**Official Tech vs OU**

[SleestakSooner]

OU starting off badly at home as is usual... :(

[SleestakSooner]

for those watching on the tube, how does the crowd look? I can barely hear them is why I am wondering.

TTU 4
OU 2

[Newbomb Turk]

AJ finally scores.
4-2 Tech

[Newbomb Turk]

for those watching on the tube, how does the crowd look? I can barely hear them is why I am wondering.

I haven't seen a good shot of the the crowd, but I see plenty of empty seats.

4-4

[SleestakSooner]

L2 scores... tied at 4

[King Crimson]

back from Target, just in time to see AJ rejected by the rim.

[SleestakSooner]

I haven't seen a good shot of the the crowd, but I see plenty of empty seats.

4-4

This is really sad, if I wasn't stuck working I'd be there to dog Bobby Knight, even if I thought we were gonna lose!

[SleestakSooner]

Taylor stepping it up a bit is nice. Tech is the kind of team he can do some damage against.

[Newbomb Turk]

nice D vs. the motion O so far.

[King Crimson]

Taylor stepping it up a bit is nice. Tech is the kind of team he can do some damage against.

i hope so. any team we put on the floor is gonna have a hard time scoring points w/out Blake to keep people honest. otherwise, teams will dare us to beat them from the outside (like last year)....and we rarely shoot above 40% without the better looks people give us when they have to sag on Blake.

[SleestakSooner]

first lead for OU comes off a free throw

tech comes right back and scores two to go back up by one

TTU 8
OU 7

[Newbomb Turk]

Taylor does not need to be shooting from the outside.

[SleestakSooner]

Longar misses a freebie, but nails the second.

TTU 11
OU 8

ugly game with tons of turnovers so far

[King Crimson]

turnovers, inability to finish=last year.

[Newbomb Turk]

lordy, we can look like crap on offense.

[SleestakSooner]

Taylor does not need to be shooting from the outside.

amen

NT does it look as ugly as it sounds?

[Newbomb Turk]

amen

NT does it look as ugly as it sounds?

probably worse.

[SleestakSooner]

How in the **** do we leave Zeno wide open twice in a row?

O'Leary hits a 3 to make it 15-11 Knightmares up

[King Crimson]

if we can get some good minutes and 10 points from Leary that would be nifty.

otherwise we score about 55 and probably lose.

[King Crimson]

we lose people on the baseline in that 1-3-1, 2-2-1 zone we play. whatever it is. replay shows it.

i'm calling that 3 turnovers in our last 5 possessions without getting a shot off.

[Newbomb Turk]

who wears short-shorts?

Stacey King wears short-shorts.

[King Crimson]

just call me mister sunshine, btw.

[King Crimson]

i'm calling that 3 turnovers in our last 5 possessions without getting a shot off.

4 of 6.

Tech gives it back.

[Newbomb Turk]

2 fg's in 7 minutes.

shades of Kelvin ball.

[King Crimson]

Crocker!

i almost forgot he played for us.

[SleestakSooner]

Sooners on a mini run now

TTU 17
OU 16

7:50 to go in the first half

[Newbomb Turk]

Crocker!

i almost forgot he played for us.

he's gonna have to be a more consistent scorer if we want to contend at all.

[SleestakSooner]

2 fg's in 7 minutes.

shades of Kelvin ball.

True NT but in this case it's the right way to play it. Try to slow the game down, keep it ugly and hope we can find a way to score enough points. With such a depleted roster what else would you have Capel do?

[SleestakSooner]

Zeno back at it again... OU down 3 now TTU ball.

[Newbomb Turk]

With such a depleted roster what else would you have Capel do?

the two field goals in 7 minutes had nothing to do with slowing the game down.

I do agree with your thought though.

[Newbomb Turk]

Longar needs to take Zeno out.


;)

[King Crimson]

circus shot by the white guy from Tech.

[King Crimson]

c'mon Taylor, jsut control the ball. you ain't Dominique Wilkins.

[crawfish]

What's the deal with Johnson? He's not even looking for the shot.

[SleestakSooner]

TTU 26
OU 23

Halftime

[King Crimson]

ugly.

see how they stacked the baseline on the bottom of the TV there...and got *2* guys open. bad pass and we collapse in time.

i will say that RMK's teams have run us (Kelvin's teams) ragged on backdoor and easy layups at times. at least that's not the case today. playing solid D. Tech helping us some by 1. not being very good and 2. sloppy with the pill.

[SleestakSooner]

Longar needs to take Zeno out.


;)

I say let Longar inbound the ball from in front of the Tech bench. :D

[SleestakSooner]

GLARINGLY bad stat, OU had NO assists at all in the first half. Come on AJ wtf?

