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Unfriendliest of refs, without one of our top 8 players, and we're up 7 with 1:07 to go on the road against a team that was recently in the top 15. Hook 'em.

These refs ate their whistles in the first half.

A Pope three goes in and out and Shedrick with the dumb foul on the rebound. Sigh.

I'm happy for OU to keep fouling Pope as long as they don't put in him the hospital.

Horrible defense to let OU go straight to the rim after Pope hit the pair, but we got the Pope three in response.

Double bonus from here on out. Make your FT, Horns.

Pope may not be a good PG, but he sure is good at creating his own shot.

Kent hit rim that time but still missed front end.

OU player with foot down out of bounds tossing the ball back in. Not called. OK.

Wow. Kent. Last ft attempt against Tennessee barely hit iron. That one almost missed everything, even after going off glass.

Suddenly we can't make a thing and turnovers are moving to even. Still up 10, but we have to get something going on offense.

This has been a rough stretch, and we are now at risk of this game becoming a game. We need some scores.

He decided to go out and rake leaves when I was running an errand for groceries. He's like those superstar running backs. You can't stop them. You can only hope to contain them.

Mark has been huge this game. I've not though a great deal his contribution so far season. I think it took him some time to get with the rest of the guys on the floor, but he has definitely balled tonight. If we pull this out, then he's a big reason for it.

I'm taking care of a 93 year old parent who has a sprained knee, so I couldn't do it justice.

Nah, he looks ok now, but that shoulder looked really weird after the contact.

Did Shedrick just dislocate a shoulder?

No. NC State is well outside of top 75 at this point.

Before or after the nipples on his man-boobs explode?

Yes. And we really, really missed him the last two games. He could have made the difference against Tennessee.

I remember a thread from earlier in the year with someone mentioning how Porter Moser had OU in the top 15. I remember at the time thinking that he is coaching for his job this year after missing the tournament for 3 straight years.

Best charge I've ever seen in my life. Go sideways into the defender and shove off. There's your lottery pick PG, OU.

I do. I don't agree with it, but I understand it. Terry will never get enough credit for getting to the Elite Eight with a team that his predecessor built but couldn't get to the second weekend. People have a nutty notion that we could have simply money whipped a Hall of Fame Coach to come here and do better than whatever it is we have seen. Few, Izzo, Self, and Wright were never going to come here, no matter how much money we could have tossed at them. Calipari would have been an 8 figure a year mistake. I hope this team goes on to a good finish and Terry continues. If it doesn't, and we change coaches, then I'll thank him for what he did for us. But if we replace Terry, we won't hire a guy in his late 50s or 60s who already have Hall of Fame pedigree. We will hire a younger guy with credentials who can be a generational coach.

We lost back to back close games at home against great teams. This team is responding by coming out and kicking ass on the road. I think these guys believe in themselves. I think they see it as them are up against the world, including a big percentage of the Texas fan base that hopes they don't win so we have an excuse to get rid of the coach. I think these guys are going to fight to the end of the year. Up 16. I love it.

Kaluma falls asleep on his own dribble. Damn, dude.