Texas Postgame

[djcon57]

That one play in the bottom right corner when Bell could have either a) let the ball go or b) aggressively grabbed it with two hands, but instead he just casually reaches out with one hand.

Or just stopping on that inbounds play from Carlos.

Or not boxing out at all which Jay Williams rightfully chastised him for.

I know he'll occasionally go nuts from deep but he's not a winning basketball player.

The replays on the non box outs.

Those are BENCHING level plays. He literally stood there and watched

 

[Ghost]

The 3 biggest positives to me:

1) JJ was playing on BOTH ends. Thought he was great all around
2) Davis showed he can rebound against a higher level of play
3) Freeman can score. We need to get him more shots

Eddie was a positive as well, but he did what I expect him to do.

Re #2, I thought Davis would struggle mightily against higher level opponents. It was really great to see him have a game like that tonight - it seems I may have been mistaken.

 

[CardiacCuse]

there are honestly no words for how awful a coaching decision it was to 1. Play bell 20 mins in the 2nd half and 2. Bring Carlos back in at the end of the game. Another abomination of a coaching performance.

red is really bad at deciding who to play throughout the game...which renders the greater depth this year not so beneficial

that game was there for the taking with better lineups and substitution patterns

red will figure it out later in the year...but he shouldnt really need months worth of games to know who to play and who to bench

he think he needs carlos and bell for th whole year and doesnt wanna damage their egos or whatever...its just dumb

 

[two3zone]

I dont understand how you play Bell over Freeman there. I just dont understand

Someone said his hand was wrapped. I assume that's why but no idea.

 

[djcon57]

Hope to see the Lampkin-Davis-Freeman lineup sooner than later

 

[CardiacCuse]

what did Carlos have to do with losing the game in the 2nd half?

did you watch the last 2 mins of the game by chance?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Playing Chris bell the whole second half while letting Donnie rot on the bench was coaching malpractice. Again.

staff looks completely clueless.

It was this close because Eddie went on his own little run and their lotto pick missed a ton of wide open shots.

Hard to feel any better about the season after tonight. I think Eddie fed off the crowd and Texas froze up a little —— but when it mattered at the end we looked lost

You read the post about Donnie having his right wrist all taped up in the 2nd half.

The trainers were looking at him before halftime.

 

[Eric15]

The replays on the non box outs.

Those are BENCHING level plays. He literally stood there and watched

This is a time when I miss JB. I'm glad he retired but I feel like he would rightfully chew guys out for that. I haven't seen anything like that from Red yet.

 

[djcon57]

Re #2, I thought Davis would struggle mightily against higher level opponents. It was really great to see him have a game like that tonight - it seems I may have been mistaken.

Same, totally accepting the L if he continues.

 

[Cappy3]

Re #2, I thought Davis would struggle mightily against higher level opponents. It was really great to see him have a game like that tonight - it seems I may have been mistaken.

Help if he made more fts, tho.

 

[djorange1989]

Moral victories are for losers

Sounds like us the last few years

 

[MGraves5]

Re #2, I thought Davis would struggle mightily against higher level opponents. It was really great to see him have a game like that tonight - it seems I may have been mi

The 3 biggest positives to me:

1) JJ was playing on BOTH ends. Thought he was great all around
2) Davis showed he can rebound against a higher level of play
3) Freeman can score. We need to get him more shots

Eddie was a positive as well, but he did what I expect him to do.

McLeod didn't look terrible when he was on the floor either. Really not sure why he didn't at least get a couple minutes in the first 3 games.

 

[Cuse House]

The reality is this Texas team is decent but not great and we are happy that we were competitive. I could see us losing to TTU or St Joes easily tomorrow night. Then there is the trip to Tennessee coming up followed by a good Notre Dame team. Sure we looked better than we did against 3 cupcakes, but I really don’t see it with this team. I can love the effort, but the product is bad and I don’t see this team making the tournament.

 

[Meloyellow]

I think this loss has vindicated what Bulldog04 stated in regard to what he saw in the preseason. Obviously the loss is a tough pill to swallow, but they showed some real toughness on the defensive side of the ball for the first time all year. Even though he wasn’t much of a factor on offense, Lucas Taylor played himself into more minutes moving forward. There’s a physicality that makes me think we’re better equipped to deal with some of the teams we’ve struggled with in years past. I understand Red’s thinking in wanting to keep Jyare in the game because of the run we were on, but Donnie is too talented to keep on the bench for that long, especially considering how well that experience would’ve served him later in the year. JJ isn’t perfect, but I think we will be dangerous if he keeps being this aggressive. Lampkin is the heart and soul of this team so far.. it’s hard to deny that. A frustrating loss, but there’s reason to believe our best ball is ahead of us. Go Cuse

 

[Marsh01]

Carlos and FT’s. Cost us the game

Fought hard and defense was much better

 

[baggerbob]

Name one thing that Bell or Carlos did well

Bell is who he always was, a sometimes shooter, but a bad basketball player.
The bad part is he has the athletic ability to be good. It's to bad his coaches throughout his life let him get away with not being a complete player.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

You can crap on Bell all you want. I don’t even blame him. If you give an arsonist matches , it’s your own dang fault. Until there is any consequence to him setting fires, he is going to continue to set them. I blame daddy for not securing the matches

 

[Cuse99&01]

Maybe Red was looking ahead to the game tomorrow night and wanted to save Donnie’s legs

 

[Lukeyloo]

Carlos looked like he saw a ghost at the FT line on that final chance. Good lord he looked petrified.

Noticed that too. It would seem that the lights are too bright for him at this level

 

[bigmike]

They better get this free throw issue sorted out, or it is going to lead to at least a handful of losses, if not more.

 

[OttosShoes]

We never thought this was a 30 win team. At least now we know it can be a 20 win team. We could make the tourney. I'll take it.

 

[Scooch]

I’m glad they finally played with some life for the first time this season.

The team is clearly Starling and Lampkin, with a few other guys contributing.

Carlos needs to be a rotation guy, not a starter. 15 minutes.

Bell shouldn’t be getting 30+ minutes unless he comes out blazing from 3. He’s a net negative when he’s not shooting well.

 

[sufan59]

Moral victories are for losers

Agreed but if we turn the corner I will look back to this second half.

 

[MGraves5]

The reality is this Texas team is decent but not great and we are happy that we were competitive. I could see us losing to TTU or St Joes easily tomorrow night. Then there is the trip to Tennessee coming up followed by a good Notre Dame team. Sure we looked better than we did against 3 cupcakes, but I really don’t see it with this team. I can love the effort, but the product is bad and I don’t see this team making the tournament.

3 hours ago many thought this team might struggle to win 10 games. We didn't know if we could compete with the mediocre (bubble teams). So the fact they competed in the 2nd half and there were positives, give some glimmer of hope for the season.

 

[swish7]

I am somewhat getting a benny vibe from bell this year

Something ain't right with him. He has a lot of tools & all the opportunities, but the effort isn't there. Just needs to give a lot more effort & I think things would go much better for him.