Game is in Newark. Apparently we lost a bet or something.
Hogs are a 4.5 point underdog. We're averaging 90 a game and they only give up 57. Something has to give. Let's take care of business before our SEC domination begins.
I'm busy so I'll let someone else track down pics of their cheerleaders. Probably better to just post Oregon's instead.
Quote from: Pig Benis on Dec 20, 2025, 08:47 AMGame is in Newark. Apparently we lost a bet or something.
Hogs are a 4.5 point underdog. We're averaging 90 a game and they only give up 57. Something has to give. Let's take care of business before our SEC domination begins.
I'm busy so I'll let someone else track down pics of their cheerleaders. Probably better to just post Oregon's instead.
A lot of feisty Latina spinners I am sure.
Wait that might be a search worth searching.
Cedar Ridge is only a 2A school. I'm surprised their gym can accommodate us.
Hogs +5.5 now
Let's come out throwing haymakers and kick their fucking asses.
Quote from: buff2.0 on Dec 20, 2025, 09:25 AMCedar Ridge is only a 2A school. I'm surprised their gym can accommodate us.
This did not go unnoticed.
They got that sweet power plant tax money funding the district.
Quote from: Barton Fink on Dec 20, 2025, 10:58 AMSurprised by that live
Me too. The line movement isn't encouraging but I'm taking the points.
Quote from: Pig Benis on Dec 20, 2025, 12:20 PMMe too. The line movement isn't encouraging but I'm taking the points.
Same here. I took us at +4.5. Wish I had waited a bit. Moneyline now up to Hogs (+210)
Look for your boy. 1st half I'm under the Arkansas basket.
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Did that work?
Quote from: Usafhawg on Dec 20, 2025, 04:00 PMLook for your boy. 1st half I'm under the Arkansas basket.
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Nice, that couldn't have been cheap.
We had seats like that in Maui, was beyond excellent
I'd hate to have the seat right between the play by play guys like that
That's one of the worst defensive possessions I've ever seen. Jesus.
Well Houston certainly looks better so far. We have to figure out some kind of offense that is more advanced than Acuff freelancing.
Foul? He walked
TB is MIA on offense so far.
Quote from: Spiderham on Dec 20, 2025, 04:54 PMTB is MIA on offense so far.
He's passed on several shots that he took last week
Whistle
Whistle
Whistle
Can't watch this.
We keep going over the top on screens, may need to adjust that strategy.
Gonna get our ass kicked if we don't tighten up defensively.
Our defense looks completely inadequate against these guys and they are getting what they want every single trip. The only way to keep up is with high efficiency on offense. It's the equivalent of one of our football games this year.
That escalated quickly
I thought the second they called on Brazile was against Richmond. Can't they check that call?
Their D is really good. They speed us up when they come with that trap. Looks like Nolan's Hogs back in the day. I'm impressed. Gotta get some stops. They are getting really easy shots.
Flemings looks like the better of the point guards
What in the fuck is happening.
We need to win the next ten minutes
sampson always seems to have arkansas's number.
afraid this one is over before it hardly began.
Ass kicking.
This is a joke.
40 points in ten minutes. Not sure I've seen that before.
Back to football.
Y'all let me know when it's over.
Brilliant foul Richmond
Goddamnit Wagner.
Good job Richmond
We're getting fouls whenever we pressure the ball. They're getting turnovers and no calls.
It would be nice if they would miss a shot every once in a while. Just shredding us.
If we can get this to single digits I'll feel pretty good going into half
#7 for them is carrying the ball every time he has it.
Bullshit foul call
Terrible fucking call
Kind of a bullshit call. If anyone was fouling him, it was Wagner. Mostly not much there.
Lots of anticipation calls by this crew. Calling fouls on not much contact both ways.
They pressure us, great defense. We pressure them, automatic foul.
Comical. Dude jumped on top of him and it is a jump ball?
Nice run to get back in it. Acuff, Ewin, and Richmond. Thomas has completely disappeared the last couple of games. If he's not making shots, he seems to contribute nothing.
Goddamnit Knox. Stop the hero ball
Fuck these refs, Thomas gets tackled and nothing and their guy slips and it is a foul?
Inconsistent whistle
Bullshit call again. That was out on them.
That was absolutely out on them
Refs need to slow down. They are missing a ton of calls and making calls when there is not a lot of contact. Really inconsistent.
Getting jobbed bad by these refs.
The "inconsistency" seems to be going one direction way more than the other...
Quote from: Spiderham on Dec 20, 2025, 05:27 PMRefs need to slow down. They are missing a ton of calls and making calls when there is not a lot of contact. Really inconsistent.
you called it earlier, they're making anticipated calls, not what's actually happening.
