Texas

[sybarite]

Texas had a hot night.

Most field goals in a game:

36 Northwestern State (Louisiana)
35 Houston Baptist
34 Oklahoma, TCU

We played good enough defense to win. They just shot well tonight.

Holmes' best games:

22 Houston Baptist
20 Oklahoma

Atkins' best games:

25 Iowa State
19 Oklahoma

 

[soonermom1000]

We always bring out the best in other people.....LOL

 

[inoref]

You have a similar attitude on the men's board.

Not really, the OU men are young..so there will be growing pains, we all just have to except it as bad as it hurts.

 

[Sooners4Life0101]

I really wish our point guards could see... it's the only thing we don't have. Peyton went 5-16 and Maddie only got 7 shots and we were still in the game. But we don't have a point who can get other players going.
Gabbi would be a phenomenal d2 player she'd average 40. But she can't score consistently at this level and she also can't pass- it's really kind of sad. She gives great effort. But if you don't have it- you don't have it. I think we fair better if we start letting Maddie get compfortable there.. I don't want to be prisoner of the moment, but I've just never seen anything great from her and she has the ball all game long. Also TT is not much better...

 

[skilledserv]

This game will define a lot. Texas and OU are close in talent, and they are both beginning to peak. Holmes is becoming more consistent, just as Lang is beginning to falter a bit. When Lang falters, she is still doing a good job on the boards and on defense. Holmes is still averaging only about 43% from the field, which is low for a forward.

I think Vivi-Nancy-EJ will about offset Lang-Holmes, maybe even a slight advantage to OU, except that it is in Austin.

Texas' guards killed Iowa State in the last minute or so to beat them in Ames. It was that close. I think Texas scored the last eight points in a seven point win. It was McCarty, Atkins, and Higgs that gave Iowa State fits. McCarty has always seemed pretty good against us. They are not a three-point shooting team, but they can hit them if left uncovered. But, they love to drive to the rim.

Maddie ran Atkins nuts last year. If they are matched up again, that will probably be the key matchup. Hold Atkins down, and Texas suffers. Maddie is just as athletic, and a bit longer. A good game by Maddie might mean a win, even if only on defense.

OU and Texas's talent are not close at all. There are 6 McDonald's all Americans on Texas. One on OU

 

[Hoopdreams79]

All this stuff about what award you were given ( many in the sense of the word given) is not as lopsided as one might think.
Atkins
McCarty
Hosey
Higgs
Holmes
Sutton

In the big scheme of things tx had 4 that were effective tonight and OU had none- all Americans that is! Most of the season you have gotten nothing much from Higgs tonight she was good mostly because of her athleticism- we had williams guarding her in first half and she once again never reenters. Dungee was good enough in this game as was Vivi neither AA but after that OU could not match up- little did what she does except for when on bench. You don't always have to have the best talent to win but you must be disciplined- something if OU can really work on can swing things there way- not up to coaches discipline falls on players period!

 

[gosooner2]

Texas had a hot night.

Most field goals in a game:

36 Northwestern State (Louisiana)
35 Houston Baptist
34 Oklahoma, TCU

We played good enough defense to win. They just shot well tonight.

Holmes' best games:

22 Houston Baptist
20 Oklahoma

Atkins' best games:

25 Iowa State
19 Oklahoma

Looks to me like their best games are against the weakest opponents!! Not against someone who plays good defense?

 

[oketex]

The problem last night, our guards, to many turnover with poor decisions. Once OU got behind their shots were hurried and wouldn't fall but lay this game on our guard play. I think they just don't think under pressure.

 

[soonerstar]

If it were possible to quantify basketball IQ, Peyton Little and Whitney Hand are near the top of the list in OU history.

You are absolutely correct. Peyton is the glue that holds this team together. She will be missed more than any of the other seniors next year.

 

[Mac]

Seems like Mulkey has given up a little, she's went from looking like a future All American to a possible bench role this year... It's almost a little unfair for vivi to not be starting the rest of the way...

Love Ortiz for all the little things she does, but I agree she's just not the answer at point guard, and once again proves that players don't seem to get much better under Sherri other than Drob... OU needs to land a true scoring point guard to run the show

No way Dungee should be coming off the bench...

 

[inoref]

OU is what they are..avg college team. Not calling for SC to be fired so before anyone jumps on me I will say this..Her best days are behind her, her type of recruits will win more than not. If the fans are happy with the product they see on the floor. then not much else to say. For me I would think for the kind of money being paid to the staff there has to be better options out there.

