Open Game Thread: Texas at Baylor

Damo can take over another game.

Turns out this game is on local TV here. Ch 51 KNWS here in Houston.

missed an easy layup

He’s out. Hill is in.

is gonna be a nice player for Baylor for years.

Gary with a quick two fouls.

…is killing Baylor right now on the boards.

Hell of a block by Mason.

looked like Acie Law 4 there

allergic to offense. Didn’t even look at the basket from eight feet.

Lots of clanked threes early.

that block was sick.

WE are so much more athletic.

that might be why he’s not looking for his shot.

Let him just rebound and get tipins

I’m not seeing anything like Abdul Jabbar’s skyhook, but I do see a lot of post players out there these days with nice baby-hook shots.

Horns dominating glass but missing looks from three. Johnson on the bench with two early fouls the story so far.

Longhorns can’t just settle for jumpers; attack the rim and get rewarded at the line.

Dogus leads the mini fast break, leading to an open Abrams three. Terrible D by Baylor, allowing AJ to get open on the break.

for our road games.

but I like that we’re running off of rebounds. Baylor won’t be able to stop that all day.

Double Chap and leave AJ. Awful.

did I see them double Chapman to leave Abrams open!?

Texas D showing up. Very good sign.

the color commentator has been demanding that James post-up since Dunn is guarding him.

can we get the ball to James please

that’s what’s going to kill us all game.

He’s getting into a jump shooting contest. Take the ball to the rim.

good god this is freaking ugly. Nobody wants to shoot. Mason not doing anything on offense. I wish he could drive.

Not a good sign…

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14 all, under 8.

Neither team looks like they can locate the basket.

and it’s starting to kill us because he keeps shooting.

Dexy scores to end this black hole.

both teams are scoring now

I just can’t believe what happened to him. Inexplicable.

Leaves his man to block a shot, doesn’t, and gives up a dunk.

and his failing.

but that’s not where I want him.

He needs to heat up a little

James finally hits a jumper but it was still a jumper and a contested one as well. Take the ball to the rim.

We will not win a jump shooting contest and that is what this game is turning into. Texas has yet to shoot a free throw. Those two early fouls on Gary loom large.

“He is a human three point shooter”

is to be a senior and yet come up missing in action repeatedly … 0-7 … continuing a trend the entire season … i respectfully won’t even mention the name…

He is shooting everything short and he has had a few shots blocked. Not like James

Thank you James for driving. Didn’t work that time, but it will work more often than not.

Horrible shooting and worse shot selection by Texas.

Texas is lucky to be leading at half. 27-24. If Baylor had shot halfway decently, we would be in trouble.

AJ only player to find the basket from the outside and Mason added two late buckets in the paint. I’m not sure why Texas settled for so many jumpers but it has to end. Get Gary back in the game, feed him and attack the Baylor D off the dribble is the second half game plan.

Probably won’t get there. 51 in the first.

Pittman/Hill, Johnson, James, Abrams, and Balbay

Two stops and Gary with a turnaround J.

James dribbled the ball for no reason when all he had to do was go up with the shot

sigh… it’s the damn Arky game all over again.

wish it could’ve been Hill or Pittman instead

Turnovers and poor transtion D. Texas up five to down four just like that.

watching the game on gay ESPN gamecast while studying for my nursing exam… WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON? someone please describe to me… please?

shooting freaking 9% FROM THE FIELD!!

Why barnes isnt going Dex, Gary, Damion, AJ, and Dogus

Johnson out, Ward in

good game baylor

He had a dunk

but fortunately draws the foul

??

It was clearly blocked.

2 for 14

Our D is too good for Baylor to blow us out. Only question is can we manufacture enough points to pull out a W?

Baylor has some good scorers, I knew this would be a dog fight…

Still, its only a 4 point game… 34-30 16 minutes left.

We’re still fine. The D is still there. Baylor isn’t scoring at all in the halfcourt, only off turnovers or in run outs.

Texas needs to keep attacking the rim but actually finish as well. Sinking free throws would help too.

better late than never?

god i feel like a loser with no comcast in houston

I wouldn’t be surprised if he has the best +/- on the team

Attack and distribute, go to the line and disrupt their flow.

ugh.

quietly got the lead back

This is a much better offensive attack in the second.

22 straight… we gotta lose sometime… although im pessimistic

it would have been 10-7 at the half.

we need to feed Pittman while he’s actually in the game

is Barnes going inside out right now? or is it our usual just run around till AJ or someone else is open on the perimeter?

Inside domination.

yowza.

Big white stiff dunks on Dex

against Washington State. They have 39 with 13 min left.

The Texas D has shown up. Time to score. There you go Dex.

I wish Dogus could shoot, he was open

please someone describe in one word…

other than AJ….

This is a conference road game against one of the tier one teams. This isn’t the Baylor we all remember from years ago. The Bears are good and will be in the NCAA tournament.

Texas is all tied with 12 minutes to go. I like our chances. Limit transition buckets and I think we can manufacture enough points to win.

KD HAD 46 POINTS TWO NIGHT AGO????!!!!

at Baylors top 4 scorers, they are pretty even 9,8,7,7

all we got is James who is (4 of 18 from teh field) and Abrams carrying the team

im all for putting the rest of the game in Abrams hands and hopes that he can knock down 3’s

AJ getting open off screens.

We will win if we keep our composure

Texas Baylor

Points 51 49
Field Goals 20-51 (39.2) 16-50 (32.0)
Free Throws 8-12 (66.7) 12-18 (66.7)
3-pointers 3-13 (23.1) 5-15 (33.3)
Personal Fouls 18 14

Started under the worst of circumstances and has built a very exciting and competitive team. WTG. (and no one killed on his watch)

THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE WE ALWAYS IMPLODE EVERY CLOSE GAME AND DONT SCORE FOR LIKE 5 MIN OR SO… PLEASE DONT HAPPEN AGAIN!!!

gonna get picked up by some bigger program verrrrrry soon

Horns starting to find a rhythm on offense. Connor and Ward with some makes from the line, AJ with a few jumpers, and even Balbay adding a nice drive.

Baylor is so streaky. They’re gonna keep jacking threes. If they make a few they’ll be up going into the final minutes. If not, Texas needs to take a little more time on offense a get a good shot.

Go out and D up like your life depends on it.

THEY’RE DANCING IN THE ARENA!

that was easy

hey that was easy too. Perhaps they figured something out?

Anyone?

what a horrible call.

that SHOULD have been Carter’s 5th foul

we must attack them

Jerrels hits the three though. Shit!

this is huge for his development.

Goal tending. All because Johnson drove.

Baylor had 3 guys there and let Dogus blow by them

with the layup.

Great position for the Horns.

68-62, under four. I’m still liking our chances.

Balbay and Ward really contributing tonight.

Looking solid. Maintain this defensive intensity and we win.

starts with Johnson driving, dishes to James for the jam.

Please keep doing that!

This is huge!!

as do I

lookin’ kind of rough there, partner.