Itttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt's Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack

[CCTAU]

Sometimes you just back toward the door, open it, and quietly slide on out.

AU 55
Mizz 54

Couldn’t hit squat.

But KD finished the game with a vengeance!

[wesfau2]

Sometimes you just back toward the door, open it, and quietly slide on out.

AU 55
Mizz 54

Couldn’t hit squat.

But KD finished the game with a vengeance!

Agreed.  We had some of the weirdest lineup combos in at various points just trying to break through their defense, but nothing was working.  The team just kept grinding...kept their cool...and calmly got that Dub.

I think this was a tremendous game in terms of character/team building and it will pay dividends down the stretch.  Road conference wins are rarely gimmes and this was no exception.  Nothing to do but hit the film room/gym and keep working.

[Buzz Killington]

Agreed.  We had some of the weirdest lineup combos in at various points just trying to break through their defense, but nothing was working.  The team just kept grinding...kept their cool...and calmly got that Dub.

I think this was a tremendous game in terms of character/team building and it will pay dividends down the stretch.  Road conference wins are rarely gimmes and this was no exception.  Nothing to do but hit the film room/gym and keep working.

^^^This^^^  All of it.  Took an L without actually taking an L.  Now Bruce knows the oopty oop play has been figured out in the conference too, so it's time to add some new offensive wrinkles.  Love, love, love me some KD!  He took the team on his back and finished that one.

[GH2001]

worst offensive game in a few years.....until the end, we were in the mid/high 20's in FG %. Our star was 2-15 FG shooting.

3-4 years ago even, this kind of performance was a 20 point loss. Now, its a slim win. Yeah, ill take it. Mizzou is also schizo as hell. They scared me all week because they are hot n cold. They are the retard that storms into the room swinging axes or a kamikaze pilot, instead of the smooth criminal that stalks in disguise. The former can be more threatening. Their front court disrupted our front court. We will probably have another game like this - perhaps against MSU or Arky. It's ok....as Bruce eluded to post game, our players and team are allowed to have off nights. They aren't perfect.

[Kaos]

No question they looked like the weight of number one was like an anchor tying them to the floor.  Up to this point, the team has looked day-by-day like it was having fun.  Last night it looked like it was trying to shit a ripe dragonfruit.

I guess when you see Arkansas beat that same team by 143 and read that you're favored by 18 if you just roll off the bus in your pajamas, it makes it hard to have much spark.  I am a little disappointed I guess that by, say, the 9:00 mark of the second half that the other gear this team has didn't kick in.  You hold a team without a basket for nearly nine minutes, you should build a 10-12 point lead.  Didn't happen. 

I sense there was this wave building over the course of the season that led to Kentucky and once that mountain had been conquered and the ranking was in hand there was a whole lot of "we've arrived" and a huge dose of "well, what the fuck now?" going on.  Maybe even with the coaching staff. Bruce himself seemed off.  His post-game interview was very flat (for him). 

I despise Mizzou, so fuck them anyways.  It's over, move on.

[GH2001]

No question they looked like the weight of number one was like an anchor tying them to the floor.  Up to this point, the team has looked day-by-day like it was having fun.  Last night it looked like it was trying to shit a ripe dragonfruit.

I guess when you see Arkansas beat that same team by 143 and read that you're favored by 18 if you just roll off the bus in your pajamas, it makes it hard to have much spark.  I am a little disappointed I guess that by, say, the 9:00 mark of the second half that the other gear this team has didn't kick in.  You hold a team without a basket for nearly nine minutes, you should build a 10-12 point lead.  Didn't happen. 

I sense there was this wave building over the course of the season that led to Kentucky and once that mountain had been conquered and the ranking was in hand there was a whole lot of "we've arrived" and a huge dose of "well, what the fuck now?" going on.  Maybe even with the coaching staff. Bruce himself seemed off.  His post-game interview was very flat (for him). 

I despise Mizzou, so fuck them anyways.  It's over, move on.

as soon as I think I've seen a classless coach or classless crowd in BB, I see another one that's worse. I have no issue with Cuonzo Martin personally. Hes a good coach and how Mizzou hasn't been better under him is bewildering. But the crowd was as classless as ive seen all year.

"Over....rated" after you LOSE?? Whatever. And that kind of shit is just water off the ducks back.

But "F&CK YOU, A-U" and "PUT HIM UNDER" (paraphrasing - but this is in re to putting an injured horse down on the track, directed at Wendell after his injury while on the court) ? Classless assholes.

The Scam Newton and Pearl Necklace signs were just pathetic.

[eagleair89]

This is a very good team....maybe exceptional.

Fun to watch well coached and play hard

They ain't gonna win em all

Just need to win the last 6

 

[CCTAU]

worst offensive game in a few years.....until the end, we were in the mid/high 20's in FG %. Our star was 2-15 FG shooting.

Mama said there'd be days like these.
I think they ended up 30%..and still won.
Most nights a lot more of those shots hit. So if you can survive the off night, you can prevail.

I like that a different guy steps up almost nightly. Cambridge with the extra rebounds and KD with the twenty one pilots attitude.
It just works.
I saw an interview with Zep. It was a good interview. He knows who he is and his role. They all do. That is why they are successful. BP allows each of them to realize their potential within the team.

Sometimes it holds guys back a bit. I used to yell at Okeke to just take the damn ball to the hole. Nobody could stop him. But he played within the team. A good coach can keep superstars humble and allow them to grow better as team players.

[AUTiger1]

Didn't shoot worth a damn.  Couldn't break through their D.  K is right something was off last night.  KD saying "Hold Deez Nutz" and putting the team on his back was a thing of beauty.  That is twice this season he has willed us to a victory and taken over.  I love that kid!

[Buzz Killington]

[wesfau2]

Nice scrimmage with those ugly women from the polar opposite of our Plains.   

Bring on Bama Tuesday.

[wesfau2]

Bring on Bama Tuesday.

6 point faves and a 76.9% chance of winning (all per the ESPNzzzzzzz)

[CCTAU]

6 point faves and a 76.9% chance of winning (all per the ESPNzzzzzzz)

We covered!
And a walk-on scored the last three points to put a hundred on the turds.
The book faces are very quiet tonight. No complaints about the bad officiating.

[Snaggletiger]

That was a great performance.  Got great contributions from a ton of folks.

[Buzz Killington]

We covered!
And a walk-on scored the last three points to put a hundred on the turds.
The book faces are very quiet tonight. No complaints about the bad officiating.

I have a complaint!  They got called for 20 something fouls and that was only about half of what they actually committed.

[GH2001]

I have a complaint!  They got called for 20 something fouls and that was only about half of what they actually committed.

Bammer made 15 3's, and still lost by 20.

[Buzz Killington]

Bammer made 15 3's, and still lost by 20.

And we scored a hundo with only 5 threes. 

[wesfau2]

And we scored a hundo with only 5 threes.

INCONCEIVABLE!

[Kaos]

[Buzz Killington]

Sounds like el Tigres will be without Zep and Berman again tonight