Senior Night OU vs Cincinnati 7pm CST on ESPN+

[TEvans4Three]

Wow, just realized...Uzan with a 33 ORtg...holy s*** that is bad

 

[BoulderSooner]

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[bearcreekfan]

Wow, just realized...Uzan with a 33 ORtg...holy s*** that is bad

When he fouled out and they showed 2pts next to his name on the TV, I just shook my head, pointed it out to my wife, and relived in my mind all his missed layups and short bunnies from the game.

 

[Boom Soon]

When he fouled out and they showed 2pts next to his name on the TV, I just shook my head, pointed it out to my wife, and relived in my mind all his missed layups and short bunnies from the game.

Uzan=Bienemy

 

[WTSooner]

Uzan and Oweh are why I prefer recruiting good basketball players over recruiting impressive athletes.

I get it, you can't really make a kid fast or bigger/longer, but I've seen a lot of examples of us not being able to make athletic kids good, skilled basketball players in an appropriate amount of time either.

You think back to a lot of the OU greats.....I'm not saying they weren't athletic, but guys like Buddy, Ace, Hollis, Najera, Nolan Johnson, Erdmann (quick list, don't nit pick it) were a lot more basketball player than athlete.

A good mix is probably the right answer, but it just really feels like this team is missing the skilled basketball players (specifically looking at the guard spots).

Last night's game also gave me flashbacks to the OU football team and how they always seem to play to the level of their competition. I know we ultimately won, and I know we were missing JM (they were missing a starter too, I believe), but I expected a better start to the game, a better game plan early, more energy, and all of that jazz in our final home game of the season with an NCAA Tournament birth on the line. To play up to Houston and down to Cincy was frustrating to watch for much of the game. Again, OU football does the same crap and it maddens me.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

When he fouled out and they showed 2pts next to his name on the TV, I just shook my head, pointed it out to my wife, and relived in my mind all his missed layups and short bunnies in conference play

fify

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Uzan and Oweh are why I prefer recruiting good basketball players over recruiting impressive athletes.

I get it, you can't really make a kid fast or bigger/longer, but I've seen a lot of examples of us not being able to make athletic kids good, skilled basketball players in an appropriate amount of time either.

You think back to a lot of the OU greats.....I'm not saying they weren't athletic, but guys like Buddy, Ace, Hollis, Najera, Nolan Johnson, Erdmann (quick list, don't nit pick it) were a lot more basketball player than athlete.

A good mix is probably the right answer, but it just really feels like this team is missing the skilled basketball players (specifically looking at the guard spots).

Last night's game also gave me flashbacks to the OU football team and how they always seem to play to the level of their competition. I know we ultimately won, and I know we were missing JM (they were missing a starter too, I believe), but I expected a better start to the game, a better game plan early, more energy, and all of that jazz in our final home game of the season with an NCAA Tournament birth on the line. To play up to Houston and down to Cincy was frustrating to watch for much of the game. Again, OU football does the same crap and it maddens me.

is uzan really an impressive athlete (relatively of course)?

 

[steverocks35]

Uzan and Oweh are why I prefer recruiting good basketball players over recruiting impressive athletes.

I get it, you can't really make a kid fast or bigger/longer, but I've seen a lot of examples of us not being able to make athletic kids good, skilled basketball players in an appropriate amount of time either.

You think back to a lot of the OU greats.....I'm not saying they weren't athletic, but guys like Buddy, Ace, Hollis, Najera, Nolan Johnson, Erdmann (quick list, don't nit pick it) were a lot more basketball player than athlete.

A good mix is probably the right answer, but it just really feels like this team is missing the skilled basketball players (specifically looking at the guard spots).

Last night's game also gave me flashbacks to the OU football team and how they always seem to play to the level of their competition. I know we ultimately won, and I know we were missing JM (they were missing a starter too, I believe), but I expected a better start to the game, a better game plan early, more energy, and all of that jazz in our final home game of the season with an NCAA Tournament birth on the line. To play up to Houston and down to Cincy was frustrating to watch for much of the game. Again, OU football does the same crap and it maddens me.

I agree. Some people want to anoint Moser the savior of OU basketball after last night's terrible performance against one of the worst teams in the league. I maintain that he's a good defensive coach and an average offensive coach. I also think he's a bad fit for OU. Just my personal opinion. If he makes a deep run in the tournament I could change my opinion. But this view has been formed over a large sample size the last three years. We'll see what happens.

 

[StoopsBros]

 

[IndySooner]

I agree. Some people want to anoint Moser the savior of OU basketball after last night's terrible performance against one of the worst teams in the league. I maintain that he's a good defensive coach and an average offensive coach. I also think he's a bad fit for OU. Just my personal opinion. If he makes a deep run in the tournament I could change my opinion. But this view has been formed over a large sample size the last three years. We'll see what happens.

Three years is a minimum sample size, not a large sample size.

 

[steverocks35]

Three years is a minimum sample size, not a large sample size.

So approximately 100 games is not a large enough sample size? What would be a large enough sample size for you to form an opinion about a coach?

 

[WichitaSooner]

Three years is a minimum sample size, not a large sample size.

100 games and many thousands of possessions with three very different rosters isn't enough for an intelligent basketball fan to form a reasonable opinion on someone's coaching style/ability? How long does it take? Is Scott Drew still in his early days? Self? izzo?

 

[IndySooner]

100 games and many thousands of possessions with three very different rosters isn't enough for an intelligent basketball fan to form a reasonable opinion on someone's coaching style/ability? How long does it take? Is Scott Drew still in his early days? Self? izzo?

He said it was a large sample size. I'm saying it's the minimum sample size. That's all.

 

[WTSooner]

He said it was a large sample size. I'm saying it's the minimum sample size. That's all.

How about nearly 20 full seasons as a HC? Large enough?

 

[IndySooner]

How about nearly 20 full seasons as a HC? Large enough?

Sure. As long as you're taking the outside factors into context, which I know many of you are not.

 

[steverocks35]

He said it was a large sample size. I'm saying it's the minimum sample size. That's all.

Clearly it is not the minimum sample size. Do you know what the word "minimum" means?

 

[CoachTalk]

Sigh…. Thought they’d skip today since we won.

 

[WTSooner]

Sigh…. Thought they’d skip today since we won.

Go do your job. Those kids aren't going to teach themselves.

 

[WTSooner]

Sure. As long as you're taking the outside factors into context, which I know many of you are not.

That's why I love the conference record. Those are the peer teams for the schools PM has coached at.

There is a reason he never sniffed a good job before making that run to the FF at Loyola. He didn't suddenly learn how to be a great coach that season.

 

[OULad]

Cincinnati isnt terrible. Winning without McCollum is big. Just be happy.