#4 Texas vs #5 USC

[atxrocker]

After being down by 10 early, UT makes a run to bring the score to 17-13 USC.

[atxrocker]

6 point usc lead now

[dallaskd]

come on texas. where is durant?

[Cant_Be_Faded]

rofl

texas is so fucking nervous its hard watching them play
they're all looking so tentative and cautious.....augustine and the baby are the only ones bringing a solid game this whole tournament. Guess we'll have to hope Durant gets to the free throw line alot in the 2nd half again.

[dallaskd]

Should i watch this or Mavs-Pistons?

[Cant_Be_Faded]

mavericks are highly homoerotic so i'd say this

[atxrocker]

i'd go with both

[dallaskd]

19-13. Texas will be alright. K-state managed to beat both of these teams yet they dont get in... :dizzy

[dallaskd]

i got alot of vBookie cash on this one.

[atxrocker]

24-13 usc. young killing us right now....

[dallaskd]

Texas has looked like crap so far. They would be lucky to get in the Elite 8, that is if they can win today.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

LOL conner atchley is playing the worst he's played all year too
passing it directly to the defender's mid section

well it was a good run we're getting blown out

[atxrocker]

11 pt usc lead

[Cant_Be_Faded]

lol this is so lame
i wanted texas to go out fighting but they choked from tip off
maybe i should watch the mavs game

[Cant_Be_Faded]

usc is pretty active on perimeter d but its nothing ut hasn't seen many times this season already

[sa_butta]

I like the Horns, but I had them losing this game in my bracket.

[dallaskd]

Their still in reach, but they better pick it up and play some defense. Where is Durant!?!?!

[atxrocker]

Where is Durant!?!?!


i'm following from work and was wondering the same thing...

[dallaskd]

Durant just scored 4 in a row on 2 straight stops..

[dallaskd]

Ut is making a run.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

DJ just did the ginobili/parker 2.5 steps after dribble and got called for travelling

that killed the mo'

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Talk about not knowing the scout report. JD Lewis is seeing serious minutes and noone has taken him off the dribble yet.

[dallaskd]

Durant is getting his numbers, but he isnt leading the horns like he needs to. A comeback will start on defense.

[dallaskd]

Kansas and Memphis are all stuggling too.

[dallaskd]

Hopefully Abrams' 3 will get them going at halftime.

[atxrocker]

horns bring it within 7

[boutons_]

at the half, Horns shooting 39% vs 52%

[atxrocker]

36-30 usc

[Tippecanoe]

damn, texas getting owned. thank god theres still 17 minutes left for a comeback

[atxrocker]

damnit young

[Tippecanoe]

augustine needs to get going

[BeerIsGood!]

always good to pick the 2nd round of the NCAA to play your worst, most lethargic game of the year. If this team had played Kansas like this either time they would have gotten beat by 50. So long Kevin Durant... nice year.

[atxrocker]

this is looking ugly

[atxrocker]

young with 18 leading all scorers

[atxrocker]

15 minutes... will the horns make the most of it and at least make a run? what the fuck?

[Tippecanoe]

lets go horns. looks like i picked the wrong texas team to go to the sweet 16s.

[atxrocker]

i know exactly how you feel....

[Tippecanoe]

looks like my bracket is done for

[BeerIsGood!]

too damn young at every position. No discipline. No defense. I'm done with this game

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

What's the over/under on time it takes for Durant to declare for the draft?

[LakeShow]

YES! Go Trojans!

[dallaskd]

Texas is playing like dog shit.

[LakeShow]

Game!!!
:drunk

[Cant_Be_Faded]

texas = ajsdlfasjkl;2314321l132#@!:#:#3:3:#@23#@:3213@##@! @!!!))---------------------------ownt.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

too damn young at every position. No discipline. No defense. I'm done with this game


It really did show this game. Sad. Good run. Hopefully we get another Durant for next year.
lol

[tlongII]

Pac-10 POWER!

[Pistons < Spurs]

:flipoff Texas. You just ruined my bracket.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Way to no show today, horns. And fuck up my bracket.

