TU vs SMU game thread

[panicstricken]

I dont even know why I get emotionally invested every year in TU athletics.

Same thing year after year after year.

A glimmer of hope and then a series of soul crushing defeats.

 

[Original TULSAFAN]

Taplin needs to slam that
Oh... wait...
He can’t

 

[TU Sepp]

smu up 38 - 27 at the half...
We need shooters and rebounders...

 

[nevadanatural]

Great half by Horne, unfortunately he was the only one with a good half. If the guys can put it together I think we can take this. SMU has gotten a lot of lucky bounces.

 

[Original TULSAFAN]

Smu has shooters and athletes at every position

 

['Cane-man]

I'm just a fan watching the game on tv but what I'm seeing is a lack of effort by TU. SMU's players seem to want it a whole lot more than ours. That must change in the second half.

 

[lawpoke87]

Smu has shooters and athletes at every position

They are certainly longer and bouncier than we are.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Teams have figured out all they have to do is play us hard and rough inside and get us out of sync with a little help from the refs. Our inside game is not very many and not very tall players. so it does not take to much to get us out of sync. Too bad they have seen our weakness at the start of conference play. Don't know how we can or will solve this.

 

[I.I.]

I'll make my one comment that should work for the entire season:

Ever since the AAC teams noted that Igbanu is the only inside scoring threat, he has been doubled and tripled, Then if we shoot better than 50% from the three we win,....... less, we lose....simple game.

That theory failed against Cincy but 20+ turnovers will negate everything. Can we shoot better than 50 % from three enough to get to the dance ? That is our only hope.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Great half by Horne, unfortunately he was the only one with a good half. If the guys can put it together I think we can take this. SMU has gotten a lot of lucky bounces.

And Jeffries has been just a hair off on shots he normally gets.

 

[TU Sepp]

SMU is out hustling us...
When you out hustle the opponent the breaks are not lucky they are earned...

 

[nevadanatural]

Ever since conference play started it seems like the refs are swallowing their whistles on plays under the basket. I wonder if that is one of those “points of focus”? It’s been a lot like tourney play which puts us at a disadvantage due to our lack of height.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Regrettable that Falokun and Hewitt can't help on the inside.

 

[URedskin54]

Ever since conference play started it seems like the refs are swallowing their whistles on plays under the basket. I wonder if that is one of those “points of focus”? It’s been a lot like tourney play which puts us at a disadvantage due to our lack of height.

Good point. We score a disproportionate amount of our points by drawing fouls (especially Igbanu) so a loose whistle can be a big challenge for us.

 

[Bill Lowery]

Taplin needs to slam that
Oh... wait...
He can’t

At least Hill can dunk, at 5-10/11

 

[Tulsafanzz]

If we want a 3 guard lineup, at least one of them has to be a very good rebounder.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Nice help from the refs for SMU on out of bounds plays.

 

[nevadanatural]

Man if Igbanu had just called a TO. We were down 6 and would have had a shot to cut it to 4.

 

[I.I.]

Not calling a timeout on the floor killed us. Still time to come back.

 

[Original TULSAFAN]

Frank is getting beat by jako like a drum!!!!!!

Frank, u lost this game many recruiting classes ago

 

[Weatherdemon]

So weird that opponents hit treys when continually left wide open.

At least that is what it appears the team thinks...

 

[I.I.]

Our coaches have not had time to scout McMurray. Bruce may have been the only one here who knew he could shoot the three apparently. Or our players are having trouble memorizing his number.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Igbanu tries to fake it two, three, sometimes four times. He never goes up early with confidence, like he should a lot of times. Teams are realizing that.

 

[T Up]

If we keep playing like this we may end up at 500 for the year.

 

[TU_BLA]

This is a disaster

 

[hotterthanyourhusbandTU]

Igbanu is just awful passing out of a double/triple team.

The AAC is starting to figure the ole Golden Hurricane out.

 

[URedskin54]

A couple big moments we've made really dumb passes. Still time

 

[Original TULSAFAN]

If we keep playing like this we may end up at 500 for the year.

My preseason prediction

 

[TU_BLA]

Teams must love playing against us. Pad their 3 pt FG % and their rebound numbers. Just brutal

 

[Weatherdemon]

There isn’t a single stat line we have the advantage in right now.
Man O man...

 

[hotterthanyourhusbandTU]

Looks like our mid-season collapse after our home Cincy choke is in full form...

Ethan is pounding TU.

 

[I.I.]

I think Falokun and Barnes need to play the rest of this one.

 

[URedskin54]

Well we've played our worst game of the year immediately after blowing a huge game. The mental toughness just isn't there with this team I'm afraid

 

[goldenhurricane2]

Mental toughness isn’t there.

We have talent. We have coaching (for the most part). But we don’t have the balls to play with the upper level of this league.

That has to change.

 

[T Up]

Think it’s time we throw the rest of our games so we can get a higher draft choice??

 

[Original TULSAFAN]

Team is soft like the coach
And the talent issues we have are really serious

 

[Original TULSAFAN]

Tulsa seriously may not go .500

 

[URedskin54]

Jank is such a ****** asking for that to be reviewed

 

[nevadanatural]

I can’t remember the last time we played this poorly.

 

[Weatherdemon]

Stopped watching.
Don’t want get any more pissed off tonight than I already am.