If we ever decided to make free throws, it would've been a different game. When we had chances to either tie or go ahead, we would go 1-for-2 at the line at best. Seventeen-for-30 isn't going to win any games for you.
One big factor was that Williams had a miraculous game. He hit some open shots, but he also hit some other shots when we were right on him. He probably got confidence from making the open ones, then that enabled him to make the difficult ones.
Jordan had a great game. He had 15 points at halftime, and he got 15 more in the second half. He was a big key to the game.
There are several teams that could step up and win it all. Northwestern was picked to win it, and they (the Demons) have been pretty impressive, but some other teams have been impressive, too.
I'll tell you this. He'd sure look good in an Oklahoma uniform. Right now.
I don't like to compare players. But, without putting anybody down, I can honestly say Mike had the greatest range of any player I've ever coached. There were no bad shots for Mike.
Texas-Arlington is a veteran team. All of their main players got in a lot of minutes last year.
We pretty much went to the running game in the second half. All in all, there were quite a few bright spots, but we're still making blunders that we can't afford to make. We're very conscious of blunders, and when players make blunders, it costs them playing time.
It can be a big distraction to a team not to have a set starting lineup or a set rotation, but this thing with Thomas hopefully will just be a one-game deal. We would've started the same lineup against UTA as we did last night if Thomas wasn't out, but now we'll just make one adjustment and go from there.
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