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Monday, January 19, 2004

Tulsa spelled backward is A Slut 

My apologies to anyone who watched the debacle that was the Rice Owls losing to Tulsa by 6 points on ESPN2 this Saturday. I've never seen Rice play as timid as they did during the start of the game as they fell behind 31-8. Okay, never seen THIS Rice team play that timid. I remember during my heckling days when we played top-ranked Arkansas at home and coach Nolan Richardson was standing on the court yelling instructions as his team jumped out to a 32-6 lead on the Owls. Trying to stir things up from our seats directly behind the opponents bench, I yelled, "Sit down coach, you don't belong on the court!" Coach Richardson turned around without missing a beat and deadpanned, "From the look of things, neither does Rice." Ouch.

Well, kudos to the Owls for coming back on Saturday, regaining their composure and making it close, but damn... This was a chance to get a monkey off our back and instead we play scared for 10 minutes and get shot in the RPI, losing to a 6-9 Tulsa team.

Admittedly, the energy of the Tulsa crowd was impressive, and certainly unlike anything the Owls have seen up to now, since their losses to top-ranked Connecticut and Stanford both came in the cozy confines of Autry Court. Lets hope the Owls can shake off this defeat quickly in time to host SMU on Tuesday.

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