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Open Game Day Thread: (7) Miami vs (2) Texas

#7 Miami Hurricanes (23-10, 8-8) vs. #2 Texas Longhorns (29-6, 13-3)

Sunday, March 23, 2008 • 1:15 p.m. CT

Alltel Center (16,060) • Little Rock, AR

Television: CBS (Regional Coverage)

Radio: 98.1 FM / 1300 AM (Austin)



--PB--

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something tells me that was a catlab production

Dinosaurs, basketball, and DJ riding on the back of a pterodactyl?

Now I'm pumped!

by hornbone on Mar 23, 2008 12:40 PM CDT   0 recs

OK.. that got me going..

Let's go Horns!!!!

I'm gonna adopt me a basketball player.. J-Mase be his name... OU SUCKS!!

by LadyLonghorninOK on Mar 23, 2008 1:03 PM CDT   0 recs

That is insane

Let's roll today. Go Horns.

by jimmer on Mar 23, 2008 1:17 PM CDT   0 recs

great shooting so far
--always Texas--

by longhorn00 on Mar 23, 2008 1:23 PM CDT   0 recs

Our D loos good early

contesting all the Hurricanes shots

by UT2001 on Mar 23, 2008 1:24 PM CDT   0 recs

18-9 Texas early

We look good on the Defensive end and were hitting our shots from 3. Miami started out in a zone and have since switched.

by UT2001 on Mar 23, 2008 1:24 PM CDT   0 recs

Great run

Horns look confident today.

by longhorn543 on Mar 23, 2008 1:25 PM CDT   0 recs

tempo good for the Horns...

bad for my heart.

This team is so freaking exciting.

Wooooo!

by hornbone on Mar 23, 2008 1:25 PM CDT   0 recs

Pittman in

and makes a mental error saving a Miami airball.  Hopefully, that's his last mistake for the day.

by longhorn543 on Mar 23, 2008 1:29 PM CDT   0 recs

Dex not loking good so far.

He;s not getting himself the space needed to recieve the ball down low.

by UT2001 on Mar 23, 2008 1:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Great steal

& follow by Conner.  Needed that one to stop Miami's mini run.

by longhorn543 on Mar 23, 2008 1:31 PM CDT   0 recs

Mason

his shot is looking good

--always Texas--

by longhorn00 on Mar 23, 2008 1:31 PM CDT   0 recs

great start.

hitting the 3s, getting the turnovers, augustin being an early presence.

by UTrumbo on Mar 23, 2008 1:33 PM CDT   0 recs

Great start.

Hot shooting.  Good defense.  Only thing that worries me is that Miami is getting plenty of 2nd looks.

by longhorn543 on Mar 23, 2008 1:33 PM CDT   0 recs

26-14 Texas 10:56 left in the 1st.

We're shooting great and defending really well from the guards. We did lose something down low when Dex came in and I would like to think we can rotate Wing or Chappy in if Dex isn't having a great game.

I guess Gary won't be in action today. He would be killing Miami right now.

by UT2001 on Mar 23, 2008 1:33 PM CDT   0 recs

on the radio..

they said that johnson was warming up and was "maybe probable."  Sounds alot like media doublespeak to me.

by UTrumbo on Mar 23, 2008 1:35 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Was it Craig?

We always believe the Craig.

by UT2001 on Mar 23, 2008 1:36 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

8 assists on 17 field goals, 2 turnovers

Nice and efficient, even with the frenetic pace.

by hornbone on Mar 23, 2008 1:34 PM CDT   0 recs

All 5 starters

have connected early for 3

by Lincoln on Mar 23, 2008 1:34 PM CDT   0 recs

nice to see

the offense from Mason.  Great player even if he never scored again.  Looks like Miami is susceptible to turnovers.

by owenh on Mar 23, 2008 1:35 PM CDT   0 recs

Connor

going to be on the bench for the rest of the 1st half.

by longhorn543 on Mar 23, 2008 1:36 PM CDT   0 recs

Lets' keep running with them.

DJ and AJ will find the open shooter in transition when they can't keep up.

by UT2001 on Mar 23, 2008 1:36 PM CDT   0 recs

Nevermind

thought that was his 2nd foul

by longhorn543 on Mar 23, 2008 1:36 PM CDT   0 recs

is it?

I kinda felt like they got some open looks at 3's that McClinton knocked down when we went zone.  They were long shots, but he hit them.  Anyway, we'll see what transpires....

by junglerules on Mar 23, 2008 1:40 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I think were disrupting their

passes to their big men they were doing to start off the game.  We're cutting that off forcing them to take more outside shots.  

by UT2001 on Mar 23, 2008 1:42 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

DJ

is just so good.  

by longhorn543 on Mar 23, 2008 1:39 PM CDT   0 recs

Nice to see we are getting

to the basket and hitting from 3

by UT2001 on Mar 23, 2008 1:40 PM CDT   0 recs

So far so good.

DJ and Texas are disecting the Canes D. 3 pointers are falling. Atch with 12 already. We look like we might roll.

by jimmer on Mar 23, 2008 1:42 PM CDT   0 recs

DJ makes up for the bad pass

AJ can't miss right now.

by longhorn543 on Mar 23, 2008 1:44 PM CDT   0 recs

great d by mason
--always Texas--

by longhorn00 on Mar 23, 2008 1:45 PM CDT   0 recs

abram's

on fire

--always Texas--

by longhorn00 on Mar 23, 2008 1:46 PM CDT   0 recs

anyone else

listening to westwood one's coverage on mmod???

these guys are hiliraous.....dj abrams

by TEXASFIGHT on Mar 23, 2008 1:46 PM CDT   0 recs

aj with another 3

due to Mason being awesome

by UT2001 on Mar 23, 2008 1:46 PM CDT   0 recs

On fire

Its games like this where I wish they would skip halftime and keep playing.  The break tends to take away momentum.

by longhorn543 on Mar 23, 2008 1:48 PM CDT   0 recs

Justin Mason.......

