Yes! Yesss! Oh, let me taste your tears, Beasley! Oh, the tears of unfathomable sadness!

Come on Beasley, grow up and put on a better face. You've got the whole Stephon Marbury pout down pat.

I may just be a biased Longhorn fan, but it seems like the major difference between Kevin Durant and Michael Beasley is attitude. Both players, while statistically dominant, played on teams that performed less than stellar at times. Yet when I saw Durant play last year, he seemed to be enjoying the game, playing within the system and making his teammates better. When I see Beasley play, I see someone who's bigger, stronger and faster than everyone else out there, but he comes off as an arrogant individual, and not a team player. Obviously, this is all qualitative personal assessment, but it's valid in my book. While Beasley may be having a better season statistically, it's no contest in my book: I'd take last year's Kevin Durant over this year's Michael Beasley any day of the week.

On another note, it's a shame that DJ Augustin will be overshadowed yet again for Big XII POY honors. He truly deserves a spot as one of the five best players in the nation. I know the argument's favored TJ Ford over on these discussion boards, but with DJ's ability to shoot, I'm banking on him to be the more successful pro of the two.

I'm officially tallying my vote: after DJ, Connor Atchley is my favorite player on this team. Assuming we're not counting the 40 year old virgin, Ian Mooney.

Going to the Box and 1: another point for Barnes, another egg on Bill Simmons' face.

Got a busy week at work, so my posting/reading may be light, but just wanted to get my basketball thoughts in.

and Dr. A!

6-6 (2-2 3PT) = 14 pts in 14 minutes.

You know what I'm sayin'?

While he did goaltend and a couple of his blocks were after fouls, Wangmene was playing volleyball tonight with some phenomenal swats.

Opinions vary, but nothing in basketball gets my blood going faster than a monster block and Wangmene was putting on a show. This is not, of course, to denigrate or ignore Dr. A's (+1 to horndude) mighty blocking and defense tonight.

Hooray for powerful interior defense!

Someone pointed out that AJ Abrams is the all-time three point shot leader at UT.  Can someone verify?  I have no idea.  If it's true, that's awesome.  We love you, AJ.  Now go drain some more.

Here's what KSU head coach Frank Martin said after the game.

"They're big. They're so darn big. They're long and they pressure you. They're a good team."

Who the hell thought any coach would be making those comments about our team anytime this season?

When the season started, I was worrying that Barnes would be saying these things anytime we play a big team. Not anymore.

Connor is literally an unbreakable object in the paint (but he needs to stop getting in foul trouble; only played 14 minutes today). Wingman is developing as an elite defensive role player before our very eyes. If Johnson can stay tough play through excruciating pain with his broken nose, he's another force on D and the boards. Not to mention that both James and Mason play bigger than their size.

There's no way in hell this year's Connor Atchley is the same dude as last year.  It's just not possible.  Imagining that in my head is like trying to imagine infinity.

Great team effort all around tonight.  Who would have thought any time before the break that depth would become one of our assets.  Look at the quality minutes we're getting off the bench.  Just an incredible job by Barnes.

On a side note, all this talk about Gary's heart condition.  What about his freaking nose condition?  Jesus.  If my nose was broken repeatedly and kept getting hammered like that, I'd be rolled up in a fetal position crying my eyes out in the locker room.  That man is tough as nails.

One more victory ties our all-time record for wins in the regular season (25, set 2 years ago).  I'd say our chances are better than good.

Watching the 8-game win streak, I can't help but think that there's no such thing as an unfavorable matchup for the Horns anymore.  It used to be big teams with inside muscle (UCLA/A&M/KU), but we can handle that.  Our defense can calm any offense enough for us to outscore them (Baylor/other UT/KSU).  As of now, I don't think any other team matches up favorably to us.

Guys, this team is badass. Another fun game to watch, even if it was ugly at times in the first half. I hope you read my latest diary on this team and weigh in. Just never had this much fun following any Texas team outside the 2005 football team, but even then, they were so damn dominant it wasnt really fun most of the season.

Anyway, a quick thought on some of your guys' thoughts that we should lose to get the taste of defeat once more to get refocused.

Two words: FU&^ That! The New York Giants clearly turned the corner in some odd way in December, and they just didn't turn down the volume until the last snap of the season was finished. This team needs to do the same. We can't have any doubt creeping into the heads of James, Augustin, and ESPECIALLY our youonger freshmen come tournament time. An abysmall showing might just do that. It's really amazing how momentum works. As good as we're going now, we could revert back to some old, unfavorable tendencies quickly if we're not getting the same types of contributions from Wingman, Chap, Gary, et. al.

We can run the table. No need to slow down now. I don't think focus or maturity is an issue. DJ's our general and for being so young, he's dam even kieled and poised out there. He and Abrams in particular won't let this team feel too good about itself just yet. Not this year.

Meant to get over here last night, but liquid consumption prevented it.  Y'all are really good this year.

"They've been playing better than any team in the country," Kansas State freshman Michael Beasley said. "They're a good team. They defend. They've got a whole army."

It is nice to see that our supplemental players can come off the bench and make an intimidating impression.

Okay...was it just me or were the fans in the arena booing supposedly bad-calls all through the 1st half, or were they booing stupid fouls? I mean, it was a slow first-half because of all the fouls, but it almost seemed like it was a plan on the Cats side to play hack-a-Shaq on the entire Longhorns squad.

Either way, this Horns team is really, really fun to watch and - dare I say, more fun to watch than last year with Durant?