I just got home from the game. I saw some positives today. We did have a few lock down defensive series. I thought Taylor gave us some real good minutes. He actually rotated on defense to offer help inside. We guard ok out front, but once teams get into the lane we’re cooked. Offensively, we actually played the final fifteen minutes with some purpose. We found our go to guy with JJ. He reminds me a little bit of Westbrook that played for the Lakers. When he gets downhill you’re not stopping him. JJ was great down the stretch. Shout out to our two bigs too. Both had double doubles. Lampkin just sucks people in and then delivers great passes. We finally posted Donnie and Eddie up in the second half. Donnie was flying over everyone for defensive rebounds. They started playing with some emotion and desire late in the second half. Lampkin is a baller. He’s not afraid for big moments and he found his way to the basket in big moments. I’m not sure who was our last player who is a character like Eddie. He gets on the floor. Choppa had a big dive on the floor in ot too. Our two freshmen made their big free throws in overtime. Carlos had a couple of big defensive plays before he fouled out on a couple of mystery fouls. Texas is coming at a good time. We need to find out what we need to do to compete against top teams. These three close games will not hurt us moving forward. Our chemistry looked better today. I’m hopeful this team might eventually get it together.
