**********OU-UCLA Game Thread**********

[JBaker]

Did the bench play at all in the 2nd half?

Walker, Booker, and Bennett did.
I think Bennett just gave Spangler and Thomas like 2 minutes of rest each.
We were all starters the last 10 minutes though.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

We are about to get run out of the gym.
I've never seen a team play consistently worse in the second half than this team through 4 games.

Smug

 

[BigTime]

Smug

Weak call out

 

[SoonerBounce13]

I will be rooting against Alford from now on. What a puss

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Weak call out

It was a joke....kind of

 

[BanjoCharley]

The shooting numbers were ugly but they were also bad in the Butler/UNC game. Might have something to do with the court and being in the Bahamas lol.

It isn't easy playing with sand in your sneakers.

 

[JBaker]

Smug

I was just trying to motivate the team.
I know they check the game thread during TOs.

 

[ChongoChingi]

I will be rooting against Alford from now on. What a puss

I'm a long time Iowa Hawkeye fan. Alford is a scum bag. I was so happy when he left Iowa.

 

[TINY]

I like how Bilas says he wants less fouls called in the game but complains anytime he perceives a UCLA player was slighted a whistle.

Dude was very hard to listen to. Tried to call a foul on Thomas when he stood straight up and took an elbow to the face, causing a nose bleed.

 

[stormspencer]

Dude was very hard to listen to. Tried to call a foul on Thomas when he stood straight up and took an elbow to the face, causing a nose bleed.

Bilas has always been one of the few ESPN College basketball pundits that I had some respect for. I think he knows the game very well and offers some good insight most of the time. But he is very average (at best) at color commentating, he is much better in the studio an an analyst.

And yes, he seemed to acknowledge more fouls should have been called against OU on some UCLA drives......all the while UCLA was practically molesting us under the glass when going for a board.

 

[skyvue]

And yes, he seemed to acknowledge more fouls should have been called against OU on some UCLA drives......all the while UCLA was practically molesting us under the glass when going for a board.

He said some very positive things about us throughout the broadcast, but overall, he was VERY UCLA-centric in his commentary.

I find a lot of hoops commentators, especially, default toward favoring the traditional powers. It's like an old boys club; they all know each other and scratch each other's backs, and everyone else is like a guest at the party, decidedly outside the inner circle.

It may be like this in other sports, too; if it is in football, I probably wouldn't notice, since we're one of the elite programs. I do see it a bunch in hoops coverage, though.

Bilas also questions the officiating much more than your average commentator. He was mostly favoring the Bruins with those comments today, but he spoke up for us a handful of times, too.

 

[slappy in OP]

I finally got to watch the game tonight. Very solid win vs a good UCLA team. On to Butler.

 

[BigTime]

Booker channels his inner Jamal Crawford on those contact 3s.

 

[BigTime]

Booker - the actor!!

 

[BigTime]

Love Walkers fire!