Open GameDay Thread: #10 Texas at #23 Texas A&M

At half.

His absence cannot be understated. Neither Sloan nor Kirk are comfortable at the point. We should be able to force some turnovers tonight.

Don't like it. Make him make a move.

is Kirk all they've got for lane penetration? or do sloan and carter also do that? i dont know

this will prob be like the okie state game with the annoying crowd

A&M is tough to watch. And play against.

That's crap.

A&M came to play

He's playing like a p*ssy on the interior, though, anyway.

Did not appreciate me calling him soft.

Gonna need some good minutes from the frosh.

And we turn it over again.  Come ON guys.

even though he made the shot

on the interior so far.

Missing open looks so far.

I am absolutely stunned right now.  Did anyone come to play tonight?  Barnse should have used a timeout about 4 points ago.

3 turnovers, missed threes, geting killed on the interior, two fouls on Connor. Sloppy, ugly, annoying.

F&*$.

wow, we just hiccuped.

at least DJs not in foul trouble.

when will GJ learn he always has to be aware of the ball?  it doesn't help that it was an ill-advised pass, but it would have been fine if Gary sees it

This is the nightmare scenario. Aggies working us inside, getting good shooting from Carter outside.

Isn't this what happened last year? They get off to a huge lead early and we try to play catch up the WHOLE GAME!

Fuck.

They're gonna keep muscling; we gotta bring the beast, see if he can bang for a while.

Gross

Not good to start cold but hopefully/realistically this can't hold.

I had a feeling this would happen.

We're horrible at perimeter defense, and we're horrible at interior defense. A&M has both offensive threats at those positions.

James already with 3 FT misses, and James/DJ have missed a wide open three each.

19-3.

fuck Carter

Trouble.

Fran said Damion James was the recipient of deep penetration. I believe Fran meant to say Damion was the beneficiary.  Also, I know the defense stands closest to the basket during freethrows, but for how long have those defenders stood to the outside of the large blocks and not inside (closer to the backboard)?

Absolute nonsense foul.  He slipped and fell over.

Carter slipped.

This couldn't start worse for us.

that was not a foul on Mason!!

tickytack on mason. frustrating.

Not good.

Dexy time.

That's something at least.

Two fouls on Joe Jones.

At some point, though, someone will have to make a basket. These are open looks, guys. Hit it.

leads to fouls. There is no way that Jones or Jordan or Davis can help on DJ. They will foul him everytime or let him turn the corner.

nothing coming easy. we are going to start knocking those shots down. we just need to creep back before half.

Thought we'd be the one creating to's, not having trouble holding on to it.

We started off HORRIBLY on offense, but at least our defense kept Tech at bay. But we're not even capable of keeping A&M at bay because they have 3pt shooters and a  bunch of inside guys.

Offense is supposed to be our strength, and we've been a huge disappointing on offense since Big 12 play started.

Pittman, WingMan, James, Augustin, Mason

please. these fuckers

are you kidding me, rick should be at half court

What a fucking terrible call

Not really the sort of start I was hoping for.  On the plus side - i think i've created some new profanity.

he might as well clocked him.

But wait, we're not A&M.

let's go, this is rediculous. we can't play any worse.

Jesus Christ

I try to stop myself from pointing fingers... but this is ridiculous.

Also I'm just going to assume they can't stay this hot/us this cold.

can you let that go, and call the cheap ones on us.

Start hammering the thugs who can't make a free throw.

would help us. Apparently not.

They're making their FTS, we haven't.

give me a fucking break.

Pretty much right. A&M disgusts me.

Somebody!

Horns 3-17 so far from the field

Ags 10-15

How is this even possible?  I think the law of averages demands at least one of these f*ing shots should have gone down.

defense is starting to get some stops or benefitting from turnovers and missed FTs. Now, is the time to make a freaking jump shot.

with about 5 to go.

Where's Ian Mooney?  Let the guy work some magic.

let's turn this around.

Drive and finish. Convert turnovers into points. come on Horns.

Mason for three!!!!!

That's what we needed!  How quick were those 8points?  30 seconds?

