GAME 34 - ROUND 1 - OKLAHOMA (20-13) vs UCONN (24-10) 8:25pm CST on TNT

[TEvans4Three]

Defensive gameplan was rock solid. Moser did great there.

Heck, Moser had that high pick-n-roll going with that backside cut dish...LOVED THAT.

Moser in the final 5 minutes of the game...complete and utter trash/garbage.

Fool me once, shame on me, fool me several tens of times in endgame...well...

 

[SoonerBred]

Agreed… moser had an excellent gameplan. Sure a couple bad offensive play calls towards the end but that does not discount the fact that we couldn’t hit any shots from deep and a lot of missed layups.

Gameplan was good but mismanaged the crucial final two minutes imo

 

[IndySooner]

Only post I’ll make in this thread-

That game was trending VERY well for us until Norweather came in for Mo around the 7ish minute mark. UConn put him in 3 straight pick and rolls all ending in easy buckets. Then drove into him leading to a shooting foul and him getting pulled. He came in while we were tied, played like 5 possessions and was taken out once we were down 6.

Absolutely imperative to push him out this offseason and upgrade substantially at that position. And no, Kai Rogers is not the answer there. He will not be able to handle SEC physicality from the jump and will need time.


I’m proud of Fears. Awesome game for the kid.

We missed Sam BADLY in that game.

 

[SoonerDutch]

Tough perimeter shooting night. Too bad, just not much margin for error with this roster.

Nice run down the stretch for sure.

 

[steverocks35]

The Play out of the timeout...we run it to...Duke Miles. That was a called play.

This is exactly what I’m talking about. He just gets too cute and overthinks everything.

 

[MiketheH]

He turned down 1 3.. then shot a decent looking jumper, so idk what you're talking about

I don't think that's accurate. You may be correct. It seemed to be a few more.

 

[WichitaSooner]

We've got plenty to be upset about regarding coaching this year. But tonight was on the players. First time they played a team that didn't overmatch them athletically in months and choked.

It’s both. Like I’ve said for years, when a team continually misses layups with dozens of different players over four years, it’s obvious that the coach doesn’t do his job working on finishing and demanding toughness. I posted during the Houston game yesterday about Kelvin immediately taking out a guy for going up soft and getting blocked when they were up big. Can anyone remember a single time Loser has done that? If you never hold guys accountable, this is what can happen at the worst time.

 

[chadmac]

Oweh. Uzan. Fears. One tourney appearance and zero wins coaching those guys in back to back years.

Please Villanova, it’s not too late to make a huge mistake.

You have moser derangement syndrome. He outcoached hurley tonight, they missed a lot of shots. Didn't play well at the end. They should have made it last year without a fluke and probably still should have been in. If you believe the story about mccolum then so be it. This team was picked to finish bad in the sec, they made the tourney with a average transfer portal.

 

[jmizzy4ou]

You can't miss elementary layup shots in March (and all of pm's tenure) and expect to meet our goals.. 3 shooting comes and goes. You CANNOT miss layups.

Wague was criminally mismanaged bc pm is obsessed with Godwin. Terrible job. I don't believe that wague just now figured it out at the end of the season.. and even if so, then all the more reason to play him every feasible second of noncon.

Moore shouldn't be a 16 pt/gm scorer on your team. He's not a strong enough finisher. He should be at most, a 3rd-4th option. We prolly way over paid for him

Pm's infatuation with goodine was very strange and unsupported by evidence imo. He's our worst or 2nd worst rated defender but I think he played like the most minutes per game.

Elvis and miles just weren't good enough for us this year. Elvis showed some potential in noncon, but he collapsed the rest of the season

I get the PM frustration, I think we all have some level of it. With that said, I remember the jokes that were said when we signed Wague. I'm not petty enough to go search old threads, but let's not act like anyone was calling for him throughout the season, until the last few weeks....everyone was irritated with the lack of finding a quality big man, most weren't very excited about Wague. I remember early in the season when he did get a few minutes, a lot of people were asking why he was in the game.

 

[IndySooner]

I don't think that's accurate. You may be correct. It seemed to be a few more.

I remember at least three that he passed up.

 

[allday92]

The Play out of the timeout...we run it to...Duke Miles. That was a called play.

Watching on replay, Fears was supposed to come back to the ball, Porter was getting on to him. It was the same play they ran against Kentucky late in the SEC tournament to get Fears that 3.

 

[Eielson]

Fitting end to the season. Jalon Less gets his **** cleanly blocked, turns and complains to the ref, they take several seconds off the clock before we foul.

Tonight wasn’t the worst we have seen from Loser, but as usual, we sucked balls when the game was on the line. And we are stuck with it for another year with no Fears and likely an entirely new roster that looks like he threw something at the wall hoping something would stick.

The season was another bummer. But these were the exact type of season you celebrated under Lon.

 

[steverocks35]

Play calls toward the end of the game get tougher when they know who you have to go to every single time.

It’s not too tough to clear out for Fears. I would take that 100 out of 100 times over an iso for <checks notes> Duke Miles.

 

[snydrosooner]

He turned down 1 3.. then shot a decent looking jumper, so idk what you're talking about

He had several opportunities to shoot a three after a pump fake. He drove and passed off on at least 2 occasions. Even broadcasters were saying he needed to shoot.

 

[BCSooners]

He turned down 1 3.. then shot a decent looking jumper, so idk what you're talking about

He turned down 3-4 open 3s to drive and made bad plays on all of them. I’m one of his biggest supporters but it wasn’t there for him. I was screaming for Taylor to play 25 minutes this game.

 

[MiketheH]

This is exactly what I’m talking about. He just gets too cute and overthinks everything.

They were throwing bodies at Fears. Others have hit big shots this year.

Criticize the season as a whole, I get it. I agree.

But y'all baitching about anything and everything that didn't work.....wow. Childish.

 

[hoopsaustin]

Play calls toward the end of the game get tougher when they know who you have to go to every single time.

Of course except when it's Kentucky against ou by the 2 year coached player of pm.. then it's NILs fault

 

[Boom Soon]

The season was another bummer. But these were the exact type of season you celebrated under Lon.

Lon's last two tournament years led to an OU win in the first round.

 

[IndySooner]

Of course except when it's Kentucky against ou by the 2 year coached player of pm.. then it's NILs fault

Weird post is weird post.

 

[TEvans4Three]

This team was picked to finish bad in the sec, they made the tourney with a average transfer portal.

To be fair, they still finished 3rd to last in the SEC out of 16 teams