Opponent: tu (13-6, 2-4)
Time: 1:30pm
Date: January 25
Location: Moody Center (name subject to change because tu students who part time identify as female believe moody is a derogatory term for females and males on their period)
TV: ESPN2
Game Quadrant: Quad 1
Opponent NET: 33
Opponent KenPom: 39
Opponent Offensive / Defensive Rating: 51/37
Spread: A&M -1
Stats: https://12thman.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
It's either in Buzz's office, Jamie Morrison's office, or somewhere between University and Harvey Mitchell, but I know for certain the Lone Star Showdown Cup is not in the Moody Center! As most are aware, our fighting Texas A&M Aggies took down those hippies 80-60 in College Station early January after a 20 point domination in the second half. tu in front of their home crowd, will look to avenge that embarrassing loss while Buzz and co will look to hand them another beating and continue to fight for a top 3/4 seed.
For those who don't follow during the week or are just hanging around just for the in state rivalry. Texas A&M traveled to Ole Miss a few days ago and handed a highly ranked Ole Miss squad a devastating loss at the final seconds. Ole Miss led the entire game, but after some stellar defensive plays by Soloman Washington, and Ole Miss goal tend on a Zhuric Phelps basket, a missed free throw, and Phelps kick out pass to Manny Obaseki, the Aggies took their first lead of the game with less than 15 seconds after an Obaseki 3 to make it 63-62. After a joyful evening, the Brads and Chads of Ole Miss hung their head low in disbelief as they walked back to their frat houses while the Aggies jumped for glee (even if many had to wake up and find out the score after turning the game off)
However, tu has had a gauntlet of a schedule after playing women's schools and rec teams in non conference. They are 2-4 in SEC play with their wins coming against Oklahoma and Mizzou. Granted they have faced a tough stretch of opponents to start sec play, but I mean at this point who hasn't. They played Tennessee close and had a thriller comeback fall short after being dominated by Auburn most of the game. But they suffered 20+ point losses to us and Florida. They'll be looking for revenge, but we learned their style did not match up well against us. Their only way to victory will be to shoot lights out at home.
Last time out, their future lottery pick #20 Tre Johnson had a rough going 2-13. He's still averaging over 18 a game. Lately, their forward Arthur Kaluma has been playing well averaging 13 and 8. He is a great player who can drive to the basket and shoot. They also have Jordan Pope and Tramon Mark who are capable of knocking down 3's. They don't have a strong presence inside, their center Kadin Shedrick took only 1 attempt last game. Tu ran their entire offense from behind the 3 or took highly contested shots.
On our side, we really took the game over when we did a better job of closing out on their 3 point attempts and forcing them late into the shot clock. On offense, Payne established himself in the paint with no one in orange having an answer for him. Phelps did a great job of getting to the paint and went on a huge run to break the game open early in the 2nd half. In case you forgot, in that game we shot 2-19 from 3. Our outside shooting has looked a little better since then so hopefully we can get that going. Wade Taylor IV was a little gimpy late in that first game, he was 4-12 and 1-7 from deep. He also didn't have the best game against Ole Miss. We should expect a better game from IV. We saw vintage March Manny Obaseki, so let's see if a game like that was great for his mental state.
A&M hasn't won in Austin since 2002. Maybe the drum, Frank Erwin Center was just plain ole bad luck. It's time we make the Moody Center our home and we head down to Austin to beat those weirdos in orange. We have a very senior laden group and this will be the last time they play in a rivalry like this, why not get a big road win against tu. Let's paint that arena Maroon, let's watch Wade, Zhu, Hef, Mo, Carter, and Wilcher light it up from 3 while Payne, Henry, Solo, and Andy own the paint, and let's BTHO tu yet again.
Time: 1:30pm
Date: January 25
Location: Moody Center (name subject to change because tu students who part time identify as female believe moody is a derogatory term for females and males on their period)
TV: ESPN2
Game Quadrant: Quad 1
Opponent NET: 33
Opponent KenPom: 39
Opponent Offensive / Defensive Rating: 51/37
Spread: A&M -1
Stats: https://12thman.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
It's either in Buzz's office, Jamie Morrison's office, or somewhere between University and Harvey Mitchell, but I know for certain the Lone Star Showdown Cup is not in the Moody Center! As most are aware, our fighting Texas A&M Aggies took down those hippies 80-60 in College Station early January after a 20 point domination in the second half. tu in front of their home crowd, will look to avenge that embarrassing loss while Buzz and co will look to hand them another beating and continue to fight for a top 3/4 seed.
For those who don't follow during the week or are just hanging around just for the in state rivalry. Texas A&M traveled to Ole Miss a few days ago and handed a highly ranked Ole Miss squad a devastating loss at the final seconds. Ole Miss led the entire game, but after some stellar defensive plays by Soloman Washington, and Ole Miss goal tend on a Zhuric Phelps basket, a missed free throw, and Phelps kick out pass to Manny Obaseki, the Aggies took their first lead of the game with less than 15 seconds after an Obaseki 3 to make it 63-62. After a joyful evening, the Brads and Chads of Ole Miss hung their head low in disbelief as they walked back to their frat houses while the Aggies jumped for glee (even if many had to wake up and find out the score after turning the game off)
However, tu has had a gauntlet of a schedule after playing women's schools and rec teams in non conference. They are 2-4 in SEC play with their wins coming against Oklahoma and Mizzou. Granted they have faced a tough stretch of opponents to start sec play, but I mean at this point who hasn't. They played Tennessee close and had a thriller comeback fall short after being dominated by Auburn most of the game. But they suffered 20+ point losses to us and Florida. They'll be looking for revenge, but we learned their style did not match up well against us. Their only way to victory will be to shoot lights out at home.
Last time out, their future lottery pick #20 Tre Johnson had a rough going 2-13. He's still averaging over 18 a game. Lately, their forward Arthur Kaluma has been playing well averaging 13 and 8. He is a great player who can drive to the basket and shoot. They also have Jordan Pope and Tramon Mark who are capable of knocking down 3's. They don't have a strong presence inside, their center Kadin Shedrick took only 1 attempt last game. Tu ran their entire offense from behind the 3 or took highly contested shots.
On our side, we really took the game over when we did a better job of closing out on their 3 point attempts and forcing them late into the shot clock. On offense, Payne established himself in the paint with no one in orange having an answer for him. Phelps did a great job of getting to the paint and went on a huge run to break the game open early in the 2nd half. In case you forgot, in that game we shot 2-19 from 3. Our outside shooting has looked a little better since then so hopefully we can get that going. Wade Taylor IV was a little gimpy late in that first game, he was 4-12 and 1-7 from deep. He also didn't have the best game against Ole Miss. We should expect a better game from IV. We saw vintage March Manny Obaseki, so let's see if a game like that was great for his mental state.
A&M hasn't won in Austin since 2002. Maybe the drum, Frank Erwin Center was just plain ole bad luck. It's time we make the Moody Center our home and we head down to Austin to beat those weirdos in orange. We have a very senior laden group and this will be the last time they play in a rivalry like this, why not get a big road win against tu. Let's paint that arena Maroon, let's watch Wade, Zhu, Hef, Mo, Carter, and Wilcher light it up from 3 while Payne, Henry, Solo, and Andy own the paint, and let's BTHO tu yet again.
