Open Game Day Thread: Texas at Baylor

Looks like we'll be missing the beginning of the game. Our game starts in like 10 minutes, and there's still 5.5 minutes left in the Arky/Miss St game.

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Not sure, but it may be the BU announcers...still better than being in the dark.

Sooners hit 25 ft three-pointer to go up two points. 0.9 sec left. Big win by OU.

Got Craig Way on. No tv. 40 seconds left in SEC contest.

AJ Abrams hurt? Pinky finger?

2-2.

Finger popped back in, according to Way.

four off rebounds already. Bruce's jumper off early.

With no one making jumpers.

We are down to Just EFF!

James and one

Horns up 9-4, off James bucket in transition. He'll be shooting when they come back.

delayed for this game vs TV. Several seconds. The DVR can fix that.

Over-articulates everything. This is going to be tough to listen to.

Don't break him!

not a bad start.

and just 3/17 from the floor.

Looks like he needs that mask to supply the particular gas mix they breath on planet Johnson.

they're playing like the Warriors. Thankfully, they're cold. Normally those shots seem to go in against Texas.

Baylor can't score at all right now. But have 9 off rebounds.

I was about to say.  That was a bad call.  We don't want to win like that.

If you're going to overrule the call, you better be fucking right! They were wrong, and then BU gets an and one.

walked twice thre. Once on the catch and once when he picked up his dribble.

Two fouls on Connor.

Two overturned calls go Baylor's way. BS.

these refs are schizophrenic.

... "Do the Math?"

Neither team shooting well. Baylor is ice cold from three but has been quicker and more aggressive to long rebounds. DJ hasn't hit yet but has made a couple of nice passes. AJ and Connor both with two fouls early.

Not the best start but not the worst either.

the color announcer is terrible.  i want to kill him.  and we're only at the under-12 TO in the first half.  this is going to be awful.

GOOD!

with nice kick out, then an off rebound and finish. Good job Dex.

got open off a Johnson screen.

without AJ out there running around creating motion.

Very nice start. Much better than the last time we played them.

Dex, James, and Gary all involved. Good look from DJ there.

That's an NCAA violation, sir.

Man, that's a great move though. If he can master that hook, he'll be really good.

last game?

He is literally EVERYWHERE!

block by James and assist from DJ to Chapman. Poss kept alive by nice hustle from James and then from Mason

Texas needs to continue to strech this lead while Baylor is cold from the floor. They will make a run when they heat up from three.

salivates

Proves how bad we get screwed when I feel bad for calls going our way, EVER.

Johnson playing like a man!

Baylor just awful from behind the arc.

opponent.

I'm going to officially change one of my cats' names from Damien to DamiOn.

or 14?  Awesome.

will shoot the ball anywhere, anytime. Hits two straight. Come on Horns.

just put AJ back in the game.  he's not going to foul out...

Playing man-ball today.

He is really agile for a post player.

Baylor, feel free to keep jacking up crazy threes. If you want Texas to set an NCAA record in defensive rebounds, go for it.

AJ and Connor still sitting with two fouls each. Dunn is only Bear who has located the basket.

Texas must do a better job on the defensive glass. BU getting way too many second looks. They're eventually going to start falling. 1/16 from three so far.

Horns need a strong finish to this half. Don't give them a chance to draw closer. Texas should be up double digits if AJ and Connor weren't on the bench for most of this half.

Rogers already has 10 boards. Probably b/c of all their missed shots. Baylor has 13 off. rebs already. They are outrebounding us by 7, but it's because of all the long rebounds from their threes.

is very good when he can turn into the defender with his left shoulder and shoot with his right hand. Defenses are going to eventually realize this and make him go the other way.

Producing nicely today...

Finish is very important. 2:34 left. Would love to be up 10 at the break.

