in the paint that half.  Keep them out.  Take your chances that they won't hit 57% BTA for the whole game.  

[Rickylovesweed 14137]

7 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

So the trend of teams making threes against us continues. Just crazy. 

I don't mind the strategy really. Louisville is #307 in 3 point shooting and were #228 in 3 point shooting last year. 

They're a terrible 3 point shooting team but were 4/7 in the 1st half. The strategy against Louisville the last 2 years has been to just let Louisville jack 3s but they're hitting them today. 

[Rickylovesweed 14137]

4 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Disagree.  Their guards lived in the paint that half.  Keep them out.  Take your chances that they won't hit 57% BTA for the whole game.  

We give up too many open looks because we hedge too hard. Both inside and on the perimeter. 

I would also say a lot of the penetration happened from either miscommunication on the hedge or creating issues after a switch. 

[Mo Horn 8779]

2 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

I don't mind the strategy really. Louisville is #307 in 3 point shooting and were #228 in 3 point shooting last year. 

They're a terrible 3 point shooting team but were 4/7 in the 1st half. The strategy against Louisville the last 2 years has been to just let Louisville jack 3s but they're hitting them today. 

Agreed, but it does seem like teams that suck at 3s somehow get hot when they play Texas, then go back to sucking the next game. 

[HtownHorn 14394]

Getting boned on the officiating. 11-2 FT discrepancy right now. Louisville's center should have already fouled out.

Edited November 19, 2023 by HtownHorn

[shadow_operative 15931]

14 minutes ago, MirrOlure said:

On that Abmas layup…they banged the backboard. Is that allowed?

it’s not allowed, and they should have called it before/regardless of whether or not his shot went in. that said i see it go uncalled fairly regularly, and that irks me.

[Rickylovesweed 14137]

4 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

Agreed, but it does seem like teams that suck at 3s somehow get hot when they play Texas, then go back to sucking the next game. 

3 point D has been fine. 

Incarnate Word 4/23, Delaware State 3/9, Rice 4/22. A bad 3 point shooting team just hit them in the 1st half. 

3 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Getting boned on the officiating. 11-2 FT discrepancy right now.

There were some soft calls in that 1st half.