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OPEN GAME THREAD: Boston


No, not the musical group. The university.

Tipoff against the mighty Terriers is imminent. Hopefully, it's the only Wyattvision (or rather, Boylevision) game we are forced to enjoy this season. Here's to an excellent TV package!

Discuss the game below.

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Let's rock the isle, bitches!
3 easy buckets so far...

…keep that up.

Dom sounds good early

Cats lead 9-6. Jordan with 4 and Jake with a deep 3.

Just need to defend the arc.

That’s been the only negative so far.

Yeah, all their points are from out there.

Where are the guards?

Okie State in all black unis = awesome.
What channel?

I’m watching Syracuse whip up on Cal on ESPN2.

ESPN

just started

Oh

I thought you wrote Ohio State. I was thinking basketball.

Interesting that Wally came off the bench for Jordan, before Jamar came in
Wally with 2 quick fouls

looks like he’ll find the bench for a while.

Sounds like we continue to play ugly

a number of turnovers already.

Yeah

And the shooting disappeared.

I reiterate: Where are the guards? Where is Denis? He should chew a zone up.

Jake made the first one...

…and hasn’t taken a shot since.

Listening to K-State BB

or watching my dog go nuts, pulling every single toy out of her toy basket…which is currently more entertaining?

There were 76 FT's shot in the Nova game

Pretty sure we got the same crew.

Yikes

At least it sounds like we’re starting to wake up now.

CU ties it up 7-7

Save Hawk!

I like Ben Boyle

But it’s just like with Wyatt in football.

He’s busy breaking down the last play while the next one is going on, and I know more from the crowd reaction then I do from the game call.

If there's one negative about Martin's teams...

They really, really struggle against zone defenses.

Go Rodney Zonebuster!
MCGRUBER!!!!!!!!!!!
Agreed

That and they are terrible defending in zone.

Bad combination.
Rod with the three. Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.
Either my feed is slow...

…or Pan types REALLY FAST…

Thank God for McGruder

7 for 9 on the season.

But they’re 6 of 10. What the hell is wrong with our perimeter D?

So...

…are we looking at the same song different verse? Struggle all year against the zone and get beat by inferior teams that drain threes?

Well, we haven't lost yet

I think this is about as ugly as we will play this season. Bigs haven’t figured things out and still a lot of miscommunication.

They’ll be nearly unbeatable in February, I think.

Interesting development

Wally and Denis both playing with two fouls.

Not very like Frank, but I guess Denis has earned his trust. Now Wally, I can’t explain.

Clemente scoreless so far

Too hyped up for his homecoming?

Why are we jacking up 3's?

We started by owning the paint, and we need to continue it.

More important...

Why are we a fucking turnover machine?

Frank was right. We beat ourselves.

Shit guys, its a zone.

Not rocket science. How many careless turnovers have we had?

They've got two guys with three fouls already
Five missed free throws in a row

This is how you get upset, guys. Stupid careless mistakes.

Throw in 10 turnovers...

…terrible defense, and mediocre shooting and its a recipe for disaster.

Oh

to be a fly on the wall in that locker room at half

ABOUT TIME, DENIS!!!

Awesome!

Three guys with three fouls

I doubt they have the depth to hang on in the second half

They don't.

They use 6, maybe 7 guys.

Shit Denis, finally.
Finally, some energy.

its about time.

Rodney McGruder's coming-out party?
Still....

…..bad, bad basketball players. Bad!

where is the game at

where are you able to watch the game tho???

Frank's gonna

make Mangino look like a pussy at halftime.

Lowe has 4

They just don’t have anyone else.

I wish I could have seen the 6’2" guard foul JHR. That would have been funny.

Is anyone else not able see Pan's gif's?
If so, epic fail by me.
Nope, just more fail

:-) We still love ya buddy.

Switch to photobucket. It’s never let me down.

You're missing a midget luchadore take down a giant...

It’s great on this end.

10-1 run to end the half

Well, Frank might modulate down from a 10 to maybe a 9.

But...

…..he goes to 11.

I get an assist for that softball
Props to you...

couldn’t let that one go by

Emphasis on maybe...

…if nothing else, this should get their attention for tomorrow (win or lose)

32 fouls

Definitely the same crew as the Villanova game.

Where's TB been by the way?
Married

:-D

So am I...

…and I’ve got two kids crawling on me. Bad excuse.;)

...and working

God it’s kicking my ass.

Lets continue the 2nd half dominance...

OMGLOLWTFBANANA!!!

I love listening to games on the radio because I HAVE NO IDEA WTF IS GOING ON!!!

No shit

Basketball is a visual sport.

And Ben is doing his best Wyatt impression.

You know how I know Denis scores?

The Puerto Ricans cheer.

Viva le Clemente!
These refs REALLY love their whistles
yeah they do.

lets keep this lead up and keep these wheels moving.

Keep getting the ball inside

that’s the road to victory.

And "left, right, left, right"
HAHA

i hear that.

Left, right, left, right!

Told ya!

LEFT,RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!
Finally figuring out ways to get it to the bigs
For Christ's sake...JHR is 7 feet tall. Not hard.
Good lord. Boston's gonna run out of bodies.
"Money McGruder"
80 percent 3-point shooter

GPC all week: “We don’t have a pure perimeter shooter.”

LOL!

Upset alert in Stillwater

CU is playing much better than OSU.

Cate has thrown a pick and should have thrown at least three more.

0 for 6 on third downs, despite running it down CU’s throat in the first half.

Just had a field goal blocked.

Cate has yet to complete a pass.

wow..