We need to make sure we end this half well. Can't afford to give BU the momentum. The opposite happened the last game even though BU was up the whole 1st half.

finishes this game with 3 fouls, rick is going to feel stupid for keeping him out the entire first half with 2.

Very lame!

3 calls reversed and tat no call on the push was inexcusable. The ref was right there and watched it happen.

Worried about foul trouble? Oh well, that was better than an and one.

We need more passing. Only 4 assists this half.

And we could use some threes by AJ and Connor.

in the 2nd half. Baylor will keep shooting it and without pressure I'm sure they will hit a few.

Baylor hits just one three and Texas only leads by six. The foul trouble for AJ really hurt the Horns. Texas wasn't able to extend the lead b/c we couldn't hit a three either.

Good half from Gary Johnson and Dexter Pittman and Damion James. Great to see the Texas big men getting fed the ball and delivering.

DJ finally hits one in the paint to end the half. Hopefully he can parlay that into a stronger second half shooting the ball.

Texas is in good shape but could have been up 10 or more very easily. Longhrons need to do better job on the defensive glass and get to the free throw line on the other end. Keep attacking the basket and keep feeding the bigs.

It is amazing that we aren't up more considering how poorly Baylor shot the ball.  G-unit had a good half, nice to see us getting him the ball.  I swear he gets better every time he touches it.  The stat that showed how many front court points we had was awesome.

Mason's jumper is disgusting.  He totally aims the ball.

seems to be making some progress.  I guess we'll see when we play the agrics again.

for the madness?

I for one (depending on our bracket matchups) would be disappointed with anything less than the elite 8 or a hard fought game in the sweet 16 to a team we just don't match up to well like a big front court team. We have the talent to go to the final 4 but I would be happy with less.

Thoughts?

Right?

Learning!

and another from DJ. Huge dunk from Damion.

Good start to the second. Horns quickly up 38-28.

to this team.  block on D and then runs the give and go beautifully with DJ.

apologizing for every team I called him bad connor last year on BON.

DJ and Dugat. Nice baseline J by Connor. Horns up 12.

Solid dunk by Connor. Horns up 14. Loving it.

Mother fucking Connor!

He created a TO and ran the floor for the dunk

better body control.

Baylor starting to heat up. And Connor with another three. And Dunn with another three.

Second half very different from first.

I'm gonna face rape scott drew

Please kill that Dunn kid.

AJ for three.

he was looking for the foul and one and instead got nothing.  bailed out by diene's push on Mason.

Horns up 21-14 in just five plus minutes this half. Both teams really heating up from three.

Right then?

Geez.

Horns up 57-42

a professional athlete speak I think of the scene in Bull Durham where Costner coaches Tim Robbins on what to say.

Shooting FTs makes me want to eat a whole box of boogers.

Horns up 15, 61-46, but can't get a stop.

banked their 3-pointer karma in the first half.  Now they've got to be just about spent.  Time to see who has the higher credit limit.

The shooting on both ends in this half has been unreal. Dunn is 3 for 3 from behind the arc for Baylor and Texas is something like 4 for 6. WOW.

And one.

benefits us for once this game.

That probably wasn't was definitely our ball!

that is crap.

and now we have a foul eliminated and somehow they give us a timeout.

going to not let that happen again?  That was bad.

for a good five minutes, now.

DJ having a really good game passing the basketball. Texas is starting to try to bleed the clock on every offensive possession. With seven plus minutes left, this is a little early for my taste. As long as we keep scoring, it won't matter though.

and then picks up his fourth foul and heads to the bench.

Big 12 needs to review this shit and fire some refs

Texas up 71-61. Gary has to finish that one. Need to run the offense and not just dribble for 30 seconds.

three ball and another assist from DJ. AJ playing with four fouls.

Texas up 74-61, under four timeout. Texas should be able to finish this one.

and none of the four fouls on DJ on the way in, either.

Now it looks like we're getting screwed quite hard.

Time to knock down some foul shots.

