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2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

So close to 7-1 but alas. We clearly learned how to close out a game better after the ASU debacle 

Maybe even 9-1

or is it 8-1

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9 minutes ago, NBHorn7 said:

When was the last time Texas scored 100 points in back-to-back games?

before yesterday we had like 6-7 100 point games in the last decade. definitely rare. 

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Just now, Js1 said:

So close to 7-1 but alas. We clearly learned how to close out a game better after the ASU debacle 

Hurley uglied up the first part of the game.  fouls ensued everywhere and killed any flow for us. and Miller didn't take the ball out of Odums hands.

good win against NCST to make up for it though.

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1 minute ago, NBHorn7 said:

Texas was 16-32 on the treys.

Eight in each half.

Pope was crazy which I can't see happing very often.  Heide should hit his.  the big surprise for me was Wilcher and of course Weaver.  If Weaver can make it such that D can't sag on him that could be huge for spacing.

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Like I said last night, that felt like our ceiling. We’re not going to shoot that high consistently, and we couldn’t get the ball inside with any kind of consistency. 

Nice to win, but that same approach will also be why we go 4-30 from three in a game and lose to an opponent we shouldn’t.

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Like I said last night, that felt like our ceiling. We’re not going to shoot that high consistently, and we couldn’t get the ball inside with any kind of consistency. 
Nice to win, but that same approach will also be why we go 4-30 from three in a game and lose to an opponent we shouldn’t.

That was my feeling. I hate to be a pessimist, but if we are shooting the way we did last night, it should be a 25 point win, not struggling to close a team out.

Does anybody have the +/- numbers? Tramon Mark’s had to be atrocious last night. Weaver and Wilcher should be getting all of his minutes until he figures things out.
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9 minutes ago, Ghost of Shag said:

Like I said last night, that felt like our ceiling. We’re not going to shoot that high consistently, and we couldn’t get the ball inside with any kind of consistency. 

Nice to win, but that same approach will also be why we go 4-30 from three in a game and lose to an opponent we shouldn’t.

I'm not worried about this team putting up points. 

They need to be better on defense.

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7 minutes ago, KingBobo81 said:


That was my feeling. I hate to be a pessimist, but if we are shooting the way we did last night, it should be a 25 point win, not struggling to close a team out.

Does anybody have the +/- numbers? Tramon Mark’s had to be atrocious last night. Weaver and Wilcher should be getting all of his minutes until he figures things out.

agree with all of this. crazy that we hit 16 threes at a 50% clip and still had to hold off nc state. that was some penders era ball there. and mark- my god. it was like he was point shaving last night. what the hell has happened to him?

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2 minutes ago, Ghost of Shag said:

Like I said last night, that felt like our ceiling. We’re not going to shoot that high consistently, and we couldn’t get the ball inside with any kind of consistency. 

Nice to win, but that same approach will also be why we go 4-30 from three in a game and lose to an opponent we shouldn’t.

This is a common issue with teams that haven't played together much, especially when there's no clear No. 1 PG to reliably get into the paint and distribute the ball. You're going to rely on a few guys getting hot enough long enough to score 80-plus points and then hope you can scramble to a W.

We should improve on D and the boards as guys settle into their roles. Of course, in SEC play the overall level of competition also will ramp up, which might hide any improvement we make this season. I'm just glad there's enough overall ability on the roster to build on. Despite the collapse against ASU, it's been a better beginning than I expected. 

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10 hours ago, NBHorn7 said:

I don't know if we can count on shooting threes like this very often.

Many of us had the same thought, I'm sure.

It's great to shoot 50% from 3, but we sure as hell can't expect it. Hopefully, we'll get more continuity in our half-court game so we don't have to rely on lights-out shooting. Or ramp up the defensive pressure for transition buckets.

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Yeah I still can’t figure out why we didn’t go get a PG in the portal. I understand we couldn’t/wouldn’t be able to get a great player but surely there was some above average, experienced PG at a mid-major that would have jumped at the chance to come to Texas.

Defense definitely needs to improve and I’m extremely disappointed in Mark and Traore so far. But we are much more fun to watch so there’s that. This team is definitely capable of making the tournament.

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34 minutes ago, justhookit said:

Yeah I still can’t figure out why we didn’t go get a PG in the portal. I understand we couldn’t/wouldn’t be able to get a great player but surely there was some above average, experienced PG at a mid-major that would have jumped at the chance to come to Texas.

Defense definitely needs to improve and I’m extremely disappointed in Mark and Traore so far. But we are much more fun to watch so there’s that. This team is definitely capable of making the tournament.

Traore I think is just adjusting to playing again, but Mark has no excuse. Appears he lacks confidence...but well he should, given how he's played so far. Still wish Swain had been given the ball at the end against ASU. 

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55 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

Many of us had the same thought, I'm sure.

It's great to shoot 50% from 3, but we sure as hell can't expect it. Hopefully, we'll get more continuity in our half-court game so we don't have to rely on lights-out shooting. Or ramp up the defensive pressure for transition buckets.

Why not all 3 gif?

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Traore I think is just adjusting to playing again, but Mark has no excuse. Appears he lacks confidence...but well he should, given how he's played so far. Still wish Swain had been given the ball at the end against ASU. 

Mark looks miserable most of the time and plays without any confidence except on the rare occasion when he’s running on the wing during a fast break and gets a lane to the basket … very underwhelming for a 6th year guy
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1 hour ago, Gut Wagon said:

Traore I think is just adjusting to playing again, but Mark has no excuse. Appears he lacks confidence...but well he should, given how he's played so far. Still wish Swain had been given the ball at the end against ASU. 

I missed most of last nights game due to travel logistics, but was pleasantly surprised when looking at the final box score to see Mark 7th out of 8 players in minutes played. Positive trend. 

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2 hours ago, jw4381 said:

NCState had some crazy ass prayers go in too. 

Facts, it’s a 10+ point win if they didn’t make some crazy shots. 
 

At least 4 of them was fade away falling outta bounds and then we was dumb at the end fouling on 3 point attempts 

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55 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Mark has been one of the biggest busts in Texas bball in a long time. 

Last year he completely disappeared against piggy. I would have been so up for that game. That was extremely subpar. 

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I like that Mark only played 17 min. Codie and Duru didn’t even get in the game. Love that Miller is confident enough as a coach to play the players most able to get us a win on a given night.

When Heide fouled out, I felt certain we would replace him with Mark. Nope, here comes Wilcher. Awesome.

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Goosby is going to be a huge help next year and we will certainly go hunting in the portal. I know we won’t always shoot like that but last year I never would have even considered looking like that. Wasn’t even really a possibility. Awesome to see we’re looking above where we ended last year under 10 games. Defense needs to get better but they also hit some very low percentage shots that kept going in somehow. Biggest thing is this product makes me want to watch. We will lose a couple bad games but we will surprise some teams too(cough UConn cough). And Mark..lock in man.  

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