Are you kidding me? Unbelievable hustle!

by vyrexall on Mar 23, 2008 1:48 PM CDT   0 recs

woooo

make it rain on em!

by owenh on Mar 23, 2008 1:48 PM CDT   0 recs

Mason and Atch have 2 fouls

makes me nervous.  Are they going out for the rest of the half?

by hornbone on Mar 23, 2008 1:49 PM CDT   0 recs

gary in
--always Texas--

by longhorn00 on Mar 23, 2008 1:50 PM CDT   0 recs

Johnson!

hope hes not rusty

by owenh on Mar 23, 2008 1:50 PM CDT   0 recs

Like to see

Texas extend the lead here.  15+ point lead would be nice.

by longhorn543 on Mar 23, 2008 1:53 PM CDT   0 recs

good TO by Rick

get our focus back and get a bucket or 2

by UT2001 on Mar 23, 2008 1:54 PM CDT   0 recs

Why is Pittman

coming out to the 3 pt. line to guard their big man.  Then he gets taken to the hoop.

by vyrexall on Mar 23, 2008 1:55 PM CDT   0 recs

Hope we don't end up...

... with another Henry Melton.  Dexter running around and shooting floaters... gag.

Kidding, of course.

Go boom, mothers. Please, just go boom.

by Horn Brain on Mar 23, 2008 2:22 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

abram's looks confident
--always Texas--

by longhorn00 on Mar 23, 2008 1:58 PM CDT   0 recs

Hopefully Gary can

knock the rust off in the 2nd half

by UT2001 on Mar 23, 2008 2:00 PM CDT   0 recs

Interesting move

by Miami not to hold for the last shot.  

by longhorn543 on Mar 23, 2008 2:00 PM CDT   0 recs

43-32 Texas the the half

Overall very impressive

by UT2001 on Mar 23, 2008 2:01 PM CDT   0 recs

I agree

Can't complain too much.  The shooting has been great, and the D has been solid.  I guess my only complaint would be that we have only drawn three or four fouls on them, and we have no free throws.  If the three's stop dropping in the next half, we have to be able to adjust.

by junglerules on Mar 23, 2008 2:03 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

main negatives to me

are the turnovers and fouls.  They shot 8 free throws to none for us.

Over all, though, they're shooting only 35%, which is always a good sign.  I'll take an 11 point half time lead.  Let's just keep it up and not let is slip away early in the second half.

by hornbone on Mar 23, 2008 2:03 PM CDT   0 recs

McClinton

pay more attention to him in the 2nd half. That's when he went off in the St. Mary's game. 32 pts in the 2nd half.

by goingforthecorner on Mar 23, 2008 2:05 PM CDT   0 recs

I still ant to see Dexy

Wing and Chap have a great game. Our front court reserves need a good game on the D end.

by UT2001 on Mar 23, 2008 2:05 PM CDT   0 recs

3pt Shooting at halftime

Texas 9/15   60%

Abrams 4/6
Atchley 2/4
Augustin 1/3
James 1/1
Mason 1/1

Texas did not shoot a single free throw

by Lincoln on Mar 23, 2008 2:11 PM CDT   0 recs

Let's be thankful for what we have...

I went over the the Miami SB Nation site and found no open game thread or live blogging.

No knock on the site or anything, just really, really thankful to be a Horn and have BON on gameday.

by UT2001 on Mar 23, 2008 2:14 PM CDT   0 recs

Need to limit...

those turnovers

by sc99p on Mar 23, 2008 2:24 PM CDT   0 recs

First free throws

Good to see them attacking the basket early in the 2nd half.

by sc99p on Mar 23, 2008 2:25 PM CDT   0 recs

nice pass by mason to atchley
--always Texas--

by longhorn00 on Mar 23, 2008 2:27 PM CDT   0 recs

You're Right

I think Connor is easily the MIP for Texas, but I think it's an easy argument that he is the MIP nationally as well.

by sc99p on Mar 23, 2008 2:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

did i hear that right?

McClinton with 92% at the FT line?

by UTrumbo on Mar 23, 2008 2:27 PM CDT   0 recs

Gotta hit the FT's

1-4 from Mason.  Not good.

by longhorn543 on Mar 23, 2008 2:28 PM CDT   0 recs

Great defense to start the 2nd

Need to stretch the lead here.

Thanks Damion!

by longhorn543 on Mar 23, 2008 2:30 PM CDT   0 recs

Hard to believe we're that good

on the fundamentals on the D side but on O we miss the fundamentals like FT's.  We're probably better from 3 than than the line.

by UT2001 on Mar 23, 2008 2:30 PM CDT   0 recs

16 point lead

On another 3 by James

by sc99p on Mar 23, 2008 2:30 PM CDT   0 recs

Conner with a moving screen

usually picks up one a game so no big deal.  Horns lead by 13 and the only thing I can complain about is a few turnovers and FT attempts/makes.

If we keep up the pressure on D we should coast here.

by UT2001 on Mar 23, 2008 2:32 PM CDT   0 recs

Miami is bad...

I'll be disappointed if we let this get any closer.

Go boom, mothers. Please, just go boom.

by Horn Brain on Mar 23, 2008 2:33 PM CDT   0 recs