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

allday92 said:
We brought the ball up court, tried to run something, couldn't get anywhere - that took off 8 seconds. Porter calls TO. Calls the exact same play we successfully ran vs Kentucky to get Fears an open 3. Ran the play, Fears never comes back for the ball. He's 18, he has lapses, all 18 year old kids do. Heck, even 15 year NBA vets do.
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Fair. Idk how fears has that mental lapse directly out of a timeout tho. Surely pm told him in the timeout to go directly to the ball to get it so he could attack Like he did all night and miles did not do..
 
steverocks35 said:
Sure but this is a pattern repeated throughout Moser’s tenure. Either the play call is terrible or they screw up whatever play was called. Either way, it’s on the head coach.
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I agree it’s been a pattern, but this game it rarely happened & he was better than Hurley. Body of work I agree, this game I can’t. Other than playing Norweather over Taylor when Wague went out I thought PM did a really good job.
 
hoopsaustin said:
How worse than goodine, Elvis, and miles?
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No, all four of those players struggled tonight.

For Forsyth, it was the first game they I can remember that he looked like he had lost his confidence in his shot. That was what was so striking. He has impressed me the entire year with how confidently he has played for a freshman. Two close 3pt misses shook his confidence.

He is going to be a fun player to watch at OU over the next 3 years (I hope).


I think the entire team played hard. Poor shooting nights happen. I just wish we had kept firing the threes and the second half. Just my opinion, but I felt like we gave up on the three too early because of an overall lack of confidence.
 
hoopsaustin said:
Agreed. I think Forsyth played the least bad of the 4. He certainly missed less shots than the rest. And I'm getting roasted for it lol
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He wasn't terrible!!! He just didn't take the open looks he normally takes. He's also a young freshman, and I'm sure the big stage is different for those guys. UCONN is battle-tested, even though they lost a lot. It isn't a coincidence their experienced players made plays to close the game. We have no finisher on this team, so our margin for error late in games is small. We are counting on a coach who isn't the greatest at late-game situational play designing. Think about some of our offensive struggles under KS, but he usually had someone who could finish a game when we needed a big shot/play. Fears will be a finisher at some point. Dalton will be fine. The kid works hard and wants to win. I can envision him playing great in late-game situations in the future.
 
IndySooner said:
Would have been nice to be playing Sunday. But that would have been the end of the road for sure. UConn is going to get its **** pushed in.
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That’s why I’m not particularly upset about this loss. 1. The Florida matchup already happened so there is no novelty. 2. Florida would beat OU. Moving on to next season
 
OrlandoSooner said:
No, all four of those players struggled tonight.

For Forsyth, it was the first game they I can remember that he looked like he had lost his confidence in his shot. That was what was so striking. He has impressed me the entire year with how confidently he has played for a freshman. Two close 3pt misses shook his confidence.

He is going to be a fun player to watch at OU over the next 3 years (I hope).


I think the entire team played hard. Poor shooting nights happen. I just wish we had kept firing the threes and the second half. Just my opinion, but I felt like we gave up on the three too early because of an overall lack of confidence.
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I think the gameplan was to get to the lane the entire 2nd half. And that was the right gameplan. But when we had wide open threes, we should have been taking them.
 
IndySooner said:
Godwin did improve. Quite a bit, actually. But Godwin isn't the athlete Wague is. We all knew that if Wague could figure out how to play without fouling, he could be dangerous. And he figured that out at the end of the season.
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Why was wague 3rd string behind northweather for awhile then?

As you concede, wague could be dangerous if he figures out fouling, why wouldn't you then play him every second of every noncon you can before he fouls out to give him game reps to learn not to foul out so he can then become said dangerous?

I also would be interested in your stats for Godwin improving over the year went on but we can debate that later.
 
OrlandoSooner said:
No, all four of those players struggled tonight.

For Forsyth, it was the first game they I can remember that he looked like he had lost his confidence in his shot. That was what was so striking. He has impressed me the entire year with how confidently he has played for a freshman. Two close 3pt misses shook his confidence.

He is going to be a fun player to watch at OU over the next 3 years (I hope).


I think the entire team played hard. Poor shooting nights happen. I just wish we had kept firing the threes and the second half. Just my opinion, but I felt like we gave up on the three too early because of an overall lack of confidence.
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Those rims seemed tight or something. Uconn only did like +3 better than we did too.
 
steverocks35 said:
Man, this Moser apologia is off the charts. If the team screws up crucial plays down the stretch, that reflects on the head coach. It’s pretty simple.
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No tears would he shed on here if Moser landed a new job tomorrow. Most people on here have expressed being ready for change.

But when posters say obnoxiously inaccurate things, it will get refuted. Does not make people Moser apologists.
 
Eielson said:
No tears would he shed on here if Moser landed a new job tomorrow. Most people on here have expressed being ready for change.

But when posters say obnoxiously inaccurate things, it will get refuted. Does not make people Moser apologists.
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I’m about as anti Moser as there is but he was not the issue tonight. If OU’s shots fall then OU wins comfortably. He had a good game plan!
 
hoopsaustin said:
Hes saying the label, while correct, is not really deserved. Bc uconn will not seriously compete for this natty
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Lol, I think we all understand what he is insinuating. He also called them an “inherently average, imminently beatable” 8 seed.

Like us - they’ve had a up & down year but have a consistently better roster (top 35ish KP & BT) and playing much better than earlier in season.

Much like I disagree with Wichita’s take that sophomore Buddy Hield was mediocre, I’d disagree UConn is inherently average. Beatable? Absolutely but some shots didn’t fall and we didn’t execute down the stretch.
 
SoonerBred said:
I guess the moral victory is we took a lead on Uconn who hadn't trailed the last 11 NCAA tournament games but Florida will show no mercy.
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I've seen several comments about moral victories in this thread. I would have mocked this season 20 years ago, but it has been pretty standard quo since Sampson left. This was Moser's first tourney appearance in 4 years, so I'd consider it more than a moral victory for where our program is at currently.
 
steverocks35 said:
We have a 4 year sample size of his terrible coaching
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Yea..Lon Krugers last 4 years at OU he was 73-51

PMs first 4 at OU he's 74-58


I don't love PM and have said his offense is terrible....but he is not inept as a coach like a few of you keep trying to point out. I'd be fine if he left for sure but I'm not trying to put his head on a stake like a few of you. Lol
 
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