Porter Moser's men and Jennie Baranczyk's women are both in action Saturday. After that, but for their placements in the polls, they have very little in common
What a game! The best half of basketball OU has played in three years! But the second half told the real story. Four made baskets in 20 minutes. That's insane! Moore was the only bright spot on the day. Yeah, McCollum made some points, but his over dribbling the ball resulted in half his points being given back. He is not a good ball handler, and his casual approach to it is maddening. Why oh why is he allowed (encouraged?) to do it game after game? Uzan and his inability to hit the wide open layups is also frustrating, and his ball handling is almost as poor as McCollum's. Poor Sam Godwin has to have the weakest hands in the conference. How many times has he been unable to corral rebounds or just have the ball taken from him! In retrospect, the first half was nothing but a fluke. A rare confluence of positive events. It won't happen again, and the Sooners will quite likely go winless the rest of the season.
It's been said plenty of times, but Moser and his sh** show have to go. Please don't allow this man and his lackluster players ruin OU basketball forever more! Send him packing...today!
Clay: It's easy to see why you've avoided writing anything about the dreadful Sooners men over the last month. Early on—when they were beating the cupcakes—their athleticism shone and was responsible for unwarranted hopes. Then it became more and more obvious that they just can't shoot, play three-point defense, or handle the ball. McCollum was the first to go MIA after a hot start. He's just too small and not enough of a ball handler or shooter to succeed in this conference. Oweh became the second casualty: all athlete but zero ball skills or basketball IQ. Milos Uzan is proving to be one of the worst ball handlers in OU history and his errant passes and turnovers have multiplied game by game. If you want a guy constantly dribbling into two or three defenders as he gets stripped or throws it away, then he's your man. No legitimate big man has been the history for OU basketball since Blake Griffin and Stacey King. That's a long time to go without strength at the rim, on offense and defense. Guys like Sam Godwin get kudos for effort but just aren't good enough or big enough. And Hugley has turned into another disaster. The only guys worth mentioning as playing adequately are Soares and Moore, both of whom are mental lightweights just as likely to go off for two techs than sink a three, but better athletes than the rest. Darthard kind of falls in the middle with his occasional threes. All in all it's easy to see why these guys were available thru the portal.
Finally, and it's huge finally, Porter Moser is no basketball coach. He's a screaming lunatic. He wasn't a good or even acceptable hire at the beginning, and it's just become worse. He has to go! Running that ridiculous rotation offense will never result in anything but the fewest shots taken in the nation. You've no doubt noticed that he's tried a more straight ahead approach in the past 2-3 weeks, but he doesn't have the manpower to last against quality team. Heck, against ANY teams! He could barely hang on to a four point ugly as always win over the league's worst team, Okie State. You can count on them getting drubbed at Stoolwater.
Enough is enough. Castiglione is at the center of what ails OU basketball. He refuses to hire a quality HC and treat men's basketball as garbage. As such, it's probably his best job ever of stiffing the basketball community Oklahoma. Without a different person in that position, things will never change for the Sooners.
What a game! The best half of basketball OU has played in three years! But the second half told the real story. Four made baskets in 20 minutes. That's insane! Moore was the only bright spot on the day. Yeah, McCollum made some points, but his over dribbling the ball resulted in half his points being given back. He is not a good ball handler, and his casual approach to it is maddening. Why oh why is he allowed (encouraged?) to do it game after game? Uzan and his inability to hit the wide open layups is also frustrating, and his ball handling is almost as poor as McCollum's. Poor Sam Godwin has to have the weakest hands in the conference. How many times has he been unable to corral rebounds or just have the ball taken from him! In retrospect, the first half was nothing but a fluke. A rare confluence of positive events. It won't happen again, and the Sooners will quite likely go winless the rest of the season.
It's been said plenty of times, but Moser and his sh** show have to go. Please don't allow this man and his lackluster players ruin OU basketball forever more! Send him packing...today!
Clay: It's easy to see why you've avoided writing anything about the dreadful Sooners men over the last month. Early on—when they were beating the cupcakes—their athleticism shone and was responsible for unwarranted hopes. Then it became more and more obvious that they just can't shoot, play three-point defense, or handle the ball. McCollum was the first to go MIA after a hot start. He's just too small and not enough of a ball handler or shooter to succeed in this conference. Oweh became the second casualty: all athlete but zero ball skills or basketball IQ. Milos Uzan is proving to be one of the worst ball handlers in OU history and his errant passes and turnovers have multiplied game by game. If you want a guy constantly dribbling into two or three defenders as he gets stripped or throws it away, then he's your man. No legitimate big man has been the history for OU basketball since Blake Griffin and Stacey King. That's a long time to go without strength at the rim, on offense and defense. Guys like Sam Godwin get kudos for effort but just aren't good enough or big enough. And Hugley has turned into another disaster. The only guys worth mentioning as playing adequately are Soares and Moore, both of whom are mental lightweights just as likely to go off for two techs than sink a three, but better athletes than the rest. Darthard kind of falls in the middle with his occasional threes. All in all it's easy to see why these guys were available thru the portal.
Finally, and it's huge finally, Porter Moser is no basketball coach. He's a screaming lunatic. He wasn't a good or even acceptable hire at the beginning, and it's just become worse. He has to go! Running that ridiculous rotation offense will never result in anything but the fewest shots taken in the nation. You've no doubt noticed that he's tried a more straight ahead approach in the past 2-3 weeks, but he doesn't have the manpower to last against quality team. Heck, against ANY teams! He could barely hang on to a four point ugly as always win over the league's worst team, Okie State. You can count on them getting drubbed at Stoolwater.
Enough is enough. Castiglione is at the center of what ails OU basketball. He refuses to hire a quality HC and treat men's basketball as garbage. As such, it's probably his best job ever of stiffing the basketball community Oklahoma. Without a different person in that position, things will never change for the Sooners.