Houston game thread

[Babe the Blue Ox]

I was there as were most real basketball fans.

You may need to define that term for those that had conflicting priorities this evening.

 

[TU 1978]

No you know it all I wasn’t surprised
But I am disappointed and expect better
Maybe you like mediocrity
If you don’t want to read my posts there is an ignore button you can use

I listened to that GZ game and was not remotely worried because I knew what Self had accomplished at ORU

This is what I see when I read one of your many comments. Get out.

 

[drboobay]

I was there as were most real basketball fans. I enjoyed the game even with the loss. Remember I saw Bill Self lose to Gonzaga 78-40 his first year. He made a huge change in his lineup the next year. It's kinda fun to see what type players we need to get to compete with the Houston's of the world. And the atmosphere was really good. There was a standing ovation for TU at the under 16 time out which we haven't seen in a long time.

I consider myself a real basketball fan but I am competitive to a fault in most aspects of life. And I don't know basketball well enough to follow the intricacies of strategy and execution and immerse myself in that.

So it is hard for me to attend and watch repeated disappointment and/or feeling like we cannot win. Not fun.

That said I like the recruiting class and don't regret buying my tickets despite not using them as often this season. I still support the program. Just not in person quite as often this season.

 

[loca2874]

I just figured it out. Bryant Selebangue is the DeAndre Jordan of Tulsa Basketball. He defends well and can get in good positions to score, he just cant hit a free throw to save his life.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

No you know it all I wasn’t surprised
But I am disappointed and expect better
Maybe you like mediocrity
If you don’t want to read my posts there is an ignore button you can use

I listened to that GZ game and was not remotely worried because I knew what Self had accomplished at ORU

I don't like mediocrity, or in reality, crap. But I, and a number of other posters realized early on that this would be a throw away season, and a rebuild was on it's way.

You say you weren't surprised, but you knew through comparative games like ORU, that they had destroyed other teams we had lost to convincingly. I can't quite understand your disgust if you expected this result. Because it was exactly what I expected. I didn't like it, but I expected it.

When I expect a loss with a team that needs a rebuild by a new coach, I don't start talking about probation & discontinuing my attendance. And if you dislike my comments, then you have access to the same ignore button. You are letting yourself get invested in a throw away season and repetitively melting. This is what, your third melt in recent games. When I am in melt mode and know it, I go into a pacing & talking to myself mode. Hopefully with nobody in sight, so I don't look like a loon.

 

[I.I.]

You may need to define that term for those that had conflicting priorities this evening.

😀I saw several basketball coaches there who don’t come regularly to TU games. Several TU basketball alumni as well. I realize some people have conflicts but obviously to see the number 3 ( and maybe # 1) team in the country play brings out the die hard basketball fan. In the 70’s as a die hard basketball fan I came to an Indiana State/Tulsa game to see one player. I was not a TU fan yet. I was still a fan of the Razorback triplets. But the Louisville game here in 1980 changed that for good.

 

[Babe the Blue Ox]

😀I saw several basketball coaches there who don’t come regularly to TU games. Several TU basketball alumni as well. I realize some people have conflicts but obviously to see the number 3 ( and maybe # 1) team in the country play brings out the die hard basketball fan. In the 70’s as a die hard basketball fan I came to an Indiana State/Tulsa game to see one player. I was not a TU fan yet. I was still a fan of the Razorback triplets. But the Louisville game here in 1980 changed that for good.

I was at that Indiana State game as well as the Louisville game and the Phi Slamma Jamma tourney game. Stayed home and watched football last night though.

I read somewhere recently that about this time last year, CBS aired a North Carolina/Kentucky basketball game. At the same time, ESPN had the Mobile AL bowl game with Eastern Michigan and Liberty. The football game had about triple the TV audience.

I’m just not sure how many “real basketball fans” are still around. I blame the 1 and done rule for watering down the game.

 

[TU1NNJ]

I was at the Indiana St game as well. Larry Bird took a hard fall into the front row of the student section. He landed next to me. I turned to him and said Larry I will be happy to negotiate your professional contract for a small per cent. He looked at me with his goofy grin and said “what”. I guess he didn’t want to do it. 😁

 

[Babe the Blue Ox]

I was at the Indiana St game as well. Larry Bird took a hard fall into the front row of the student section. He landed next to me. I turned to him and said Larry I will be happy to negotiate your professional contract for a small per cent. He looked at me with his goofy grin and said “what”. I guess he didn’t want to do it. 😁

I used to slip down into the Verbal Abuse section when I was in jr high/high school to “Rant and Rave” with the college kids. Maybe you were one of the students that always helped me find an open spot.

Those were the days.

 

[drboobay]

I was at the Indiana St game as well. Larry Bird took a hard fall into the front row of the student section. He landed next to me. I turned to him and said Larry I will be happy to negotiate your professional contract for a small per cent. He looked at me with his goofy grin and said “what”. I guess he didn’t want to do it. 😁

I listened to that one on the radio as a teenager.

Lewis Lloyd and Larry Bird were great opponents of that era.

 

[TU1NNJ]

I listened to that one on the radio as a teenager.

Lewis Lloyd and Larry Bird were great opponents of that era.

Bird had a quiet 22 point 22 rebound game.