Cougar Basketball

We've lost to every good team we've faced so far. Damn.

Butler on Thursday.

 

Bad week. Even the win against Notre Dame wasn't impressive. Still very early, but Uzan is looking like a major downgrade. It was going to be a downgrade, but didn't have to be this much. If he's not going to be a reliable scorer, then he has to be a reliable leader/playmaker down the stretch of games. He's been playing too long to drive to the basket, jump in the air, then not know what to do with the ball. I think Miller should be getting Wilson's minutes off the bench. Not enough scorers. Too many droughts.

 

Can't seem to beat the good teams. Likely will drop out of the top ten maybe the top twenty. They don't seem to be as well conditioned as previous Sampson teams. However, conference hasn't started, and it all is about where you are in March.

 

Seems like a lot is riding on how much Arceneaux can play

When he's been fresh, we've looked our best. All of our bigs are non shooting but with Terrence playing the 4, we can take advantage of some matchups. I'm glad they are taking it slow with him, but we desperately need some production off the bench.

 

Execution under pressure is less about skill and more about confidence. We do need to improve our requisite skills, no doubt, poor execution right now, but we also need to improve on the ability to pull the trigger against adverse results and fear. Escape skills will give us the ability to attack without fear under pressure. We are missing that right now. Risk aversion. We need to learn how to finish without fear.

 

Have the Coogs got their mojo back? Dominated a really good Butler team.

 

Good to see I was not the only one that watched yesterday's game. We are still a work in progress.

If we can keep Arceneaux healthy, and CKS can teach Milos Uzan to defend using his body more and hands not so much, if we can find a little more playing time for Mercy Miller, and if we figure out how to be consistent on offense, and if we dominate the boards like we did last night, and if CKS decides to play our bench more.

Lot of ifs for me. But the sky is the limit for this years team. Still a bit nervous after watching us blow double digit leads in each of our three losses. Only three games left before Big 12 play begins. I hope we are ready. Repeating as league champs is not going to be easy.

 

I kind of like being the "outlier." When you win every game and go into the last part of the season undefeated, every team circles you on the schedule.

 

It was weird seeing Ryan Hollins and Vanessa working the game tonight.

 

This is the precise time to play UH Hoops
at 15-1 to win it all.
We won't see a better price all year and if they stay healthy, it'll likely happen.

 

uh are playing against the rockets next

the toledo rockets..........................

 

JR Country, huh?

 

Pope scored 41 points in the last 23 minutes he was on the court.

He had 1 point at that point when he started, about in the 3Q

 

Well, at least UH won. Now for Rockets' turn.

 

Even tho it was Corpus, this was our best performance of the season. Our defense was high energy. And the offense had direction, ball movement, and shot making. Complete performance.

 

Arceneaux played 24 minutes and looked really good


Blessed.

 

One Big 12 game down, a bunch to go.

 

Winning in Stillwater is never easy, like Morgantown. Or Manhattan. Or Ames.

 

I'm by far no SEC fanboy, regardless of where my Horn allegiances lie, but I just looked around and it's ****ing ludicrous that the worst team of 16 (record-wise) going into conference play is 10-3 (1-2 against ranked teams) South Carolina