LOL @ the 'young' comments though, the two guys who did most of the damage for SC were both fish.

[word]

always good to pick the 2nd round of the NCAA to play your worst, most lethargic game of the year.

Yeah, like they've never done THAT before. When are people going to wake up about Rick Barnes ?

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

The biggest problem for you guys was that when the lead went from 9 to 17 in the second half Barnes just sat over there on the sideline with his head up his ass.

[johngateswhiteley]

Yeah, like they've never done THAT before. When are people going to wake up about Rick Barnes ?

that and t.u. was overrated. people on this board need to wake up...

[word]

The biggest problem for you guys was that when the lead went from 9 to 17 in the second half Barnes just sat over there on the sideline with his head up his ass.

He's truely an idiot. I've been saying this for the past 5 years and it falls on deaf ears.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

that and t.u. was overrated. people on this board need to wake up...


they weren't overrated at all

they punked your team's ass and nearly beat one of the best teams in the nation in the conference tourny

they just finally had a total choke job and it happened to be the biggest game of the year...it shows how the kansas loss in the tournament did nothing to boost their confidence, only kept them rattled. The UT team that played new mexico and USC today is not the team that has played all season just revert back to A&M mode for a second and realize this.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

but props to USC their perimeter d totally screwed up DJ's fragile confidence

[johngateswhiteley]

they weren't overrated at all

they punked your team's ass and nearly beat one of the best teams in the nation in the conference tourny

they just finally had a total choke job and it happened to be the biggest game of the year...it shows how the kansas loss in the tournament did nothing to boost their confidence, only kept them rattled. The UT team that played new mexico and USC today is not the team that has played all season just revert back to A&M mode for a second and realize this.

1. double overtime in Austin with 3 starters fouled out?...yeah, you punked us...
:rolleyes

2. t.u. has been overrated all year, i've been saying it...and i'm glad SC was the team to fuck your sorry asses up

...enjoy watching A&M and SC in sweet 16, bitch.

[leemajors]

1. double overtime in Austin with 3 starters fouled out?...yeah, you punked us...
:rolleyes

2. t.u. has been overrated all year, i've been saying it...and i'm glad SC was the team to fuck your sorry asses up

...enjoy watching A&M and SC in sweet 16, bitch.

jgw is an enigma - shallow yet dense as hell.

[johngateswhiteley]

jgw is an enigma - shallow yet dense as hell.


...A&M and SC are in the Sweet 16. suck on that.

[T-Pain]

:cry

[leemajors]

...A&M and SC are in the Sweet 16. suck on that.

neither one will win the title, does it matter? UT overachieved all year, i don't see what's so hard to get about that. actually, i took a correspondence class from florida in 98, and they won it all last year - suck it!

[johngateswhiteley]

neither one will win the title, does it matter?

does it matter? are you serious? ...thats the dumbest thing you've ever posted...ever.

[leemajors]

does it matter? are you serious? ...thats the dumbest thing you've ever posted...ever.

it's still more intelligent than 90% of your mav fan-esque posts. it's difficult to respond to drivel intelligently - you don't hear all the UT fans harping on our final four appearance a few years ago.

[word]

1. double overtime in Austin with 3 starters fouled out?...yeah, you punked us...
:rolleyes

2. t.u. has been overrated all year, i've been saying it...and i'm glad SC was the team to fuck your sorry asses up

...enjoy watching A&M and SC in sweet 16, bitch.

Ahhhh aggie fans. Such wonderful folks.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Ahhhh aggie fans. Such wonderful folks.

There has been some epic threads on here trashing A&M by texas fans. Pot, meet kettle.

I don't want to get into the pissing match between CBF and jgw, because frankly jgw has a few screws loose, but still, I have to chime in and laugh at CBF.

Your team punked us? :lmao I can only surmise you are discussing the double OT game in Austin that you won by two points after getting away with an intentional. That's not an intentional. Our 18 points beat down of you at Reed, that was a punking.

Carry on with the jgw though, have fun.

[word]

Whatever you say, shit tosser.

