Houston Game thread

[skyhops]

9 boards to 1. This team came out soft inexcusable. McNight getting used by Cryer

[muskieman]

This team is killing themselves with missed foul shots.

[Kevin Reilly]

Swain is at least making his foul shots. We are missing too many front ends of 1 and 1's. Damn we keep fighting back.

[muskieman]

Taking 5 guys outside and cutting to the basket seems to be working they have 3 guys with 4 fouls but Houston still doesn't stop their aggressive nature as a block on last drive was made by a guy with 4 fouls

[Kevin Reilly]

Claude is playing too tentative on offense. He may be tired. he's not getting any help on the offensive end.

[muskieman]

Des likes to force passes. X offense has stalled with fouls and TOs. They could have this one if they just clean up their act.

[Kevin Reilly]

I think Claude's legs are spent. He needs more from his teammates.

[muskieman]

X has played good D in the second half, but they need to find an offense that is consistent. Keeping Houston at 20+% should have won this game X had 5 or 6 baskets in the second half, and if they could have been decent from the line and made front ends, this game would have been different...they didn't, and Houston did just enough to win.

X should know they can play D, but Sean needs to work to get others to contribute instead of waiting for Des. Quincy had a nice game, and Sasa and Abou did their job. Lazar, you are supposed to be the best big guy, but rebounding one-handed will not cut it. Watch Abou use two hands and learn.

Last year some screamed that Colby looked tired trying to do everything, and this year, it is Colby.

We played two of the best teams in the nation, and we're 0-2, but we fought in both games and did better than what people thought we would do.

We need to find a way to win the last 2 wars when we are close

[muskieman]

[connecticut72]

We got beat by a tough minded well coached team and I was proud of our effort but we are not in their league yet despite the close score. We lack toughness they beat us all night on loose balls and hustle efforts. Having said that I thought the game was over when we were on the ropes down 13 but we fought back and made it more than a game. You cannot score for 8 minutes and expect to beat a team like Houston. I also think we lack a go to guy in crunch time. Des is not ready YET and yáll know how much I love him. His shot is not consistent. The Euros will be good I hope but not now. What is up Lazar? I thought he was going to be the man. The portal guys are ok but just ok. They are Role players are not like Souley was last year. Fouls shooting is not good. I still think we are in a hurry on offense and as a result making poor decisions. Having said all this I believe we can sneak into March Madness if we sweep the bottom tier of the Big East. Go X!!! I still believe.