Houston gets a dunk to go up 5 before Debose stops the run. 63-60 Houston with 4:25 min left

Ramljak ties it back up with a 3. 63-63 with 4ish min left

Houston scores and Tamir answers to get 30 points. 65-65 all, Rice ball after a jump ball with 3 min left

Washington puts Rice back up! 67-65, 2:30 left

Tamir's three rims out, and Houston scores with the foul. Free throw good. Houston up 68-67, 1:45 left

Debose misses a three, Houston ball. Need a stop here. 1:10 left

Houston tips in a missed three, 70-67 Houston under a minute. Washington misses a three, but Rice rebound. Rice ball with 20 seconds left

Went for a quick two and Debose misses. Houston board and fouled

Makes the first, misses the second

Tamir missed a three with 9 seconds left...that should do it

Crud. Congrats to Jackson for going out in style.

Guercy misses a three at the buzzer and that'll do it. Final is 72-67. Just a great effort by Tamir in his final college game. 30 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists. Singlehandedly brought us back in this game to take the lead late, but we couldn't sustain it. Tamir had 21 in the 2nd half and had a stretch of just amazing play early in the half. If Tamir's three doesn't rim out with about 2 minutes left, we have a 5 point lead, and it's a whole different game. Houston blew an 18 point lead but recovered at the end

5-26. Bah

(03-13-2013 08:10 PM)Antarius Wrote:  5-26. Bah

If you had seen this team play you wouldn't say that.

(03-13-2013 06:12 PM)07owl Wrote:  Alright let's do this. This team seems to have two iterations...the version that plays a close first half and fades in the second or the version that gets blown out early and makes a push at the end. Let's see which we have today.

#2. Glad Tamir & Co. made a game of it later.

Thank you, Tamir, for staying. Now, go get your degree from Rice. The others who left will be sorry they didn't stay with their mediocre degrees (if they even get them) from other places no one really craes about in the real world.

Thank you, players of the 2012-13 Owls Men's BB team, for hanging in there, fighting through a most difficult situation and season, and never giving up despite what many others said. Your hard work and dedication will pay off in future seasons as your experience and the team's increasing depth will lead to more successes.

Thank you, coaches for doing your best and motivating these players to learn not to quit, no matter what. Their play exhibited more class and guile than many other teams with more supposed assets. These guys have character, and they hung together with your guidance.

Look forward to a productive offseason of getting good grades, getting stronger, and the incoming players who will infuse new life and depth for 2013-14 season.

(03-13-2013 09:38 PM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  

(03-13-2013 08:10 PM)Antarius Wrote:  5-26. Bah

If you had seen this team play you wouldn't say that.

We lost to a mediocre UH team (the ONLY C-USA team that we beat this year). Nothing can sugar coat that fact.

My frustration isn't at the players, this isn't their fault. Someone running the team needs to be held accountable for this though.

(03-14-2013 08:29 AM)Antarius Wrote:  Someone running the team needs to be held accountable for this though.

This is Rice, where trying is good enough.

If you wanted to fire Braun for a season like this one, there was no reason not to do it before the season started. No coach in the universe could have gotten double digit wins with this roster. You can blame him for the transfers if you want (but seems speculative at best, more likely scapegoating), resulting in a team that could never have won very many games, but you can't blame him for the performance of the roster we had this year

(03-14-2013 09:16 AM)07owl Wrote:  If you wanted to fire Braun for a season like this one, there was no reason not to do it before the season started. No coach in the universe could have gotten double digit wins with this roster. You can blame him for the transfers if you want, resulting in a team that could never have won veyr many games, but you can't blame him for the performance of the roster we had this year

I am unhappy that 5 years after he was signed, we are here.
I am unhappy that we got the fabled facilities build, and we are here.
I am unhappy that we have a contract that extends to 2017 without results.

I don't know who is responsible for this mess, be it RG, Braun or someone else. Whoever it is, should be relieved of their job