Just a tip, don't predict what the team will do in the future. You will just look stupid.
awesome! that would be quite a great season.This is a round of 32 level team folks.
We’ll probably still get a halfway decent seed and win one game against a weaker opponent, but that will be it IMO. We won’t beat a round 32 level opponent.
And we all would have signed up for a Round of 32 team in November. I think we all got a little drunk on the Kool-Aid after we started the conference season 4-0. In reality, this is a flawed team that is getting exposed in the best conference in the country. We are what we are, and that's a middle of the pack Big 12 team. Which again, we all would have signed up for in November.This is a round of 32 level team folks.
We’ll probably still get a halfway decent seed and win one game against a weaker opponent, but that will be it IMO. We won’t beat a round 32 level opponent.
awesome! that would be quite a great season.
Twice late in the game Osun didn’t step in front of the ball handler because he was hunting a block. Both times they scored.Key play down the stretch. Gabe makes two free throws to put us up 5 with near a minute left. They miss and the rebound gets somehow passed or tipped out to Obanor. (why the heck wasn't he under the basket rebounding, I dont know). He proceeds to nail the baseline 3. One rebound there and we win the game. Not a good night for Osun at all.
This is a round of 32 level team folks.
We’ll probably still get a halfway decent seed and win one game against a weaker opponent, but that will be it IMO. We won’t beat a round 32 level opponent.
Just a tip, don't predict what the team will do in the future. You will just look stupid.
That is turning lemons into lemonade.Was so predictable. Threw $25 on tech money line when they were at +1100.
Twice late in the game Osun didn’t step in front of the ball handler because he was hunting a block. Both times they scored.
That'd be cool and a good tourney historically.
I want to second the first point with the caveat that I am very impressed by this staff overall. I have eaten a lot of crow with TJ and he's been awesome, he has the program in a place with a VERY bright future.We have some coaching problems. Lots of trouble inbounding and getting down the court. There's gotta be schematic ways to help this out more. I know guys playing the game are the ones making passes and putting up shots, but repeated turnovers of the same flavor and 12 minute scoring droughts being a trend eventually becomes a coaching issue. There must be a way to break the cycle, no matter what play or personnel it takes just to get going again. Get guys in positions to score points. We had long stretches of not even getting a single shot off.
We have some player problems, too. Lipsey killed us in the second half. Terrible TOs, bad passes, no shooting, no driving, you've got to do something. There's a reason everyone else was struggling, too, they're playing 4v5 because Lipsey was regularly unguarded and doing nothing to make himself deserve respect. Even taking and missing shots is preferable to turnovers and run-outs. We also re-learned that we struggle terribly without Grill. Most of the latter part of the second half when TTU was steaming back -- he's on the bench due to foul trouble. Not a coincidence, it's a trend. Looked eerily like the OSU game.
Having lost both OSU and TTU, my guess is our 'Chip hopes are done. So be it, a 10/11 win finish is still good for what we expected going in...but it wasn't our full potential.
We need to get a team sports psychologist on board to figure out our poor FT shooting.The free throws continue to exasperate me. We were 12-21, they were 26-37? Good thing Big Rob was 2-2 or it would have been worse.
Well if you are going to have the 2 game stretch we just had, I guess the most positive thing I can find is the back half was a Monday and we have until Saturday to figure some things out. This upcoming game will tell us a lot about staff and team.
Holding a lead late is an issue between the free throws and a press with several guys who don’t handle the ball well.We need to get a team sports psychologist on board to figure out our poor FT shooting.
It’s like kickers in football, it’s all mental. These guys have played basketball their entire life and should be able to make FTs. They probably do fine during practice. But in games, it’s different.
Sorry…. I’ve set my expectations higher for this team after what they’ve shown.
I should have known better I guess.
I slept about as well as after the Hampton loss-dang it!Brutal in every single facet that second half. Officiating was a joke. Otz's coaching and decision making even moreso. Lipsey making several egregious passes and turnovers. Robert Jones being absolutely abused. Then Tech daring Lipsey to shoot the ball and having him, consistently, even forego 13 footers. At some point Lipsey needs to shoot the ******* ball. He's quickly becoming a liability when he doesn't.
Otz deserves the bulk of the blame for absolutely horrendous game management and rotational decisions. Tech was absolutely looking to make us switch Jones at the top of the arc. Once that happened they were looking to drive on him at will. If Osun isn't out there King needs to be the guy to play the 5. He's an excellent defender that can handle guards and bigs. You would have thought King hit on Otz's wife or something with how he rode the bench.
The other major gaffe was keeping Lipsey in the game once the implosion started. He should have been taken out of the game, with Holmes running point. I love Lipsey and know he's vital to the team, but I think it did more damage (in this game and to his confidence) by leaving him in there.
We also completely collapsed on the defensive end of the floor. The ridiculous officiating affected that, but we lost our intensity and never got it back. That spilled over to rebounding which was utterly pathetic in the 2nd half. Again, King is our best rebounder around the rim and he hardly played over those last 10 minutes. We needed his presence and rebounding on the floor.
Watching is clank free throws is getting old and it killed us again tonight. Meanwhile Tech nailed there's, especially in crunch time. That sealed the deal.
IMO this is the worst loss in the history of the program, in terms of the loss itself and how it happened. In terms of significance, the Hampton loss was worse, but imploding with a 23 point lead in the second half is a worse feat.
Otz has done wonders and this team wouldn't be what it is without him, but he didn't earn his paycheck today. One of the worst coaching performances Ive seen during a stretch of basketball. Still can't believe what I just saw.