Open Game Day Thread: Texas @ Missouri

I'm listening on radio, but sounds like we handled it very well first time.

4-1 Texas early.

Keys today.

1. Play in control.

2. Limit turnovers.

3. Control Carrol on the low blocks and on the glass.

very active early, 2 threes already.

and James just hot his second three

Damion James with 8 already.

James with at least 8 pts but just picked up a questionable foul.  Very quick, up and down pace early.

They can't match us for the entire game

Nice fade away. Easy layup for AJ as Gary Johnson set a great screen on the block.

is freaking awesome. Playing like an All Conference performer, again.

Had to order the ESPN Full Court package - radio wasn't cutting it.

this kinda energy is nuts

That's a tough faeaway

inexplicably in the game early.

Augustin shooting a 27 footer as we have no player within 10 feet of the rim.

Great start for Horns. Good energy, especially from James, DJ, and Wingman. Even Mason got an off rebound.

Interior defense needs to pick up to pull away.

That's two on James

just picked up his 2nd foul. No good.

Hasn't hit a three in a freaking month

and Miss knocks down back to back threes.

I like the pass to the free throw stripe to our postman, but there's no look to go inside from there.

We're totally dependent on Augustin driving.

missed two FTs. That NEVER happens.

Two turnovers on Mason. Wingman can't run the high post. We're  not even attempting to get it inside. And Missouri's playing our guards out to 28 feet because they know they can.

C'mon Rick.

Horns down at under 8 tv timeout and haven't scored since the last break. The two fouls on James are already hurting. Connor with two as well.

Hmmm

WTF was that???

Lewis smoked so so badly.

Don't just adjust your shot to avoid the block. Body up big fella.

James is obscene.

Sorry DJ fans, but it's true.

AJ's release never seizes to amaze. So, so quick.

But James passing it inside, too.

He's our best player right now.

Johnson to the rim; Pittman there to follow.

Not just in this game, but all season long. If Missouri stays hot from three, this will be a ball game all 40 min.

This is a replay of the KSU game from last year so far. Letting 'em hang around with a hot player from the perimeter.

Let's go, D.

3 on James

Texas up 34-31, under four tv timeout.

Who says we don't have depth. Chap, Dex, Wingman, Mason, and Lewis all see action in the first half.

10 deep. Sort of.

They have a JD Lewis on their team, too

This is slop

Horns look lost on defense with lots of subs. Thankfully Missouri is not red hot from three.

Adjustments needed. I'm happy to be up by 2.

Our offense is pretty damn explosive, but my goodness do we not handle tough, pressure defense very well.

The young kids are struggling a bit right now - welcome to the Big 12. Even so, Wingman and Johnson gave us some decent minutes.

Our defense is same old same old.

Foul trouble for James and Connor derailed any chance of blowing the Tigers out in the first half.

DJ playing ok but pressing some without his weapons late in the first half. James has been unstoppable. And, shockingly, Barnes gets some decent low post play from Wingman and Pittman.

Defense has not been good. Missouri getting way too many open looks from three and Horns getting outhustled for long rebounds.

Second half, need to find shooters, rebound long misses, and keep Damion on the floor.

I did not see Mizzou making two more threes than us, and Augustin is having another ineffective game so far. 1-7FG and 0-3 3pt. Keon Lawrence? Basically, shooting by James and Abrams are saving our asses.

That new postgame we got with Johnson? Totally nonexistant. Mizzou has been playing zone and we can't attack it other than DJ penetration. We're not getting the ball to Johnson, and we can't go inside in general. Sad to see that that Wingman and Pittman both have 1 more FG than Johnson (zero).

And once again, Connor has completely disappeared on offense. What happened?

They don't have the +/- stat in college, but I bet James' +/- is ridiculous. It's too bad that he got in foul trouble. That was another killer.

Ok State leads Texas Tech 35-32 at half in Stillwater. Both teams are struggling this year and should finish in the bottom half of the Big XII.

Later today,
Colorado at A&M
Iowa Sate at Baylor
Kansas State at OU
Kansas at Nebraska

I'll take Aggies, Bears, Sooners, and Jayhawks.

And AGAIN, no player within 10 feet of the rim.

#4 Wash State at #5 UCLA just tipped on Fox Sports SW.

Augustin needs to look for it

Texas settling some for outside jumpers. Attack the basket please.

I thought we could catch a break on our terrible perimeter defense since Mizzou is not a good three point shooting team. Not today though. Then again, I bet their wide open 3pt FG% is a little higher.

He saved us in the 1st half, but if he and Abrams don't shoot well in the 2nd half, this could be a blowout on Mizzou's side.

Thank you for getting the ball INSIDE to Johnson!

The degree of difficulty on that Augustin three was extraordinary.

We really really need him to get his shot back. DJ + James + Abrams shooting should get us back in the game.

Not much going our way right now.

Defense is the key here; we've gotta improve... The offense will come.

Just gave Tigers another poss after kicking ball out of bounds.

Another test for the young Horns in their first conference game. Down ten in the second half. How do we respond?

We aren't going to win this game unless we start getting stops and def rebounds. Tigers shooting close to 50% for the game so far. Can't win on the road if that happens.

