Miller unleashes frustration on Texas' repeated mental lapses, questioning the team's basketball IQ and discipline after a costly home loss.
Texas' frustrating season continued after opening up Southeastern Conference play with a loss at home to Mississippi State.
Texas head coach Sean Miller was not happy with his team's performance, citing discipline as a key reason to why they were not able to close the game out.
"If I tell you not to cross the street, and I keep telling you, and I say, I swear, whatever you do, do not cross the street, and you do, and the bus hits you, I'm going to take responsibility as your parent. But damn it, how many times do I have to tell you not to cross the street?" he said after the loss.
"We got some of that going on."
The Longhorns continue to make the same mistakes that cost them game after game. Miller highlighted a couple of plays where their "basketball IQ" let them down on the perimeter.
One of those plays led to a three pointer from Bulldog guard Josh Hubbard which cut the lead to two with about a minute remaining.
"If you're going to switch that ball screen at the top, and you're switching on the Josh Hubbard... You're going to get beat on a drive, but you're never going to let him, like, rock you back, step sideways, and shoot a three," Miller said. "It's a stupid basketball play."
Another moment that frustrated Miller was Texas guard Jordan Pope fouling Mississippi State guard Jayden Epps with less than one second on the shot clock late in the second half. It was a shooting foul from beyond the three-point line, sending Epps to the charity stripe for three free throws.
Epps would make all three, cutting Texas' lead to just one point.
"I'm 57, I can at that point say he's going to kick his right leg out, and when he lands, I can't be in his space," Miller said. "If he makes that one, he makes it, but what I can't do is get in his space and put myself in position to be called for a foul... You just let them off the hook."
Miller has kept it blunt all season in press conferences regarding his team's defense -- it's not good enough. And the road doesn't get much easier from here, as the Longhorns face two ranked teams on the road in their next two contests.
Texas' path to the NCAA Tournament is getting dark fast, and it only has itself to blame.