HOUSTON (OU SOUTH WITH COACH SAMSON) WILL BEAT TULSA AT COOG HIGH BY 1 TONIGHT.
HOPE MY STREAK ENDS AND TU WINS.
HOPE MY STREAK ENDS AND TU WINS.
My predictions have not missed yet
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I don't see it as a one point game despite he line. One of the two teams will pull away and win by 5-7. I believe it will be TU (after watching UH struggle against U Conn's zone and lay an egg vs. USF). Key is good defense on the perimeter and rebounding. TU should be focused early to avoid a repeat of the Cinncy disaster. The score at the under 16 minute mark will be telling.
In the last few years this team seems to play some of its best ball toward the second half of the season. Winning streak continues, TU by 6.
Bonus Kendall prediction: Big Birt 20 pts
Bonus Kendall prediction: Big Birt 20 pts
Cincy is the only true road loss. The losses to Oregon State and South Carolina were neutral courts. Cincy is a bad matchup for us...we've said this for 2 years. USC is in the same mold as Cincinnati (IMO) and a bad match-up for us.
That said...we match up well against Houston and IMO Tulsa has the better overall players and better quality depth. Look for Birt to shoot lights out as he seems to thrive away from the Reynold's Center. Houston's guards cannot stay with Shaq and Juice and if they start getting into the lane, look for them to dish to Dre, Swannegan, and Smith for easy baskets. I think all of the guards realized against UCF that if you have aggressive shot blockers, it will open up easy passes and shots . While Houston's front court is not as big or intimidating as UCFs, Chicken and Ngaki are pretty good shot blockers coming from the weak side. That should leave their guy open. Shaq has been lighting up the assist column the last few games too.
Prediction: TU 76 Houston 63
That said...we match up well against Houston and IMO Tulsa has the better overall players and better quality depth. Look for Birt to shoot lights out as he seems to thrive away from the Reynold's Center. Houston's guards cannot stay with Shaq and Juice and if they start getting into the lane, look for them to dish to Dre, Swannegan, and Smith for easy baskets. I think all of the guards realized against UCF that if you have aggressive shot blockers, it will open up easy passes and shots . While Houston's front court is not as big or intimidating as UCFs, Chicken and Ngaki are pretty good shot blockers coming from the weak side. That should leave their guy open. Shaq has been lighting up the assist column the last few games too.
Prediction: TU 76 Houston 63
Calling the OSU game a 'neutral court' is a bit disingenuous... It was 2,000 miles away from Tulsa, in OSU's back yard.
I wouldn't know, I haven't tried it. But I hear it's a tasty dish!
The game will be won or lost on the boards and on the perimeters. We can't let them effort us, and we can't let them have any space outside.
I know but the game is technically a neutral court game for records purposes.
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