Horns not finishing this one well. Back to back threes and now just a four point lead. 76-72. One minute left.

and get heads back into this one

we wanted to work on our close end game scenarios. No more timeouts.

We just sold our insurance policy.  CanNOT give up any more threes.

Are you scared, Texas?  HUH?  ARE YOU!?!!

Baylor on a 10-0 run. Two point lead. Still 59 seconds left.

... is biting our ass right now.

Abrams - not a wide receiver.

Jerrels gone from game.

we didn't make more fun of aggy this afternoon. We all knew we were just as "capable".

Come on horns!

That was a "Knock yo ass DOWN, Foo!" Foul.

total choke job by the team. But AJ's fingers are injured I hear?

another freaking turnover.

Nobody wants to win this one. Senior mistake?

They CHOKe right Back!

AHHH CAPS LOCK!

CHRIS WEBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who would have thought Bruce would make a mental mistake?

if I'm Baylor, I just fuck it and go for the win. I don't care it's a home game.

No THREES!

WIDE OPEN!

NOO!
YES!
HAHAHAAH
OMG MAKE ONE OF THESE OMG!

Come on DJ.

Normally, you'd be extremely satisfied with a road win like this. But this collapse from mental errors and missed FTs have totally ruined the spirit even if we do win.

Don't give it to DJ!

He is tired!

rid of the ball. Come on DJ.

could've fouled James.

College basketball really gets on my nerves.

everyone make fun of Aaron Bruce... LOL

I believe AW said Bruce is a BON favorite - now I can see why LMAO!

DJ sinks two and Baylor bricks two threes.

WOW, bizarro world, hello.

Horns up 81-77 with 1.1 seconds left.

it would be boring to win by 14.

Bring on aggy!

run until they puke and then run some more.

This is stupid

Look at DJ.  He can't even breathe.  Please don't do this against the Aggies.

There might be a problem with our big men rebounding.

I'm still at 11.

A Red Bull would probably end me right now.

Texas wins 82-77 but blows 12 point lead in final two minutes. Unreal finish. Texas bricks free throws and can't hold on to the ball.

Un-bel-ievable.

Horns now 21-4 and 8-2 in the Big XII.

I don't think I would have been able to take a L.

on ESPN now. Bilas is slamming!

Zero points, zero rebounds, zero assists, and one Chris Webber flashback.

I believe he racked up 7 assists in the 2nd half to get to double digits. The choke job gives us a bad taste, but at times, I saw a great free flowing offense. I loved watching this team for 35 minutes. DJ with only two turnovers in 40 minutes. His value can't be understated even in a bad shooting night.

Johnson is gradually becoming that low post threat we were dreaming of. I even saw him get doubled at times!

Abrams - zero rebounds, zero assists, and 4 fouls, late turnovers and missed FTs. No doubt he's a one dimensional player.

Mason and James - their hustle is so refreshing to see. I hope James comes back next year for the sake of Barnes' sanity.

Mason and DJ both play the whole game, James with 35 minutes. I miss Dogus Balbay.

That Baylor crowd had been a keg of dynamite just needing someone to light the fuse all night and when Texas sparked it with complacency, it still ended up being a dud.

We'll take the win for sure, but WTF?

Not sure we learned anything from that other than you can never take your foot off the gas.

Bruce, another no-show, probably the biggest stat of the game again. Did he knock his girlfriend up or something cuz that guy's head ain't in the game.

Maybe there will be some good come from this...this being that we'll have our heads in the game from the start for our second of three Big Mondays in a row.

If this UT team ever gets a nickname, I'm going with: Heartstoppers

They may not break your heart, but they'll make it skip a beat for sure.

Or should we keep gambling and let DJ (and Mason in this game) play the entire game?

I'm assuming that Lewis is a good FT shooter, so maybe he should be in there at the end?

All I know about Smith is that he was a great scorer in HS. Could he not take at least a couple of AJ's minutes?