Curtis Jones has to provide 6-8 points a game for this team to take the next step on offense. Also, the bench isn't consistent enough to provide 6-10 points per game which is what we need out of them in Big12 play.
*** Official #2 Houston vs IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
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UH was absolutely mugging our guards the last 6 or so minutes of the game and the refs swallowed their whistles
Agreed. The deep shots were falling early, but not as the game went on. Gotta wonder if all that energy spent on defense played a factor in that. I don’t think they would trade any of that defense for late game shooting, but the game plan will need to adjust accordingly.
Ward and King will need to be scorers for us. Several great plays with interior passing was nice to see between King, Ward, and Jones. That’ll always be a good source for points.
I don't think it's just his BB IQ that's high. I love listening to his interviews. He's a really bright guy.
Sampson getting a serious reprimand for those violations is hilarious looking back on it from now. No wonder the guy seems pissed off all of the time.
I think this will come with time. He does a lot of other really good things that get deflected as 'no value' but a few posters (not you).
The bench might find some more consistencies as things move along.
He doesn’t need to do that every night. He might need to pop up with a 10 or 12 point game from time to time. He played solidly again last night. 1 R, 3 AST, 1 ST, 0 TO in 17 minutes in a game in the 50’s. Thats an almost perfect periphery role player line imo.
I can't remember if it was this moment or the other time he went to the line but I thought it was funny when Fran was essentially quoting TJ in saying how BRE isn't talented but the work and energy have been huge for the program.
Repeating but I think players appreciate TJ's brutal honesty without degrading them.
I’m probably in the minority on this but I thought a flagrant 1 and keeping the game moving was a good choice by the refs. I was impressed with the crew last night. I’m fine with a physical game as long as it’s consistent.
Per usual on here a weak response lacking substance.
I thought it was a flagrant 2 but agree with the general flow of the game and how the offiicials did a great job of maintaining it (along with the consistency you mentioned).
I hope he realizes that this is now a rule: in a tight game, he has to spend the last 2 minutes in the can.
In fairness we got away with some stuff too.
I just don't think we are going to get the benefit of those calls when we have so many guys (Milan and Tre for example) who often fail to block out and/or get caught watching the basketball instead of playing it. There were a good 3-5 offensive boards we gave up where one of those 2 failed to fundamentally do one of those two things. I'm sure the officials see that too and, after a while, it allows the more aggressive and fundamental rebounding team to get away with some extras.
Did you notice he started choking up when asked about the crowd? Kudos to anyone in the stands last night! Hilton Magic.
Love it! TJ really wanted this one.
100%. I think he'll be a guy in Big 12 play who in some games won't be much of a factor on offense (e.g. last night) but in other games will be largely unstoppable and go off for 20.
Another random thought: I hope this is a big confidence boost for Milan. He's generally been pretty good when he's looking to get his own shot and I hope he'll now realize he can be a great player at this level and can score on anyone in this league.
Tamin Lipsey is amazing. He takes so much abuse and just gets back up and does his job and doesn’t whine.
If I remember correctly his worst offense was that he was texting recruits during the dead period. Got fired and then got caught doing it again. Seems pretty tame when you compare it to the under-the-table bags of cash that were being passed around at places like Kansas and UNC.
