Texas Longhorns vs Texas Tech Red Raiders Preview: Longhorns Look to Rebound after Tough Loss to UConn
by Matt Patton on Jan 11, 2011 11:43 AM CST
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PrintThis could be a very ugly game. This should be a very ugly game. On one hand you have Texas Tech, the worst team in the conference. On the other you have Texas, one of the best teams in the conference. Even homecourt advantage can't save Pat Knight's squad from a brutal defeat here. Texas is coming off a huge, home overtime loss to Connecticut this week, and I think they'll be looking for blood.
Truthfully Texas Tech is over-matched at every position. Last year, Mike Singletary and Jordan Hamilton would have been a great match-up. Singletary might have actually had the advantage. This year Jordan Hamilton is playing like a legitimate Big 12 Player of the Year, and Singletary is inconsistently pretty good. The match-up I'm most excited about is Tristan Thompson, who has been one of the best freshman in the country, and Robert Lewandowski, who has been quietly effective (hitting just under 60% of his shots). Thompson has the upper hand in skills, but Lewandowski has the height, weight and experience advantage (and free throw percentage).
All in all, I just don't see Texas Tech competing in this game. But conference season is full of surprises (Missouri and K-State can attest to that), and that's why we play the game.
The game will be on at 6:00PM on ESPN2.
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“Jordan Hamilton has been having a CPOY-type season. Can he keep it up in Lubbock? " Isn’t Lubbock where CPOY stats are built?
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16 points, 7 boards
You do that every night and people will ask for your autograph.
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Texas looks good
Texas is by far the second most talented team in the Big 12. I’m just not sold on Rick Barnes, never have been.
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Seven points...
grand total of Singletary and Roberson. Seriously… is there anyone who can answer what is going on in Lubbock? Singletary was 2-9, Roberson 1-10
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emberASS whooping
I, along with hundreds of others, streamed out of the United Spirit Arena in Lubbock tonight at the under 12:00 media timeout with our Red Raiders down 30. It felt like the "walk of shame". It felt like such a charade. I mean, if the players and coaches can’t do a better job…and the fans are apathetic…then why even bother? It makes me sad. We have a wonderful basketball facility and a fan base that, while certainly not the most basketball crazy in the conference, has supported winners in the past. When The General was leading the team, attending the basketball games was something that you scheduled for. Now that Pat is at the helm, I can’t help but feel that fans are scheduling around the games. Frankly, I don’t blame them. But the worst part of it is, I can’t help but think that it will only get worse before it gets any better. We start four seniors (who have been very disappointing) and our underclassmen aren’t exactly McDonald’s All-Americans. The rest of the Big 12 has passed us by.
2:13 is not just a verse in the bible…it was also Tech’s assist to turnover ratio tonight. But they made up for it by being out rebounded 39-23. Oh yeah, they also shot 0-11 from beyond the arc.
University or Texas = Marshawn Lynch
Texas Tech = New Orleans Saints Defense
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