Texas Post Game Thread

[temery]

winning ugly

 

[Blue Blood]

Still can't win close games?

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Thank you Alex.
Thank you Hassan.
Thank you Samson...

...Samson was amazing tonight, but Clingan needs a ton of run against UNH and Manhattan to help get his conditioning back on the fast track.

 

[Punkbo]

Samson Johnson was excellent tonight. I thought he’d be a role player this year. He’s much more than that.

 

[Blue Blood]

Karaban unreal loved the emotion on that last basket

 

[Brochacho]

Clingan has to figure it out. He can’t even keep his hands on the ball.

 

[CTBasketball]

Diarra played phenomenal off the bench. Samson on another level.

And AK is a robot.

 

[HailUConn]

We have Karaban, and you don’t!

Seriously, AK is a stone cold Killer!

 

[JohnnyJr]

I wasn’t worried about Clingan before but him and our 3 point shooting can be the biggest problems

 

[Cassius Klaiber]

Karaban is a shot clock assassin.

Diarra also making the case for a role even after Castle returns, he was high impact on both ends.

 

[navery12]

I remember when people claimed we didn't have a bench this year. We don't win this without our bench

 

[EricLA]

Seems a couple of players really stepped up - ones that fans have been critical of at times (Johnson and Diarra). Really great to see I think. Texas battles back in the 2nd half but UCONN (Spencer) was clutch with FT's to ice it. Strong game without Castle. And Karaban - wow...

BTW Johnson with all around better numbers than Clingan - even more blocks. Not trying to infer anything - just great to see such a solid performance from the backup center...

 

[WhereistheDove?]

• If we get this Diarra and Samson most nights, this team is going to be a problem. Both had way more offensive confidence than what we normally see out of them. Diarra was his normal defensive pest on defense, but Samson altered a bunch of shots and pulled down some grown man rebounds.
• Karaban made 3-4 just wild shots to beat the buzzer. Dude is claiming his place as the guy taking the last shot.
• Clingan was just a step slow and a bit tentative all game. The pace did not play to his strength but I have to think he’s still a bit out of shape after his injury.
• Castle totally changes the offense with his facilitating. We’ve got a bunch of guys who are pretty good at it but no one else on his level.
• I have no idea how Dylan Mitchell was averaging less than 10 per game. He’s a player.
• Ball had some really great stretches and then disappeared for a lot of the game. This stretch of PT is going to do wonders to get him ready to be a big bench piece in league play.

 

[Rocktheworld]

How little did Ball play in the second half?

Hurley rode Diarra on defense and despite 0/3 from 3 it worked out. Thank god Karaban is an ice cold killer

 

[TheRealKBuks]

Johnson made all the difference in the world tonight. Clingan is definitely out of shape, but still needs to play better. We go so spoiled by Sanogo and how secure his hands were.

 

[husky429]

Texas is going to be a problem in March. I like a lot of what they do. Showed some of our weaknesses we hadn't seen so much before.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Not a pretty 2nd half but it seemed mostly like a conditioning issue. Clingan most obviously but a bit from Karaban as well. Luckily effort and fitness are easily fixed. In particular for Clingan who likely is a bit behind where he could be with the early injury

 

[bigknight3]

Happy we won. Too early to be overly critical. They're still building this thing.

 

[husky429]

How little did Ball play in the second half?

Hurley rode Diarra on defense and despite 0/3 from 3 it worked out. Thank god Karaban is an ice cold killer

Quiet second half. He can't pass well or dribble north south and it's limiting his role. Still young, he'll get there.

 

[xclamations]

Main character energy to start

Diarra hustle gang

That DC block lol

The Son of sam show/breakout... i could see him on the Miami Heat someday. What a Highlight reel and 6th man much needed

AK being AK growing every game! so many highlights tonight by him. Player of the game.

Killa Cam more than solid 16 5 5 ast reb

Solo balling/developing due to castle out
is nice also

Main character energy to finish (closed)

The universe's team wins again

Empire Classic Champs

Jaspers

 

[temery]

Clingan didn't miss a free throw!

 

[jojipoji]

If you watched the game you could see clingan coughing. I’m pretty sure he’s sick

 

[HeGotGame]

How little did Ball play in the second half?

Hurley rode Diarra on defense and despite 0/3 from 3 it worked out. Thank god Karaban is an ice cold killer

Yea, because Diarra was playing excellent on both ends of the floor.

 

[aceboon]

Other than the ill advised 3 in the 2nd half that lead directly to a Texas basket, I thought Diarra played great tonight

 

[Cassius Klaiber]

How little did Ball play in the second half?

Hurley rode Diarra on defense and despite 0/3 from 3 it worked out. Thank god Karaban is an ice cold killer

Admittedly 2 of Diarra’s misses were the half court heave, and a forced shot with 1 on the shot clock. But the 3 point line is a definite weakness for him.