Porter Moser gives tone-deaf quote after another Oklahoma 2nd-half blunder

The first time?!?
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Apparently Oklahoma head coach Porter Moser hasn't had the same emotional experience this men's college basketball season as Sooners fans.

After the Sooners lost to Texas A&M 75-71 on Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center thanks to another abysmal second half, Moser during his postgame press conference said something he should have already -- long before his team sat below .500 at 13-14 with five games left in the regular season.

Porter Moser 'pissed' after Sooners' loss to Texas A&M

"Actually, first time I've really been pissed," Moser said. "And that's because I thought our shot selection in the second half was unacceptable."

The blunt statement was stirred when Moser was asked about guard Xzayvier Brown coming out hot with eight points in the first half before finishing with 10 after making only one shot in the second half. Moser pointed out there wasn't just a second-half issue for Brown, but for the whole team as Moser was frustrated with the Sooners' shot selection in the second half. OU scored 11 less points in the second half compared to the first, with Moser pointing out the Sooners had nine assists in the first but just two in the second.

Moser had every right to be livid about that performance, but he should have reached this level of disappointment long before now considering almost the entire season has been unacceptable. Even fans have felt that way most of the season, albeit most of the fan bases' frustration has been toward Moser.

The Sooners already endured a nine-game losing streak this season that was one loss away from matching the longest losing skid in program history. Although the Sooners are 3-11 in SEC play, they've held a halftime lead in six of those games and led by double digits in their previous nine games before Saturday, so poor second-half performances have been a constant from OU throughout conference play.

OU fans have been clearly pissed during all that, but apparently it wasn't enough to get Moser to that point yet as fans already question the care level from the men's basketball program. That was a tone-deaf statement for a coach on the hot seat in the midst of a losing season to admit to fans who have already had enough.

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