Wow. Anyone who still thinks that kid will not be in the League next year is kidding themselves.
On a night when our offense at its best (22 assists on 7 turnovers, 6 guys has +10 points, +60% shooting), our defense was at its worst. We were completely unable to defend a ball screen. "We tried everything. We squeezed, doubled, showed, and switched," but nothing worked. Our D was particularly bad in the second half when Colorado went 17-22 from the field. That is 77.3%! Jay Billas may think we are "the most underrated team in the nation, bar none"; but if we can't learn to defend screens, we will be in trouble against teams with coaches whose name rhymes with Bobby Flight.
About Wednesday... Bobby Knight will be going for this 900th win against us in Lubbock, but we tend to play Tech very well when the number of Knight coaching victories ends in 99. In 2003, Knight rolled into College Station with 799 W's and was beat (anyone remember Antoine Wright's baseline dunk over two defenders? anyone remember how skinny he was as a freshman?). I have not seen Tech play this year, but they lost to some pretty crappy teams (e.g., Sam Houston State), so I like our chances of keeping this streak alive.
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I just saw the dunk for the first time...I almost hurt myself watching that...wow...what a dunk...yeah...I was wondering how long it had been since the Ags beat Tech but it happened in '05-'06...suprised by that...thought Billy might not had beated them...I think they win easily...
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