[mookie2001]

aggy only gets punked by sand aggys, I like tech because i always root against M&A

[Cant_Be_Faded]

There has been some epic threads on here trashing A&M by texas fans. Pot, meet kettle.

I don't want to get into the pissing match between CBF and jgw, because frankly jgw has a few screws loose, but still, I have to chime in and laugh at CBF.

Your team punked us? :lmao I can only surmise you are discussing the double OT game in Austin that you won by two points after getting away with an intentional. That's not an intentional. Our 18 points beat down of you at Reed, that was a punking.

Carry on with the jgw though, have fun.



in the post you refer to, the word punk was supposed to be equal to 'beat your team in a basketball contest'
nice to see you're still bitter over that though
carry on

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

in the post you refer to, the word punk was supposed to be equal to 'beat your team in a basketball contest'
nice to see you're still bitter over that though
carry on

Not bitter. Sorry, up here in Dallas 'punked' refers to a complete ass whipping, not a two point win at home. I'll try and keep the SA jargon in mind, my bad.

I was trying ot figure out how this thread deteriorated into a smack fest, but then realized that jgw mucked it up. Oh well. FWIW, I was rooting for you guys today.

Sick of the bullshit commentators talking down the B12 and kissing the asses of the ACC, B10, Pac-10, etc.

Wanted to see us, you, and KU in the Final Four.

Out of the ACC's 7 teams, they have one left (UNC). Out of the B10+1, they have 1 left (tOSU). Pac-10 has two left...

Looks like it's up to A&M and Kansas to carry the conference banner.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

we deserved to lose, and we lost
i guess now i'll just start hating kevin durant and continue hating rick barnes

[mookie2001]

conner atchley hurts too, hes like texas' robert horry

i have never seen a player fall off like augustine, plus when he was playing his shittest, his style of play makes him even more horrendous, he was overpenetrating and using his speed to fuck himself over. He totally lost the ability to play at the top of the key, he didnt do shit, nothing, he was worthless, he could have let aj or durant handle the ball, or actually set up anyone of his teammates without penetrating or almost going out of bounds/lose the ball

he really was up above it, now hes down in it

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Yeah, it was weird watching DJ play himself out of the lotto in this year's draft the last week or so. Didn't see that one coming.

Do you guys have any bigs coming in next year's class? Atchley and afroboy suck.

[mookie2001]

it is amazing how bad our PGs have blown since tj left, royal ivey put gibson/abrams/augustine to shame

[mookie2001]

3 "four star" PFs, 6-7, 6-8, 6-10

gary johnson is expected to start

pittman will be ready to throw next year too

[Cant_Be_Faded]

royal ivey did not turn the ball over, became clutch as a senior, but i put abrams above him for sheer scoring ability

[mookie2001]

as a pg he was weak as in weak

[Cant_Be_Faded]

remember when Royal busted that buzzer beater against OU and choderegulator's chode exploded?

[Willinsa]

...A&M and SC are in the Sweet 16. suck on that.

You are such a FAG.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

DJ is a tough point guard, and I think he'll be as good as TJ by the time he leaves. Teams seem to have figured him out here at the end of the year and Barnes didn't exactly do much in the x's and o's department to help him out.

[chode_regulator]

remember when Royal busted that buzzer beater against OU and choderegulator's chode exploded?
hahaha
i was reading some old article on that final 4 team, by the way ags when was your last final four team?. anyway the talent on that team was ridiculous. ivey, ford, thomas, mouton and of course the ever venerable klotz. of course buckman was there as well as some chode names boddicker.

[johngateswhiteley]

it's still more intelligent than 90% of your mav fan-esque posts. it's difficult to respond to drivel intelligently - you don't hear all the UT fans harping on our final four appearance a few years ago.

1. you can't cover up that idiotic post with a poor attempt at distraction

2. t.u. has had some good teams...great. SC still beat t.u. down and both my teams are in the Sweet 16...with very good odds that at least one of them moves on

:elephant :elephant :elephant

[lebomb]

Abrams and Augustine will be better than Royal Ivey by the time they graduate, and will be just as good as TJ. These guys are freshmen....give em a break. Jeeeeeez.

