Open Game Day Thread: Texas A&M at Texas

I'm hoping for a BIG game from Dexy.

I'm expecting a good present.  Let's get it done.

James knocks down a three.

If y'all ever do the adoption thing with basketball, I want to call dibs on Damion James!  Come on, big game!  Beat the f*ing mutton-lovin' aggie!

James is limping; Johnson subs in

Inside-out two-man game with Gary and Connor

leads to an AJ three!

The opposite of what happened in College Station

It's good when we're making, but I like going inside with Johnson/Connor

Had a good feeling about this one. 84-62 final score prediction.

Gary Johnson looks good but he needs to box out. COnnor played good D but Johnson didnt clean up.

blatant goaltend on GJ.  got a break there.

swallowed their whistles so far.

Oh well, maybe the refs were distracted by his mask.

The home team comes out hot again.

This is essentially what happened in College Station; they couldn't miss. We couldn't hit. So far tonight, we're hitting, they're not.

Gotta love Rick. Has them playing their best 6 minutes of the season following two great wins. He must be telling them this is the time to keep the foot on the gas. Team could be peaking at the perfect time..

If we're going to play this hard on both ends, Rick needs to use his timeouts some more, even if we're going good.

Nice off. rebound by Wangmene.

Great work on the boards by WingMan and GJ

In love with the backboard. A&M bricking as well.

Man I hope James is OK.

No points scored by either team since last TV timeout.

Lots of bricks though.

REally is an X factor for this team. The extra muscle and willingness to bang is huge. Wangmene plays hard but hes not natural enough yet. Doesnt know where to be.

Pace has slowed and we're getting away from our inside-out game.

to be 32-8 Texas.

I wish we'd get more shots for Connor in general; not just spot up threes. He's really efficient.

I agree that Pittman should be in the game for Wangmene.

WOO HOO DJ to James!

great outlet by connor.

damion james has been dunking a shit ton lately.

Dexy with gorgeous footwork

Had his man pinned. He's unstoppable when he gets the ball there.

Nice catch by Dexter

Nice screen there by Dexy to get James to the rim

that was another goaltend.  another bad call.

This one was huge, possibly a 5 point turnaround.

Perfect entry. Our bigs throw it into the post much better than our guards.

Theres Damion making aother silly play. Man, he's all but gone after this year. He's getting confident out there and there's no one really who can play with him when he's just playing.

Dexy giving us terrific minutes right now.

gets good position and Davis probably flops. Oh well, sort of makes up for the goaltend.

Get Vlade Divac outta here. What a flop. Flop against a freshmen? Pansy.

best defensive possesion ive seen this year.

Our transition defense needs to improve.

a&m isn't exactly tearing up the nets, but we're letting them back in it.

DJ finding his stroke

What a program Rick's built.

BTW, anyone ever had this thought while looking at A&M's home court:

Jeez, even their basketball court reminds me of a farm.

Is it just me or does their floor look weird and strangely dark and farm looking?

Certainly against us. Not taking advantage of their strengths.

the practice helped for sure

did we turn into a great half court defensive team?

DJ is enfuego as the defense remains solid.

Mark Turgeon is a fool, by the way. Agros running Tech's offense against us, when they should be spreading the floor and muscling us inside. Dumm.

Attaboy, DJ

split the defense, could've shot a floater, and instead handed it off to Johnson for the lay in.

DJ can't miss

JD Leiws is in. Dont be surprised if we have a 5-10 point game by the one-minute mark.

17 points for DJ. Texas leads 37-14

Speaking of awesome, Dickie V will be doing the K-State/Texas game next Monday.

We are forcing A&M to some tough shots.

stop talking about football. we have a top 5 team and we're playing hoops :)

Augustin playing DISGUSTING basketball

He's a bad FT shooter, assuming that we're even in the penalty.

What a pass from DJ to James again.

NBA scouts drooling. For those who think DJ return, sorry but I still doubt it.

suck. No PG play. goingforthecorner may be right. they may be one of the last out. probably not with baylor collapsing and OU just not quite good enough to likely seal a bid in the next two weeks.

i think we have 8 blocks this half. good stuff.

We had some cold spells, but it was a whole lotta good on both sides of the court.

And DJ playing his best overall game of the season, bar none.

Offensive MVP is DJ, but defensive MVP is whole team.

Stats may not show much, but the contributions of Pittman and Chapman can't be understated. Solid defensive effort for everyone. I don't think Barnes could possibly be happier. Maybe if he wasn't under the weather.

Lets not collapse though like last time.

Damion!  Soft layup off that DJ feed was beautiful.  Great team effort all the way around.  I am a lifetime hater of aggie.  This is what I love!  I am only drinking Pearl Light, but have a buzz anyway!  Keep the pedal to the metal.

Atchley with perfect defense. Another block.

Nice hustle on the offensive boards, AJ gets the three.

the clock guys screwed up, killing a UT fast break.

Mason the QB hands it off to the RB James who scores.

Who would have thought at the beginning of the year that Atchley would be considered a valuable 3 point shooter and a force to be reckoned with down low? The dude is an animal!

This is the most balanced Texas team I've ever seen.

Ok...I'm not sure why, but Jones reminds me of U-Turn from Weeds. Anyone else feelin' me? U-Turn or Warren Sapp.

we are right up on Carter.

really is Nash-esque

Everything is going right.

Enjoy this, Longhorn fans. This is as good a TEAM as I've ever seen in Austin.

Ok, his defense is pestering me and I'm sitting on my couch

Conner has 3 blocks in the first 5 minutes of the second half alone.  It's also no wonder he's like top 5 in most efficient offensive players on kenpom.com.  The guy has range, excellent touch, and is seemingly always taking advantage of the touches he gets.

went to my high school (Deer Park), but I bet everyone's talking about the cheater Andy Pettitte by now.

I'm glad we're still playing ball.

Bad call. Mason was set. That was a charge.

...and what did he say about us getting all the free throws?

Why's Aaron Ross decked in Nationals gear?

Hitting jumpers from 10-12 feet is huge

This is one special team. We have more weapons than I thought.

We're still playing hard, just like Barnes wanted.

Did you catch the comment about DJ correcting a problem with his release? I told ya it wasn't his legs.

It's a nice occurrence when the thread is so quiet