Ewin not impressive
Somehow they are gonna fuck us here
Quote from: DrMongoose on Dec 20, 2025, 05:30 PMEwin not impressive
That was pretty impressive...
Fuck! That's three points left out there
Hitting FTs would be nice.
Make your damn free throws!
Ewin doing too much that trip. Feeling it, but chill.
Wow as bad as first half as that was we are in it,
Acuff is unreal
I guess being down 8 feels like a win. Weirdest half of ball I've seen in a long time. You know they are gonna have a quick whistle in the second half.
I'll take it
Quote from: Loma on Dec 20, 2025, 05:11 PMBack to football.
Y'all let me know when it's over.
You back in?
Ewin is looking good but he is a 50% FT shooter. He's got to be better than that. Missing two FT's is the same as a turnover.
They scored 40 the first 10 mins and only 9 the next 10. :leo:
Down 8 with nothing from TB. If we'll make FT and take care of the ball, we can win this.
Quote from: HTL on Dec 20, 2025, 05:40 PMI guess being down 8 feels like a win. Weirdest half of ball I've seen in a long time. You know they are gonna have a quick whistle in the second half.
Yep. They always do. It's frustrating as hell because we have #8 & #14 head to head and the refs are going to find a way to insert themselves in the game.
We've got jack shit from Brazile, were down 21 at one point now down to 8. I'll take it.
We will win this in the second half. Cal is a hall of famer for a reason.
Quote from: TC on Dec 20, 2025, 05:42 PMYep. They always do. It's frustrating as hell because we have #8 & #14 head to head and the refs are going to find a way to insert themselves in the game.
They'll have Brazile with four before the under 16 timeout.
Quote from: Piggielicious on Dec 20, 2025, 05:44 PMWe will win this in the second half. Cal is a hall of famer for a reason.
Cal did a good job adjusting our D. We took them out of their offense by pressing up and doubling their pick and roll action. That and they stopped making EVERYTHING.
Quote from: TC on Dec 20, 2025, 05:42 PMYep. They always do. It's frustrating as hell because we have #8 & #14 head to head and the refs are going to find a way to insert themselves in the game.
Joe fucking Lindsay.
Checked the score at a red light and they were putting the belt to our ass. Got home in time to see us close it up before half. They played lights out on offense for the first 10 minutes, it happens. We responded well.
Brazile needs teams to leave him alone to have a good offensive game. To shoot 3s, to rebound, to fly to the rim for dunks.
Houston is not leaving him alone.
Holy shit make a fucking free throw Christ
Ewin going to lose the game for us by not making FTs.
These free throws...
Four guys standing around while Brazile dribbles
Brazile looked like he'd never bounced a basketball there
6 fouls to 1, Houston, before the first TV timeout. We can't blame the refs.
Stupid shot selection is gonna let this get away again. Thomas needs to sit.
Quote from: Show-Me Hog on Dec 20, 2025, 06:06 PM6 fouls to 1, Houston, before the first TV timeout. We can't blame the refs.
those two threes were killers
Quote from: Sus-Scrofa on Dec 20, 2025, 06:01 PMThese free throws...
He went from 4/11 to 8/15 by hitting 4 in a row. So ok.
Quote from: Show-Me Hog on Dec 20, 2025, 06:06 PM6 fouls to 1, Houston, before the first TV timeout. We can't blame the refs.
To be fair, they've all looked like good calls. Houston is very physical.
Quote from: Hognrock on Dec 20, 2025, 06:07 PMTo be fair, they've all looked like good calls. Houston is very physical fouls a lot (and some of them are even called)
:D
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:D back at you sir
We're shooting FT's the rest of the way at the under 16:00 TO. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not.
Thomas has to sit. He's clueless on defense and can't create against these guys.
Brazile's first points of the game?
Houston can shoot the fuck out of the 3 and is tough inside. A bad combination. They did go to the championship game last year after all.
We aren't winning this one.
That dude can shoot. He's not like our Brazile.
Quote from: buff2.0 on Dec 20, 2025, 06:13 PMThat dude can shoot. He's not like our Brazile.
Every good team we've played for 25 years has had a tough guard that can launch the dagger in crunch time. Never fails.
Should have been a foul called. Joe Lindsey looked right at it and ignored it. Might be an F1...
Ref: "I didn't see anything three feet in front of me"
Dude was going for his WWE finisher. That's a flagrant.
10 points left on the court at the foul line.
Sigh. Free throws and an empty possession. The flagrant helps us nothing.