 

[Oliver Hardy]

Turnovers by TT and Ortiz -- and Maddie is up there too --- just drive me crazy. There are way too many.

Last night we didn't have much going until TT came in and then we had some fire. Every time we got close someone would do something stupid -- and most of the time that was TT and Ortiz.

I know Syb loves her, but Maddie Manning is not as good as Leah Rush, Carlee Rosthlesberger, Hand, Abi, the twins, none of them. She's OK. She plays tough defense most of the time, but that's it. You just cannot depend on her in the clutch.

Last night I was really unhappy with TT and Ortiz. I wasn't happy with Carter, who has absolutely no business in the starting line-up.

And I still don't get what the heck is up with Rich and why EJ doesn't get much time. She's better than Mulkey at this point.

I certainly think TT is much better than she was as a freshman. She's made a lot more progress than Carter, Ortiz or even Manning. But she goes loopy with the ball a lot.

I just think Sherri's teams just seem to collapse in games or in phases of games for long stretches. She hasn't been able to get the team into a complete game in -- well, I can't remember the last time to be honest.

I know coach is tough in practices and works them hard. I know she can be hard as nails if you get in her doghouse. I've been told she can be heartless at times in many ways. I just don't understand why she cannot get a team to click more continuously.

She's had this problem for years now.

We just seem to lose our heart and our head regularly. That's on the coaching team, in my view.

 

[soonermike22]

OU is what they are..avg college team. Not calling for SC to be fired so before anyone jumps on me I will say this..Her best days are behind her, her type of recruits will win more than not. If the fans are happy with the product they see on the floor. then not much else to say. For me I would think for the kind of money being paid to the staff there has to be better options out there.

I don't think a team that is ranked in top 25 is average. A team that makes 17 straight NCAA tourney appearances is ABOVE average. 9th most final 4 appearances is above average. We ought to be better, but please call us underachievers, turnover prone, or not having enough players that make clutch plays, rather than mislabel us as "average"
We will have new team leaders next year, with all these seniors leaving. I for one, await next years team to see if the problems of the last few years decrease or graduate.

 

[Hoopdreams79]

I am all for tough coaching Hardy but can you elaborate on the heartless part?

 

[inoref]

I don't think a team that is ranked in top 25 is average. A team that makes 17 straight NCAA tourney appearances is ABOVE average. 9th most final 4 appearances is above average. We ought to be better, but please call us underachievers, turnover prone, or not having enough players that make clutch plays, rather than mislabel us as "average"
We will have new team leaders next year, with all these seniors leaving. I for one, await next years team to see if the problems of the last few years decrease or graduate.

You're right..there's always next year. Maybe I been watching too much of UConn, Baylor, Maryland, ND..ect games

 

[Hoopdreams79]

It certainly thought it seemed like it could be a game then all at once if you weren't watching you would think there was no way! Again I think people on here have said it over and over- places like Texas are gonna have a more national recruiting basis simply for the things Texas offers. But OU has done a great job at staying a 3rd place team playing close games with Baylor and Texas at times- if OU can get players teams like Baylor and Texas want I think it would make all the difference it's not all about all Americans although that doesn't hurt but you have to be able to compete with the kids across from you- I don't just think what can a kid do offensively but who can they guard - it's one thing if you find a diamond in the rough but if kids are playing on the club circuit and not able to excel it's hard they will do it at the div 1 college level.

 

[Oliver Hardy]

Heartless was the wrong word. More
like being almost unwilling
to change her mind is a better description; I've heard some people close to the program say.


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[Oliver Hardy]

Stubborn but not in a mean way.


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[sybarite]

If I had been game-planning the Texas game, I don't think I would have concentrated on stopping jump shots by Lang, Holmes, and Atkins. They were about 50%, 43%, and 50% shooters (combined 61% against us) who earned their living with layups, not jump shots. Texas had two kids have the best game of their careers.

Yet, as Sherri said, it was a one-possession, two-possession game until the very end. Something about the TT technical was just the final blow. We seemed to get to within four several times, only to have a bounce result in Texas extending what should have been a defensive stop into three. We had a rather absurd call on Gioya. Yes, she may have used her elbow. But, the girl jumped all over her and stuck her leg out to impede or trip Gioya---no call. That was a blocking foul before it was an elbow.

With 4:41 left, Texas lead by two. Free throws at the end turned it into sixteen points. No way that should have been.

We didn't have anyone who had a career night. They had a couple. They barely escaped.