Hogs vs Baylor—-Basketball game thread

[Natty_Ice]

Big Z seem more like big V(anover)

[BleedinRed]

Davis is not a good shooter.  

[DrMongoose]

Boogie could pass up a shot every now and then.

[hit_that_line]

The problem is you can't fix bad shooting.

[Show-Me Hog]

Pro tip: let's not schedule any exhibition games against #1 teams at BWA arena any more.

Or win them.

[Show-Me Hog]

Fland reminds me of Nick Smith. If Nick Smith had been healthy and hit some shots.

[Doc Hogaday]

They weren't that good. And we are worse. "Big Z" more like "Big fucking pussy" doesn't belong or fit on this team. I hope I am wrong and he figures something out. But right now he is going to be a non-factor in conference play. Aidoo needs to get healthy or we are fucked.

And to all of the folks who have been talking about great on-ball D: that doesn't mean a damn thing when you are giving up wide open cuts to the basket or a dish for a 3 w/ no one w/ in 7-8 feet.

[BleedinRed]

I can see the talent.  We are going to get there this year.  Once our shots start falling we are going to be really good. 

[vegashog]

we're not cohesive on either end of the floor. that's what happens when you have a bunch of guys that haven't played together when it counts. cal warned us not to count non hatched chickens.

it's early and that was a top 10 team on the road.

[Natty_Ice]

Well at least the Hogs still managed to disappoint, even on the bye week. 

[flash23]

I'm probably a little more irritated at that game than I should be. The talent is there, we just clearly aren't comfortable as a team yet. Losing to a team that just loss by 40 really sucks, but I guess I can't expect anything less from Arkansas.

I do think we get it together, though. Big Z and Brazile were disappointments. Combine their stats and it's still not a double double.

[Keyser Soooie]

Davis is not a good shooter. 

He's a very good shooter. He's been out with a wrist injury most of fall camp. He shot 41% on 3's last year.

[mde114]

Well at least the Hogs still managed to disappoint, even on the bye week. 

Looks like we aren't a basketball school.

[Gambler]

I can see the talent.  We are going to get there this year.  Once our shots start falling we are going to be really good.

This is where I am.

[Pig Benis]

We're on to baseball.

[Barton Fink]

The problem is you can't fix bad shooting.

Poor shooting is the easiest fix in basketball. This team will get better shooting the basketball. Davis is not 100%. He fell in the 2nd half and immediately grabbed his wrist. It's still bothering him quite a bit.

We lost a neutral site game to a top 15:team by 5pts on a night we played poorly. Give me that over playing great and losing by 5. This team will be much better in February than they are right now.

[mde114]

Should we call this game a spirit win or a moral victory?

[AporkalypseNow]

Our fans outnumbered theirs substantially, we were definitely louder.

Not having our band and cheerleaders when they had theirs sucked, definitely impacted our crowd's input in the game.

We couldn't hit shit from 3, that was the difference in the game.  Davis is a better 3 point shooter than this, he needs to come alive.

Thiero was our best player vs TCU and again tonight, he never takes a second off.

Brazile and Z got pushed around and Aidoo clearly isn't healthy yet, we really need him.

We have 5 new starters and only on returning player, I didn't expect things to flow yet.  I just hope they do at some point.

[Pig Benis]

I think the shooting will come around but we aren't physical enough inside. Not to mention we only have 3 bigs. That will bite us in the ass.

[vegashog]

i don't think brazile is built to play inside no matter how much cal wants him to. he's a stretch 4. i'm beginning to think z is the same way.

expected a little more from knox. he was a big scorer in high school and the all star games.