Mason gets it inside; Connor finishes.

I don't know why we don't do this more often. Get it inside to Atchley and Johnson.

Great entry pass, and Chappy with a terrific move.

Looks like we can go inside if we want to.

Raining threes again. Mizzou is 10-22 from three. 45%. Ridiculous. I did not see this happening.

Missouri unconscious.

Need some stops...

Not that he'd be the solution to any problem, but has he played any minutes so far.

Dexy with the nice putback.

DJ hit in face.

DJ at line for two when we get back.

We really need Missou to cool off. Something like 11/15 in this half. It will be impossible to catch up if that continues.

that we are going to pull this one out today, but that our lack of perimeter size and perimeter D will ultimately be our downfall against better teams.

50 points on 19-27FG combined.

Their guard play is outplaying ours.

We're not clearing the glass well at all.

random camera hanging from goal.

Pace has been quick but not out of control. To already have 70 points means their offensive efficiency is off the charts.

DJ Augustin: 3-8 FTs. Never thought that would happen.

saves us a possession.

Why play Mooney if he's not going to be used in any meaningful way at all?

Down just nine now. Bucket here would be big.

James blows the layup! Dunk that shit.

What a huge letdown this loss would be.

If James finishes and we get a stop, then we head into the tv timeout down seven or less. F*&k.

but starting conference season on the road is tough. I'd say the only tougher places to begin conference season would be at Kansas, at A&M, at OU, and maybe at K. State.

Johnson, Connor, Alexis, Chapman, Pittman

12 points and 9 rebounds combined

but AJ can't make the three.

I'm not sure what's going on here.

is when our offense is so stagnant. Are we even running a set offense? It looks like we are trying to run a set play, but if that doesn't work, they just hope DJ can penetrate.

might as well have ogden back out there.

and he just swished a three. That's how this game is going. It's hard to predict this game, especially the home/road factor.

9/17 UGLY.

9 of 16 from the free throw line
everything is going against texas
announcers are the worst ever

Big disappointment on all sides. Only having 9 assists so far reflects that. They have 18 assists.

I'll take solace that in the tournament, the games for the most part are on neutral courts. There's no doubt that the crowd is feeding this team. 12 threes already.

taking away DJ's penetration. Augustin with just 12 points. We still don't run a true motion offense and rely heavily on Augustin's ability to create and distrbute. Missouri's zone and help defense have been very good this afternoon.

We stayed in the game in the first half because of Damion's hot shooting. As James went cold and Missouri got hot, the Tigers began to pull away.

Tough start to conference play.

Another bad game by DJ. What's gotten into that kid?

the few times we did get it inside it worked..

Texas: 6-18 for 33%
Mizzou: 12-27 for 44%

We're shooting like Mizzou is supposed to be shooting.

WTF!? Abrams just missed 2 FTs. Unbelievable.

is to rain threes like crazy. Like the end of the Mich.  St. game.

Connor gets easy layup inside. It looks so easy. I don't understand why we didn't go inside earlier, especially with Connor/Johnson.

I agree with whoever said there's not enough motion, especially off the ball. They need to stop watching DJ's greatness and move off the ball.

This is one of the four toughest road conference games we'll play all year.

If we go 7-1 at home and 5-3 on the road, we'll be 12-4 and finish second or third in the Big XII.

With no KD, limited depth, small guards, and not getting Gary until just last week, let's take a second to set reasonable expectations.

The sky is not falling.

We ran into a hot shooting team who played very well this afternon, while we struggled to defend, penetrate, and rebound and will have to get better in lots of areas to be an elite team.

The sky is not falling.

Barnes must've already given up. He's the human victory cigar... for the other team.

is we don't have to spend a full week to agonize over a loss... except for this loss. Shit!

It's Colorado next Saturday at home.

led by an AJ three. Now if only we made those FTs...

And I guess at least 1 or 2 of them were front end of a 1 and 1

Good win for Mizzou - very solid team. Mike Anderson's a good coach.

Time to work on our defense...

A little motion on offense wouldn't kill us, either.

I thought we would've won in a blowout. LOL. Instead we lost in what was basically a blowout.

I said we had to make our threes and FTs. I thought that would be enough because I saw Mizzou was a 30-something % 3pt shooter. Wow.

We gave up 97 points in 40 minutes of basketball. Just terrible. I don't remember the last team that won a championship with bad defense.

Sure, we are definitely capable of improving the offense, like getting Connor and Johnson more involved, more ball movement, more motion, better 3pt and FT shooting.

But if our defense continues to play this horribly, especially our perimeter defense, I'm worried about another disappointing finish in the tournament. Just hope that we play teams we matchup well against in the Big Dance.

Brutally honest to say the least. He's very upset at the lack of energy on defense. Players not following his instructions before the game.

He's very disappointed at Johnson's defense. He told GJ the same thing he told Wangmene, Chapman, and Pittman. If you don't play defense, you won't play. Sad to think that Johnson could be in that category. I thought he would be an instant boost to our defense.

He has no explanation for the free throw disaster, especially considering that a lot of the misses came from DJ and AJ. He also said something about leadership, so I'm guessing he's pointing to those same guys.