Open Thread: #19/22 Michigan State and #5 Texas from Houston

The last 5 minutes of the game has been a TOTAL EPIC DISASTER on offense. How many FG’s do we have in the last 5 minutes? 1 FG by Johnson? Why are we even shooting threes at the end? Why Mason of all?

goingforthecorner - December 20, 2008 reply

We obviously had so many scoring options today...

SneezyBeltran - December 20, 2008 reply

fuck

Displaced Longhorn - December 20, 2008 reply

Another jacked up 3

I’m tired of this shit. Even a fucking middle school team can run a play not just run down the court and jack up a 3 on two consecutive possessions. And no time out?

Rick needs to get control of his players and remember to call a fucking time out.

FUCKING PATHETIC

UT2001 - December 20, 2008 reply

missed opportunity....

but its only december. this team has a lot of growing to do to make a run in march

silky51 - December 20, 2008 reply

at the end of the game...

i’d rather have abrams take a three with two people in his face then mason wide open.

StanTheCaddy - December 20, 2008 reply

Bad, BAD loss

I don’t care that MSU is a good, ranked team. This was in Houston. We should’ve won this game. We have a top 5 defense, but not even a top 50 offense. We probably shouldn’t be in top 10.

goingforthecorner - December 20, 2008 reply

BEYOND inexcusable endgame coaching

What could possibly possess Barnes to waste two timeouts like that? What the fuck was he saving them for?

Microtonal - December 20, 2008 reply

And how could that guy be left open for the three at the end?

Caradoc - December 20, 2008 reply

Get off mason, why didn't anybody else step up?

The other players should grow some balls and call for the ball at the end of the game, for example AJ Abrams, Atchley, etc

SneezyBeltran - December 20, 2008 reply

Connor hasn't done it his whole career, AJ was being doubled on the perimeter

Sadly that was our best shot. If only we had a timeout.

goingforthecorner - December 20, 2008 reply

ha, yeah

SneezyBeltran - December 20, 2008 reply

Was this supposed to be a "rebuilding" year

and then next year we make a serious run at the title with all the talent from recruits?

kriess - December 20, 2008 reply

And this is easily the worst offense I’ve ever seen Texas play, under any coach.

Microtonal - December 20, 2008 reply

how can we not beat tom izzo?!

im angry, sad, dissappointed, and speechless.

longhornricky - December 20, 2008 reply

Izzo has what, three Final Fours and a national title under his belt?

yeah, he sucks

Beergut - December 20, 2008 reply

izzo is a good coach, I'd give him that

plus they aren’t as bad as they’ve played, plus they have some players back now

SneezyBeltran - December 20, 2008 reply

Agreed, Goran Suton was huge for them

Didn’t play against UNC

goingforthecorner - December 20, 2008 reply

It's ok

We’ll get them in March.

71grad - December 20, 2008 reply

No...

…this team has all the signs of not being able to make it out of the first weekend.

Microtonal - December 20, 2008 reply

Our defense will keep us in games

but if we want to go far in March, we have to have a sense of a competent offense. Right now we don’t look close. We played a great defensive team and went completely stagnant.

goingforthecorner - December 20, 2008 reply

Timeouts

We have perhaps one of the most dynamic and brilliant young coaches in college basketball. We need two points to tie and three to win. Why in the hell wasn’t our last timeout called so Rick could draw up a play to free Abrams? He had been dogged all game and we couldn’t free him on the fly. I don’t put the game on Mason for missing the 3 but I do fault him for not having the awareness to call a timeout. Terrible mistakes just caused our third loss in a row to Michigan State

nmckenzie1 - December 20, 2008 reply

Bad performances

Abrams – 11 pts but 4-11 shooting, took some bad shots, turned the ball over, just 1 assist

Mason – Getting hit in the face by Johnson probably affected the rest of the game for him. Normally you expect a boxscore from him with a lot of stats. But in addition to his terrible 1-5 shooting, only had 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Connor – solid defense but another no show in the 1st half, including a few airballs. Got a few buckets in the 2nd half.

Pittman – Bad shooting game 1-6.

Ward – how many minutes did he get this game?

Barnes – great defense performance, especially on transition. Terrible offense, bad timeout usage at the end

goingforthecorner - December 20, 2008 reply

hey, it was a good game,

mstate is a good team; we played them to a standstill , lost it in the final couple of minutes. itś not march yet. not like football….

derrumbe - December 20, 2008 reply

This is a game we should've won

It was in Houston and we led most of the 2nd half I think. We let this one get away, mainly because of offense. Kinda reminds me of the Wisconsin game last year.

