Oregon St Game Thread

[I.I.]

Playing twice as good as win last week.

 

[Gold*]

Surprised. But I'll take it.

 

[TU_BLA]

Best half of basketball this year. Started falling in love with the 3 a little too much at the end of the half but still a very good half. Need to keep the defensive intensity up and make them settle for outside shots.

 

[URedskin54]

Might have been a better half of ball movement than we had at any point last year outside of SMU

 

[nevadanatural]

Maybe things are starting to click. Much better passing tonight resulting in more open shots. Still some breakdowns on defense but much better positioning overall. Starting lineup looked really good.

 

[t-townpod]

Inside out game looked great early. Still difficulty finishing inside. Wheeler our best player. Birt again in a funk. 1/7 from the 3 and 0/1 inside the ring I think. Igbanu will be a stud for

 

[I.I.]

Igbanu my most favorite player in a long time. Blend of Coley and Ruffin.

 

[cmullinsTU]

I can not believe Igbanu is a freshman. He already has a good basketball IQ. One of his offensive rebounds is almost always a foul because of the defenders position. He noticed it was a high bounce and waited for his man to jump. Very rare to see from a true freshman especially this early in the season.

Still has plenty of room to grow but, wow, he's going to be special.

 

[I.I.]

Making the extra pass. Making a huge difference.

 

[I.I.]

Easier to coach your defense whe they are in front of you the first half. We have not passed the ball inside this half.

 

[nevadanatural]

If we could hit layups we would dominate.

 

[hotterthanyourhusbandTU]

Uh oh...

 

[I.I.]

The other young team has the momentum.

 

[cmullinsTU]

Ball is sticking now in 2nd half. Need this media TO to get refocused. Make the extra pass and talk on defense.

 

[TU_BLA]

Lazy on both ends right now. We are not even trying to work the ball inside right now. Settling for 3s which are open but not falling. I think Taplin needs the majority of minutes at the point instead of Henderson. Things seem a lot more fluid when he's running the game for us.

 

[t-townpod]

Perimeter defense not so great

 

[TUBballJunkie]

Oh hey there's the fall asleep for a five minute stretch we have been so accustomed too. :-/

 

[TU_BLA]

At one point we were 7-14 on threes and then missed the next 8 before Etou hit that one. Shooting FTs the rest of the game and their bigs are in foul trouble. We need to play some high low with Magnus and Etou

 

[TUBballJunkie]

Magnus is an excellent autocorrect.

 

[URedskin54]

These refs blow

 

[TUBballJunkie]

Did the refs miss a foul quota in the first half?

 

[TUBballJunkie]

Really tired of the word "tinkle".

 

[jesterondirt]

Sonofa........... Storm knocked out my directv signal

 

[URedskin54]

They keep making travel calls where there is no movement of the pivot foot as far I can tell

 

[cmullinsTU]

They keep making travel calls where there is no movement of the pivot foot as far I can tell

They seem to be anticipating travel on the bigs on both sides. Very frustrating.

Team settled down since the last media TO. Let's keep it going!!!

 

[jesterondirt]

He dropped a tinkle

 

[nevadanatural]

That's one of those new "focuses". It's like a player can't pivot.

 

[URedskin54]

And another garbage call

 

[hotterthanyourhusbandTU]

Taplin is light years ahead of Henderson.

I would love to continue eating crow regarding Taplin!

 

[nevadanatural]

They've got us right where they want us...shooting free throws.

 

[I.I.]

Etou and Magnay need some credit here too. Nice games.

 

[nevadanatural]

We were talking about travels earlier, on that last possession Tinkle dragged his foot a good six inches and no call.

 

[Air_Raid918]

Some of the early season meltdowns have been ridiculous on here. Give it time. We have some good young talent.

Haith hit on Magnay, Wheeler, Igbanu, Etou, Taplin (coming along), Birt

Not sure yet about Korita, Atson, Henderson, and Battle. Artison is serviceable.

 

[TU_BLA]

Taplin my player of the game. Magnus and Etou were huge. Taplin did a ton of little things right that helped us win this game.

 

[URedskin54]

Oregon State isn't good, but i'm beyond impressed at the rapid improvement

 

[nevadanatural]

Good win. OSU isn't good but any win is a good win for this team at this point. Some breakdowns throughout the game but overall a very encouraging performance.

 

[TU_BLA]

You can see the improvement. There were even moments when the defensive rotation looked right (but still a lot that weren't). Offensively much better, and Taplin makes us go. So many things he can do distributing the ball.