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Win or lose, this UMBC team has some of the best defense and offensive ball movement I've ever seen.
 
hoopsaustin said:
Win or lose, this UMBC team has some of the best defense and offensive ball movement I've ever seen.
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Their ball movement is much better than their spacing. They basically run an NBA offense. We try to do a lot of that and should really push ball movement in preparing for next season.
 
That play late where UMBC was diving around trying to keep the ball alive.....brought a tear to my eye. Scrappy bunch of guys.
 
WTSooner said:
That play late where UMBC was diving around trying to keep the ball alive.....brought a tear to my eye. Scrappy bunch of guys.
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Was awesome. Our guys woulda watched the ball go back court and the other team woulda had a run out layup lol
 
According to Kenpom, UMBC’s adjusted defense was 155th in the nation.
 
hoopsaustin said:
Youre crazy. It was fun. Two good defensive teams
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All in the eye of the beholder. I NEVER want to watch a 50-43 game with both teams shooting about 30%. I didn’t see many guarded shots just missed shots.

I would rather watch teams who can hit shots and not turn it over and over and over and miss and miss and miss. That said I Loved Billy Tubbs ball and Kelvin not so much, this game reminded me of Kelvins years here Yuk.
 
Sooner81 said:
All in the eye of the beholder. I NEVER want to watch a 50-43 game with both teams shooting about 30%. I didn’t see many guarded shots just missed shots.

I would rather watch teams who can hit shots and not turn it over and over and over and miss and miss and miss. That said I Loved Billy Tubbs ball and Kelvin not so much, this game reminded me of Kelvins years here Yuk.
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I'd rather our guys have that kind of scrappiness on defense and heart. Instead we looked like we were auditioning to be Matadors. Give me 56ppg with scrappy d all day over 65-70 with no D.
 
Soonermarty said:
I'd rather our guys have that kind of scrappiness on defense and heart. Instead we looked like we were auditioning to be Matadors. Give me 56ppg with scrappy d all day over 65-70 with no D.
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Scrappiness isn’t going to result in titles. Talent does.
 
152219 said:
Scrappiness isn’t going to result in titles. Talent does.
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OU is probably never going to have top 5 talent. Certainly not on any kind of a consistent basis.

The last two OU FF teams, one of which I would argue was actually the best team in the country, weren't teams made up of superior players or athletes. They were complete teams, with a couple of really good players. The 2002 team played great defense. 4th best in the country. And they ran a system, played to it, played HARD, and competed. THAT is how OU is going to win a NC in basketball. Not by throwing out a Kentucky-like roster.
 
geez ... marshall is the worst bunch of floppers I have seen since a few years ago in the nba. I hate that crap.

and I gotta agree with WT about energy and whatever you wanna call it. OU will hafta find a lot of that scrappiness to ever win an NC in basketball. Most every champion has some obstacle to overcome that requires one moment of faith. One really hang-tough, stick it out situation that they persevere through. We'll need to beat ours.
 
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WTSooner said:
OU is probably never going to have top 5 talent. Certainly not on any kind of a consistent basis.

The last two OU FF teams, one of which I would argue was actually the best team in the country, weren't teams made up of superior players or athletes. They were complete teams, with a couple of really good players. The 2002 team played great defense. 4th best in the country. And they ran a system, played to it, played HARD, and competed. THAT is how OU is going to win a NC in basketball. Not by throwing out a Kentucky-like roster.
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Ultimately to win a title you have to have NBA players on your roster, even for the small schools that make runs (Butler, Davidson, etc). The only OU team that was the best team in the nation was the ‘88 team which had 3 NBA players on the roster.

OU’s best teams are going to be those in which a NBA player or two gets to be upperclassmen. The same for a large number of programs.
 
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