Guys aren't giving up. Guess it just took some time to get used to the atmosphere... you know, because it's NEVER like this at home.

mason -- bout fucking time.

yeah, get'em back in this rick. now! lk!!!!!!!!!!!

Pressure this team. There aren't enough ball handlers.

play like you should be there. come on..

Not gonna be any easy finishes near the rim tonight.

are coming up big.

Man he's got a nice feel near the rim. Great footwork and body control.

needs to get involved in a high pick and roll. Make Jones guard DJ on the dribble drive.

I forgot to put the beanie on.  But we're good now.

and our offense is slightly speeding up. That's how it's supposed to be. Warriors/Suns ball.

Chappy slow on retreat to defense, and then a bad pick for an offensive foul. Grrrrr

three seconds doesn't exist

Apparently our very own Bobby Jenkins and ABC Pest control sponsor Aggie athletics.

+minutes from him tonight

a Texas opponent is on fire from three.

Hey - that's our achilles heel. Aggies taking advantage tonight.

being down 12 with a few possessions left in this half is about right considering the start.

McLovin was one of those douchebags painted all-white...

Sorry, I know most don't care about women's basketball.  Still, looks like a good game.

Giving us huge minutes.

This is his kind of game.

call the farmers the "Texas Aggies"???  It's not the Texas Red Raiders or the Ohio Buckeyes...

Why must the media keep doing this and giving false hope to the agrics?

Is it just penis envy against the flagship institution or some type of self loathing for being a specialty school?

I HATE farmers.

Make a frackin' free throw

Need to knock those down.

We're pulling an A&M vs Baylor.

We miss FTs and our opponents make a ridiculous number of threes. Surprise.

Not much goin our way here.

The foul was where there?

He has over hedged on three straight screen. Twice an Aggie split his double team and the other time Jordan lost the handle on what would have been a moster dunk.

this is a beat down. we couldn't play anyworse. and they are owning us underneath.

looks like K STate going down

But I'm not sure we could have played much worse.  Hopefully the tale of two halves.

Gotta hit the freebies man.

Well, that's pretty much the worst case scenario, huh?

A&M does a great job working the inside early, Carter is hot from the outside, and we're ice cold shooting the ball.

Add a little insult (sketchy officiating) to injury (bad play on our part) and we have a disaster.

Nothing going right. Missed free throws and uncharacterstic turnovers early. Also terrible shooting from the floor. 26 pts in a half is not going to do it.

Defense, even worse. Not defending their post players, not blocking out well, not closing out quick enough on three-point shooters and awful job doubling the guard off the high screen.

Wow, other than about three minutes in the middle when we forced turnovers and knocked down threes, this has been a freaking disaster.

I also agreethat the Horns are playing poorly enough that A&M doesn't need additional help from the officials.

could really use Michael Beasley in Seattle.

If you haven't seen Beasley, you're missing out. Fran is right. He will definitely be the first pick.

What do you do if you're Rick Barnes?

I think I know what I'm gonna write about in this week's Texas Basketball Report... Hey, at some point, you have to take away the three point basket. We just can't survive this way. Make these criminals consistently score inside. Go to a bigger lineup on the interior, take away the three, and see if they can continue to score consistently on the inside.

Our bread and butter is out-out-out for this game.

+ 2007 football lack of fire.  Do any of our players seem to care that we're on the sheep end right now?

Another disgusting performance at the line. Don't these guys ever practice?

Anyone, I mean anyone, can be an 80% free throw shooter. You just need to get the down the basic mechanics and then practice, practice, practice.

Does someone need to tell them that you score one point for each one you make?

plays really good defense.

Pittman/Wing/Chap need to combine for a good half. We need bodies out there with these bruisers.

my dream of 12-4 in conference included a win at Kansas State. Hmmmm....

We're missing our game to watch KSU run out the clock?

2nd half. Just scored and the foul.

Kansas lost.  25 years.  thanks.  I'm all caught up.  Now get this shit off my TV.

Pittman got whacked on the elbow. Certainly a foul in this game.

