OU basketball runs into a buzzsaw, gets destroyed @ Mizzou 87-49
by Jordan Esco on Jan 3, 2012 9:00 PM CST
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Oklahoma went on the road to open their Big 12 slate against arguably the Big 12's best team in Missouri and boy oh boy did they ever look the part. The Tigers shot a ridiculous 59% from the field and 57% from three point range in their complete and utter destruction of the Sooners Tuesday night. Missouri dominated OU in every facet of the game with the obvious final score margin, out rebounding an OU team who have excelled on the boards by 18, as well as finishing with more assists and blocks.
Not sure how much of a take away there is from this game other than Mizzou is really freaking good and OU (I pray) isn't nearly as bad as Missouri made them look. As OUJJ said in the game thread, it was a road game against a really good team who happened to shoot the lights out (in both halves). As an OU fan, I sincerely hope that's what it was and not a precursor to OU's conference schedule.
I do have one gripe I have to get off my chest before we wrap this up though. I have no freaking idea what Coach Kruger was trying to accomplish by having guys like Romero Osby, Tyler Neal, and C. J. Washington guard the Mizzou point guards, but if the goal was to allow the Tigers to drive right by the bigger, slower players for uncontested layups it was a monumental success. Can't say I like the strategy for actually winning games, but then again I'm just a fan. So, you know, whatever.
Things don't get any easier for the Sooners as they'll return home to face Kansas this Saturday at 1pm (central). The game will be broadcast on ESPiNU.
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yeah
mizzou is for real this year…pains me greatly to say that, but credit where credit is due.
"Nonsense. By all means, move." Doc Holliday, the movie Tombstone.
Sorry y'all got to live with them.
Will they knock smug ole Kansas around ?!?
by OU JJ on Jan 3, 2012 9:34 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Hard to say
KU seems to almost always have their number no matter what. If Mizzou shoots like they did tonight though, they’d win the national championship running away IMO. But we obviously know that ain’t happening every night.
Watched both of them
and MU is better now. Having said that, Allen Fieldhouse is crazy nuts and anything can happen. Same with Laurie, Paige, Stewart court or whatever Mizzou calls their arena now, is no cakewalk either, but my money would be on MU tonight.
"Nonsense. By all means, move." Doc Holliday, the movie Tombstone.
We had a really bad game
and they had a really good game. No doubt Mizzou is in a different league than us right now, but 40 points better than us? I don’t think so, not by any stretch of the imagination.
Maybe it was game planning, maybe it was over confidence, maybe it was a case of underestimating our opponent, more than likely it was some of each. What I’m most concerned with at this point is how will this team respond against Kansas. I do not expect to see us play at that level again. I believe we will see an entirely different team in the LNC against Kansas.
No doubt, we have a long way to go.
by SoonerGoneEast on Jan 4, 2012 7:25 AM CST via mobile reply actions
If there was any silver lining
And given the final score that’s probably a stretch, but I liked the team’s attitude/body language towards the end of the game given the disparity on the scoreboard. Now way a Capel team isn’t sulking around and just jacking up horrible shots. To me that’s a positive and a sign that they’ve bought into Kruger, which has to be a good thing IMO.
That's a really good point.
I was on the Capel bandwagon early on. I felt like the infusion of youth into the coaching staff was just what the doctor ordered, but I don’t know as how he ever fully understood or appreciated the value of structure and discipline in the game of basketball. If he had, he would have recruited like-minded players and coaches and placed a much greater emphasis on conditioning. What we’re seeing now with the hiring of Kruger is the triumph of experience over youth. Perhaps it was just too early for Capel.
We may not win a lot of games from here on out. Who knows, maybe we don’t even go .500 in conference. (apply sunscreen now, spf 5000 or greater) But we know where this team came from and we can clearly see where they’re heading. I will support this team, win or lose, so long as they have heart and a positive, team first attitude. Better days lie ahead!
by SoonerGoneEast on Jan 4, 2012 8:33 PM CST up reply actions
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