And I dont even like UT .............. :rolleyes

[Kermit]

There has been some epic threads on here trashing A&M by texas fans. Pot, meet kettle.

I don't want to get into the pissing match between CBF and jgw, because frankly jgw has a few screws loose, but still, I have to chime in and laugh at CBF.

Your team punked us? :lmao I can only surmise you are discussing the double OT game in Austin that you won by two points after getting away with an intentional. That's not an intentional. Our 18 points beat down of you at Reed, that was a punking.

Carry on with the jgw though, have fun.
most of those were started by douche-bag aggies such as jgw. what happened yesterday was appaling and made me nauseous but there is no reason to say that texas is overrated although the loss gives mr. tee-shirt fan something to crow about.

[RonMexico]

Abrams and Augustine will be better than Royal Ivey by the time they graduate, and will be just as good as TJ. These guys are freshmen....give em a break. Jeeeeeez.

And I dont even like UT .............. :rolleyes

Abrams is a sophomore. Not just poor performances, but poor coaching by Barnes, in my opinion... he tried to run the same play over and over again and it was obvious USC could stop it... Durant wasn't himself though.

And Texas has a terrible press, USC broke it almost every time with ease.

In other words, Aggies for dominant.

Secondly, I'm going to go quote myself from previous threads: "ACC and Big 10 are overrated... why did they get so many bids?" and "Pac-10 is better than you think - I think Pac-10 and Big 12 will have more teams getting into the Sweet 16 than those east coast crap teams."

Final tally: 1 Big 10 team in Sweet 16 (Ohio State - barely); 1 ACC team (UNC); 2 Big 12 teams (TAMU, Kansas... I thought Texas would be in there too); 3 Pac-10 teams (USC, Oregon, and UCLA).

I'm going to assume that next year, though, the selection committee will still give those "power conferences" a lot of bids.

[tlongII]

Not bitter. Sorry, up here in Dallas 'punked' refers to a complete ass whipping, not a two point win at home. I'll try and keep the SA jargon in mind, my bad.

I was trying ot figure out how this thread deteriorated into a smack fest, but then realized that jgw mucked it up. Oh well. FWIW, I was rooting for you guys today.

Sick of the bullshit commentators talking down the B12 and kissing the asses of the ACC, B10, Pac-10, etc.

Wanted to see us, you, and KU in the Final Four.

Out of the ACC's 7 teams, they have one left (UNC). Out of the B10+1, they have 1 left (tOSU). Pac-10 has two left...

Looks like it's up to A&M and Kansas to carry the conference banner.

Pac-10 has three left.

UCLA
USC
Oregon

Pac-10 POWER!

[lebomb]

Abrams is a sophomore.


.........Thanks, but REGARDLESS.......he will be better than Royal Ivey upon graduation (if he stays 4yrs) and Augustine will be better also. JMHO

[Kermit]

.........Thanks, but REGARDLESS.......he will be better than Royal Ivey upon graduation (if he stays 4yrs) and Augustine will be better also. JMHO
no, he will not. abrams has the handles of a 8 year-old girl and even that may be too kind. that guy ruins offensive sets and is unable to create any offense for himself. he's completely reliant on augustine's passes to get any kind of wide-open jumper (the only kind he can make, which i will admit he makes wil alarmingly regularity, but only when wide open). i could go on and on about ivey and my man crush for him mouton, boddicker and thomas. those guys are the foundation of the texas program and everything that barnes has built here. i would rather have half an ivey than 5 abrams.

[lebomb]

i would rather have half an ivey than 5 abrams.



You would lose alot of games thats for sure.

[leemajors]

1. you can't cover up that idiotic post with a poor attempt at distraction

2. t.u. has had some good teams...great. SC still beat t.u. down and both my teams are in the Sweet 16...with very good odds that at least one of them moves on

:elephant :elephant :elephant

what you're saying is you will be happy with your teams making the sweet 16 and losing, because getting there is important. i thought the goal was the title. sweet 16 streaks are for schools like gonzaga.

