re: Ribeye Horns Down - Eat Mor Chikin -It’s smaller ranked in ((Texas)) Game Thread

Now that Throne is gone he had to find a new lost cause to support.

What are you blabbering about Randy. I've supported you in a lot of your "lost causes"' when I thought there was some merit behind the argument

Thanks Randy. Always knew you thought I was the Pope

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We have 2 2's playing the 1. It going to be a problem at times.

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A leveled up Pegues is the missing piece, but we play on with the team we have. Having to play Denver at 1 is a crime against humanity. He's not turrible, but he thrives at 2. As for Pettiford, the ball has been sticking to him these last few games. I get that he's a better scoring 2 than a combo 1, but he's playing point and therefore needs to get the ball moving earlier in the shot clock. I also didn't like that he didn't get the ball to Howard a few times when open, one time in transition that would have been a dunk. Howard had been working hard and making some stuff happen basically on his own. If you don't touch the ball enough in the offense, you make bad decisions when you do get your hands on it, like jacking up that contested 3 from the wing.

But this is nitpicking. Other teams would love to have these problems. Take the SEC road win and move on. And I hated the sound at that arena. Sounded more like a 2nd rate NBA game than a college game.

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I am now trying to see if we have just hit a wall or have peaked too early

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I don’t really think either of these are the issue. I think this team realized how good they were in Hawaii and they get up big and just start messing around. They’re just fricking with people with some showboating. Hopefully the last few games will give them a wake-up call and it won’t take a loss. When these guys lock in for a full game it’s gonna be lights out. This team is so good that they can mess around for significant stretches of the game and try for highlight reel plays and still win.

Also, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Duke and Texas both had guys just go off unexpectedly. Those were both guys that we probably didn’t really game plan for. That too is a good lesson for our guys to be reminded of.

We jump back over Duke in KenPom after all games completed mid week