Horns

[Spracne]

Definitely not THE game that will define our B12 standing but one of a handful that will play a big roll in it.  Beating OSU, even at home, is huge.  Its one that few teams will get and would be a likely tiebreaker in the event we split with a team and finish with the same record.  .500 would be OK but finishing a game up in the OU/UT/ISU/Baylor series would be huge.  UT might be the most winnable roadie out of those to give us that shot.

Are you referring to seeding in the Big 12 tournament?  Cat fans should know there are no tiebreakers for the confy champy 

KU fans certainly know that well.

Indeed.

['taterblast]

let's win tonight

[Powercat Posse]

Holmes only has 4 3pt (4-17) in last 7 games.   Felix is 7-27 from 3pt in B12 play.  Taylor and Holland don't shoot many 3s (1-7 combined in B12 play). Lambert only has 3 3pt makes in his last 14 games.    Those 5 players play almost 80% of the minutes at the 1-4 positions.  Ridley and Ibeh who play the 5, don't shoot 3s.  Croaker is the one on the team that has the ability to shoot/make 3s, but he has only played 25 min that last 3 games.

With us being a good guarding 3s and not allowing a lot of 3 pt shots..... UT's 2pt FG% could be a huge factor tonight.    In B12 play, about 72% of UT's shot come from 2.   

[kso_FAN]

Holmes only has 4 3pt (4-17) in last 7 games.   Felix is 7-27 from 3pt in B12 play.  Taylor and Holland don't shoot many 3s (1-7 combined in B12 play). Lambert only has 3 3pt makes in his last 14 games.    Those 5 players play almost 80% of the minutes at the 1-4 positions.  Ridley and Ibeh who play the 5, don't shoot 3s.  Croaker is the one on the team that has the ability to shoot/make 3s, but he has only played 25 min that last 3 games.

With us being a good guarding 3s and not allowing a lot of 3 pt shots..... UT's 2pt FG% could be a huge factor tonight.    In B12 play, about 72% of UT's shot come from 2.   

Good points. Also in Big 12 games, 40.5% of FG attempts against UT are 3s and teams are making 34.2%. Of course they played ISU and over half of ISU's FGAs against UT were 3s.

[kso_FAN]

A lot has changed since last time these teams met and both teams sat at 14-4 overall. UT has continued their run since beating K-State on Holmes' buzzer beater including an impressive home win over Kansas. The numbers from last time show that the Cats competed well in Austin, including excellent 2nd half defense, but it wasn't enough to overcome poor 2PT shooting in the 2nd half for the win. Despite what seems like it should have been an incredible advantage inside (note UT's 2PT defense and block%), K-State (thanks to Gip) competed well with Texas in the paint. Texas was also helped by a slight advantage in FT rate and those 4 extra makes on FTs proved beneficial.

K-State has played excellent at home, especially on the defensive end. This is a huge 2 game stretch for K-State and based on how K-State played in Texas (despite poor games from Foster and Shane) and a week off I really like the Cats in this game. I think the Cats play energized basketball, get back to hitting some 3s, and come away Saturday afternoon with the win.

Cats 74 Horns 68

[scottwildcat]

A lot has changed since last time these teams met and both teams sat at 14-4 overall. UT has continued their run since beating K-State on Holmes' buzzer beater including an impressive home win over Kansas. The numbers from last time show that the Cats competed well in Austin, including excellent 2nd half defense, but it wasn't enough to overcome poor 2PT shooting in the 2nd half for the win. Despite what seems like it should have been an incredible advantage inside (note UT's 2PT defense and block%), K-State (thanks to Gip) competed well with Texas in the paint. Texas was also helped by a slight advantage in FT rate and those 4 extra makes on FTs proved beneficial.

K-State has played excellent at home, especially on the defensive end. This is a huge 2 game stretch for K-State and based on how K-State played in Texas (despite poor games from Foster and Shane) and a week off I really like the Cats in this game. I think the Cats play energized basketball, get back to hitting some 3s, and come away Saturday afternoon with the win.

Cats 74 Horns 68

[AppleJack]

 

[Cartierfor3]

Sprads is gonna hit 4 3 point shots.

[scottwildcat]

Sprads is gonna hit 4 3 point shots.

meh idk.

[CNS]

Spradling imposes himself one game in four years and all of a sudden he is "fixed".

[ydarg2012]

Without his undershirt I see him continuing his progressive growth towards his best game ever.  Knock on wood, but he has been clutch lately.

[puniraptor]

He's been good. I associate "clutch" with winning, though.

[ydarg2012]

True, but I see it as. . "Oh we're down? Let me just nail this impossibly hard moving three."

[Cartierfor3]

Our ownership of Texas is slipping big time. Lets get that up and running again ASAP.

[Powercat Posse]

I think we get the W tomorrow and hold Texas to just under 1.00 ppp.

[bones129]

Our ownership of Texas is slipping big time. Lets get that up and running again ASAP.