[Kermit]

You would lose alot of games thats for sure.
true, but that half-ivey could play infinitlely better defense than the entire UT team this season.

[lebomb]

AJ Abrams scoring average is about 6pts a game higher as a sophomore than Royal Iveys best year ever as a longhorn.

Sorry, but I would take Abrams any day over Ivey.

[leemajors]

AJ Abrams scoring average is about 6pts a game higher as a sophomore than Royal Iveys best year ever as a longhorn.

Sorry, but I would take Abrams any day over Ivey.

ivey played both ends of the court.

[Kermit]

ivey played both ends of the court.
exactly. and he scored in the flow of the offense. he didn't jack up a three or a runner that had no chance of going in just because he felt he needed to shoot. i'll admit, when abrams is on fire he's deadly, but those times are few and far between. dude is responsible for way too many turnovers and bad offensive sets.

[lebomb]

ivey played both ends of the court.


Slice it any way you want........Abrams is the better player.....he does more with his minutes......at least IMHO.

The only reason everyone is trashing UTs players NOW is because they got knocked out of the tournament. Where were the haters last week??

Bottom line.....this years UT team even with all the freshman would still OWN the Brad Buckman, Ivey led teams a few years back.

[lebomb]

Everyone has a bad game or a bad matchup......thats all that happened to UT.

Abrams and Augustine are good players and they will be back.


PS. The only thing I see that hurts Abrams is his size.

[leemajors]

Slice it any way you want........Abrams is the better player.....he does more with his minutes......at least IMHO.

The only reason everyone is trashing UTs players NOW is because they got knocked out of the tournament. Where were the haters last week??

Bottom line.....this years UT team even with all the freshman would still OWN the Brad Buckman, Ivey led teams a few years back.

i just think ivey would defer to someone like durant a little more instead of jacking up bad shots. don't you think UT would have been more successful getting durant more touches? this is also a coaching issue, but they should have run 90% of their sets through him.

[degenerate_gambler]

this is also a coaching issue, but they should have run 90% of their sets through him.


bingo..

[Kermit]

i just think ivey would defer to someone like durant a little more instead of jacking up bad shots. don't you think UT would have been more successful getting durant more touches? this is also a coaching issue, but they should have run 90% of their sets through him.
as much as i detest some of rick barnes' coaching moves, it's impossible to run offensive sets through a guy who defers to his teammates most of the time. durant needs to demand the ball more and get it out of augustine's hands. he just isn't that aggressive in trying to score and settles for a lot of jumpshots (although most of those jumpshots go in so it's hard for me to fault him there).

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Just When You Thought Your Day Couldn't Get Worse
http://deadspin.com/assets/resources/2007/03/texasfancrash.jpg


It was a bad enough day yesterday for Texas fans, what with the whole "last time we're gonna see Durant" business. But for this sad Longhorns fan (note the hat), the day was just going to get worse. The guy who took this picture notes that this happened about half an hour after Texas' loss.

[Kermit]

Slice it any way you want........Abrams is the better player.....he does more with his minutes......at least IMHO.

The only reason everyone is trashing UTs players NOW is because they got knocked out of the tournament. Where were the haters last week??

Bottom line.....this years UT team even with all the freshman would still OWN the Brad Buckman, Ivey led teams a few years back.
i'm not trashing abrams...

i just feel that he ruins a lot of what texas tries to do offensively and he's an afterthought on the defensive end. i like the guy, but he can do a lot better.

i would have to disagree with you on the ivey, boddicker, mouton, thomas crew losing to this years team. too much experience, ivey can limit durant, no one to stop mouton, thomas would kill james and whitey on the inside. that was a mean, defensive team who played extremely well together.

[leemajors]

as much as i detest some of rick barnes' coaching moves, it's impossible to run offensive sets through a guy who defers to his teammates most of the time. durant needs to demand the ball more and get it out of augustine's hands. he just isn't that aggressive in trying to score and settles for a lot of jumpshots (although most of those jumpshots go in so it's hard for me to fault him there).

he can defer, that's fine. he still needs to touch the ball. i'm flabbergasted when they go 3-4 series in a row without him getting touches.

