bierce

Great look and pass by Kent to Tre

Mark up and walking off. Don't know what that was. Slight limp.

Mark down.

Johnson heating up. Hit a pair of 3s and a two on the baseline. Just blocked a shot by a Tenn guard. Whole team came out to midcourt to greet guys on floor when timeout called. Texas up 48-45 11:57 to go, and place is finally loud.

F'ing tv timeouts

Larry steal and layup and we're up 3

A chance for our first lead since Tenn tied it at 26 after Mark scored in transition and was fouled.

Barnes with short fuse early. Pulled guy after one possession for a dumb pass.

Down 2 at the half in game the opponents hit 6/11 3s to our 4/13. Our hot stretch was fueled primarily by turnovers and transition offense.

Kent's ability to finish in the lane is questionable.

Ziegler on the floor after getting crunched between Mark and Johnson on a rebound.

Ziegler has no chance to defend Tre.

And suddenly back to no one moving on offense

Forced shot clock violation.

13-2 run

Then Pope clears lane for Kaluma to follow and hit reverse layup. Then turnover, transition 3 missed, shedrick offensive rebounds, kick out for a 3. Texas up 5.

Next time down, Pope buries the three with 0 hesitation.

Tre hugging Pope after Pope missed a transition 3. Liking team body language right now.

Nice drive and dish by Tre followed by a 3 by Tre to stop a Tenn run.

Nice pass by Larry to cutting Kent. Tennessee had to foul him to prevent layup. Much better motion on offense. Too much moving ball with dribbles, instead of passing, but we aren't stagnant.

Seeing a little improvement in the offense from the last game. Last play included a clear attempt to screen away from the ball to create an open shot for Mark. He missed, but it was several degrees of complexity beyond the one on five we saw in the first half against Auburn. On an earlier possession, Johnson had to beg Mark to drive for the bucket. He did and got it. Maybe the chemistry can build for these guys.

OU is far from unbeatable, even in Norman. Today's game will be strength against strength. Texas is the 8th best 3pt shooting team in the country. Tennessee has the best 3pt% defense in the country, but it hasn't played many teams that shoot well from the arc. Virginia is 60th, but it has so many weaknesses that it doesn't matter what they shoot from the arc. Baylor is 78th. But I'm mostly concerned about getting hammered on the boards again and witnessing way too much one on five offense.

Did Sark offer to forfeit half his salary for that red zone call or at least the equivalent of whatever bonus he would have earned for making the finals? Didn't think so. "If you block it all right, you get in the end zone. If you get leaky, you lose yardage." And if you don't call it, you have three tries to jam it in from the one, and you still have a chance to force a punt from their endzone if you don't jam it in. Take the blame, coach. That was on you. You know it. Man up. Or don't.

Damn it. I spent a large part of my career telling court reporters to stop spreading rumors that I was a nice guy because other lawyers would try to take advantage of me. Now I have to fight the same fight here?

Did you get good beer?