[Newbomb Turk]

Maryland has UNC down in Chapel Hill. USC the same on UCLA.

[Newbomb Turk]

two other pretty good games on, but I'll stick with the Sooners.

[SleestakSooner]

Tech 31
OU 27

4th team foul on OU already this half

Taylor makes a tough bank cutting the lead to two

[SleestakSooner]

grrrr Zeno again, when does that ****er graduate?

Godbold hits one to cut the lead to two again

OU rebound

[Newbomb Turk]

we can get close, but just can't seem to take the lead.

[Newbomb Turk]

we suck at shooting the 3.

[Newbomb Turk]

Crocker keeping us in the game.

still sucking at the 3.

[SleestakSooner]

after missing a TON of 3-point shots Crocker scores again on one of his crazy floaters

TTU 38
OU 35

[SleestakSooner]

11:34 to go

TTU 40
OU 35

Don't most teams shoot better at home???

[SleestakSooner]

well I get to go home and watch the rest of this now... yippee!

[crawfish]

The answer EVERY time we challenge. Dangit.

[Rhino]

L2 just let out the "LET'S GO MUTHA*******!" yell.

It's on now.

[crawfish]

YESSS!!!

[SleestakSooner]

Refs seem to be helping TTU, figures...

[King Crimson]

from the stripe:

Tech 10-11
OU 4-8

[King Crimson]

into the bonus.

Tech one foul away from the double

[Paperclip]

Taylor's answering the bell.

[SoonerStormchaser]

I just want to go on the record saying that I think Booby Knight is the biggest ******rocket in all of college basketball.

Carry on.

[Newbomb Turk]

Taylor's answering the bell.

I'd say he is!

[Paperclip]

Is there a ref anywhere that has the stones to T up Bobby?

[Newbomb Turk]

good - Carolina lost.

[Paperclip]

For good or bad, it seems Godbold is not afraid to take a shot.

[King Crimson]

awwright guys. way to hang in there.

[SleestakSooner]

it's not pretty but somehow the young Sooners have fought their way to a three point lead!

TTU 52
OU 55

3:56 left!

[Newbomb Turk]

For good or bad, it seems Godbold is not afraid to take a shot.

heh - no he's not.

[King Crimson]

big possession here....

[SleestakSooner]

Crocker for a HUGE 3!

[Paperclip]

I never thought I'd see the day Longar had that move. Impressive.

[SleestakSooner]

Dammit Tech comes right back for a 3 but L2 makes a sweet move to put OU up by 5 again

[birddog]

man, this is risky business. please let us beat the general.

[SleestakSooner]

TTU 55
OU 60

2:02 left

[Newbomb Turk]

I never thought I'd see the day Longar had that move. Impressive.

I remember the day the guy couldn't hang on to the ball - hands of stone.

[Newbomb Turk]

just gotta go down to the wire.

[Newbomb Turk]

that was a fun game.

nice win.

suck it Bobby.

[Rhino]

WOOHOO!

Great win!

[King Crimson]

whew.

that was a must win.

[SleestakSooner]

Kind of a wild ending but the Sooners squeek out a two point victory. Knight even shook Capel's hand afterward.

[Paperclip]

that was a fun game.

nice win.

suck it Bobby.

yes, yes, and yes

[SleestakSooner]

Who was it that said earlier in this thread that Taylor Griffin would have a good game against Tech?




Oh yeah that was me ;)

[silverwheels]

Eat a ****, Bob Knight.

[william_brasky]

pure guts out there today

[SleestakSooner]

That KSU loss still stings but look what they are doing to aTm right now!

It is in Manhattan but still they are up by 18 with two minutes left! :eek:

[tommieharris91]

ATM = overrated.

OU showed a lot of fight today, but I don't think we played as well as we could have. I did expect lower scoring and fewer possessions because Blake is out, but today showed we really need him back. OU needs someone (other than Crocker and Longar) to step up and really score on the offensive end, and I'm glad Taylor was hitting shots and grabbing boards. I hope he keeps this up and becomes someone who can score some points off the bench. That and I wish Godbold would hit more shots, but he did chip in and he made a big basket toward the end.

[SleestakSooner]

KU is obviously the top team, after that I really don't know who should be next. Baylor is looking decent but haven't really been tested by a good team yet. Texass seems mediocre and aTm the same. KSU may just be the second best team in the league right now!

If Blake can make it back soon and the team can keep pulling out victories until he does I like our chances of going .500 in the league. Right now the Sooners need another road win or two though.

[birddog]

Right now the Sooners need another road win or two though.

i don't see where we will get one. maybe cu? it's just hard to win on the road when you don't have alot of scoring options off the bench.

[stoopified]

i don't see where we will get one. maybe cu? it's just hard to win on the road when you don't have alot of scoring options off the bench.If Blake comes back 100% I like OUr chances to take 2of 3 fromTT,osu,NU.

