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Ruuuuuufus
11/12/2005, 11:43 PM
Austin Johnson was out for the game so we pretty much rotated two units in and out. Final score was 118-60 OU.

The first unit, which were the starters, consisted of Gray, Bookout, Everett, Walker and Carter. The second unit was Longar, Griffin, Neal, Godbold and Sampson. The only other player on the bench was Ott, who got in some during the end of the 2nd half.

Both units worked pretty well. Both Gray and Bookout played as usual. The important thing I think was just that they both stay healthy. Everett was great again tonight and makes some nice cuts to the basket. Walker played much better tonight and was a force on defense. He is very quick laterally and also played well when they were showing their press defense. Tonight was Carter's first game as a Sooner. He got off to a slow start but settled down later in the game.

The second unit worked well. I have to take back some of what I said about Longar last week. He does look like he has improved some from last year (and probably should not redshirt after all.) He seems to have settled down a bit and played some great defense tonight. Longar has great instincts on D and in time could become the complete player we're hoping. He still is having some problems boxing out but when he got the ball in the paint offensively he was making a few more things happen. Also Longar shot much better free throws tonight than I ever saw last year. I think he ended up w/ 17 pts and 13 rebounds. Griffin is going to contribute alot this year. All I can say is that he is really really strong. All those shots that Neal missed last week seemed to fall for him tonight. He really had a good stroke from 3 pt land tonight and ended up with 20+ points. I think he had four 3 pointers. Kellen and Godbold rounded out the second unit.

Pembroke didn't really have a true center and all 5 of their guys played the perimeter at times offensively. We played man defense the whole night and it wasn't uncommon to see Bookout's/Gray's/Longar's man shooting from behind the arc. They moved the ball well and had a few open 3 pt looks that they knocked down. Despite the fact that we beat them by more points, Pembroke is better than the Northeastern St team we played last week.

The crowd was pretty good. I'm not great at estimating numbers but it seemed like there were around 5-6000 there. Alot of the freshmen from the football team were there too. Duke Robinson is huge...

Our shooting - free throw, fg, 3 pt - was much better tonight. Here's to a great season. :D

Mjcpr
11/12/2005, 11:50 PM
In other news, I beat my 11 year old this afternoon in one-on-one football 412-0.

Just kidding Ruuuu. Good summary, thanks for sharing.

jkm, the stolen pifwafwi
11/13/2005, 12:49 AM
griffin reminds me a lot of carlos boozer

jdsooner
11/13/2005, 12:54 AM
The halftime entertainment was interesting. I have never seen an all male Chinese dance team before!

IronHorseSooner
11/13/2005, 06:27 AM
This is the Mike Neal that we expected. When he gets in a groove, he's automatic. I think being healthier than the first exhibition, and the oppotunity to get more practice shots, helped him. A shooter needs repitition more than any other type of BBALL player....Griffin is a monster inside. There won't be many (if any) teams around the conference and country who have a stronger and more active front line. If people around the country don't believe that Everett is one of the best guards in the country, then they just don't understand BBALL.

stoopified
11/13/2005, 08:42 AM
In other news, I beat my 11 year old this afternoon in one-on-one football 412-0.

Just kidding Ruuuu. Good summary, thanks for sharing.No mercy rule?Just remember that someday your son will most likely be bigger,stronger, and faster than you and he will always be younger.Payback is a bitch.

TopDawg
11/13/2005, 09:45 AM
They need to work on better audio coreography when the team comes out on the court. It was awkward all around.

There were several other weird mixes and uses of audio during the game.

TopDawg
11/13/2005, 09:46 AM
By the way, biggest story of the game: Sampson's jacket stayed on until the 5:44 mark of the 1st half.

OklahomaTrombone
11/13/2005, 11:40 AM
So how did the bigs do against their man popping out? Because we are probably going to see that against West Virginia with Pittsnoggle(sp?)

GottaHavePride
11/13/2005, 12:02 PM
The halftime entertainment was interesting. I have never seen an all male Chinese dance team before!
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/yatta.html

WARNING: actually, if you don't know what yatta is by now, you deserve this link. ;)

NickZeppelin
11/13/2005, 12:26 PM
By the way, biggest story of the game: Sampson's jacket stayed on until the 5:44 mark of the 1st half.

That's gotta be a record. Even for an exhibition game.

JohnnyMack
11/13/2005, 01:16 PM
So how did the bigs do against their man popping out? Because we are probably going to see that against West Virginia with Pittsnoggle(sp?)

I just like to say Pittsnoggle.

Pittsnoggle, pittsnoggle, pittsnoggle.


































Pittsnoggle.

TopDawg
11/14/2005, 09:41 AM
Oh, and it was the best national anthem ever.

boomersooner28
11/14/2005, 02:11 PM
In other news....Earlsboro beat Hanna 112-2.


I wish I was kidding. :eek:

NormanPride
11/14/2005, 05:37 PM
Griffin is huge. As jkm said, he looks a lot like Boozer, though he looks a bit bigger IMO. It may have been that I was sitting closer than I've ever sat before. At any rate, he's got a great touch, and good moves. I can't wait to see him learn how to frustrate the big guys like Bookout does.

In other news, I was sitting behind two guys who looked to be scouts or something. I have no clue who they were, but the old guy looked really familiar somehow. They did get pumped up on a couple of Taj and Everett's moves, I think.

stoops the eternal pimp
11/14/2005, 06:46 PM
what about the dragon B team...Could they not afford fuzzy pants for the 2nd group of guys....they were believable dragons til the guys who were wearing black pants started in...I knew then that they werent real

IronHorseSooner
11/15/2005, 12:27 AM
I can't wait until a few days and I get to see these guys play in person...While on leave, my sports tour will begin with watching my Wardogs in Clinton (I predict that they will at least score), and then watching the Sooners BBALL team. From what everybody's saying, Griffin looks Schwartzeneggarian!

Jeopardude
11/15/2005, 11:52 AM
what about the dragon B team...Could they not afford fuzzy pants for the 2nd group of guys....they were believable dragons til the guys who were wearing black pants started in...I knew then that they werent real

Yeah, I was calling this knight I know to come kill the dragons. But those black pants made me realize it was a hoax.:rolleyes: