GAME THREAD : UH @ South Carolina - 12/8 11am Ct

https://gamecocksonline.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

Lawson is the future NBA guy.
https://gamecocksonline.com/documents/2019/12/4/SC_Overall.pdf?path=mbball

6-3 with losses to Boston University (in Columbia, SC), blown out v Wichita (Cancun), and Northern Iowa (Cancun).
https://gamecocksonline.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

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Right when Wichita beat them I knew this would be a good comparison for where we are at now.

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They have some big guys. Not just tall, but big. 6-11 270, 6-11 230, and 6-9 235.

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If we are shooting well we should win. If not, and that is a big if, we are going to have a lot of trouble with SC and other big teams.

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Anyone know if this is only going to be on espnu? Or will it be on espn3 as well? I don’t get espnu with my cable package.

I thought games on an ESPN Network used to also be on ESPN + or ESPN 3 but the increase in inventory must have changed things.

From this schedule:
Games on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPN NEWS/ACC/SEC/Longhorn are NOT listed on ESPN + or ESPN 3 at the same time.

Remember WSU played So.Car. on a neutral court!

I’m surprised that there hasn’t been a sports app you can subscribe to that gives you every ball game that is being broadcast. The cable companies are holding the local sports team hostage against the streamers. I’d pay for a service that gave me everything.

It’s been a mutually beneficial relationship. ESPN also gets like $7 for every cable household, even if they don’t watch ESPN at all.

ESPN would definitely prefer the old cable model if they could still have it. The cable companies aren’t going to give ESPN a carriage fee close to that high if cord cutters can get the full suite of ESPN games OTT from ESPN in a way that leads to a high loss of cable subscribers who watch ESPN.

ESPN could do that if they want, but I think I read once they’d have to charge like $30 per customer just for the ESPN networks to fully replace cable revenue if they left cable altogether assuming every single person who watches ESPN would subscribe (which of course they wouldn’t).

You can get all the sports networks through other streaming sites for the most part (other than ATT Sports), but they are also bundled and really not all that much cheaper than cable.

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We need to form a cooperative

Hopefully he’ll have a "break out’ game. I hope to see him starting to lead the team.

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Breakout? He has been doing pretty good as I see it.

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Anyone making the trip?

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Only one 30pt game so far. Let’s see him break 40 before we compliment him too highly. :wink:

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“According to projections from college basketball analytics guru Ken Pomeroy, South Carolina has a 39% chance to beat Houston

https://sportschatplace.com/picks/college-basketball/south-carolina-gamecocks-vs-houston-cougars-12-8-19-college-basketball-pick-odds-and-prediction

I really wanted to make the 5 hour drive (for me) but family obligations have me stuck missing another drivable roady. Very cheap resale tickets so I wouldn’t expect a packed house but their stadium is pretty big it rarely sells out.

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Wise guys have us giving 3 points ! Go Coogs

Would love to see it all come together today for a quality road win.

I looked at making the trip from Houston but it was expensive when I looked so I decided to wait for another game to go to