GAME 14 - SEC OPENER #10 OKLAHOMA (13-0) @ #5 ALABAMA (11-2) 5pm CST on SEC NETWORK

[cmdsooner]

Is the rebounding problem a skill/size issue or a philosophy issue?

Multiple issues. Part of it is size but more than that we’ve done a poor job of containing the dribble so you’re helping a lot & out of position when shots go up. It’s also just harder to rebound 3s and they take a ton of them. Plus when you miss so many shots you end up defending in transition all game. That means it’s harder to get matched and you also end up mismatched so you’ve got guards trying to block out bigs all over the place when they’re already bigger than we are. They’re also playing through our backs a lot but it’s just going to be called that way on the road in this league so we’re going to have to handle it better.

 

[opsooner]

We were always going to lose this game. But if we don’t figure out how to block out we are in big trouble. I can live with getting outsized on rebounds when a bigger guy is able to go up over you. But just going to the rim to rebound with no attempt to get a body on anyone is a sin with our size,

 

[BoulderSooner]

Taylor has not been very good today ... that is a little surprising to me

 

[BoulderSooner]

those misses are surprising

 

[MJSooner]

Taylor has not been very good today ... that is a little surprising to me

Yep, had an easy teardrop and passed it off. Playing hesitant

 

[BoulderSooner]

that is a travel all day long jump stop then small hop

 

[TINY]

Taylor has not been very good today ... that is a little surprising to me

He would have been better on defense than Goodine though. Weird rotation in 1st half imo.

 

[BoulderSooner]

great pass by fears ...

 

[BoulderSooner]

Jones can't get healthy quickly enough

 

[opsooner]

Outrebounded by 24 at this point. Offensive rebounds is -14. Are we ever going to work on this problem?

I expect to get outrebounded by a little but we are not going to compete in this league with these numbers.

 

[sooner333]

Outrebounded by 24 at this point. Offensive rebounds is -14. Are we ever going to work on this problem?

I expect to get outrebounded by a little but we are not going to compete in this league with these numbers.

Need to get the bubble out of the Sampson storage unit.

 

[opsooner]

Jones can't get healthy quickly enough

Yes. I wasn’t sure based on timeline and shape but if he can play D we need him

 

[MJSooner]

Outrebounded by 24 at this point. Offensive rebounds is -14. Are we ever going to work on this problem?

I expect to get outrebounded by a little but we are not going to compete in this league with these numbers.

The offensive rebounds are the issue in this game.

We held our own against Michigan (-7) with their size and won, out rebounded AZ, but did get hammered by Louisville. But all Ws.

With our lack of size, we are going to struggle against teams with big athletic front lines. But what we can’t have is what happened tonight- a lack of competitiveness and D that compounds the rebounding issue.

Effort issues- Second chance points and letting them get 28 FTs is what cost us this game. Not the overall RB number.

 

[sooner333]

Yes. I wasn’t sure based on timeline and shape but if he can play D we need him

Hate to burn the extra year. But in this day and age, you couldn’t count on him coming back anyway. And you can’t waste Fears’s year without pulling out all the stops.

 

[Moneyball]

First time a moser led Oklahoma team has given up 100.

 

[opsooner]

That roll play with Luke on Sears is so indicative of tonight. Sears was licking his chops when he saw it.

 

[BoulderSooner]

these are announcers that clearly never watched a min of Big 12 basketball the last 10 years

 

[stormspencer]

I look at guys like Northweather and wonder how that guy will ever compete in this league....especially when he just gives up on the pick/role. It's games like this that really magnify the roster holes.

 

[BoulderSooner]

need more than 5 points off the bench

 

[mict085]

Just wipe it away. Forget it and move on. We have to bounce back and win at home. We can’t lose that next game.