In Reply to: Texas vs UCLA Preview posted by mh on April 01, 2026 at 15:40:32
1) Toughness could well be decisive. They will come out hard. So will we. If we can equal their aggression without allowing it to speed us up we can win this one.
2) I believe they are quicker than we are. To counter that our scout has to pay off for us. We will have to be able to anticipate their moves, use our BB IQ to counter their quickness. Beat them to spots. And let our talent and cohesiveness take us over the top.
Staying loose enough to trust the work and just shoot the ball is the other key - goes with the not getting sped up bit. Kiki especially has been tight. No accident we shot better after halftime of the Duke game. We dealt with one another and just went out to put out the effort and just play. Absolutely need to do that in any more games we get to play this season. We get tight, very likely we lose.
Thanks for all these previews, mh,