*** Game Thread: Texas A&M vs UCF ***

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NormanEH
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Tuned into my first game. I'll check back on a couple months
AggieCrew44
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TheDecadeSapling said:

What did yall really expect? Bucky himself said there'd be games where we were gonna look bad. I mean it's the reality of the situation.
I expected with some of the names we brought in to not blow a 14 point lead at home to a bottom feeder

I didn't expect us to be great or even good. I still had this as a bubble team as did most pundits. Mgbako better be incredible both offensively and defensively
MisterJones
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86-74 UCF

Final
TAMUallen
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I think that missed layup followed up by a slam at the end summed up tonight's game. Barf
Imsodopey
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BTHO Montana!
sharpdressedman
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A drunk groomsman just toasted that "xXxX is one lucky m'fkr." There was dead silence. The mood now resembles the shock on this board.
Budder01
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Seriously, how many mother effing layups can one team miss in a single game. You have to be kidding me. Junior high dog**** basketball
dtk9119
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So they just said UCFs entire roster is also completely new so anyone using that as an excuse for this garbage collapse so much for that
Bunk Moreland
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dtk9119 said:

So they just said UCFs entire roster is also completely new so anyone using that as an excuse for this garbage collapse so much for that


We were also up 14 with 12 minutes left. It was a crap shoot and we capped out down the stretch. Once our guys begin to play with each other better and we get our stud playing I'd bet things would and will look a lot different.
JDay
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Outscored 38-13 in the last 9:09.
CovaAggie
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I would rather watch the team score 52 points and be 1-15 from 3 with Buzz than what we've put out vs ok state and ucf. This is brutal
SeattleAg05
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Yikes. Surprising how bad this team looks on offense in transition. They actually played much better offensively in the half court sets.
Mikeyshooter
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The scary part was not a single player looked like they gave a crap. Giving up layups, dunks and wide open 3s over and over again didn't seem to bother anyone.


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Mikeyshooter said:

The scary part was not a single player looked like they gave a crap. Giving up layups, dunks and wide open 3s over and over again didn't seem to bother anyone.

That's the problem with importing all these old ass players. They're past the point of being molded into a particular culture or mindset. What you see is what you get. This is who they are.
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Even when we were ahead I got the same feeling.

You mentioned it looked like none of it bothered them and I guess that's what happens when you pay players who have no attachment to the school.
Room40
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Enjoy the non conference opponents that are borderline D1 schools, because that's all we're beating this year. This team will get smoked a lot this season due to their poor defense. We need a blend of Buzz defense and Bucky offense
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I'll be amazed if we are above .500 overall the way we are playing right now.

At least the players last year gave a crap.
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
phatty26
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What did we think we were gonna instantly be a great team with all new players. I hate saying patient but we will be a good group by the end of the season.
northeastag
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Come on, folks. Let's give this whole thing a chance to gel.
TheDecadeSapling
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People don't grasp the reality of the situation. It sucks but that's just how it is.
Give me the guy who shoots for excellence and fails over the guy who shoots for mediocrity and succeeds.
MROD92
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Good news is maybe a lot of these posters will leave
BadMoonRisin
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So far looks to be gelling like a certain substance in Cameron Diaz's hairdo
The Marksman
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Might be a rough season, but it is just Bucky's first year
Loyalag2001
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TheDecadeSapling said:

What did yall really expect? Bucky himself said there'd be games where we were gonna look bad. I mean it's the reality of the situation.

This team shouldn't be this bad. Even with a first year coach we are bad at the simplest things and thats on the coach. Missing that many layups for a D1 program is just bad but no defense
Mikeyshooter
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Agreed. A new coach and new team doesn't mean they can't make a simple pass or not get blown by on the other end. I don't expect these guys to be running on all cylinders but doing the little things that it takes to win should be expected.

No one is jumping off the bandwagon. But to say that some of this stuff isn't alarming is naive. We should
Never ever give up 38 points in the final 9 minutes and get blown off our home court to a non tournament team. It's unacceptable and needs to get fixed ASAP.


Complete Idiot
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We have like 15 coaches sitting on the sideline, maybe too many cooks in the kitchen. 1-3 seem to be paid to watch the other team's huddle during breaks in play. Why do they watch? I don't know.

We did look short and even pretty unathletic when watching in person. It was a bit eye opening seeing everything live. Just a bad performance.


But having seen multiple A&M teams in recent years go through stretches of ineptitude only to look nearly unbeatable at other points in schedule, I know things can drastically change. So I definitely am not just assuming "this is who we are all season".

But man, it better be much improved at some point or it's a 4/5 win conference record.

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I can definitely see us giving up tons of points in runs during our games, but the mirror image was that we only scored about 7 points after the midpoint of the second half. Offense went into a shell and that's just not going to work with the personnel we have. Until Pop is one hundred percent or we have more consistent ball handlers, it will probably be a struggle game-to-game or media TO to media TO...
Stucco
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Defense was decent, except for allowing the pass aheads during down court pressure and a few penetrations.
We disrupted lots of passes and forced lots of mistakes.
We hustled to the loose ball.
We couldn't handle their full court press. It took way too long to advance the ball.
It didn't seem like we were running any plays, just bouncing around until we ran out of clock.
We had near zero penetration.
We missed nearly all the fast break shots (the only times we made it to the rim).
We didn't defend the lane.

We somehow did not foul out Bol. He played with 4 fouls defending the rim and not being careful (and had huge impact), and instead of driving on him immediately we danced around.

I don't think I've ever seen so many subs. It felt like 1-2 players went out every time the clock stopped. It is hard to get a rhythm going when everyone changes every second.
TombstoneTex
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I believe this collapse was necessary as tribute to the sports gods for our football team's comeback victory!
 
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