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  Why I Could Root For Texas
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  @FarSideHawk Guess it is all in the camera angles! Bet she can rope some steers! Notice the congenial smile from the A&M fan? He better play it safe!
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  February 4: News Headlines Digest
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  @dylans You are correct, for some reason I forgot that caveat.
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  Compilation of Stats Sites
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  @tundrahok Thanks much Tundra. I will check it out!
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  INTERSECTION SOUFFLE!
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  @jaybate 1.0 I agree with much of what you are saying. The whistle was swallowed to let the game clock run out so programming could go on. The game was losing points for several reasons. There is total defensive freedom in college ball. Pros can’t play full out zone. College coaches have been investing more in defense over the past decade or so because they realize defense wins championships. Coaches like Self, who win a ton of games, is noted for defense. Others follow. Look back 20 years in college basketball and you would never hear the term “lock-down defender!” 20 years ago teams didn’t play nearly as good of defense, and the offense wasn’t typically as prolific either. The game has developed, and the development slightly favored defense over the last 10 years. There was plenty of contact in college ball… hand checks… did it reduce the scoring? Maybe a touch. But not to the point where you flip the game on its ear to counter it. Half of these guys playing college ball think they should go on to pro ball. Well… pro ball has plenty of hand checks. It has plenty of everything, including body slams at the rim. The old college game prepared these guys better for what is to come. It was still a much softer game of basketball. Most freshmen playing college ball can adjust. Few of those players are ready to adjust to NBA-style basketball… or Euroball… or anything where they will draw a paycheck. Personally… I never minded a guy giving me a stiff hand check. It gave me several options. I could usually swat his hand check which sometimes slowed him down. Or I could absorb his hand check and use it later to tie up his one hand to prevent him from blocking my shot. Another thing… it helped me know where exactly he was concerning my spacing. Scoring space is sometimes calculated down to only an inch. I was never a prolific scorer. But I was respected at my level of ball and my numbers wouldn’t have been any different if hand checks were not allowed… let me revise that… my numbers would have been higher because I would have shot more FTs and I could nail FTs!
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  What We Have Here Is a Failure to Compete
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  MAN you guys jump ship easy. We got complacent, went on the road, and got out everythinged. Hard to watch but was incredibly impressed with Wayne’s desire. Also VERY impressed with Wiggins. Think he’s really turned the corner. This is not sarcasm - this is fact. Wiggins could not buy a bucket, no one could, but he kept his head up, kept hustling, and played very solid defense. Other guys were just not tuned in. Na’ must have been blacking out on dirty 6 all night cause he was an absolute no show but other than that it wasn’t because we’re a finesse team or what not. We’re young and went on the road to a loud environment and just got beat. We’ll learn from it. We aren’t soft we just didn’t hit shots, could never get anything going, and the Texas players were playing in front of their first crowd that got over 85 db’s in about 6 years. Think KU football when we pretended we cared. Phog.net is superior. they love me. I’ve found a new home.
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  Wiggins 2/Selden 3?
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  @jaybate 1.0 We could really use the tools and inclination of Cliff Alexander right now!
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  Early game today...
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  February 3: News Headlines Digest
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  @Crimsonorblue22 I think Marcus can end up an excellent pro… if he can just reel himself in a bit to where he can function within the standards. Man… when that guy is on, he can own a game. Not many players can do that. The NBA rewards alpha dogs.
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  FLOOR BURN AWARD: KU @ UT - Feb 1
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  @Wishawk The home cooking, refereeing wise is pretty apparent in conference play. ISU got a couple of [pretty bad calls against OSU and Smart had his share of flops. The one in OT near the end of the game was so outrageous that even the announcer were saying that he was “acting” which is a polite way of saying flopping.
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