Finally a foul!

Kaluma

Boom!  What a series.  Kaluma three.  Kaluma switching with Kent and stoning the big guy inside and getting the board.  Tre hitting the three.

Loving the effort tonight.

Early pitch action in transition is a great plus. Little action like that creates advantage. Are we always going to get a made 3? No, but it triggers the dominoes to allow us to get an advantage downhill. Tempo/pace would help this group SUBSTANTIALLY. 

Dumb foul by Kent. To the free throw line. 

Next possession after the Grill made 3 is an awful possession resulting in a <15% three point shot. 

1 minute ago, tylerlindsey2111 said:

Next possession after the Grill made 3 is an awful possession resulting in a <15% three point shot. 

Pope doesn’t have the speed to get by his man. 

Good effort so far. 

Big thing we’ve learned this year in portal era.. 

 

just because you were good at a good mid major, does not mean you can be really effective at this level. Larry/Kent are good examples. Not terrible, but nowhere near productive, good SEC players. 

Nice oop to cap our scoring.

I'll take a 14 point win.

Ranked W for RT?

1 minute ago, Jordan91 said:

Pope doesn’t have the speed to get by his man. 

Agreed, but that’s a possession that was doomed to die from outset. He’s given ball in iso set after Kent has taken life out of possession. No, he’s not a finisher or driver, but we’ve gotta be better in our initial after a make flow than just coming down and standing. 

1 minute ago, tylerlindsey2111 said:

Big thing we’ve learned this year in portal era.. 

 

just because you were good at a good mid major, does not mean you can be really effective at this level. Larry/Kent are good examples. Not terrible, but nowhere near productive, good SEC players. 

Those guys came quickly to Texas. 

Pope is not this team’s issue; the idea Pope is a supplier of offense for others is an issue. 

Just now, Jordan91 said:

Those guys came quickly to Texas. 

Larry is from Frisco, went to Lone Star and the iSchool. Idk about Kent. 

1 minute ago, tylerlindsey2111 said:

Agreed, but that’s a possession that was doomed to die from outset. He’s given ball in iso set after Kent has taken life out of possession. No, he’s not a finisher or driver, but we’ve gotta be better in our initial after a make flow than just coming down and standing. 

Twice Kent has dribbled once and stopped. 

1 minute ago, tylerlindsey2111 said:

Pope is not this team’s issue; the idea Pope is a supplier of offense for others is an issue. 

No he’s been scoring really well. 

Larry has had a pretty good game so far.  A couple of nice assists.  3/4 from the line.  Taking it to the rim instead of doing nothing with the dribble.  He should have gotten another foul call, but he refs swallowed the whistle on the play.  I have little problem with Larry's play today.  He was worse than terrible Saturday, but whatever Terry told him after that game seems to have resonated.  At least it has so far.  Let's hope he keeps it up.

He's not Hawkins, but did we expect him to be?

On Pope’s last three I could tell it was short. Mark was on the other end and could see the same. He made no effort to go get the board

Shedrick once again is getting a few rebounds but providing nothing else.  He can't drive.  He can't pass.  He can't shoot outside of a few feet.  His profile at Virginia was as a rebounder/shot blocker.  He is that profile.  I had always hoped for more from him after that first few games he had last year, but we just haven't seen it.

Pope dribbled 24 seconds away on that possession.

Then he turned it over and committed the foul on the next.

Looked intentional 

And Pope comes out about 3 minutes too late.  He was awful from the get-go this half.

Nice drive and dish by Tre.