Horns vs Purdue 7:30pm TNT

moondog_LFZ said:
If we don't let Purdue go on a 20-0 run we win.
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Yes, I also wonder how missing 2 front ends on one plus one FT’s just before half had on the game.

My opinion is our guys played tough and hard and never gave up. It is also my opinion that not jacking enough 3‘s was not why we came up short.
 
LonghornCatholic said:
Clanked a ton of threes at the end. Next level teams hit those. Purdue sure did.
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Our loss was very disappointing. I was sort of devastated about it last night.

The reason the horns lost is that Purdue had quite a collection of talented basketball players that we cannot match up with. In addition to all American jaden Ivey they have a 7'4" and a 6'11" guy with skills who are monsters in the paint on offense and defense.

Horns shot 35.7% and Purdue shot 35.3% three pointers.
Horn were 7 of 12 free throws.
Purdue was 33 of 46 free throws. This is an amazing stat line: 33 fu-king made free throws. We simply could not defend their bigs without fouling.

Our team deserves our heartfelt gratitude, imo. They played with great heart; they represented The University and the state well.
 
Horns11 said:
I honestly don't believe the calls were lopsided. Purdue knew they could get down low with 3 of their guys and force us to get physical underneath. They went right at Allen, knowing it would limit him on the other end as well. It was genius, but it still barely got them the win. That's how good we really are. People who say "they had x FTA and we had y FTA" don't connect the narrative of the game to it. If both teams were playing the same way and the final result was the same, we'd have more to argue about with refs.

Even if we had Mitchell, we don't play that style on offense that draws a bunch of fouls. If we had 1 more big who could handle that kind of pressure, we'd probably be one of the best teams in the nation. It's going to be a very telling offseason for Beard if we can't nab someone less injured than Disu to be that guy for 2022-23.
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So, to oversimplify—they had 23 point blank layups or dunks that we decided to foul deliberately and give up 33 points at the line instead of the 40 it probably would have been if they get the shot off.
 
VYFan said:
So, to oversimplify—they had 23 point blank layups or dunks that we decided to foul deliberately and give up 33 points at the line instead of the 40 it probably would have been if they get the shot off.
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I wouldn't say deliberately. In fact, I think they caught Allen by surprise on that first one, and Beard quickly realized it wasn't going to be Timmy's night. Getting him in trouble was probably the biggest plus for Purdue all night.

I thought Bishop and Disu did as well as they could. There was no way Purdue was going to camp around the 3-point line and just let Texas stick it to them. That said, I don't think Purdue has looked that good around the basket for about 75% of the rest of the season. It was their night underneath.
 
caryhorn said:
Purdue was 33 of 46 free throws. This is an amazing stat line: 33 fu-king made free throws. We simply could not defend their bigs without fouling
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You know, I am really glad you said it this way. Too many fools look at the free throw disparity and immediately cry about biased refs. I saw only one or two calls that I had any real qualms with. To me the game was very well played and well refereed. We just had no answer for their posts.

With that said, I loved what Disu gave us this game, and I hope to see much more of that next season.
 
Didn't read this thread. Is a good summary that Beard and Texas have won more NCAA Tournament games in one season than Smart and Texas did in 7 seasons?

Then, nothing to be disappointed about here, I suppose.
 
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