Texas vs Kansas: Game Thread

Anyone know where I can watch online?

I hate network TV sometimes.

Im in Nashville and cant watch the Horns. Ahhhhhhh!!!!!! I was watching the Tennessee game but couldnt tell if it was basketball or a hunting convention. Oh well, East-West it is.

and KU rebounds and goes immediately into transition. We’re getting schooled

we have no clue what we’re doing on offense

Kabongo finds McClellan for 3

and the score coming down the stretch was like Texas 11 Tech 7 late late in the second half. We lost final score 13-15. It was sad.

amazing what happens when you don’t it over and put up quality shots

We could’ve let this get ugly quick but shooting free throws to cut it to a 3 point deficit

…when it gets going, the Erwin Center really gets going.

Love it.

i am usually critical of how quiet it is….

Team looks a little stunned by that 8-0 run.

39-27 at the half

then Wangmene loses it out of bounds. Clumsy.

Thank god we will have Cameron Ridley next year to replace these guys

Everything about that last sequence—including Kellogg’s “big boy” soliloquy—was bizarre.

Drinking a Coors Light.

Brock Lesnar would be proud.

please god beat KU

Setting up for an interesting stretch run.

difference in the game so far has been the efficiency of Tyshawn Taylor vs J’Covan Brown

Taylor: 19 pts on 6-9 FG, 3-5 3PT, 4-4 FT
Brown: 12 pts on 3-15 FG, 1-4 3PT, 5-5 FT

This team is not one of the best we’ve had in recent years, but I’m developing a distinct affection for them.

Kabongo has pretty much zero influence on this game whatsoever. What a disappointment

he’s shooting under 30% from deep. Why he’s even out on the perimeter, I’ll never know.

Anyone know where Sterling Gibbs is? Is he hurt?

3 in transition Bongo!

I hope all these tough opponents in a row don’t shatter the Texas confidence. They are improving, but it’d be great to get a TT or OU in the middle somewhere to help the team iron out some of the kinks

but this team grows on me every game like no other

should I leave?

I said this against K-State, too, but….

Don’t ever change, JCB. Dont ever change.

So NOT last year

Chap-MAN play there.

first lead..hook em

KU completely bricks a FT. WIDE RIGHT!

just wow

…it’s pretty awesome we get this game at least twice a year now.

What a neat rivalry.

if we want to get in, this is a game we HAVE to win. Can’t let this one go now

I can see why Barnes gave so little minutes to him today. JCB as floor general alot better IMO

Chapman doesn’t get the call..Taylor does..sucks

with no broadcast TV in mid-atlantic that makes these types of games special.

And we are shooting 36%….if only we were even shooting 40% for the game, it wouldn’t be this close

it’s nice WE for once don’t have that problem

not just give the ball to JCB and let him create magic.

Either don’t foul or don’t give up a layup….(Yes, I know it’s easier to say than do)

Geez.

good news is Robinson isn’t an awesome FT shooter

Save it for when we rebound and bring it to our side

looking more like a 4 year player than 1 and done

/moral victory

And that one was just sitting there.

tough loss. Great to see this young team fight back after an awful first half against a very tough defensive team.

But we needed a win like this if we want to get into the tournament. Ugh.

The key things down the stretch:

Texas only scored on one of their last 5 possessions.

Kansas had two big three point plays. Myck’s foul on the Tyshawn Taylor jump shot, and the Robinson to Withey shot/pass thing where Chapman over committed on help and left Withey all alone. These were two big defensive breakdowns at a bad time.

If Texas can score on one more possession, or doesn’t have one of the two breakdowns, they win.

The crowd was good but not great. There were still too many empty seats. The students upstairs sat on their asses the entire game. And there were at least 2,000 Kansas fans in the building who made plenty of noise.

JCB is disgusting (in a good way). I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — he can play for me any time. He’s that good and that fun to watch. While limited with pure athleticism and quickness, he’s as crafty and smart a player as I’ve seen at Texas. And one of the true marks of great player, his game gets better against tougher competition.

Kabongo was mostly MIA today. KU was defending him with bigger and more physical players early in the first and he look uncomfortable and confused.

Chapman was outstanding. For as much crap as I’ve written and said about him over the last four plus years, he deserves credit now. He was BIG on both ends of the floor and his length is critical for the success of this team. If he can continue to put games likes this together, Texas will be back in NCAA tournament.

Bond gave us a few good boards off the bench.

Lewis is slowly shooting me to death.

I liked what I saw from McClellan. His first half offense kept Texas from getting blown out of our own building. He needs to learn to play through contact, though.

Kansas is solid. TRob is fantastic, Withey gives them great size, Taylor is much improved from the past few seasons, and the rest provide the defense and rebounding necessary to complete a top notch club. The Jayhawks are a step below elite but not far from it.

Texas battled hard today, just like they did at Mizzou and at K State, but has now come up short in back to back to back games. Gritty effort in all but still three Ls.

Horns need to get to 10 wins for a tourney berth and that is still possible. Getting to 10 will have to include a win over Mizzou or K State in Austin, and maybe over both.

I’m disappointed with the loss but not the effort.

Not his best shooting game, but the guy plays so hard. Even when his shots weren’t falling, he was making plays passing the ball and on defense. He even broke up a two on one fast break by the Jayhawks.

I really want this team to break through and win one of these tough ones. It is so hard to see them come so close after playing so hard, and still lose.

Texas still needs to get better of taking care of business at the end of the games. The freethrow shooting is there, but we still get bad possessions and make bad turnovers down the stretch.

Now, Kansas is really tough in half-court defense. And at the end of the game, when things slow down, I think that was a big part of Texas’ troubles. Myck hasn’t yet made the leap we need, and Barnes really want the ball in Brown’s hands at the end of the game. I don’t blame him, but we will be much better off when Myck is ready for these situations, and Brown can work off the ball to get a better shot.

Hook ’em.