Arkansas Little Rock (1/8/09)

[GoMeanGreen1999]

Its like Groundhog day. Every single road Belt game is the same every single year. So disappointing.

well on the bright side, at the very least, they are still in the games at the break.

[UNTflyer]

78-77 UALR wins in OT.

Boooo!

[GrandGreen]

Awful outside shooting, but still could have won. Great game for Tremiel. Very questionable shoot selection at critical times. Good news, is that NT was at least close with horrible 3 point shooting. Good defensive effort in a very closely called game.

[Travis]

How many 3's did we jack up this time?!

[CMJ]

We shot 17 from three point land.

[filmerj]

Very disappointing... What is this club's problem? I had high hopes, but now, I just don't know what to think.

[untgeorge]

Very disappointing... What is this club's problem? I had high hopes, but now, I just don't know what to think.

Nothing that hasn't been said before.

Backcourt too small. This is especially damaging defensively.

Questionable commitment to defense, or maybe inconsistent commitment to defense.

No on-court leader. No Ben Bell or Q.

No go-to guy at the end. This is the kind of game KD often stepped up and won in the last few minutes.

Only one guy with an offensive game inside, and he has just surfaced.

Are we done? No. But we have to find an alternative when defenses take their toll on our perimeter shooting. If we can avoid losing games we should win (like UTA and UNO) and esp losing games on the road to teams with less athleticism we can get back into it. Much as I like their coach, UALR has a hard time scoring against anyone but UNT and will have their own problems. Hang in there; we are not a perfect team, but not that bad, either, in this conference (though if we should win it, we would get a really bad seed in the NCAAs).

Now, if we lose to ArkSt Saturday, maybe we are done.

[Censored by Laurie]

Nothing that hasn't been said before.

Backcourt too small. This is especially damaging defensively.

Questionable commitment to defense, or maybe inconsistent commitment to defense.

No on-court leader. No Ben Bell or Q.

No go-to guy at the end. This is the kind of game KD often stepped up and won in the last few minutes.

Only one guy with an offensive game inside, and he has just surfaced.

Are we done? No. But we have to find an alternative when defenses take their toll on our perimeter shooting. If we can avoid losing games we should win (like UTA and UNO) and esp losing games on the road to teams with less athleticism we can get back into it. Much as I like their coach, UALR has a hard time scoring against anyone but UNT and will have their own problems. Hang in there; we are not a perfect team, but not that bad, either, in this conference (though if we should win it, we would get a really bad seed in the NCAAs).

Now, if we lose to ArkSt Saturday, maybe we are done.

Agreed...and I hate to say it again b/c it sounds like I'm throwing in the towel, but this is a very young team...4 sophmores and a junior in last night's starting line-up. I think we've identified (and I believe JJ has as well) the key areas this team is lacking...and if we properly address them in recruiting the peices are in place for the next two seasons for this program to take another major step forward.

[UNTLifer]

...but this is a very young team...4 sophmores and a junior in last night's starting line-up.

Blasphemy!

[Quoner]

Agreed...and I hate to say it again b/c it sounds like I'm throwing in the towel, but this is a very young team...4 sophmores and a junior in last night's starting line-up. I think we've identified (and I believe JJ has as well) the key areas this team is lacking...and if we properly address them in recruiting the peices are in place for the next two seasons for this program to take another major step forward.

But Florida won two national championships with underclassmen!

[Censored by Laurie]

But Florida won two national championships with underclassmen!

Clearly, we can't compare ourselves to a large, public university in a state loaded with great athletes, warm weather and more than 25 electoral votes

[UNT90]

uh...point guard. please.

[CMJ]

Clearly, we can't compare ourselves to a large, public university in a state loaded with great athletes, warm weather and more than 25 electoral votes

Epic.

[Quoner]

Clearly, we can't compare ourselves to a large, public university in a state loaded with great athletes, warm weather and more than 25 electoral votes

Do you know any good bloggers who could explain why? I'm not quite getting it.

[Censored by Laurie]

Do you know any good bloggers who could explain why? I'm not quite getting it.

He still hasn't indulged my fancy for college football playoff discussion so I did not renew my subscription to said blog.