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You sound really fun at parties. I love how openly people talk about national titles around here, in all sports, like it is some easy thing to do.

World has nothing to do with baseball. Schloss didn't have these boys ready to play. No getting around it. Don't want to hear more about "mental game" until there's a title.

Don't know if he comes to Texas, but thanks for the reminder that I'm getting old.

Is he a take?

For you Mavs fans, Cuban spearheaded NBA rule changes to stop Kobe and Shaq and benefit slow boy, unathletic Dirk. What a guy! The NBA now sucks. Thanks Cuban.

The NCAA literally made dunking against the rules because of Kareem. They said it was for "player safety." These guys today have no idea.

The world, as we know it, has ended.

I am an upgrade from Wilcher.

I wish Gerry had gone into coaching like his dad. He would have a great basketball coach,

Gerry damn sure knows basketball. This is a point of emphasis deal.

Chicken Tenders Hamilton knows what he is talking about!

Chicken Tenders Hamilton knows what he is talking about!

Game 1 we competed. We absolutely blew that game though. We had zero reason to lose it. I will say this team hasn’t looked focused for some reason. There are too many guys struggling to say they are with the errors, bad ABs, walks etc. It’s not just one or two players. Strange.

Certain great players in NBA history have been able to score on command more often than not, but that's not teams. By the way, LeBron and Steph aren't among those players who consistently beat their man to win games. That's why they aren't really among the greatest, pencil goober numbers aside.

What about the trend prior to the weekend when we did it a bunch against good teams? Everyone loves to focus on the 3-4 bullpen blowups while ignoring the other 27 wins where the bullpen did their job. Including the entire OU series, the entire South Caroline series and the final two games against Auburn and Ole Miss.

Exactly, There's time to do it, but we haven't seen it yet.

We're talking semantics at one level, but ultimately we're not. Bottom line is that it's not scoring "on command" that wins titles, it's defending "on command" that wins titles. It's great if you can score on command, but college teams can't. Even NBA teams can't score on command in the playoffs when the chumps finally decide to man up.

Unfortunately this a common trend for Texas baseball.

My use of "on command" is the pure definition ... "On command" means acting immediately in response to an order, signal, or request. It signifies doing something instantly when instructed or desired, often implying obedience or the capability to produce an action at will. That's where I'm coming from. If the game is going to be decided by 75+, better be able to get there on command. If the game is going over 80, better be able to get there on command. The losers in the NCAA Tournament, the majority of the time, can't get to 75+ or 80+ when it's required.

What happened when they needed throw strikes but couldn't? You can say they didn't "execute," but you can't compete without executing under pressure.

Gerry, the sticking point is "on command." Do they score more than 80 some of the time? Of course, but they don't score more than 80 every time, especially not against the best competition later in the tournament. Coaches would always like to score as much as possible. That would be "on command."

Have to have the ability to go score 80+ on command when the game calls for a team to. Nothing has changed. Deep run teams historically have had multiple games in the tournament where they had to get 80 to survive and advance. All one has to do is the research. Colleges coaches literally have on boards… have to be able to score 75+ in the NCAA Tournament, and go get 80+ when pushed to the limit. If you are playing against a high level teams, they are going to score on good defense. So you have to as well. There is reason guys like Kelvin Sampson and Rick Barnes (terrific coaches) struggle in the higher scoring games

Sounds like they were ready then? They led 6-4 in the 6th inning. They didn’t lose because they didn’t “compete” enough.

Title game was called differently than all the other games. That's always the case. Point is, plenty of teams succeeded in the tournament without scoring big. Latest "trends" indicate you need size and defense more than scoring. There's no denying that. That being the case, we need a 4 that can rebound and muscle more than space and shoot. If you can shoot 1-3, that will provide more than enough space.