Hoops: Texas vs. No. 22 Missouri Game Thread

Must win game for the Horns tonight.

8pm CST on SEC Network

Texas owes Caleb Grill one. 

I mentioned on the other thread about Missouri's offense being superior to its defense.  Robinson draws a lot of contact as a PG, shooting almost as many fta as pga.  That'll put pressure on our defense.  Missouri also shoots very well from everywhere on the court and gets to the line a lot as a team, averaging 25 fta per game in conference.  If we are short handed, we may run into foul trouble or wind up having to give away baskets. 

On defense, Missouri forces a lot of turnovers, so we need to watch those after 15 and 14 the last two games.

Gates's team went 0-18 in conference last year, and 3 starters and the sixth man this year were big parts of that winless team.  Now Missouri is 4-1 in conference with its only non-con losses being in a one possession game to Illinois and in a game it let get away from it in the second half in Memphis in the season opener, and it has three easy home wins over LSU, Vandy, and Arky, the last being by 19 points.  I suspect Missouri admins are very happy they didn't jettison Gates after he went winless in conference last season.  Of course, it would have been a big buyout to swallow since Missouri extended him after the 2022-2023 season.  I always thought he was a good coach despite the disaster of 2023-24. 

1 hour ago, BobInHouston said:

Texas owes Caleb Grill one. 

That was such a cowardly play. 

We'll miss the first how many minutes of this game due to Vandy-Alabama going long?  3?  5?

Ah, they finally put it up on SEC+

And Julian Larry just put his knees into Grill's face and got two free throws.

Good to see Larry take it all the way to the rim.

Just now, BobInHouston said:

And Julian Larry just put his knees into Grill's face and got two free throws.

Must have heard about the thing that happened 2 years ago in Ames.

Bad to see Larry try to drive into the paint and lose the dribble.

But at least he tried to get in the paint.

Pryor in early. 

Kaluma looking for Manute Bol with that pass.

Alley oop to a guarded man from 28 feet out rarely works.

Johnson creamed twice in one play.  no calls.

1 minute ago, bierce said:

Johnson creamed twice in one play.  no calls.

He should be as physical with Missouri as he was with the trainer checking on him. 

Kent with the steal, drive the length, and pull up jumper.

DUDE!

Kent trying a bounce pass from the perimeter through a defender's body.

UNDUDE!

Second time a Missouri player has collected a rebound while lying on the floor.

Pope hit the three while Johnson is wondering how much punishment he has to absorb before a foul is called.

Pretty drive and pull up by Pope.

Shedrick and Onyema both on the bench with 2 fouls for the last 6 minutes.  Kent has to show on the boards. 

Johnson finally draws a foul.

Larry didn't get the foul call, but I'm still glad to see him go all the way to the rim. 

1 minute ago, bierce said:

Larry didn't get the foul call, but I'm still glad to see him go all the way to the rim. 

Good defense but like the aggressiveness.