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

[KCRuf/Nek]

Got to make FT

 

[JBaker]

Same crap as last time we played them.
Sloppy as all hell all half but keep it close, and then get run off the court in the last couple minutes.

 

[El Jefe]

Good god the last 12 minutes were awful.

 

[JBaker]

Did we watch any tape of our first game against these guys?
Man, we better make some serious adjustments at halftime.

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

That smelled

 

[OklahomaLibertarian]

And people wonder why so few watch OU basketball? God that was hideous lols All those fans there and there's little excitement. Are those days gone or something?

 

[WTSooner]

Cannot play Cousins and Cam against these guys anymore than we have to. They defend way too well to have "dead offense" on the floor for too long.

It's pretty easy to slow down Osby and M'Baye if you play good defense. And we don't have the shooters to take advantage. We can play better, but this isn't a good matchup for us. Said it last time, nothing has changed.

 

[opsooner]

Ugh. Really lacked a play maker in that half. D was pretty good overall (a few breakdowns on 3s).

Need to find a way to attack them better in the second half. Hopefully, we can get some transition and Osby isolations.

 

[slappy in OP]

Very, very disappointed in that half. We need to figure something out or we blew a huge opportunity. Both teams play good D (their's is obviously somewhat better), but they have guys that can hit a shot when they need. Our guys can't and that white kid just doesn't miss. That's the difference.

 

[Escape Goat]

So many of the 3's were right on but just long. Cousins at the 1 makes me nauseous.

 

[OklahomaLibertarian]

Ugh. Really lacked a play maker in that half. D was pretty good overall (a few breakdowns on 3s).

Need to find a way to attack them better in the second half. Hopefully, we can get some transition and Osby isolations.

Yup, feel like Heild may be our best option but he plays tentative, and then when he gets aggressive he just loses the ball or does something stupideii

 

[JBaker]

We did soooo many things wrong in that half to only be down by 5.

Either we come out and correct those mistakes and win this game, or we keep making the same mistakes, get much less lucky in the second half and get blown off the floor.

 

[BigTime]

Bad last 8 minutes of the half. Cousins makes me nervous when he has the ball.

 

[stubbysooner]

I didn't think it was that bad, though we need to make more shots (duh). I'm thinking pledger will come alive in 2nd. We are still in it at least.

 

[rickjames]

Our 3 starting guards have scored a combined TWO points...yes TWO F'NG POINTS. so inconsistent from game to game. Pledger, you're a SENIOR, play like it!!

 

[38red]

I Hope Woodward has game like Rodriguez. He's good

 

[opsooner]

Bad last 8 minutes of the half. Cousins makes me nervous when he has the ball.

I agree but he also has the right idea that they are susceptible to transition baskets if we are willing to attack. Once he has it in the half court though I am also nervous.

 

[JBaker]

Our 3 starting guards have scored a combined TWO points...yes TWO F'NG POINTS. so inconsistent from game to game. Pledger, you're a SENIOR, play like it!!

Pledger's shots haven't been bad. Pretty good looks, just haven't gone down.
Overall 1-8 from 3 in the half isn't going to get it done. Make 2 more of those and we have the lead.

 

[25mob]

Did the coaches just throw away the game film from Baylor game because M'baye is back to floating around the 3 point line and dribbling out of control!

 

[OklaSooners]

When are you guys going to stop expecting anything from pledger. More games then not, he will not be a factor. He is not a good shooter. His shot looks pretty, but never consistently goes down. Let Heild or Hornbeak take his shots.