Open Game Day Thread: (1)Texas vs. (4)Oklahoma

Channel 12.

Mason hits from three. 3-2 Horns.

... because we're in Texas, where sucky non-HD ESPN+ is handling coverage.  I am enraged.  If I lived in Alaska, I could watch in HD, but not in Texas, where I care.

DJ doing a nice job getting into the lane. Has found Connor and James already.

D is lacking, though.

Not a good start for him.

Chap first sub with Gary out.

forget to block out.  I know they're playing zone, but they've got to put a body on someone.

Horns start to pressure full court and immediately get turnover.

with the Sneaky-D!

Alexis gets rebound, sort of.

I really don't care about the Georgia-Kentucky game.  Please switch off.

Good position by Connor. Horns looking better.

Why does ESPN do things like this?  

Nice find there by Mason after his shot was blocked out of bounds on the previous try.

OU cold from three and Horns doing decent job on long rebounds. As long as Sooners stay cold from three, Texas will be able to sit in zone and limit Griffin's touches.

is another reason why Barnes is coach of the year in the conference. Nice move.

Wangmene is looking good.

Abrams for 3!!

Now hits one. Thank God.

I'm glad AJ is taking his open looks.

On wingman.

Alexis giving us great minutes. Tough blocking call there before the timeout.

AJ has now hit last two threes. Thank you.

OU is still cold from three but getting too many long rebounds now.

that the Horns haven't really played that well and are still up 1.  If the defense is tightened up, they can go on a nice little run here.

Causing problems inside.  2 fouls on Chappy and Wingman.

Every player had their hands on their hips those last free throws.

Too many fouls on the bigs.  Pittman might see some minutes here.

The whining is continuing in Kansas City.

Way to go Capel.

C'mon Abrams...

Chap in and is getting outhustled by B. Griffin.

Seven for the Sooners so far.  This is unacceptable.  

James and DJ have come to play again. AJ has hit two threes but all our bigs are in foul trouble and we're having trouble on the defensive glass.

Time for Mason and James to get more involved on the glass. Switching out of zone to man will help some as well.

finally shooting better

for my roundtable!

Horns up 34-29.

is a beast.  Surprised to see that Pittman hasn't seen the floor yet.

... now that AJ is going to draw another body out wide.

Damion knocks down his free throws. Would be nice to get a stop and then a bucket before halftime.

no need to play Pittman w/ the way Wingman is playing.  Just figured Barnes might try to buy a minute or two with Big Dex.

Looks like James has been working on his FT stroke as he's been shooting much better the past few games.

Nice d by the Horns

Wingman and Atchley playing some great baseline D.

to "address" the rebounding disparity.

I love when the sideline reporters get in a pissed off coach's face.

Nice half by the Horns. The zone really frustrated the Sooners. Their best offense was a missed shot, similar to the first half against OSU. OU was just 2/9 from three.

DJ looks confident and is shooting the ball well. He does have a couple of turnovers though. James is playing at a high level again and Mason has a couple of nice assists. AJ has arrived in KC and hit three first half threes. We really needed his production. Connor and Alexis doing all they can against the talent Blake Griffin.

still need to do a better job on the defenseive glass, but another half like that and we will move on.

...has been really, really, really good.

This is what it means for a PG to be "in control"...

We started out a little flat but picked it up near the end of the half.  I hope everything works out the same as yesterday when we came out strong on a 12-0 run to start the 2nd half.  

Wingman needs to keep his intensity up and AJ needs to hit his open shots.  James wasn't getting much help on the boards and had to basically try and block out two people much of the 1st half.  If we correct the defensive rebounding situation we should be looking at another solid win.

losing to va tech almost halfway into the 2nd half. if duke wins the acc tourney could unc miss out on a number 1 seed?

that if both Duke & UNC both lose in the ACC tourney, then Texas/Kansas (assuming one of them wins the Big 12) could bump up the the #1 line.

... Just gave DJ credit for AJ's shooting in the first half...

Horns look flat

this has to stop..

very aggressive so far this half.

7-0 run by OU. F.

OU on 7-0 run

AJ back to back threes. Horns up six.

Let's see...

Not likely.

He is so much more confident now with his jumper.

Horns up 45-36, 15 left.

I'll take em

for Pittman

maybe he can come up with some boards

47-36, Horns on 11-0 run. Love it.

Carolina down three, three minutes left.

Michigan State up on Wisconsin 53-44, 7 min left. Spartans playing their way to a #4 seed at least.

are slurping on DJ! Love it.

Eyebrows are raised...

beautiful shot

I love this team because they follow up a 7-0 run by OU with an 11-0 run of their own.  They don't panic in the face of adversity.

and its not even close. Collison, no. Rose, no. Lawson, no.

DJ Freaking Augustin.

Pittman with great d and a monster slam by James.  That will never get old

AJ with a steal, DJ with a steal, Pittman with nice D, strong finish by James from Mason.

Loving this.

54-40 Texas, 12 min left.

are falling apart. washington just fouled out and unc is shooting 3 at the line..

1:28 left.

OU simply cannot play with the Texas team for a full 40 minutes.

6/10 today. Nice breakout game.

can we start resting some guys for tomorrow?

Can we rest our starters a little? Wingman and Chap and Dex check in please.

I can't stand Tyler Hansbrough but he just came up BIG.

damn it he just hit a shot to put unc up by two with 0.8 left

and the ACC lovers will be kissing his ass for that shot.

I know there's lots of time, but we need rest.

DJ to the bench. I like.

Good move by Barnes to get DJ some rest here.

Please just finish with no injuries. I've never wanted to see JD Lewis so much in my life.

68-47, under 8 tv timeout.

when we kick the shit out of oklahoma. hell yeah!!

It won't show on the stat sheet, but Pittman having a great game on the defensive end.  Longar & B. Griffin are clearly uncomfortable with the big fella's post defense.

did he just say the Texas Aggies? what a disgrace...

2 min left.

let's save some of this for tomorrow.

When Texas holds opponents under 40% from the floor, the Longhorns are undefeated this season.

Let Griffin kill himself.

It is crazy to think this game was tied at 36. Texas on a 36-13 run after inital OU run off the half.

I'd like to see some bench players too. However, we haven't had a blowout like this since the A&M game in Austin. We really haven't run out the clock with our bench players all year.

20 sec left in Indy.

I'm not sure if that even qualifies as a shot from Lucas for State.

C'mon Rick - rest em!

almost had that one...

Nice comeback by the Badgers. Could they be a #2 seed? Probably not. More likely a strong #3.

do we still have four of five starters in??

Ugly but nice.

Our bench players are really schizophrenic. I thought Wangmene became a rotational player, and then he barely gets any playing time if at all in the final games of the regular season.

Then Dexy barely gets any playing time and then both he and Wingman get big minutes in the OU game. Maybe it's just about the matchups.

Dominating second half by Texas. Strong first half performances from DJ, AJ, and Damion. Nice help off the bench by Dex and Alexis.

Abrams wins the "NAVY Defender of the Game" award. Who'd have thunk it?

next few years of Sexy Dex vs. Blake Griffin...talk about tradin' paint.

Solid win...gotta think the Sooners ran out of gas...3 game, 3 days.

Still wondering why Barnes left the starters in there so long...seems like you could have rested them from the five minute mark.

Lasly, where's the love for Ian "you're so" Mooney, what about a little PT for the walk-on...I know, probably saving him for KU.

I still can't believe I was reading on here a few days ago that the Horns would benefit from losing!? and even come nutty suggestions of not starting A.J.

I want to win every game and do it with our best players on the floor.

Hook 'em and beat Kansas again!