First Look: Box Score vs Oral Roberts

by Peter Bean on Dec 18, 2007 9:09 PM CST in Basketball Comment 10 comments

Texas wins again to move to 11-0 on the season, but it wasn't the easiest victory the 'Horns have enjoyed this season. The game was close throughout, with Texas assuming command late to secure the win. Once again, I couldn't see the action and AW will be along later tonight or tomorrow with a game report.

Here's your first look at the box score:

*Another nice outing from Connor, it appears. He continues his sharp shooting from downtown, while chipping in with 5 boards and 2 blocks on the interior.

*More on this in Friday's Texas Basketball Report, but AJ Abrams is ice cold from downtown. He continues to find ways to score without his long jumper, though - a big improvement from a season ago.

*Odd line from WingMan, who played 7 minutes but didn't register a single counting stat in the box score.

*Without seeing the game, I can't comment on how Texas looked, but that 22-58 FG line sure is ugly. Texas helped itself out with 21 free throw attempts (12 by DJ), a nice trend to see after Texas opened the season as one of the worst in the nation at getting to the line.

*I'll leave the heavy analysis to AW, but it's good to see Rick getting this team to secure wins even when we're not working well on offense.

--PB--

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Statesman Coverage of UT B-Ball

For the past few years that I've been checking out the Statesman online I've noticed that they never write their own story recaps - it is always AP feeds. I don't understand why they are so cheap or uninterested in covering the hometown team themselves. Are the Longhorn sportswriters above having to go to the games and crank out a story with more insight than a national reporter based in Austin writing for a different audience?

Just curious if anyone here knows why the AAS is so bad about this.

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by RkyMtnHorn on Dec 18, 2007 10:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Not entirely true

The Statesman usually immediately posts the AP story. Mark Rosner's story is in the next day's print addition and is added to the website by the next day.

But overall, you're right. The Statesman's coverage of basketball is almost nonexistent compared to its football coverage.

My review will be up later tonight.

--AW--

by awiggo on Dec 18, 2007 10:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I will say this

Though the Statesman does have a reporter assigned to cover the team, it's literally unimaginable that one could devote a more or less full-time employee to Texas basketball and have such scant coverage.

Andrew and I are paid by no one, maintain full time jobs, and still provide ten times more hoops content than the Statesman. There's a reason people don't read newspapers anymore.

None of this is to be self-congratulatory, but since you asked, I'm happy to note that you won't get better Texas basketball coverage anywhere than you'll get here. That I can promise you.

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Dec 18, 2007 10:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's Why I'm Here

I just found this site and have quickly become a big fan. I'm also with my local Texas Ex Chapter and was able to put a link to BON on our webpage - you do great work and help keep out of state fans like us "in the know".

If you make it up here for the CU game in 2008 you'll have to make sure and come by the local alumni chapter's festivities the night before and the day of the game. I hate CU fans, arrogant, nasty, about as bad as they come (the Nebraska football game antics a couple years ago was more the rule than the exception). So I REALLY love when UT beats them, and REALLY hate it when they don't.

As far as B-Ball goes, at least we got to see Durant last season with the Home-Away cycle in Boulder, we had more burnt orange in the crowd that snowy, cold day than there was gold and black! PJ Tucker was in our midst, too, when he was still with the 14ers. I read he was in Israel now, and was playing when a firecracker of some kind was thrown on the court, don't know what's up with him now. He's a great example of why some of these guys need to stay in school longer instead of jumping to the NBA, some of them just don't have the tools fully developed to be real successful yet. I hope this bunch of talented Sophomores take heed.

And if UT comes here for the opening round of the NCAA's this year I hope you and your readers who travel make the trip, we had a good time a few years ago with out of state fans when we beat Princeton and North Carolina.

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by RkyMtnHorn on Dec 18, 2007 10:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Kentucky sucks!

Kentucky 56 - Houston 72
3:55 left

In Mack We Trust.

by Cyrus on Dec 18, 2007 10:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

The UH fans

were chanting "GILLESPIE SUCKS" in the 2nd half. LOL

by goingforthecorner on Dec 18, 2007 10:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow...

You could tell they didn't know how to spell Gillispie just from listening to them chant his name, huh? Skillz. That's like what I imagine it must be like to hear Wells talk.

by billyzane on Dec 18, 2007 11:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Re:

Got to attend the UH-UK game last night. I've got my long-winded thoughts about Kentucky here, but in short, the Coogs look like a potential tourney team, whereas Kentucky looks like it'll be lucky to win half its games from here on out.

For one, Gillispie absolutely hates the team he has now. If he can hang on to Patterson, Meeks and Jasper, combined with incoming recruits Darius Miller and DeAndre Liggins, he'll have a pretty good team next year.

From Houston's standpoint, Lanny Smith looks fantastic as a ballhandler and distributor. McKiver's got a nice shot, and they have some decent post play. And Dion Dowell, who I absolutely hated whenever Texas put him on the court, has developed a 3 point shot. The rest of his game is the same (weak slasher, gets muscled around, but is fighting inside), but that 3 point shot has opened up his ability to score. Kudos to him for adding that to his arsenal.

And for the record, it sounded like they were chanting both Gillispie Sucks AND Kentucky Sucks, so it kind of blended into each other.

My adopted kid is pure genius at the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model.

by jc25 on Dec 19, 2007 10:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

were the fans into it?

my dad's a professor at UH and works right across the street from Hofeinz and I went to a lot of UH basketball games in the 90s. Even when they could fill the arena (and it's not very big at all), the fans didn't care. I only once heard it really loud, and that was the game they retired Olajuwon's number. Everyone was pumped that night. Not a very spirited school, UH. Too much of a commuter school, I think.

by billyzane on Dec 19, 2007 11:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I went with a UH friend

He said that was the largest and loudest crowd he'd ever seen.

It was pretty much a packed house, although the official attendance was something like 8,300, so it's all relative.

I came away impressed with the crowd, though. They were very rowdy and loud, and there were quite a few non-student sections that were standing up for a good portion of the game.

Admittedly, I wasn't a fan of going to the Drum (the commute from WC is killer), so I only attended a handful of Texas games. However, I felt like the UH crowd was much better than those games I did go to. So kudos to the Coog fans that made it out there.

I'd also say it was about 70-30 UH-UK fans, but by mid second half, there wasn't a whole lot of Big Blue left.

My adopted kid is pure genius at the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model.

by jc25 on Dec 19, 2007 12:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs