Open Thread: #19/22 Michigan State and #5 Texas from Houston

The last 5 minutes of the game has been a TOTAL EPIC DISASTER on offense. How many FG’s do we have in the last 5 minutes? 1 FG by Johnson? Why are we even shooting threes at the end? Why Mason of all?

by goingforthecorner on Dec 20, 2008 3:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

We obviously had so many scoring options today...

by SneezyBeltran on Dec 20, 2008 3:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

fuck

by Displaced Longhorn on Dec 20, 2008 3:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Another jacked up 3

I’m tired of this shit. Even a fucking middle school team can run a play not just run down the court and jack up a 3 on two consecutive possessions. And no time out?

Rick needs to get control of his players and remember to call a fucking time out.

FUCKING PATHETIC

by UT2001 on Dec 20, 2008 3:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

missed opportunity....

but its only december. this team has a lot of growing to do to make a run in march

by silky51 on Dec 20, 2008 3:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

at the end of the game...

i’d rather have abrams take a three with two people in his face then mason wide open.

by StanTheCaddy on Dec 20, 2008 3:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Bad, BAD loss

I don’t care that MSU is a good, ranked team. This was in Houston. We should’ve won this game. We have a top 5 defense, but not even a top 50 offense. We probably shouldn’t be in top 10.

by goingforthecorner on Dec 20, 2008 3:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

BEYOND inexcusable endgame coaching

What could possibly possess Barnes to waste two timeouts like that? What the fuck was he saving them for?

A stupid system that works exactly like it's supposed to is still a stupid system.

by Microtonal on Dec 20, 2008 3:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

And how could that guy be left open for the three at the end?

Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. If they get mad, you're a mile away AND you have their shoes.

by Caradoc on Dec 20, 2008 3:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Get off mason, why didn't anybody else step up?

The other players should grow some balls and call for the ball at the end of the game, for example AJ Abrams, Atchley, etc

by SneezyBeltran on Dec 20, 2008 3:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Connor hasn't done it his whole career, AJ was being doubled on the perimeter

Sadly that was our best shot. If only we had a timeout.

by goingforthecorner on Dec 20, 2008 3:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

ha, yeah

by SneezyBeltran on Dec 20, 2008 3:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Was this supposed to be a "rebuilding" year

and then next year we make a serious run at the title with all the talent from recruits?

by kriess on Dec 20, 2008 3:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

And this is easily the worst offense I’ve ever seen Texas play, under any coach.

A stupid system that works exactly like it's supposed to is still a stupid system.

by Microtonal on Dec 20, 2008 3:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

how can we not beat tom izzo?!

im angry, sad, dissappointed, and speechless.

by longhornricky on Dec 20, 2008 3:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Izzo has what, three Final Fours and a national title under his belt?

yeah, he sucks

I Am The 12th Man.com

by Beergut on Dec 20, 2008 10:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

izzo is a good coach, I'd give him that

plus they aren’t as bad as they’ve played, plus they have some players back now

by SneezyBeltran on Dec 20, 2008 3:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Agreed, Goran Suton was huge for them

Didn’t play against UNC

by goingforthecorner on Dec 20, 2008 3:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

It's ok

We’ll get them in March.

by 71grad on Dec 20, 2008 3:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

No...

…this team has all the signs of not being able to make it out of the first weekend.

A stupid system that works exactly like it's supposed to is still a stupid system.

by Microtonal on Dec 20, 2008 3:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Our defense will keep us in games

but if we want to go far in March, we have to have a sense of a competent offense. Right now we don’t look close. We played a great defensive team and went completely stagnant.

by goingforthecorner on Dec 20, 2008 3:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Timeouts

We have perhaps one of the most dynamic and brilliant young coaches in college basketball. We need two points to tie and three to win. Why in the hell wasn’t our last timeout called so Rick could draw up a play to free Abrams? He had been dogged all game and we couldn’t free him on the fly. I don’t put the game on Mason for missing the 3 but I do fault him for not having the awareness to call a timeout. Terrible mistakes just caused our third loss in a row to Michigan State

by nmckenzie1 on Dec 20, 2008 3:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Bad performances

Abrams – 11 pts but 4-11 shooting, took some bad shots, turned the ball over, just 1 assist

Mason – Getting hit in the face by Johnson probably affected the rest of the game for him. Normally you expect a boxscore from him with a lot of stats. But in addition to his terrible 1-5 shooting, only had 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Connor – solid defense but another no show in the 1st half, including a few airballs. Got a few buckets in the 2nd half.

Pittman – Bad shooting game 1-6.

Ward – how many minutes did he get this game?

Barnes – great defense performance, especially on transition. Terrible offense, bad timeout usage at the end

by goingforthecorner on Dec 20, 2008 3:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

hey, it was a good game,

mstate is a good team; we played them to a standstill , lost it in the final couple of minutes. itś not march yet. not like football….

by derrumbe on Dec 20, 2008 3:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

This is a game we should've won

It was in Houston and we led most of the 2nd half I think. We let this one get away, mainly because of offense. Kinda reminds me of the Wisconsin game last year.

This really pisses me off, but I’d rather have this than being undefeated by playing a cupcake nonconference schedule. Playing tough teams early tells us what we need to improve on.

by goingforthecorner on Dec 20, 2008 3:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Relax guys....

NC is gonna win the national championship this year, but our team has a lot of time to improve, we will get better and this will be a good year yet

by SneezyBeltran on Dec 20, 2008 3:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

This is definitely UNC's title to lose

But I want to have a say in it at least. Our offense is showing no signs of improvement. Today players like James and Johnson step up, but then others regress like Pittman, Mason, and Abrams.

by goingforthecorner on Dec 20, 2008 3:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Mason is killing us

He is passing up open shots and getting nothing to show for it. That’s where we are missing DJ most.

Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. If they get mad, you're a mile away AND you have their shoes.

by Caradoc on Dec 20, 2008 3:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yup

We definitely need another outside shooter to go with Abrams. Mason, Ward, and Balbay are not the answers. I hope J’Covan Brown can shoot well. Connor is airballing threes, and James can make threes but we don’t want him sitting outside. We need more shooters.

by goingforthecorner on Dec 20, 2008 3:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

great points

Tom Izzo is a very capable and experienced coach and Michigan State is obviously a much more balanced team with Suton in the lineup. While the Spartans are quite good, this loss still stings because we were ranked in the top 5 in America. True top 5 teams manage to somehow pull a game like this out of the fire. I am losing confidence quickly after this loss and the two previous dud victories against teams that shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same breath as our ’Horns

by nmckenzie1 on Dec 20, 2008 3:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

similar to the missed tackle that led to the crabtree touchdown in lubbock, we will now have to watch for the rest of the night and beyond the wide-open three-pointer today.

by Texfiter on Dec 20, 2008 5:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs