We are due to beat these guys. They looked very beatable against West Va. in the late game last night. If the horns keep up their high field goal percentage we can pull out a win.

We need Gary!

So if OSU wins we go to the big XII champ. game? Oh, wait, why am I even watching this game of inbreds.

Yeah I know this whole tourney has been on Versus, but damn, this game should be on ESPN/FSN/locals. VERSUS!?

Looks like I'll have to settle with listening to the game on the radio. Hopefully they're broadcasting that game in Houston.

SLOW DOWN.

That was an ugly first minute

Justin does great job taking the ball to the hole and drawing a foul. He is too quick off the dribble for Chris Lofton.

After a wild first minute, settling in nicely.

we are contesting. I like us trying to get the ball inside. No threes yet?

Fantastic start by BON favorite Connor. Three easy baskets near the rim and doing a good job on the defensive glass.

DJ with 3 assists and a bucket by my count. Love it.

Wondering why I didn't make it in person.  (Maybe because I'm buried in schoolwork too, PB.)  First observation  is about those ridiculous shorts.  "Shorts"?  More like culottes.  Second observation:  I like the peach fuzz on Connor.  That's it for my scintillating commentary.

Our transition offense is terrific

Something else is different about Connor, and it's got nothing to do with facial hair.  12 points??  Good Connor!

Shooting over the top of him on defense, then a wild three.  C'mon now...

love this uptempo

DJ

Augustin's impressive

Making them pay for pressing. Can we keep up this tempo for a full 40?

wow, i didn't think dex could run the floor like that.

Great start! And Dexy running the break!!!

Horns shooting 73% early on almost all coming in the paint.

This is exactly what we struggled with last year in Knoxville. Much rather see Connor throw the ball into DJ.

DJ will not be the best player on the court, just not tonight.

i love it

Vols are 7/14 from three. This is much better shooting than they've shown in their first five games.

Lofton really drifting back on his threes. It is one thing to create space but another to shoot 20 ft fade aways.

jerk off

Tennessee taking away the penetration; we need to adjust

needs to at least look toward the basket. Otherwise teams won't even guard him on the perimeter and sag against DJ's drives.

Mason shooting free throws much better this season.

Mason looks a little out of control with the dribble. Needs to settle down and keep his head up.

Bad shot by AJ leads to run out by Vols. Taking good shots within the flow of offense allows defense to get back.

Barnes goes to 2-3 to slow pace down and keep Horns out of foul trouble. So far, so good, but Vols can light it up if we're not careful.

Dennis Miller telling me that the sports page is so boring that we need to watch his show. Which features an interview with.... Bob Costas?

Great block, save, and steal!!!

by saving ball toward own basket.

DJ is unguardable if you allow his hesitation dribble.

Love it.

I saw we're #1 in offensive efficiency in KP's rankings so far. Incredible.

12-0 Texas run

Love the 2 for 1 also. Even though it didn't lead to points.

Solid half for the Horns. Very efficient on offense. DJ killing off the drive, AJ knocking down the threes, and Connor running the floor well and making the Vols pay for full court pressure.

Decent defense. The Vols wer cold early, heated up in the middle of the half, and then cooled again as Lofton sat with two fouls.

If Horns can keep attacking the rim and knocking down free throws on offense and grab those long rebounds off missed three pointers, they will be in great shape.

Very nice first half. Transition offense is very impressive; Tennessee would be wise to hunker down and make us play half court ball. But DJ's doing a good job in the half court, too.

Vols shooting a ton of threes to stick around, but having trouble keeping up.

Love it.

Jim O'Brien picking Texas as a Final Four team?

That seemed like a real good half. 10-10 from the free throw line and 60% from the floor.

AJ started knocking down shots. Wangmene is learning.

James has been a beast on defense and the boards.

Keep this up and we have a key win early in the season.

out of half time. Maybe he can draw up plays in the half court. Impressive.

Huh? Is this Texas?

What's going on man? Can't stop da' Horns?

looks like. I like it.

he just put his shoulder down.

nice short range from AJ

and 1 on the other end.

Texas benefitting from a bunch of missed layups by Tenn. If either of those threes go down by DJ, the Vols would be in real trouble.

Bad goal tending call. Ball had no shot.

Got to rebound Horns.

Has passed the ball out from the post TWICE tonight. I'm pretty sure that's two more than all of last season.

DJ throwing the ball in is not good

so pissed I can't watch this game.

Rick Barnes totally owned me about Connor. I thought he was in the same league as J.D. Lewis... not even close. What was the difference? What the hell did he do during the off-season that made him improve this drastically? Or maybe this is just Tennessee being too small?

How come James has only taken 3 shots? I'm going to guess it's because of foul trouble. The box score doesn't say how many minutes he played.

that Mason actually has more assists than Augustin. It's 4-3 now I think.

Anyway, as far as the DJ/Nash comparisons, I've always though DJ was more of a Deron Williams type of PG. Again, I'm pissed that I can't watch this offense today which is apparently really awesome.

When was the last time we blew out a good basketball team? OSU last year, maybe?

Let's win by 30.

You are right about DJ throwin in the ball Wiggo.

UT or A&M?

UT has the better guard play, and I'm pretty sure A&M has the better front court with Jordan/Jones. Carter's a good shooter and scorer, and Kirk has been playing some PG with Sloan. They blew the crap out of OSU yesterday.

I'm going to say that we're slightly better, and I know for sure that we're more suited for the tournament because of our excellent guard play. If Johnson plays and lives up to his hype, then I really think we're Final Four bound.

Good call Wiggo

Yeah, sure, he's a double-double guy.  Just kidding, but that would be awesome.  He needs 20+ pounds to do that.

maybe this team was just grossly overrated. They have an explosive offense with guard play, but they had that last year too. They played Prairie View A&M earlier this year and was trailing at halftime. Terrible defense and an undersized front court

this offense is better than the Rockets!

Real solid win for the Horns. Wow! Look out ucla.

All around good play. DJ, AJ and Connor all with 20+ points.

I know last year Barnes said he was watching some Phoenix Suns game tape and wanted the run a similar Suns' style offense.

How fast was the game tempo? Were we trying to push it after every turnover and rebound?

It might be a good idea to run and gun at least sometimes. We have the guards, and we have the athletes. Then we can slow it down a bit and play half-court when Win-Dex is in the game.