This really pisses me off, but I’d rather have this than being undefeated by playing a cupcake nonconference schedule. Playing tough teams early tells us what we need to improve on.

goingforthecorner - December 20, 2008 reply

Relax guys....

NC is gonna win the national championship this year, but our team has a lot of time to improve, we will get better and this will be a good year yet

SneezyBeltran - December 20, 2008 reply

This is definitely UNC's title to lose

But I want to have a say in it at least. Our offense is showing no signs of improvement. Today players like James and Johnson step up, but then others regress like Pittman, Mason, and Abrams.

goingforthecorner - December 20, 2008 reply

Mason is killing us

He is passing up open shots and getting nothing to show for it. That’s where we are missing DJ most.

Caradoc - December 20, 2008 reply

Yup

We definitely need another outside shooter to go with Abrams. Mason, Ward, and Balbay are not the answers. I hope J’Covan Brown can shoot well. Connor is airballing threes, and James can make threes but we don’t want him sitting outside. We need more shooters.

goingforthecorner - December 20, 2008 reply

great points

Tom Izzo is a very capable and experienced coach and Michigan State is obviously a much more balanced team with Suton in the lineup. While the Spartans are quite good, this loss still stings because we were ranked in the top 5 in America. True top 5 teams manage to somehow pull a game like this out of the fire. I am losing confidence quickly after this loss and the two previous dud victories against teams that shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same breath as our ’Horns

nmckenzie1 - December 20, 2008 reply

agreed

they should be further along than where they are …… period.

Mulliganville - December 20, 2008 reply

I understand, this team is very frustrating...

SneezyBeltran - December 20, 2008 reply

identity

hope this team finds it before league play, otherwise we’ll have more frustrating games like this one.

the other Andrew - December 20, 2008 reply

similar to the missed tackle that led to the crabtree touchdown in lubbock, we will now have to watch for the rest of the night and beyond the wide-open three-pointer today.

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Open Thread: #19/22 Michigan State and #5 Texas from Houston

Comments

thx

for those out of market...

you're a prince!

let's do this!

starting out physical

score??

Chapman being real productive

only 5-2 with 15:24 or so left in the first half

"a defensive struggle"

Barnes in real good company

Nice rebound by Chapman

Connor/Dogus sub in

referees are letting everything go

Another offense rebound

James hits the three, assist to Balbay

Defensively you guys are sick

Good God Connor is absolutely pathetic

Uh oh Mason bleeding

Mason going to lockerroom for stitches

What in the world happened to Connor's jumpshot?

wtf atchley

sweet shot aj

Pittman is a man

Transition D

what the hell

there we go pittman!

damnit!

In case anybody hasn't heard Xavier is overrated..

What footwork by Dexy!

gotta love living in Houston. CBS

damn 28-27 MSU

Lucas killed us last year

James aced the 3...beautiful

32-30 UT, 2 min left

We're really missing Mason's defense

absolutely, but he'll be back

at least doge can play d. think he might be more important on off.

Nice Block by atchley

Or Maybe it was Chapman...

34-32 MSU at the half

other way around

Thats right...my apologies

Pardon my ignorance, but exactly what does Balbay bring to the party?

I give you Chris Ogden

These commentators suck!

Our offense is painful right now

yeah, that dude face guarding AJ doesn't help

We need to fins a way to get Aj involved

Johnson leading the game in scoring

Why would you attend

doubleheader, they play after

but wearing an aggie shirt is definitely a hick thing to do...

god damn chapman cannot box any body out

Can this be the return of good connor?

Easy kory....it will be ok

haha its true though

Connor stepping up??? WTF

johnson has never seen a shot he didn't love

BALLIN!

Welcome back Connor

bout time connor

Damion James, good D!

2nd straight game where Atchley comes through in 2nd half?

Connor popping the 3 with confidence

Bah that's too bad, good hustle by Connor

I love Justin Mason

Xavier was apparently incredibly overrated

I like our hustle today ublike the previous 2 teams

I need to stop drinking

Johnson flourishing

That was bullshit! Terrible call....

James having a great day

AJ made a floater? O_O

damn...and 1

Difference in the game, Goran Suton

With Sparty containing AJ

Spartacus' D is swarming