Tulane Game Thread

[cmullinsTU]

Does Woodard play today?

 

[cmullinsTU]

To answer my own question, yes and he's in the starting lineup.

 

[Barlass]

Yup. He's starting.

 

[cmullinsTU]

We look absolutely TURRIBLE.

 

[cmullinsTU]

Give it to Birt every time today.

 

[nevadanatural]

We're hitting it from long today but everything Tulane puts up is going in.

 

[nevadanatural]

5-6 from long for Birt so far.

 

[TUMU]

Birt is shooting like Larry Bird.

 

[TU_BLA]

Birt is Cordell Love 2.0. His shot is in and in rhythm so you just ride him until he has nothing left today.

 

[cmullinsTU]

CURTIS!!!!!! And 1!!!!

 

[Tu Geo]

Nice back to back plays by Curtis!!!!!

GO TU!!!

 

[TU_BLA]

Anyone know where our D has been? We've been giving up almost 40 in the first half on a regular basis. Last year I was disappointed if we gave up more than 25 in a half.

 

[nevadanatural]

Down 9 early, I'll take up by 6 at half. Good outside shooting and 17 from Birt is the story of that first half. We need to rebound better in the second.

 

[t-townpod]

We are a decent team when we shoot like that. Still inside game is so weak

 

[nevadanatural]

67% overall, 69% from 3 but we were out rebounded 2-1. Plus 0-2 from the line. Total of 6 freebies for both teams that half, very unusual.

 

[Tu Geo]

Birt is Cordell Love 2.0. His shot is in and in rhythm so you just ride him until he has nothing left today.

So true. Birt has never met a shot he didn't like. Needs to stay hot.

Love Ray and Woodard today.

Go TU!!!!

 

[TU 1978]

That's not a foul.

By the way, I've yet to see Taplin. Where is he?

 

[cmullinsTU]

Taplin played a few minutes in the 1st half.

Here come the mighty fightin refs to get their calls in for the day.

 

[TU 1978]

Another bs foul call.

 

[cmullinsTU]

16:45 left in game and we have 11 made 3s. Most in any game this season.

 

[nevadanatural]

Yeah the refs woke up and are now calling fouls when there is no contact.

 

[TU 1978]

These officials are the worst. Even worse than the typical biased one we get so often.

 

[cmullinsTU]

Wow!!! What a no look pass by Shaq to Swannegan

 

[nevadanatural]

One of the bad things about ESPN3 is getting the local announcers.

 

[Tu Geo]

Ray is probably going to get some of Taplin's minutes. Rashad is from NOLA. Has 50 family members at the game.

GO TU!!!!

 

[nevadanatural]

Taplin does make some smooth passes.

 

[Tu Geo]

Can we finish a game strong? Have had trouble with that this year.

Go TU!!!!

 

[cmullinsTU]

We have to be the worst FT shooting team in the NCAA, shooting 3-12 in this one.

 

[Barlass]

Can we defer the bonus? I'd rather us inbound it after every foul.

 

[cmullinsTU]

Oh sorry it's 3-11

 

[TU 1978]

Taplin does make some smooth passes.

And coach goober pulls him out of the game. Like to see him pull Birt or Harrison with the same quickness when they play out of control.

 

[t-townpod]

We are not good shooting team and form is not very good. However we are not that bad just have lost all confidence. We really have no ability to close games.

 

[t-townpod]

Game in not over

 

[Chris Harmon]

Is TU 3-of-12 now on free throws? Birt missed 3 in a row after a foul on a 3 ptr. I understand why Frank doesn't want to talk about free throws anymore.

 

[nevadanatural]

That free throw thing has to be mental. Birt is a good free throw shooter but he's 7-10 from 3 and 2-5 from the line. You would expect the opposite.

 

[t-townpod]

I understand coach may lose this team if he followed my advise, however, at the end of games Harrison should be on the bench

 

[nevadanatural]

The reason Taplin can't stay in the game is that he isn't quick on his feet on D. He has a good shot makes great passes but on D he will either lose his man or foul almost every time. He really needs to work on that in the off season because he will be expected to put in 20+ minutes a game next year.

 

[TU_BLA]

Can we defer the bonus? I'd rather us inbound it after every foul.

I feel like every time we get fouled in a 1 and 1 situation, it's as good as a turnover.

 

[dmarsh1985]

Glad we won and have toughness to not throw the season in or have a let down to a lesser team on the road- lots of "bad" road losses yesterday. They don't/won't matter if teams get "good" wins- TU still has some good wins to get and some opportunities to do it