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[HacklemanPoke]

Good edit.

Hall of Fame edit.

 

[wrenhal]

Oquendo hasn’t missed a shot 9-9 from the field and 5-5 from three. Has 26 of their 41 pts. Surely he can’t keep that up

Foreshadowing. He went cold in the 2nd. Unfortunately they had a couple of others show up.

 

[Tulley]

That was actually a very enjoyable game. Keller and Dow will be vital to the success of the team next year. They both stuck with us this year instead of transferring which means a lot especially these days.

 

[wrenhal]

I believe 5 more wins than last year and now at .500 on the season. Now to keep it up and grab another win.

 

[Popoke]

IMO, first-year head coaches should always get a pass. This team was thrown together—Lutz had no time to recruit. He basically had no choice but to build a roster from, well, leftovers.

I'm excited to see if Lutz has the ability to resurrect a program buried in the deepest, darkest pits of an abyss, with no light to guide its way. Let's hope he can save this program.

I will admit that I'm a bit perplexed by the current recruiting class—two bigs who are not offensive threats and a shooting guard labeled a "sharpshooter."

It appears that Lutz is done recruiting high school players, meaning he's now focused on the transfer portal. Hopefully, he hits the jackpot.

And to be honest, regarding my first paragraph, head coaches and assistants are becoming irrelevant to recruits. It's all about the money. I can't stand what's happening to college basketball (and football). UNC head coach is right... He said coaches don't matter anymore. Recruits will chase the money and will be the deciding factor.

Ben Ahmed, one of our big man recruits, literally just set the scoring record at a big time prep, well established program. But he’s not a scorer by your assessment? Why don’t you consider him to be an offensive threat?

 

[HacklemanPoke]

He seems to have changed Bryce. While he’s not an NBA player since mid conf play he has become a good college player that has finally forced teams to gameplan him. If he can do the same thing w Dean in the offseason and cut his turnovers, limit his penetration below the FT line (or find a way to make that penetration a threat) and improve his 3 pt % by 6-8 percentage points Dean will become a really good player. We’ve got to have success in the portal.

 

[Poke Skywalker]

Nice win to extend the season! Was worried there we were going to see a replay of the TCU ending.

 

[ST2]

Hmmm.. Chi Chi plays and we have a losing season.
Chi Chi quits and we win two straight.

Just makes me wonder what if...

 

[Chairman of the Board]

Nice win to extend the season! Was worried there we were going to see a replay of the TCU ending.

Yes it was almost a carbon copy until we deflected the last pass.

Nice win on a good team's home court.

 

[Chairman of the Board]

We face the winner of UNT Ark St which is on ESPNU right now

 

[HacklemanPoke]

Hmmm.. Chi Chi plays and we have a losing season.
Chi Chi quits and we win two straight.

Just makes me wonder what if...

If SMU hadn’t been scorching from 3 for the first 25 minutes this wouldn’t have been close. When this team doesn’t force pace and actually executes they are a decent squad. I still wish we ran more through Ousmane but it is what it is.

Win 1 more and we’ve locked a 500 season at worst. I think more than anything that points to Lutz maybe being able to get us to a top half in the conference.

 

[InChristAlone]

Hmmm.. Chi Chi plays and we have a losing season.
Chi Chi quits and we win two straight.

Just makes me wonder what if...

I am very excited to see Lutz put together a roster with a full offseason where, hopefully, he won't have to reach on any guys who might be a questionable culture fit.

 

[JRod]

Didn’t know Rondell Walker is at North Texas. I always liked him and wish he stayed around

 

[ThePoke]

We will play North Texas in Stillwater.

 

[Chairman of the Board]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1903979730862223523

 

[Chairman of the Board]

Didn’t know Rondell Walker is at North Texas. I always liked him and wish he stayed around

He scored 0 points and had 4 boards in today's game in 15 minutes. Definitely seemed more productive at OSU. Would anyone on the team other than Thompson remember him?

 

[JRod]

We will play North Texas in Stillwater.

Weird. I thought higher seed hosted

 

[CptnQuirk]

He scored 0 points and had 4 boards in today's game in 15 minutes. Definitely seemed more productive at OSU. Would anyone on the team other than Thompson remember him?

Who? Never heard of him.

 

[Okstatekerr]

Hmmm.. Chi Chi plays and we have a losing season.
Chi Chi quits and we win two straight.

Just makes me wonder what if...

Not trying to knock an athlete but could tell from game 1 he was a “Me” player and not a “We” player. Just lots of selfish basketball from him.

 

[Runs Deep]

Weird. I thought higher seed hosted

On the radio they were speculating that N. Texas had a scheduling conflict with the building and could not host. Looks like they had good information.