[lebomb]

i just think ivey would defer to someone like durant a little more instead of jacking up bad shots. don't you think UT would have been more successful getting durant more touches? this is also a coaching issue, but they should have run 90% of their sets through him.


I coach basketball....but on a much lower level. We had a game this weekend where one player on the other team had 19 of their 21 pts. by halftime and our team was down by 11pts. After halftime we made an adjustment on defense......we had one guy cloak this single player.....the rest of the team played zone. We held that player to 4pts after halftime......we won by 3pts.

Its hard for one guy to control the entire game more often than not.

Abrams and Augustine just had a BAD game.....thats all there is to it.

Durant would have needed 50pts to be in the game......I dont think USC would have let him do that anyhow.

JMHO.

[Ballcox]

^I haven't read any of the previous posts on this topic except for this page, so I'm not going to even worry about jgw and his idiot takes. But I will do something that he won't or just isn't capable of......give credit where credit is due.

usc played a great game from beginning to end, and they are a much better team than I thought. I guess I should have given more consideration to them with Floyd as the coach. He had some really good teams at Iowa St. and appears to be getting the usc program on track.

Their transition offense was very impressive, they got up and down the court in no time at all and had us on our heels the whole day. And again our weakness in several different areas showed.

No one else could bring the ball up the court besides DJ.

We were way too focused on the perimeter and taking outside shots. When those shots aren't falling, you've got to go inside.

BUT, we don't really have any post players that can score inside. Big problem and one I think will be taken care of more next season when the Chapman/7 footer kid comes in along with the 6'8 PF out of SA. Them along with another year of maturity for James, Hill, Achtley and Pittman should improve our frontcourt measurably.

In the end, props to usc. They took advantage of our weak spots and played a consistent game from beginning to end.

[lebomb]

Ballcox made some great points...........UT had no inside game period.

[Mr. Body]

With a better coach, Texas would do much better. Rick Barnes is mediocre at best, but he's not so lousy that he'll be prompted to be fired. Nice recruiter, bad coach.

Big 12 has two legitimate title contenders left.

Give it to the Pac-10, although USC isn't quite a contender.

ACC is probably the worst-performing conference so far. Really lame.

Big 10 wasn't supposed to do that well. Wisconsin was swooning at the end of the year, anyway, and yes, Ohio State survived a major scare. But it was a down year for the conference and the losses were all against major teams (Florida, UCLA...) in which IU and MSU played very tough but petered out.

[Ballcox]

^Agree, I really underestimated the PAC 10 with my brackets, the exception being UCLA-whom I have winning the whole thing (I'm a little worried with that pick right now!).

Being in Texas, those damn PAC 10 games just come on too late at night for me to watch-makes it difficult to determine how good some of the PAC 10 teams really are.

I guess next year I'll listen more closely to Tlong since he lives out there and watches a good amount of PAC 10 ball. :fro

[lebomb]

My mind says go with Florida.......but, I think Kansas will take it. I think they will be hungrier.

[tlongII]

I still think Ohio State will win the title. Greg Oden is too much of an advantage.

[johngateswhiteley]

what you're saying is you will be happy with your teams making the sweet 16 and losing, because getting there is important. i thought the goal was the title. sweet 16 streaks are for schools like gonzaga.

when did i say that?...cause no.

[KewlKat00]

^Agree, I really underestimated the PAC 10 with my brackets, the exception being UCLA-whom I have winning the whole thing (I'm a little worried with that pick right now!).

Being in Texas, those damn PAC 10 games just come on too late at night for me to watch-makes it difficult to determine how good some of the PAC 10 teams really are.

yeah, i'm not so sure about ucla right now either. not that usc is a contender, but they were definitely underestimated. in the 80 minutes against ucla this season, ucla was only ahead for a total of 5 minutes. even if we didn't pull it out, we hung in there and fought.