TCU beat Kansas yesterday

[emmitt01]

Really? We can't beat Bama-Huntsville Girl Scout troop #238, and they beat #5 KU??

And the relevance of our program in the eyes of recruits just dropped...some more.

[MeanGreenTexan]

Really? We can't beat Bama-Huntsville Girl Scout troop #238, and they beat #5 KU??

And the relevance of our program in the eyes of recruits just dropped...some more.

Don't know if our program dropped anymore because of this, but a program we had under our thumb for the past decade just crawled out from our shadow.

[Green P1]

Imagine how responsible and mature their players must have been last night.

[risinggreen]

I seriously think we would have trouble with Kansas Wesleyan. Sure hope the miracle turnaround occurs and proves me wrong.

[untjim1995]

I went to this game last night. TCU is really bad, but they caught KU sleepwalking. The Jayhawks acted like the name on the front of the jersey was enough to be the Forgs. TCU was smart, though. They took the air out of the ball on offense, just running down the clock on almost every possession. They called timeouts just as KU would get a mini run going. And most improtantly, they made enough FTs to keep KU at bay. The saddest part of this game was that Daniel Meyer Coliseum seats about 7400 and over half of them in attendance last night were KU fans. TCU is bad, so I get that their students and alums aren't too excited about their hoops team, but it does hit on the fact that being in the Big XII (or the old SWC) is just such a huge advantage for a private school like TCU or Baylor. They get butts in seats just because of who they get to play.

To make it UNT related, if we were to play TCU, Tony Benford may or may not cuss out Trent Johnson while we lose by about 25. I may or may not cuss Trent Johnson out, too. Him leaving LSU gave JJ his dream opportunity and now we are stuck with a guy who cannot beat Alabama-Huntsville. Damn you, Trent Johnson!!

Edited February 7, 2013 by untjim1995

[MeanMag]

I went to this game last night. TCU is really bad, but they caught KU sleepwalking. The Jayhawks acted like the name on the front of the jersey was enough to be the Forgs. TCU was smart, though. They took the air out of the ball on offense, just running down the clock on almost every possession. They called timeouts just as KU would get a mini run going. And most improtantly, they made enough FTs to keep KU at bay. The saddest part of this game was that Daniel Meyer Coliseum seats about 7400 and over half of them in attendance last night were KU fans. TCU is bad, so I get that their students and alums aren't too excited about their hoops team, but it does hit on the fact that being in the Big XII (or the old SWC) is just such a huge advantage for a private school like TCU or Baylor. They get butts in seats just because of who they get to play.

To make it UNT related, if we were to play TCU, Tony Benford may or may not cuss out Trent Johnson while we lose by about 25. I may or may not cuss Trent Johnson out, too. Him leaving LSU gave JJ his dream opportunity and now we are stuck with a guy who cannot beat Alabama-Huntsville. Damn you, Trent Johnson!!

Your writeup is exactly what I expected.

However, I think this game proved #5 Kansas was a fraud more than TCU is great. #5 teams don't lose to a team without a conference win or a team that struggles to score 62. #5 teams simply do not hit 3 field goals in a half and score only 14 by halftime to a team like TCU.

Kansas last night played a lot like we have all season, and I'd be willing to say that Bill Self got out coached last night, and it probably doesn't happen as often as it does with us.

Trent Johnson was leaving LSU even if TCU didn't come calling, and JJ was probably going to LSU even if Trent Johnson didn't want to go anywhere.

[untjim1995]

It wasn't so much that Self got out-coached, as it was that their team just got outplayed and outhustled. Even Trent Johnson said after the game that TCU needed all the help they got to win that game. It was amazing to watch a team with that much talent simply miss shot after shot. It was very UNT-esque in that they couldn't shoot from outside 5 feet. They are probably a fraud, but college hoops this season has been a crapshoot. Literally, anyone that makes the tournament this year has a chance to make serious noise. This is why our season is so amazingly disappointing. It wont surprise me to see a team like MUTS end up in the Sweet 16. Its gonna be a year where a mid major is playing games deep into the tournament. We should have been a team that others were talking about in this vein. Instead, the only Texas schools that will probably make the tournament are SFA and Baylor. As usual, we blew the chance to garner so much attention, almost solely, for our school in athletics in the area and the state.

Benford'd and RV'd

Edited February 8, 2013 by untjim1995

[gksmith]

No one wants to be #1. It is 5 straight weeks the top team fell. Indiana fell from there twice. Florida went 1-1 this week at #2. Not sure if that is enough to make #1. With #3 Michigan was beat by Wisconsin as well, whoever is #4 and didn't lose could be #1 (not sure of all of the rankings).

[Mean Green Matt]

No one wants to be #1. It is 5 straight weeks the top team fell. Indiana fell from there twice. Florida went 1-1 this week at #2. Not sure if that is enough to make #1. With #3 Michigan was beat by Wisconsin as well, whoever is #4 and didn't lose could be #1 (not sure of all of the rankings).

Indiana will probably stay at #1 after beating Ohio State today in Columbus.

[MeanMag]

Kansas lost again to unranked Oklahoma. I think OU is better than many expected this year, but there's something wrong with Kansas right now. That is 3 losses in a row for them, and it might be 4 after they get done with Kansas St.

[MeanGreenTexan]

No one wants to be #1. It is 5 straight weeks the top team fell. Indiana fell from there twice. Florida went 1-1 this week at #2. Not sure if that is enough to make #1. With #3 Michigan was beat by Wisconsin as well, whoever is #4 and didn't lose could be #1 (not sure of all of the rankings).

I keep seeing people say this. This is dumb. Everyone wants to be #1.

Of course, everyone wants to BEAT #1 as well.

[gksmith]

Indiana and Duke split #1 in the poles.

[untjim1995]

Kansas looked like they figured a lot of things out last night against K-State. I have a feeling that they are gonna be better for this poor stretch, but they still have tough games at Okie Lite, Iowa State, and Baylor. We'll see, but they looked a lot more like Kansas than they did last week, that's for sure.

Edited February 12, 2013 by untjim1995