[SleestakSooner]

i don't see where we will get one. maybe cu? it's just hard to win on the road when you don't have alot of scoring options off the bench.

After losing to KSU at home, the Sooners have to win all their remaining home games and at least one on the road to make .500 in conference play. Not saying they will do that definately, but it's still quite possible.

[OUSKINS]

Crocker saved the day today.....again.

Go back and look at all of our close wins and you'll find Crocker making some huge shots.

Down 45-38 today, things weren't looking good, but Crocker came down and hit a three with a man in his face. That got us back within 4, and from there, we never looked back.

Taylor was excellent down the stretch as well, but Crocker has been our go-to guy all season when our offense needs some ressurecting.

IMO, the improvement of Crocker from last year is profound, and yet another example of Capel's influence on this team/program.

Good win today-- that's what we need to do w/o Blake. Turn it into a grudge-match, because we're pretty darn good in those "who wants it more" type of situations.

My only real complaint from today came at the end of the game...

What was AJ thinking? There was barely a 3 second difference in the shot clock and game clock. We could have simply held the ball and throw it high in the air before the shot clock buzzer and time would have expired. Instead, AJ headed to the hoop with over 10 seconds left, threw up a wild shot, and gave TT a chance to tie or win at the buzzer. Thank God it didn't cost us.

[SleestakSooner]

Crocker saved the day today.....again.

Go back and look at all of our close wins and you'll find Crocker making some huge shots.

Down 45-38 today, things weren't looking good, but Crocker came down and hit a three with a man in his face. That got us back within 4, and from there, we never looked back.

Taylor was excellent down the stretch as well, but Crocker has been our go-to guy all season when our offense needs some ressurecting.

IMO, the improvement of Crocker from last year is profound, and yet another example of Capel's influence on this team/program.

Good win today-- that's what we need to do w/o Blake. Turn it into a grudge-match, because we're pretty darn good in those "who wants it more" type of situations.

My only real complaint from today came at the end of the game...

What was AJ thinking? There was barely a 3 second difference in the shot clock and game clock. We could have simply held the ball and throw it high in the air before the shot clock buzzer and time would have expired. Instead, AJ headed to the hoop with over 10 seconds left, threw up a wild shot, and gave TT a chance to tie or win at the buzzer. Thank God it didn't cost us.

I agree that Crocker has been much better this year, and I do like him with the ball in his hands if a shot needs to be taken. I just don't like how emotional he gets when he's challenged. If he would keep his head I feel he would be more consistent. Hopefully Coach is already teaching him that as well.

To me though, Longar playing with aggressive confidence is the biggest difference between this year and last.

AJ has been a huge disappointment in home games this season. I know he's been playing hurt and that is probably the cause. But man he's been playing like **** at home and until the Kansas game was doing great on the road... what is up with that? His g/f needs to quit going to the home games or something!

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I guess the only positive from an injury to a star is it forces others to step up their game and develop a little faster..Maybe by the time BG gets back a couple of others are full of confidence and can play well with him

[Soonerus]

I now think Longar has a legit shot at the NBA...

[Newbomb Turk]

too legit to quit....

[cheezyq]

AJ has been a huge disappointment in home games this season. I know he's been playing hurt and that is probably the cause.

AJ...hurt? Surely you jest....

There are times where I really appreciate AJ, but he needs to start playing with a full suit of armor...or at least hit the weights once in a while.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

too legit to quit....


hey hey

[Ash]

When he's focused, Crocker is our best on-the-ball defender.

[GrapevineSooner]

KU is obviously the top team, after that I really don't know who should be next.

I think K-State's making a pretty good bid at being the 2nd best team in the conference. Then I think it's Texas and a bunch of other teams in the mix (including OU).

[King Crimson]

K-state will beat some people, but i suspect lose some they maybe ought not. though, playing ISU, NU, and CU twice will pad the W-L.

[Ash]

K-state will beat some people, but i suspect lose some they maybe ought not. though, playing ISU, NU, and CU twice will pad the W-L.

Agreed, that's the been their MO this season. They are a talented team, Huggy Bear didn't leave the cupboard bare there and they've actually been playing without a key player for most of the season.

You just have to wonder if their staff, who is there so Beasley wouldn't leave, can coach them through a tough confernece.

[Salt City Sooner]

Agreed, that's the been their MO this season. They are a talented team, Huggy Bear didn't leave the cupboard bare there and they've actually been playing without a key player for most of the season.

You just have to wonder if their staff, who is there so Beasley wouldn't leave, can coach them through a tough confernece.
& they'll continue to do so. Hoskins had surgery yesterday & is officially out for the year. Word is he'll seek a medical 'shirt.