Just keep going to the rim
No fucking points out of that
Lol 3 hops and no travel call
Sharpe took five steps
Travel right?
Quote from: HOGSRUNWILD on Dec 20, 2025, 06:12 PMWe aren't winning this one.
Yeah, dug too deep a hole.
We are probably going to see a lot of officiating like this all year. Mostly against us.
This has just been an ugly half. No flow at all.
Quote from: Son of Spam on Dec 20, 2025, 06:24 PMWe are probably going to see a lot of officiating like this all year. Mostly against us.
Our AD will thank the refs for their service after every game.
We're going to make a run at some point but we've dug a deep hole.
They're a better basketball team than we are.
Quote from: Show-Me Hog on Dec 20, 2025, 06:27 PMThey're a better basketball team than we are.
we aren't going to win many when Brazile and Thomas no show
Now they're getting the highlight plays
Brazile needs to fucking sit. Two straight piss poor defensive efforts. Pisses me off so bad.
We're not playing very good help defense tonight.
I really wanted us to get Cenac.
Houston shooting only 53% from the floor. Feels like 63% or 73%. I bet it is in the first 10 minutes of each half.
We're too fucking stupid to beat the elite teams.
Brazile again on D. Sit his gay ass
Our defense does not disrupt them. Just the opposite, their offense disrupts our defense.
"Richmond back in... but he throws it to his coaches." :maundoed:
Just piss poor D.
They are really good too.
Brazile again lol
TB with 3 shots. Good defense or no effort.
It helps that they can't miss a three and we can't hit a FT.
good news is Ewin's balls may have dropped
I would put Thomas in for DJ. Thomas had finally started to have a little stroke and we need some 3s.
Their 3s, among many many many other things, are daggers.
We're not a very good defensive team and not sure that's fixable.
"You can't roll over with the basketball."
Or so I thought.
Houston played as good as they can tonight. We didn't. FTs and TOs during the first half kept us out of it. Still fought and only down 10.
Make FTs and don't make stupid TOs and we win this
Staying in between the man with the ball and the basket is also helpful.
Lost the game during a 5 min stretch.
I ain't worried. There isn't one coach and team on a planet who hasn't run into a buzz saw. Houston hasn't shot that good all year. We missed FTs and shot uncharacteristically bad from 3. We're still a top 15 team.
I don't think we learned a damn thing tonight.
We still have no off side help when somebody beats his guy off the dribble and goes to the rim.
Shot bad, missed FTs, played bad D, and Houston shot really good. If we played again, I think we win. Cal will get shit fixed and Thomas will get in the flow.
Quote from: HTL on Dec 20, 2025, 06:47 PMWe're not a very good defensive team and not sure that's fixable.
We have been really good most of the year.
Tonight we played defense like we were playing on the courts under I-630.
We couldn't stay in front of anyone this time last year either. We might get better.
Quote from: DirkPiggler on Dec 20, 2025, 07:23 PMWe have been really good most of the year.
Tonight we played defense like we were playing on the courts under I-630.
The Kanis courts would serve us well. Toughen them up.
Quote from: HTL on Dec 20, 2025, 08:03 PMThe Kanis courts would serve us well. Toughen them up.
We need Larry Johnson to have a talk with Cal.
My streak has ended. I had a bad feeling about this one. Who's up next?
I tried.
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Quote from: HTL on Dec 20, 2025, 08:03 PMThe Kanis courts would serve us well. Toughen them up.
Better yet go play at Manohan or Fletcher Park off Woodrow.
Quote from: HTL on Dec 20, 2025, 08:03 PMThe Kanis courts would serve us well. Toughen them up.
You definitely have to defend yourself down there.
Quote from: Pig Benis on Dec 20, 2025, 08:33 PMMy streak has ended. I had a bad feeling about this one. Who's up next?
Hold up. You don't get out that easy brother. If Ewin shoots his average from the ft line it's a different ballgame going down the stretch. Maybe we still lose, maybe we don't, but we only lost by 9 to the #8 team in the country.
Take the rest of the week off to celebrate with your family, and we'll see you back here next Monday night for JMU. Then it's on to conference play where you should get the start as well, imo.
Quote from: TC on Dec 21, 2025, 12:50 AMHold up. You don't get out that easy brother. If Ewin shoots his average from the ft line it's a different ballgame going down the stretch. Maybe we still lose, maybe we don't, but we only lost by 9 to the #8 team in the country.
Take the rest of the week off to celebrate with your family, and we'll see you back here next Monday night for JMU. Then it's on to conference play where you should get the start as well, imo.
You sold me. I'll also drink more during pregame next time. I blame myself.