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Post by mayor on Nov 12, 2012 8:12:49 GMT -6
I went to the Baylor opener on Friday and watched Sunday's game on TV--both games against possible tournament teams.
Baylor has big-time talent. Wow. Isaiah Austin looked incredible and we have at least 10 players good enough to start. Who knows what will happen when we get to Big 12 play, but I'm very impressed so far.
December 1 at Kentucky should be fun.
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Post by fatmenace on Nov 12, 2012 10:01:24 GMT -6
Awesome.
Texas had to beat San Jose St in the final few seconds. That was fun.
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Post by mayor on Nov 12, 2012 10:58:48 GMT -6
Here's Jason King at ESPN: "The Bears were the most impressive team I saw last weekend. The No. 1 question surrounding Scott Drew’s squad was the frontcourt, where Baylor lost three players (Perry Jones III, Quincy Acy and Quincy Miller) to the NBA draft. The 2012-13 unit of Austin, Cory Jefferson and Rico Gathers is actually better. Austin and Jefferson (who averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds in his first two games) are much more aggressive than Jones III and Miller. Jefferson, a 6-9 redshirt junior, attacks the basket with ferocity, which leads to a lot of easy buckets on put-backs and alley-oops. Jefferson had nine dunks against Lehigh on Friday. The 7-1 Austin hit two 3-pointers in that blowout victory and scored 22 points before leaving with a sprained ankle early in the second half. The most physically imposing of the trio is Gathers, a 6-8, 260-pound freshman who plays with the same type of toughness and grit as Acy, the Bears’ most important player last season. Gathers averaged 8.5 boards in two games. Mix in guards such as Pierre Jackson, Brady Heslip, A.J. Walton and Deuce Bello, and this is Drew’s best team yet. Not just because of personnel, but because of chemistry." espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/66787/10-observations-from-opening-weekend
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Post by mayor on Nov 12, 2012 11:48:01 GMT -6
The 2012-13 unit of Austin, Cory Jefferson and Rico Gathers is actually better. Austin and Jefferson (who averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds in his first two games) are much more aggressive than Jones III and Miller. I'm hoping this helps Baylor against Withey and Kansas this year. Last year Withey killed us because our frontcourt lacked physicality. That does not seem to be the case this year.
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Post by gk on Nov 16, 2012 14:48:52 GMT -6
#fail
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Post by mayor on Nov 16, 2012 15:27:57 GMT -6
Bad couple games for Baylor. We'll see where this goes...
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Post by fatmenace on Nov 21, 2012 17:09:50 GMT -6
Chaminade.
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Post by mayor on Nov 21, 2012 17:46:56 GMT -6
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Post by fatmenace on Nov 21, 2012 18:03:02 GMT -6
Texas lost to them.
I looked it up, it's an actual college.
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Post by gk on Dec 9, 2012 11:46:38 GMT -6
Is it too late to allow the University of Texas to join the Big 10? #trollsohard
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Post by fatmenace on Dec 9, 2012 12:47:42 GMT -6
Texas doesn't need to change conferences, just need a new coach. The last three minutes of the game yesterday were classic Rick Barnes: total offensive confusion, benching hot players and stupid timeouts. I'm numb at this point.
I used to get so pissed at Simmons for constantly bagging on Barnes. But I was just lying to myself. I mean, he doesn't even watch college basketball, watches Texas teams for five minutes and can't stop making Barnes jokes. He gets it because he knows basketball.
Mack and Rick are going to do their best to take their teams back to the level they were at when they were hired.
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Post by fatmenace on Dec 16, 2012 10:14:56 GMT -6
About 2000 people at the Texas bball game last night. I can't even watch these games on TV, since they're on the LHN. This stupid network has killed fan interest in the team. Not that the team doesn't suck, but usually I grab a tickets to a few games per year, but this year I can't even watch the games on TV, which has completely ruined my level of interest.
At the UCLA game last week there might have been 1000. That was at Reliant stadium I think.
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Post by fatmenace on Dec 19, 2012 11:32:02 GMT -6
Texas has dropped the price for ARENA seats to tomorrow nights game against North Carolina to $20. And they're still not selling. There was a time when the place would be packed for a NC game, now they're going to end up giving tickets away.
No one cares anymore. This team is putrid, has been bad for a while, and people are tired of Rick Barnes and his Big Ten football offense.
Oh, plus the LHN. What a dumpster fire this program is.
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Post by mayor on Dec 19, 2012 11:42:52 GMT -6
Baylor is not a good team either. The Big 12 is weak this year.
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Post by mayor on Jan 7, 2013 15:42:00 GMT -6
Baylor beat Texas.
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