And we get a pushoff foul on Dexy. Christ.

come the hell on
eh i just need something to complain about
aside from us

Augustin can't buy a basket

Lots of time left but it doesn't appear that we've heated up after the break. DJ with a break and AJ with an airball from long range.

Wiggo made the right point about our team above, but in games like these, I feel like playing AJ for 35 minutes is refusing to admit a sunk cost.

He's not shooting well enough to justify all these minutes.

An update would be nice

Nice

They can do something we haven't done in like 3 (probably 4) years, winning at A&M.

All you can do now is look at the positives in a game like this, and Dexter Pittman is that positive.

Only reason we're even remotely in this game.

really?  reaaallly?

Do you think it was just one? Or all three?

7 footer Jordan flopping and NBA scouts drool. Pathetic.

Since then it's been an even game.

We don't exactly deserve to win this one. Nonetheless, what a frustrating game it's been. God I hate A&M.

The ridiculous technical foul and then the Jordan flop, and then the push-off foul that I didn't see.

Refs single-handedly took Dexter out of the game.

57-43, ten minutes left. So, you're saying there's still a chance...

He's been taking a lot of them.

When you think about the Phoenix Suns, the first play that comes to mind is pick and roll with Nash and Stoudamire. Why can't we do that with James?

and then we give up a layup.

at least he draws the foul.

starting to look like Billie Clyde after every whistle.

Did they just T up wingman?  Seriously?  Are you joking me?  Please tell me that was a joke.

Chicken Wings is back

I don't think A&M has gotten all the calls. But I will say that the refs have done a horrible job controlling the game. HORRIBLE.

but it's still going to be called... man WTF?

We finally get it down to 11 from a wild DJ three and then some bullshit like this. Alexis. Keep your cool man.

"Farmers Fight" chants...

I want to cry.

first Piitman with fouls and now Alexis. I guess it's up to Connor/Chaps? We're hopeless.

This is so frustrating.  A&M... it doesn't matter the sport.  They bring the same classless, thuggish play style.  They want to be us so badly they'll scrap and claw to make it happen.

and that's not safe at all

This game should serve as a wake-up to the entire locker room.  This is a talented team.  But they need to find some fire and some drive.  A&M will bang... it'll happen.  But we can't get timid.  We need to fight.

may have ended at a Columbia bar last Sunday. L to Nebraska at home. Ouch.

fuckshitcrapass ARRRRGGGGGG!

but Damion should of kept rolling.

damn, i hate being down like this to the Aggies.

As PB mentioned, since the opening four minutes game is even.

Down 13 with six minutes left. A man can dream...

used to only be ou's calling card... but this generation grew up watching Texas/OU on TV as THE game in the Big XII and now every team does it, including the ags who only used to "saw 'em off"

on the front end of a 1-and-1. 8 points lost there.

Really brought it tonight.

But I haven't been this frustrated in a while.

actually isn't that bad for a horrible defensive club.

I'll say it again, offense is the main disappointment today. Barnes isn't not exactly an offensive genius. He doesn't need to be, but he needs to do better than this.

For starters, more motion, more passing. More cuts, screens, picks, and those should happen off the ball as well.

With Pittman emerging, get him more involved. Play inside out.

the victory cigar - jd lewis :-\

hasn't played in this half. Coach Barnes probably saw what I saw in the first half: horrible defense.

I know that he didn't play all fall, but I'm still surprised and somewhat disappointed that he hasn't shown more.

... especially in such an uninspired performance.  When or against who do we get fired up?

I'm chalking this up to "one of those games".  We miss 10+ free throws, play bad defense, miss open shots when we get them and aggies get most of the breaks.  That all adds up to a big loss.  I don't think this means we're less of a team than I thought we were last night, but it is a long way from the giddimess I felt after the UCLA win.  My expectations have changed big time since then.

so I guess that means Gillespie gets all the credit.

?????????????

Remember when everyone was saying "Man... just wait till we get Gary Johnson! We would've beaten this team with Johnson..." etc.

Just substitute those "Gary Johnson" with "Dexter Pittman in playing condition" and you're all set.

Time to jump on the Sexy Dexy bandwagon.