**********OU-Kansas State Game Thread**********

[opsooner]

Some emotion from LK today. I like it!

 

[opsooner]

Forcing passes - that must stop.

 

[JBaker]

Some emotion from LK today. I like it!

Well, he needs it the way our offense is going so far.
We are doing a pretty solid job on D and good work on the glass. But the offense is a big whoops so far.

 

[CoachTalk]

Well, he needs it the way our offense is going so far.
We are doing a pretty solid job on D and good work on the glass. But the offense is a big whoops so far.

KSU def is solid. Active and quick hands with lots of pressure

 

[JBaker]

KSU def is solid. Active and quick hands with lots of pressure

We shouldn't have 10+ TOs in a half against the best defense in the nation.

And our defense has gone full retard on McGruber.
Come on, there's one freaking guy to cover!
We are about to get run out of the gym unless we settle down significantly.
Steven Pledger has decided to do the exact opposite of what he did against these guys last year so far.

 

[opsooner]

We just need to stay patient and cannot force passes. We can get good shots and follows.

McGruder hit some really tough shots there and credit to him. He is playing very well this year.

 

[globecode]

Let's see how we respond to this run

 

[PeteHoops]

Down by 5 with KSU 6 made 3's is fortunate.

 

[JBaker]

We just need to stay patient and cannot force passes. We can get good shots and follows.

McGruder hit some really tough shots there and credit to him. He is playing very well this year.

He didn't have anybody within 5 feet of him at the catch on any of those shots, they weren't tough.

I've just gotten tired of the last 4 years of basketball seeing our fans say, "Man, we are so unlucky, somehow everybody has their best shooting performance of the year against us." Consistent jump shooting isn't about luck. It's due to bad defense.

Like I said, the defense was looking pretty solid, then we just did a bad job on McGruder for that stretch.

And our offense is just terrible so far.

 

[opsooner]

He didn't have anybody within 5 feet of him at the catch on any of those shots, they weren't tough.

Several were contested. Agree that we need to tighten it up though.

 

[NickZepp]

We are not doing a good job of taking care of the basketball and are playing bad defense in the half court. We may get blown out if we keep on doing both of those.

 

[opsooner]

Yet another senseless forced pass.

 

[JBaker]

11 TOs in one freaking half...
Several the ball just going through people's hands. Like 4 on Pledger alone.

 

[JBaker]

We are not doing a good job of taking care of the basketball and are playing bad defense in the half court. We may get blown out if we keep on doing both of those.

It is certainly well on its way to that.

Pledger needs to ride pine bad.

 

[NickZepp]

As bad as we played the last 5 minutes we should be down a lot more.

 

[opsooner]

Very disappointing. Bad passes and letting guards come from behind to steal the ball. Too many empty possessions.

 

[JBaker]

So far our offense has consisted of dribbling 25 feet from the basket, waiting for the double team, and then forcing a pass at another player. Or getting our pocket picked first.

K-State ended the half on an 18-6 run.

Our two leading scorers, Pledger and Osby have brought pretty much nothing to the table in the first half.

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

11 TOs in one freaking half...
Several the ball just going through people's hands. Like 4 on Pledger alone.

16-4 in points off turnovers.

I think we were up 21-17 with the ball. Since then what, 18-6? Ugh.

 

[pnkranger]

Buddy's had some good looks from 3 as well. It feels like we're rushing it on both ends of the floor. We need to calm down.

 

[opsooner]

Anxious to see how we look in early 2nd. I think it will tell us whether we still have a chance or not.

The sad part is - when watching this when we were not turning it over I felt like we had the better team.