Frogs v A-PB Golden Lions
- Thread starter Prince of Purpoole II
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LVH
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My biggest concern coming into the year was if our guys could handle success. Its easier to handle failure than success. Last year was considered a success by TCU basketball standards, so I was hoping complacency didn't set in. Tonight was not a good sign at all.
Early season upsets happen, I remember UNC losing to Santa Clara in game 1 the year they won the title in 2005, and Michigan State lost to Wright State the year they won it all in 2000, but Santa Clara was an 11 point dog and Wright State a 13 point dog. Not 35.
Time for our players to get off social media and get to work or they will have wasted all the good will and momentum they built up last year. Those massive student sections we saw last year won't turn out if the team underachieves
Early season upsets happen, I remember UNC losing to Santa Clara in game 1 the year they won the title in 2005, and Michigan State lost to Wright State the year they won it all in 2000, but Santa Clara was an 11 point dog and Wright State a 13 point dog. Not 35.
Time for our players to get off social media and get to work or they will have wasted all the good will and momentum they built up last year. Those massive student sections we saw last year won't turn out if the team underachieves
CountryFrog
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3 possibilities here:
1) This team is terrible
2) UAPB is one of the best teams in the country
3) It's the first game of the year and it doesn't mean much of anything at all
1) This team is terrible
2) UAPB is one of the best teams in the country
3) It's the first game of the year and it doesn't mean much of anything at all
FrogAbroad
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APB 70%
TCU 71%
PurpleBlood87
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Free throws saved the Frogs tonight.
LVH
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As much as I want to say 3, this is the type of opponent you dominate even if you play your worst game. 3rd worst team in Kenpom. 2nd to last place in the worst D1 conference last year. UAPB lost by 40 to Wyoming, 32 to UC Santa Barbara, 24 to Pacific, 45 to Southern U, 23 to Alcorn State last year. Lost all of their non conference games by double digits. Maybe UAPB has improved, but no excuse with the talent we had coming back.
Horned Toad
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I hope that UAPB #21 goes to the transfer portal. We should look at him. That kid couldn’t miss.
hometown frog
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Not something I think we’ve ever said in the Dixon era….
BleedNPurple
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Thinking the same thing. We can go ahead and get that over with.
FrogAbroad
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Okay, serious question here: what are the rules/ethics about contacting a scholarship athlete enrolled at another school to offer a scholarship if the athlete transfers? It appears the athlete must enter "the portal" before receiving any offers, but...is there a penalty attached if caught being a bit premature making the offer?
KillerFrog InD KitchenSink
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Definitely mostly three but it reinforces the preseason concern of poor outside shooting. Defense and rebounding will have to be our MO and those require effort which didn’t seem to be there tonight.
WhatTheFrog
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A-PB couldn't miss a 3 in the 1st half. They had 11 makes to our 1.
PurpleBlood87
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According to CJD in the post-game interview A-PB revamped most of its roster and TCU went in blind as far as how good or bad they would play.
CJD said that was a much better team then the one they had film on.
CJD said that was a much better team then the one they had film on.
froginmn
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I'm pretty sure there's a penalty for premature evacuation.
Technically you can't make contact, and if you do there's a sanction for it. However, proving it happened is, I'm sure, quite difficult.
TopFrog
Lifelong Frog
Oklahoma Sooners blow late lead, fall in season opener to Sam Houston State
Ben Dackiw
November 7, 2022 10:55 pm CT
This is not the start that Porter Moser envisioned for his second year at the University of Oklahoma.
OU turned the ball over 21 times and shot just 37.2% from the field and were outrebounded by six on the offensive glass. Neither team found much success from three-point range; both teams shot just over 26%.
Oklahoma Sooners blow late lead, fall in season opener to Sam Houston State
The Oklahoma Sooners go cold late in the second half, drop their season opener 52-51 to the Sam Houston State Bearkats. From @bendackiw
soonerswire.usatoday.com
LVH
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Feel bad for Porter, he is a good guy - have a hard time rooting against him. Not sure if Oklahoma was ever a good fit for him, he could have stayed at Loyola and turned them into a Butler.Oklahoma Sooners blow late lead, fall in season opener to Sam Houston State
Ben Dackiw
November 7, 2022 10:55 pm CT
This is not the start that Porter Moser envisioned for his second year at the University of Oklahoma.
OU turned the ball over 21 times and shot just 37.2% from the field and were outrebounded by six on the offensive glass. Neither team found much success from three-point range; both teams shot just over 26%.
Oklahoma Sooners blow late lead, fall in season opener to Sam Houston State
The Oklahoma Sooners go cold late in the second half, drop their season opener 52-51 to the Sam Houston State Bearkats. From @bendackiw
LVH
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We will see. Looking at the usual tough non conference schedule schools like UAPB play I'll be surprised if they win any of them
Prince of Purpoole II
Reigning Smartarse
As an aside, with no judgment, a friend who is deeply in the know tells me the men’s basketball NIL money total exceeds that of the entire football team.
TCUdirtbag
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it’s the first game and we won (try as we might’ve to lose). I’m going to try and erase it from my brain before it scars and choose to not think about it ever again.
Season “opener” vs Lamar on Friday!
Season “opener” vs Lamar on Friday!
