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Message: [QUOTE="RichZ, post: 4795611, member: 534"] [LIST=1] [*]Like the strong start. Would love to see that kind of effort early every game. [*]Early on, Ball went behind the back with the dribble. Not because he could. Not a show-off move at all. He did it because it got him and the ball clear of a defender that was pressuring him bringing the ball down court. Just looked so natural doing it. [*]8 minutes in, we're up 24 to 11, and somehow, I'm still sitting on the couch worrying. [*]Johnson's shot at 3:35 to go in the half got "blocked". Clearly a goaltend. The ball was on the way down AND slightly over the rim. [*]Donovan's 3rd foul was a ridiculous call. He never touched the shooter. We need better refs. But while I'm thinking about Clingan, WHY does he almost never dunk? It should be natural for him to dunk instead of taking flat footed layup attempts. I understand he was under the weather these last two games. But his hesitancy to dunk the ball isn't something new. [*]Note to Coach. Tear up the halftime speech you used at this game, and never use it again. After the way they played in the first half, the lack of effort following the break was dumbfounding. [*]It's almost like Karaban lives for the buzzer beater. He's done it an inordinate number of times over his[I] year and a few games[/I] here, but last night was something else entirely. 3 shots went through the hoop as or after the shot clock expired. [*]How many times were we tortured with the [I]"Game Day Sign"[/I] and [I]"In-Season Tournament"[/I] commercials last night. A few times, they showed them each twice in the same break. [*]Ball is starting to look comfortable out there, and his athleticism is off the charts. The extra minutes he's getting with Castle out are really beneficial to his comfort level and confidence. [*]Shooting almost 90% from the FT line, is great to see. So is 7 blocks for the game. But only 18 dimes on 29 baskets, not so much. [*]Tristen had 8 of those 18 assists. Good thing, as his shot was definitely not falling. He, Diarra and Stewart combined for an 0 for 7 night from deep. Spencer wasn't a whole lot better going 2 for 7 from deep. Fortunately, Alex and Stewart shot 50% from three. [*]Announcers spent way more time talking up Texas than us, and raving about how well Texas was playing without Shedrick, ignoring the fact that we have been playing without Castle. [*]At about 5-1/2 minutes left, when TX got within 4 (71-67) that worrying I'd been doing when were were way up 8 minutes in didn't seem so unwarranted. [*]Another game, another W, and that's a good thing. We should be 7-0 when we visit Kansas on the first. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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