After falling to 0-3 in conference, the Texas Longhorns make their way to Norman, to square off against the Oklahoma Sooners Wednesday, January 15th at 9:00PM CT on the SEC Network. The Sooners have fallen outside the latest AP Top 25 and dropped their last three matchups to start SEC play.
Coach Terry also gave an injury update on Chendall Weaver, who suffered a hip injury vs the Auburn Tigers, stated he will be out for an unspecified amount of time, but he feels good about a number of different guys who are more than capable of filling in his shoes both on the court and off. Pointed out players such as, Jayson Kent, Tramon Mark, and Tre Johnson who can fill the rebounding advantage that Weaver gave them.
After facing three straight top 15 teams to kickoff Texas’ SEC welcome. Coach Rodney Terry felt the biggest thing he learned following matchups against Tennessee, Auburn, and Texas A&M, was their ability to take care of the ball and answering the call to limiting second chance opportunities.
When asked how close does he think this team is to playing their ‘A game’, Terry emphasized that, in a loss teams can get better, and after playing two top defensive teams in all of college basketball back to back, Tennessee, and Auburn, says they played a really good game in those contests making it not only competitive but winnable, however, Terry mentioned how you can’t keep saying you’re close, and instead just keep working the process they have in place.
Coach Rodney Terry ended the presser by giving Texas Football Coach Sarkisian and his team their flowers. Emphasized how light out the defense was all season and how he tries to use that side of the ball as an inspiration for his guys when they’re on defense, also used the Red River Rivalry game as an example of how big of a deal this rivalry is to the newcomers on his roster. Also gave Oklahoma Head Coach Porter Moser his flowers for the job he’s done at Norman and the form they’ve been on from beyond the arc which should be a point of emphasis coming into this game.
Coach Terry also gave an injury update on Chendall Weaver, who suffered a hip injury vs the Auburn Tigers, stated he will be out for an unspecified amount of time, but he feels good about a number of different guys who are more than capable of filling in his shoes both on the court and off. Pointed out players such as, Jayson Kent, Tramon Mark, and Tre Johnson who can fill the rebounding advantage that Weaver gave them.
After facing three straight top 15 teams to kickoff Texas’ SEC welcome. Coach Rodney Terry felt the biggest thing he learned following matchups against Tennessee, Auburn, and Texas A&M, was their ability to take care of the ball and answering the call to limiting second chance opportunities.
When asked how close does he think this team is to playing their ‘A game’, Terry emphasized that, in a loss teams can get better, and after playing two top defensive teams in all of college basketball back to back, Tennessee, and Auburn, says they played a really good game in those contests making it not only competitive but winnable, however, Terry mentioned how you can’t keep saying you’re close, and instead just keep working the process they have in place.
Coach Rodney Terry ended the presser by giving Texas Football Coach Sarkisian and his team their flowers. Emphasized how light out the defense was all season and how he tries to use that side of the ball as an inspiration for his guys when they’re on defense, also used the Red River Rivalry game as an example of how big of a deal this rivalry is to the newcomers on his roster. Also gave Oklahoma Head Coach Porter Moser his flowers for the job he’s done at Norman and the form they’ve been on from beyond the arc which should be a point of emphasis coming into this game.
