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Texas vs Stetson Review

I attended tonights game against Stetson.  Here are some key points to be noted

-Starters: James, Abrams, Atchley, Mason, and Chapman. Thats right, Clint Chapman made his first career start?  Dgous still serving his suspension

-Varez Ward missed all 6 of his FTA.  First game jitters??  Not bad though, hes got potential

-Atchley 3/3 3 pointers.  3 blocked shots

-Abrams fills DJs void with 21 points.

-FTs in general were horrible.  Rick Barnes cant be pleased.

-Pittman is the real deal.  He can actually run to the other end of the court.

-Im not worried about UCLA, as much as I am about North Carolina/Notre Dame

-Key players: James, Abrams, Atchley must be healthy

-15 TOs. Unacceptable

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Thanks for the review

Any energy in the crowd? I know it’s Stetson (where the hell is that? Is that a team Rick created for the first game? I mean, do you really graduate with a degree from Stetson and tell the person interviewing you that you graduated from Stetson??) but I’m hoping the drum had at least some energy for the opening game.

by UT2001 on Nov 14, 2008 10:09 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Fastest post game react

Ever!

I’ll add this as we wait for Twist’s write-up:

We seemed to take most of the first half to realize that we’re bigger than Stetson by a full head at every position except AJ… which is a position.

No one stepped up as the guy tonight. Everyone seemed a little off pace. Closest was probably Damion James, freak-meister.

Gary Johnson played very well, from what I gathered, and Varez Ward played a ton of minutes. I think he definitely got a little shaken up when he missed those free throws, but he has time to adjust before the important stuff comes around. Most of the crowd was supportive of him, with a few very douchebag exceptions (Yes, you, dude in the North O-Zone with the Saw ‘em off Aggie-dog shirt. I don’t understand why you think it’s cool or helpful to belittle a player on your own team for missing a few nothing free throws, but it obviously has something to do with the fact that you’re a complete jackass. Try making a freaking peep on defense and then work your way up to commenting on the game.).

Dexter SMASCH! That is all.

by Horn Brain on Nov 14, 2008 10:18 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

haha i heard that too. Were you sitting in the ozone Horn Brain? I was seated in the gate 28 side of the court , third row

by MJY6087 on Nov 14, 2008 10:34 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

AW and/or Twist will have a write-up tomorrow

AW just crashed, exhausted. Much more, though.

Thanks for the quick thoughts MJY

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Nov 14, 2008 11:19 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Wiggo's got the review...

…but I have a lot of comments over the game.

To touch on the non-game stuff from above…

1) Crowd was better than most season openers, especially in the student section, but the announced crowd of 11,000+ is dubious. It was a non-factor, even though they let people come down from upstairs.

2) They fixed the floor to the proper color of orange. This really bothered me last year, and I’m glad they fixed it.

3) The heckling was in mid-season form tonight. After the band played “Living on a Prayer”, I yelled to the Stetson bench to be thankful that we had played their theme song for the season. “2008-9 Stetson Basketball: Living on a Prayer”

4) Hook ‘Em was still rocking the Craig Winder #30 jersey in the first half. I’m not sure why they can’t get him a uniform that matches the team’s uniforms.

5) Speaking of uniforms, the cheerleaders also have new uniforms this season. I’m not going to comment on them, but they are very Oregon’esque…

by txtwstr7 on Nov 14, 2008 11:50 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Dude

I won a recliner tonight.

by texasfan05 on Nov 15, 2008 1:21 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

wait, during the halftime show i saw some kid sitting on the free throw line in what looked to be a plush comfy brown leather recliner… he made a freethrow. i didn’t see what he won/prize…. that was you for the chair??

by Displaced Longhorn on Nov 15, 2008 1:41 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

and by you i mean texasfan05

by Displaced Longhorn on Nov 15, 2008 1:41 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Yep

I won a recliner from that furniture store cause I sank that shot.

It was a good night :)

It was pretty pimp PB, you should have been there. lol

by texasfan05 on Nov 15, 2008 2:25 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Congrats

Happy to see someone sink that. Especially a BONizen.

A++

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Nov 15, 2008 3:23 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

congrats...

..i’ve never seen anyone actually make that shot

by vy til i die on Nov 16, 2008 2:58 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

hahahahaa I saw that shot, you missed the first one, but you sunk in the second one, that was bad ass!

by MJY6087 on Nov 15, 2008 1:47 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

thanks man

yeah, the first shot was just a distance measurement, lol

I’m so glad I made it, cause I told my friends and everyone sitting round us that if I got to shoot it from the free throw line then I would make it.

I thought I was gonna have to shoot it from the three point line, but I guess not. It was sweet.

by texasfan05 on Nov 15, 2008 2:27 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

where was dougas balbay?

i thought he was supposed to be the next big point guard??? like dj or tj… or did i just hear wrong?

Heres to the nastiest defense in college football 2008-2009

by Olemissreb451 on Nov 15, 2008 2:52 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Turkish basketball outlaw with extremely hairy legs.

We’re lucky. They wanted to keep him out five games for each leg.

by whills on Nov 15, 2008 10:50 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

he will play on tuesday against tulane. He had to serve his last game of suspension

by MJY6087 on Nov 15, 2008 11:25 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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