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Texas! Fight!

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by TheFreak, Feb 17, 2002.

  1. TheFreak

    TheFreak Member

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    How bout those Longhorns! Great win over Mizzou today, who had been 12-1 at home for the year. UT should be ranked, there's no doubt about it. Third place in a conference where the top two teams are #2 and #4 in the country deserves a ranking, no question. It's the Kansas State and A&M losses that are hurting right now. Still, looking at the crappy records of some of the teams that are ranked pretty highly, there's absolutely no excuse to not have this team ranked. I think with Owens, this team wins the Big 12 Conference and tournament. It's a shame he went down. UT really could've used him against Kansas -- he could've roughed up Gooden and Collison, and ran the floor with them easily. Owens and Thomas against Gooden and Collison -- advantage Texas?
     
  2. haven

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    I know it's not the place, but I don't want to start a thread... but I got my acceptance letter into UT Law, today (well, it arrived yesterday, but I didn't see it till today) :).

    So, go 'Horns! I'm sending a cashier's check to reserve my place tomorrow...
     
  3. TBar

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    I'm really proud of my alma mater. The basketball program is getting better...
     
  4. TBar

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    Congratulations Haven - I know that is a lot of very hard work. I tried to get in UT Law, but could not cut it in 1978. It was very competitive..

    The best of luck
     
  5. TheFreak

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    haven -- don't expect to get good grades, because I know you'll be present at all Austin Rocketball gatherings (even though I'm usually not).

    Also, I expect you to accompany me to any Butch Walker (ex-Marv 3) solo shows in the Austin area. :)
     
  6. Major

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    Yeah, they're improving and looking pretty good. Like the announcers said, they'll be dangerous at tourney time. In conference, so far:


    1-pt overtime losses to #1 Kansas (home) and #2 Oklahoma (home). Wins over #4 Mizzouri (road), #4 Okie State (road), and #4 Tech (road). (they are all tied at #4 in conference)

    We can play with anyone in the conference. I'm guessing/hoping we can beat Tech and Okie State at home, Iowa State on the road, and lose to Oklahoma on the road. That would put us at 20-9, with a bunch of close losses in there (1 to KSU, 3? to #10 Gonzaga, etc).

    I still think the NCAA game they lose will be the one that someone exploits us inside. Chris Owens will be missed.
     
  7. kbm

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    congrats, haven. What a major accomplishment! Hope you do well there.
     
  8. Jeff

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    Speaking of great basketball, how about that UH win over Memphis yesterday??? Woo hoo! :D
     
  9. kbm

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    You suck Jeff. :D But yeah that win might put memphis in the friggin NIT! Where oh where is Kelly Wise when you need him.
     
  10. Smokey

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    Congrats haven. That is awesome! How are you gonna celebrate? :D
     
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    Excellent road win over a good Mizzou team. TJ kicked some serious ass out there today, and finished with a double double. Fredie Williams played great D, and Erskin was cleaning the glass and scoring inside. It's nice to finally win one of these close games.
     
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    excellent haven, good job, congrats

    Looking forward to meeting you in person in the near future
     
  13. Princess

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    congrats haven! I have some friends that got accepted there too!

    Jeff-Go Coogs!!! :D
     
  14. junglerules

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    i don't know that owens and thomas is better than gooden and collison, but it sure would even it up a bit. Then again, thomas was pretty tentative early this year until owens went down. It would be AWESOME to have a low post rotation of owens, boddicker, thomas, and erskin. With klotz playing only if every other player on the team had fouled out, and all possible walk-ons in the stands had left....

    I think if we take one of our remaining games, we are in the tourney. A winning record in our conference is almost a guarantee to make the field of 65. I think that if we can go 3-1 the rest of the reg season, and also take at least one game in the conference tourney, then we would be looking at a 5 or 6 seed.

    TJ Ford....unbelievable....and I am paralyzed with excitement thinking about how good he and this team might be next year, especially if owens is able to get much of a 6th year back....
     
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    <img src="http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jhurley/horns.gif">
    Hook 'em!
     

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