I didn't see anything "dirty" outside of Uros's two early fouls which were embellished by Flipkowski. This looked like the same type of game we've played all year. I do worry about all of the pearl clutching by the national media and hope the next game isn't officiated very closely .
All this hand wringing through the year about their offense had a simple explanation; it’s who is on this team and how it’s built. With this roster, defense and rebounding gives them the best chance to win. They have depth which is overlooked. Media harps on them being metrics frauds but the numbers remove the bias and have them top 10 all year. It’s Barnes best job since being at UT.
FWIW (and I do not like Gottlieb at all so it pains me to "defend" him) I do not think he was being xenophobic - I think either he misspelled "Uros" or his phone auto-corrected.
1. All season long, if Uros got two fouls like those first two against Duke we might not see him again for the rest of the game. Certainly not before halftime. But he came back in the game at about the 10-minute mark, which indicated to me that Barnes was OK with what he was doing (and may have even ASKED him to do it?)
2. Nkamhoua has shown these flashes before, which is what makes the rest of his games so frustrating. I honestly think his performance against Texas was more impressive, as he didn't take any 3s in that game. And even when his 3s are falling like Saturday I don't really feel like it's a great thing to have to rely on.
3. Were Phillips' 4 points the LOUDEST 4 points ever? Those dunks are what we have been waiting for all season from him. But other than those two plays he seems really tentative now and I wonder if he is still hurt.
4. I really love Iwaka and can't wait to see him develop. He reminds me of what Big Baby Davis was at LSU.
5. I know FAU is a quality team but I really think the outcome of our game depends almost solely on which UT shows up. That has basically been true for most of our games this season. But it's March. Survive and advance.
I didn't see anything "dirty" outside of Uros's two early fouls which were embellished by Flipkowski. This looked like the same type of game we've played all year. I do worry about all of the pearl clutching by the national media and hope the next game isn't officiated very closely .
All this hand wringing through the year about their offense had a simple explanation; it’s who is on this team and how it’s built. With this roster, defense and rebounding gives them the best chance to win. They have depth which is overlooked. Media harps on them being metrics frauds but the numbers remove the bias and have them top 10 all year. It’s Barnes best job since being at UT.
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FWIW (and I do not like Gottlieb at all so it pains me to "defend" him) I do not think he was being xenophobic - I think either he misspelled "Uros" or his phone auto-corrected.
Couple of other observations:
1. All season long, if Uros got two fouls like those first two against Duke we might not see him again for the rest of the game. Certainly not before halftime. But he came back in the game at about the 10-minute mark, which indicated to me that Barnes was OK with what he was doing (and may have even ASKED him to do it?)
2. Nkamhoua has shown these flashes before, which is what makes the rest of his games so frustrating. I honestly think his performance against Texas was more impressive, as he didn't take any 3s in that game. And even when his 3s are falling like Saturday I don't really feel like it's a great thing to have to rely on.
3. Were Phillips' 4 points the LOUDEST 4 points ever? Those dunks are what we have been waiting for all season from him. But other than those two plays he seems really tentative now and I wonder if he is still hurt.
4. I really love Iwaka and can't wait to see him develop. He reminds me of what Big Baby Davis was at LSU.
5. I know FAU is a quality team but I really think the outcome of our game depends almost solely on which UT shows up. That has basically been true for most of our games this season. But it's March. Survive and advance.
GBO