Sparties vs Texas tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!

All I can say is SPARTY ON! In the past, we have matched up well against Texas, even with Durant on the team, winning our last 3 games against Texas. I'm a bit worried about tonight's game, though. Texas is huge and we lack size...this was evident in our loss to UNC this year (even without the annoying Hansbro I still hate the tarheels). An acceptable, but hard-to-swallow loss (whereas Florida was unacceptable).

It will be interesting to see how we do inside against Pittman and James. It would be nice if the consistent and versatile Draymond Green can step up tonight and shut Pittman down, but size might be an issue here. Fortunately, Green seems to ignore size differences in his match-ups and just plays with passion. I like the toughness he brings to the Spartans, a characteristic that Spartan teams were known for, but I personally feel has been lacking the past 2-3 years. Green is the ONLY Spartan player I liked as a freshman and he hasn't disappointed me yet.

We also need Lucas to play with confidence, which has been inconsistent in recent games and hopefully Summers will step up and be the athlete we all know he is. I think he's sad as I heard rumors of his girlfriend dumping him. Sorry man, but suck it up. We are counting on you!

Finally, rebounds are our strong suit and it will be absolutely necessary to out-rebound them if we expect a win against a tough Texas team at home tonight. Fire up and let's keep this winning streak alive!