ChristopherRyanWilkes

I tend to agree with this. I think it showed in our games against FAU and Troy. Look at similar size disparities between Big 12 Texas teams and the SEC.

Yeah, can we stop acting like these players are leaving because they wanted to? They were asked to leave, had a talk, whatever. All three saw greatly diminished to non-existent roles on the team this year. Now we can continue to build on the players McCasland's philosophy fits with. This is extremely positive news in my opinion. I wish them the best of luck as well.

Some of this is that we can be very one dimensional on offense. We have one consistent pure shooter and no dominate physical bigs. Simmons has shown some promise but he's still very young and it shows. This is where having one guy being off like Duffy is so far can hurt you. He was hot in the tournament to this point but has never shown that consistency before.

To me its been that all there shots are coming easy and none of ours are. That's just defense and knowing where to be on the court. That's when being a young team and lacking discipline comes into play. Like the commentator mentioned, we definitely look like the more athletic team. Its been their ball movement and position on the court and our lack thereof thats been killing us.

This is where experience and chemistry comes into play. We were starting to gel in this tournament but easy to dissect when you have more time to look at our tape. Looks like McCasland switched up the defense which is helping.

Their offensive schemes and ball movement are baffling our defense. Need to switch to zone because their screens are confusing the hell out of our guys. Getting out coached to this point. Forgot how to get open on offense too.

Where did this team come from? Those two teams/programs aren't scrubs either.

I won't get into on that part of Frisco and how gaudy I think the area is (guess I just did). My chief complaint with the facility was that in typical Jerry fashion--it looks nice but cheaped out on a key detail. The leg room on the seats were terrible. I realize I'm a tall guy, but my knees were all the way pushed in the front of the jagged seat in front of me. Other than that I thought the set-up looked a little cheap. Just a big curtain separating the two courts. Ironic he won't put on up in the stadium to block the sun but that's the solution for college basketball tournaments. I also thought they could have put more seats/bleachers down next to the court. Looked like a lot of extra room down there.

I stand corrected. So there's no chance of us paying any fees in this tournament? Just travel expenses?

It's a bit of a joke tournament. As you can tell, there's no criteria except being invited and paying the 50k entrance fee. That's why the field is pretty unimpressive, most big schools pass immediately if it's not the NIT. In all seriousness, I understand the getting more experience part. It's just the pay to play thing that gets to me. Maybe I am wrong but I read that there is a 50K entrance fee no matter what, someone feel free to source alternative info.

Call me a negative nellie, but $50,000 for basically an extra exhibition game or two? I'd rather them spend that money on private free throw lessons.

GWTOMMT title gore edition.

Not sure why, but this isn't uncommon. Recruiting is a numbers game. You just hope you can hit on more guys than your opponents. Some commits don't make it to campus, some don't see any playing time, some transfer, etc.

Peddling religion... your bias here is obviously against Mormonism and not the young man himself. Plus isn't riding a bike a sport? Those backpacks look heavy and Texas gets hot.

I mean honestly, how many guys do we have right now that a P5 school would even want? Not many. Now how many guys are sitting on a bench at A&M that could help us win. Probably quite a bit.

I would think this would be a good thing for G5s. Pick-up kids who would sit on a bench at a P5 school for 4 years after they figure out they aren't going to cut it at that level. Can work the other way too, but that seems like it would be less frequent than transferring down.

I think they got Smart's points wrong too. Sounded like they gave him an extra 3, but I wasn't sure.

Excellent. I actually met him once when he was a Cowboy and he has an affectuous personality and is very energetic. He's actually gotten in trouble on the sidelines with refs for being too energetic before.

That was a very frustrating first half to watch.

Concerned about the bench but good thing about college basketball is the games are short and these guys are young. You can afford to keep your key players out there for a while. Seems like one of Bedford's problem was over utilizing the bench. I remember JJ teams when bench players didn't see much action.

The game @ UTSA looking to be a good one.

Good first conference win. Might be a down year for UTEP, but I'll take it.

Doesn't help when almost all the G5 bowl games so far have sucked. Blowouts due to mismatches that could have been avoided.

The weather is a huge factor I'm sure. Cannot believe how nice it was for both games we had if I remember correctly.

Saw this morning on the news. Very sad indeed. I would usually stop in anytime I visited the square. Glad no one was hurt.