It was the best of games, it was the worst of games, a time of hope and a time of despair. Building a 15 point lead at 7:40 in the first half again shows that this year's Cats can play excellent basketball. Not scoring for almost the next four minutes while the other team erases the lead, shows that the team still has not quite solved all problems.

Overall the team didn't play horrendous but the team did not play their best game either. I'm not sure if the game is a positive or a negative since I saw both good and bad. Texas was able to out hustle the Cats for easy points in transition which is not a positive, but the Cats were able to cause quite a few turnovers. Could not shoot free throws but shot 46% for three pointers and 47% for field goals.

I'm starting to reach the conclusion that games for the rest of the year are going to be like this one and not like the Missouri (best game of the year by the Cats) or Alabama (2nd best game) games.

Starters (Pts/Rebs/Asts/Fouls): Rodney McGruder (33/8/2/2), Jamar Samuels (14/4/2/4), Will Spradling (11/1/3/3), Thomas Gipson (11/6/1/3), Angel Rodriquez (4/1/2/4)