Louisiana Tech (3/11/22)

[Coffee and TV]

6 minutes ago, texx2818 said:

Tired of getting punched by every team I root for. Astros, Browns, UNT, Mavericks, Stars…

Yeah it's been such a long drought for the Houston Astros...

[untjim1995]

Just now, CMJ said:

You don't think our defense showed some teeth?  If you told me 3 hours ago we'd give up 42 points, I'd say we win that game 49 out of 50 times.

This.

We didn't lose because of our defensive effort. Their athletes were just too much for us today. It reminded me of playing them in football--they are always bigger and faster than we are. Same thing today. We missed a lot of shots, but most of them were contested.

Silver lining is this probably keeps McCasland here for sure, for another year...

[Gibbz]

36 points is a bit more than "couldn't make shots." It's a point total that deserves ridicule and is an exposure of the team.

[untjim1995]

1 minute ago, Coffee and TV said:

Yeah it's been such a long drought for the Houston Astros...

Well, if we cheated, maybe we can win like the Astros did, as well...

[MeanMag]

1 minute ago, Coffee and TV said:

Yeah it's been such a long drought for the Houston Astros...

And UNT after winning the first NCAA tournament game last year.

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

4 minutes ago, CMJ said:

You don't think our defense showed some teeth?  If you told me 3 hours ago we'd give up 42 points, I'd say we win that game 49 out of 50 times.

I meant on offense...

[MeanGreen17]

Friendly reminder that the Woman are still in this! Go Ladies!

[BillySee58]

10 minutes ago, texx2818 said:

Tired of getting punched by every team I root for. Astros, Browns, UNT, Mavericks, Stars…

If not winning the championship is “getting punched” by the team you root for then you have about a 97% chance of your professional team punching you.

[p_phelps]

8 minutes ago, Gibbz said:

Say what you will about Perry being better than Hamlet, but Javion ain't letting his team play like that on that stage.

Who ever said Hamlet was better?! Javion did perry things in tournaments

[greengal]

Avery said we still could make the tourney as at large so let's not give up hope yet!

[Andrew]

6 minutes ago, meangreenlax said:

You’re kidding right? It means absolutely nothing. It’s better to lose in the play in game than win the whole NIT. 

Funny…. Everybody was all over that CBI bandwagon and how it propelled us to success. 

[greengal]

1 minute ago, MeanGreen17 said:

Friendly reminder that the Woman are still in this! Go Ladies!

Yes and them winning it all would help us get over loosing this one so badly!

[Andrew]

4 minutes ago, Gibbz said:

36 points is a bit more than "couldn't make shots." It's a point total that deserves ridicule and is an exposure of the team.

It was pretty pathetic. We still

kept burning clock and waiting it out even when we got down by a larger margin. Never adjusted and never changed. Still attempted to rely on the defense to bring us back instead of our shots falling. 

[BillySee58]

I really think people need to get a better understanding on the roster Mccasland was working with this year. To win as many games as we did with this roster is absolutely remarkable.

Mccasland may be the best coach in school history. The recruiting leaves a lot to be desired. Both can be true.

Hoping this is the offseason we can really up the talent level of this roster while maintaining the toughness and hard working mentality that has won us so many games. Not an easy task. 

[Jonnyeagle]

I hope they will bench Ousmane after this terrible performance.  He had a horrible game.

[eeeeagle]

God bless @greengal upholding the moral in a sea of doom and gloomers.

Trying my best not to let this ruin my weekend lol

[Jonnyeagle]

9 minutes ago, meangreenlax said:

You’re kidding right? It means absolutely nothing. It’s better to lose in the play in game than win the whole NIT. 

Sad to say but you are 100% correct here.  Big big lost opportunity for UNT today.

[CMJ]

1 minute ago, Andrew said:

It was pretty pathetic. We still

kept burning clock and waiting it out even when we got down by a larger margin. Never adjusted and never changed. Still attempted to rely on the defense to bring us back instead of our shots falling. 

And it did get us back in the game.  LA Tech went on a 7+ minute scoring drought that enabled us to close to within three.

[Andrew]

Just now, Jonnyeagle said:

I hope they will bench Ousmane after this terrible performance.  He had a horrible game.

Yeah…. We couldn’t play the shot blocker who actually makes free throws we brought in…. But we could should dig our heels in when our starter struggled and keep pushing that button that wasn’t working early on….

[BillySee58]

1 minute ago, Jonnyeagle said:

I hope they will bench Ousmane after this terrible performance.  He had a horrible game.

Bench him for whom?

[CMJ]

1 minute ago, Jonnyeagle said:

I hope they will bench Ousmane after this terrible performance.  He had a horrible game.

He was player of the game last night.

 

I'm actually more disappointed in Perry's performance today.

[meangreenlax]

1 minute ago, Andrew said:

Funny…. Everybody was all over that CBI bandwagon and how it propelled us to success. 

Not me. Just like I don’t give a shit about getting the brakes beat off us at the Frisco Smoothie Bowl or whatever, I won’t care about a CBI appearance. The NIT isn’t as bad, but if you can’t make the top 64 because you had 2 bad losses after an otherwise amazing season, count me out. I’m glad the players will be able to get some swag and travel a bit though. Its just not intriguing to me.

[Green Otaku]

For next year we need another big man for games like these where Ousmane is not producing, and give him some rest. Then an athletic paint driver to replace Bell. 

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

Please stop comparing the NIT to the NCAA Tournament... 

[Andrew]

Just now, CMJ said:

And it did get us back in the game.  LA Tech went on a 7+ minute scoring drought that enabled us to close to within three.

Didn’t work against UTEP and previously didn’t work when we were up against  Buffalo ages ago. It kept the score close but the lack of offense is what cost us. Not the lack of defense. We needed to put more pressure on the other end of the floor.