So why are they even throwing?

The run was working!

Wow...CU

scores to go up 14-10

Just like Texas so far
Oh, and Little Hawk is back

Seesaw QB continues in Boulder.

Apparently Hansen hurt his hand.

who knew?

JamSam for 3

Yeah, it’s going our way.

He's had one every game

Awesome.

Gotta love...

…seeing him find his confidence out there. That’s a huge weapon if he can stretch defenses like that.

By the way, everyone...

…sorry for my complete absence lately. See the above exchange with Catfan33 and Bracket for the reasons.

Completely understood.
JHR = Honorary Puerto Rican!

10 points

HE CAN'T MISS!!!

MCGRUBER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love me some

McGruder!!

I like having this outside presence. McGruder is sounding like a stud. keep that hand hot.

Big picture question

What’s with the slow starts? As long as we keep winning, it’s not a big deal, but we can’t keep coming out and sleepwalking in the first half, or we’re going to end up so far behind someone that we can’t make it up.

Part of me thinks they're just bored with the low-level opponents

Tomorrow against Ole Miss, that changes.

I hope...

…they can just turn it on, but I fear it’s going to take a loss before it sinks in.

Yeah, that's sort of what I figured

Villanova will be more than happy to oblige us.

By the way...

you gotta like seeing this.

Think that will be plastered all over the Star?

Yeah, doubt it.

Man, Sutton is a complete offensive liability right now

At some point, that’s gonna impact his minutes.

Approximately when the frosh start playing good defense.

The free throws kill me...seriously...not hard.
14 of 28

Jeez.

I think I could do that drunk
Is Ed Hightower calling this game?
Sure seems like it
Shudder

Basketball’s offseason is just long enough for me to forget certain things, and that’s one of them.

Wow...I felt the thunder when Boyle said it was a monster jam.
Also, Mike Clark reminds me of the color guy from "Major League"

“Dynamite drop in, Monte. Those broadcasting lessons are really paying off.”

There really is no excitement in Mike Clark's world
Mike Clark quote: "Boy, painting that room beige really spiced things up. Looks sharp."
LOL

You guys are merciless.

That’s why he’s such a good fundraiser. Never too high, never too low. Keeps an even keel, as it were. :-)

You can trust him with your money because you know he's not creative enough to embezzle.
I don't dislike the guy at all...

…in fact, from everything I’ve heard, he’s a great guy. But man, he is even-keeled on the call.

I don't have any issue with Clark...

However, it’s like sitting in your basement while your uncle tells you shit you already thought of but kept to yourself five minutes ago.

Monster jam from Jamar Samuels

I sure hope we keep hearing that this year.

I really hope there is a way to see that later
JamSam

living up to his nick name

Anyone even still care about the game?

Just end this foul-fest already!

I’m ready to SEE the team, not just listen to a narration.

This game is still on?
ESPNU, here we come

im ready to see it too. its not our fault their whistles will be broken. i hope they have diff refs tomorrow. this game has taken for forever.

21-10 CU

Upset a-brewing!

Wow again...

CU scores again. OSU is terrible without Robinson. BTW, he’s lucky to be alive after that hit last week.

How can the Cowboys come back?

You have to throw now.

Crazy scenario. We beat NU and CU beats NU after beating OSU.

We’d be sole North champion and Hawk would save his job with a 6-6 bowl bid, all while Mangino and Perkins destroy each other.

Please, God, let this happen…

HAHA

i so hope that we win in Lincoln on saturday. one we have to and two we would have done eveything everybody said we couldnt do.

Yeah, all week it's been Nebraska this, Nebraska that

No one gives us a chance.

Starting to get that 2003 vibe. Desperate teams do crazy things.

I guess a 45-yard Toston TD run is how they come back
80-70 Cats final

Man, what a terrible game. Thanks for nothing, refs. Go back to the States.

Rodney McGruder = Player of the Game
we are alive.

we live to play another day. hopefully we dont start as slow as we did in the first half against Ole Miss. Go Cats.

Frank said pretty much the same thing
CU kicker just donked a kick off the upright

Would have made it a TD game. Ouch.

And then OSU fumbles it right back to CU

Beautiful.

I think CU is gonna win. Let the insane weekend of upsets begin.

Toston does it again

OSU back on top.

And CU immediately runs back the kickoff

Wow. Crazy game.

I wish I had a .gif of #6 just falling down on that return.

Epic fail.

And now time for the requisite Hawk meltdown

Save Hawk!

Thanks for the commentary

You guys really shine on your basketball commentary. Wasn’t able to listen to the game, but didn’t miss much. Anticipating great things this year, but I’m not ready to invest in BBall until after I’ve exhausted myself during football. Beat NU!

See you all tomorrow night

7:30 p.m. on ESPNU.

It’s a win-win even if we lose, because we’ll face either Dayton or Villanova in the final. Both are ranked and both will boost our RPI much more than any non-con team did last year.

A quick analysis...

If we want to continue to be successful on the season we need to average around .800 in free throw shooting. Take a look at almost any team that has made a run to the Final Four and that is the one thing that really stands out about this game…and the turnovers and lack of perimeter defense. Kudos to the multiple freshmen who hit all but one free throw to ice the game in the end.

I'm not real worried yet

We sucked at free throws last fall, too, but I don’t remember them costing us any game in the Big 12. Pretty sure we made most of them in Austin, for instance.

Not worried just an observation...

This game could have been salted early by making early free throws and we could have won by 20. Living in ACC country I can watch first hand how UNC and Duke put a lot of teams away early by making their free trips to the line count.

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