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Best part of the game, other than the win, was seeing Doh, at about the 18 minute mark, getting visibly upset with the five players who started the second half, calling a timeout and subbing for all five in mass, making them stand during the timeout while he talked to their subs who were sitting and then having one of the assistants group them together for a lecture. While they were not out very long, they seemed to have new energy when they returned.

Not only was it only 1:14 into the second half but we were also leading by 20+ points at the time. Good to see he wasn't putting up with the lazy passes that the boys were giving away to UTPA throughout the 1st half.

and a lot of good that did since utpa outscored us by 11 in the 2nd half

Doh could have easily won this game about 90-65 or so but he wanted to make a point with the starters. First time I have seen an SMU coach sub all five players in the middle of a game. I have advocated that for a long time to make the 2nd team better, to rest the starters, and to bring a little more intensity. When the first team came back in they did play with more intensity and they were getting the ball to the big men more often.

He played the 2nd team more minutes in the 2nd half and also used the
4 walkons in the last 2 minutes. They gave up about 10 points to UTPA and couldn't score themselves and that is the only reason UTPA made it appear to be a closer game. This was a blowout.

angryfan04 wrote:and a lot of good that did since utpa outscored us by 11 in the 2nd half

Your agenda is wearing thin. Give it a rest. Much better game than the last two and the bench got some playing time. Let's take care of Brown and go into the conference game with some confidence.

Go Ponies

Spencer was the only bench player who got more playing time than he usually gets and maybe Ritter (1 min or so in the 1st half); the walk-ons didn't come on until there was a minute left in the game.