The ball moved around the floor better today and shooting percentage went up to 56% and 47% from three.  Those percentages will win in any gym. We get into trouble when the offense is get it to Johnson and watch.

18 minutes ago, Burnt Orange Horn said:

I thought Pryor was injured earlier this season?

Missed the first 2 games of the season then built up from there. Averaged about 10 minutes a game against the bad non conference opponents.

34 minutes ago, Burnt Orange Horn said:

I thought Pryor was injured earlier this season?

Codie. 

Back from picking up my granddaughter and watching the 2d half that I recorded. Having read all your comments the second half is now going as I anticipated!  But I get to fast forward through commercials.

Don't look now (or do), but Pomeroy now favors us to win all but two of our remaining games, and he has us in a one point loss at home to Bama and a 3 point loss @ Mississippi State.  Most margins of victory are small, so he rounds the percentages to predict us to finish 9-9 in conference, but I would note that we have beaten Pomeroy's prediction in four straight games.  I don't think we're going to do anything like win out, but this team has played very well of late. 

And the players and the coach should be given credit for it.

2 hours ago, bierce said:

Pryor is someone Terry was ridiculed for recruiting.  He was an under the radar guy who was not only under the radar but reclassified to start a year early.  It was expected he wouldn't play at all last year, but he got a few minutes. 

On another site, most posters thought it was a waste of a scholarship, but I told them from the beginning that I saw a guy with major hops and agility and a nice shooting form from the perimeter.  I saw a really good player there in about 2 1/2 -- 3 years.

He might be a year ahead of schedule. 

Certainly looks the part.  Thanks for the recap!

Going to have to tip my hat to Terry and the staff as well as the players. I wrote them off but they’ve proven more resilient than I anticipated. We look like a tourney team now, let’s hope they make it!

I know LSU isn't that good this year, but man that was a straight up butt whooping. Great job by the players and coaches. 

9 hours ago, bierce said:

Don't look now (or do), but Pomeroy now favors us to win all but two of our remaining games, and he has us in a one point loss at home to Bama and a 3 point loss @ Mississippi State.  Most margins of victory are small, so he rounds the percentages to predict us to finish 9-9 in conference, but I would note that we have beaten Pomeroy's prediction in four straight games.  I don't think we're going to do anything like win out, but this team has played very well of late. 

And the players and the coach should be given credit for it.

100%. 

Every game is a big one ... but Arkansas this week in Austin certainly is ... almost a must win. Texas getting to 5-5 in SEC play before the very tough three game stretch of @ Vanderbilt, Alabama and Kentucky would be huge. 

A win over Arky and Texas will get to 8-10 for sure IMO. Then it's about the chances to finish 9-9 or even 10-8 if the Horns can beat a Kentucky team at home that is terrific on O and the opposite on D. 

Pomeroy shifted his lines a little after Arky beat UK by double digits.  We're now a 1 point dog in Fayetteville.

Edited February 2, 20251 yr by bierce

2 minutes ago, bierce said:

Pomeroy shifted his lines a little after Arky beat UK by double digits.  We're now a 2 point dog in Fayetteville.

in Austin.

53 minutes ago, TexasMDcoach said:

in Austin.

No, Pomeroy still has us an 8 point favorite in Austin, which seems more than just a tad high, but Arky was terrible on the road in before last night.

1 hour ago, bierce said:

Pomeroy shifted his lines a little after Arky beat UK by double digits.  We're now a 1 point dog in Fayetteville.

Arkansas game is here. 

57 minutes ago, bierce said:

No, Pomeroy still has us an 8 point favorite in Austin, which seems more than just a tad high, but Arky was terrible on the road in before last night.

Arkansas shot really well. Let’s see if that is the case in Austin. That team wanted to beat Kentucky for their coach. 

We rose to 25th in Net rankings this morning.  We're 4-6 in q1 games, thanks to LSU hanging on to the 75th spot, but don't expect them to stay there.  Their remaining home schedule is brutal, including Florida, Tennessee, A&M, and Mississippi. 

 

3 hours ago, bierce said:

We rose to 25th in Net rankings this morning.  We're 4-6 in q1 games, thanks to LSU hanging on to the 75th spot, but don't expect them to stay there.  Their remaining home schedule is brutal, including Florida, Tennessee, A&M, and Mississippi.

It's not like Texas can't make its own way.

Edited February 2, 20251 yr by BobInHouston

1 hour ago, BobInHouston said:

It's not like Texas can't make its own way.

Yeah, I mentioned on the other thread that LSU staying in top 75 won't matter in March.

Wonder if Texas can handle the second half the way Missouri handled the first half.