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  1. Next year our team currently looks like this: G - Jordan Pope, SR - 6'2, 165 G - Chendall Weaver, SR - 6'3, 164 F - Devon Pryor, JR - 6'7, 180 F - Nic Codie, SO - 6'8, 200 C - Jamie Vinson, SO - 6'11, 225 ------------------------------------ G - Malik Presley, RS-SO - 6'6, 210 F - John Clark, FR - 6'9, 238 - 4-star That looks a little rough, but we should get at least marginal improvement from everyone. A starting lineup of Pope + Weaver + Pryor could be pretty good. Codie and Vinson also both have potential. I think we could get a surprise great year out of Pope when he has to be the leader and main scoring option. Weaver and Pryor also bring a ton of athleticism. Pryor has been improving and could be great next year. We haven't seen Presley, and he could also be a contributor next year. But the bottom line is that the team will largely be built through the portal. For me, the top priority is to get an awesome lead guard with elite competitiveness and distribution skills. Second priority would be to get a couple of bigs who can dirty it up and bang. Honestly, next year will be an easier rebuild than this year where we only kept Weaver, an injured Shedrick, and Pryor (who hadn't played yet).
  2. Simple answer: I'm a moron on multiple levels. I confused the dates. And then I somehow was looking at Games as wins, and wins as losses. Holy hell. I usually don't make mistakes like that.
  3. Pat Knight was 91-29 in 3 seasons at Lamar including a Conference Title and an NCAA Tourney bid. That is a better resume than Terry had before we hired him. But mainly I meant that Tech was compelled to hire him because of Bobby Knight, regardless of whether he was qualified for the job. Maybe not the best comp though for how we were compelled to hire Terry. Tubby Smith was 46-50 at Tech. Yes, he finally made the tourney as an 8-seed in his final year at Tech (where he went 19-13). His tenure there was very disappointing considering he averaged 21 wins a year at Minnesota (not to mention his success at UK). He wasn't popular at Tech and both parties were happy to part ways. Mark Adams resigned under pressure because he was a weirdo who divorced his wife and married his dead brother's widow, which was a huge distraction to him and ultimately the team. His player discipline and quoting of master/slave bible verses was just the excuse they needed to get rid of him for cause. If Mike Krzyzewski had made those statements, it is barely a blip on the news radar.
  4. That's fair, but I think Hunter also gets credit for improving his game every year. His 3P% has gone from 27.4% --> 33.7% --> 34.3% --> 41.9%. He is clearly putting in work.
  5. Billy Gillispie is a really good coach. I mean he won Big 12 Coach of the Year twice, and was also SEC Coach of the Year. The dude took UTEP to the tourney in year 3 and took AGGY to the freaking Sweet 16 and a #7 final KenPom ranking. Now he is at Tarleton, one of the worst programs in D-1, and cranked out a 25-10 record last year. The dude has had three DUIs. If he got his alcohol issues under control, he could have been one of the great coaches in college basketball. He was a perfect fit for Texas Tech, where his hard nosed style could work with the caliber of players Tech is likely to get (but never could work somewhere like Kentucky). He reminds me of Chris Beard in many ways.
  6. I look at a school like Texas Tech and have to respect the way they run their basketball program more than what we do at Texas. When they hire a lemon of a coach, they move on way quicker than us. And they aren't afraid to go get coaches with questionable pasts. If it doesn't work out, then they move on. Bob Knight - Great hire. Took them from average Kenpom of 127 to 56 with a S16 and national relevance Pat Knight - Bad hire, but fired after 3 years. This was kind of like our RT hire. Gillispie - Great hire who should have been like Beard. But fired after 1 year due to his demons. Chris Walker - Stepped in for a year. Then moved back to assistant Transition year. Tubby Smith - Good hire. Got a title & 3 E8 at UK. Solid at Minnesota. But bad at TT so they moved on in 3 yrs Chris Beard - Went out and got him despite him taking the UNLV job 2 weeks earlier. Tremendous hire. Mark Adams - Very good coach IMO. Took them to the S16. But is a weirdo and they moved on in 2 yrs. Grant McCasland - Another really good coach. Outperformed at UNT and has TT humming this year. Compared to Texas, they punch way above their weight on the coaching hires. And honestly their fan support dunks on ours as well.
  7. I worry about this South Carolina game. They are absolutely desperate for a win and have played the #1 SoS so far in the SEC. And as Derka has pointed out, they have been very competitive in many of those games especially at home. That includes a 3 point loss to Auburn, 1 point loss to Florida, OT loss to Miss St, 4 pt loss to Aggy, 4 pt loss to Ole Miss. Holy fook. I think there is a chance that we get blown out in that game if we come in expecting an easy win. On the plus side, with a week to prepare I hope that Rodney has their attention. Souf Carolina plays LSU on Tuesday. I'm hoping that they blow out LSU to ensure they get our team's attention.
  8. I suppose it is possible that if Tyrese Hunter and Dillon Mitchell stayed, then we get neither Jayson Kent or Julian Larry. The UT guys left and then the Indiana State guys signed just days later. If Hunter and Mitchell stayed, then maybe they look elsewhere in that case. And then we still have some slots open and still get Jordan Pope and Arthur Kaluma. That would be a best case scenario. That would give us: Starters: Hunter + Tre + Mark + Mitchell + Kaluma Bench: Pope + Weaver + Shedrick + Onyema That is a better team IMO. Not sure it is a ton better though.
  9. Dillon Mitchell entered the transfer portal on April 15. Jayson Kent signed with Texas on April 17. Arthur Kaluma signed on June 28. My guess is that if we kept Mitchell, we would have signed Kent but then missed out on Kaluma. And I would rather have Kaluma than either of them. The big loss for me is Tyrese Hunter. People hated on him, but he is a much better player than either Pope or Larry. Hunter has been a starter on an E8, S16 and R32 team and his Memphis team would probably beat this Texas team. Here are all of their stats over the last 6 weeks: Tyrese Hunter (entered portal April 15) Jordan Pope (signed April 25) Julian Larry (signed April 14) Hunter is shooting the ball better than either of these guys. But more importantly, he actually impacts the game. He is a competitor and would match the fire coming from Tre Johnson. Pope and Larry are both role players and there is zero leadership from them. I can't stand having guards like that. When we get beat, it is usually by teams with guards who are actually leading their teams. The downside with Hunter is you get some turnovers. But I can live with that when he is being aggressive and trying to make an impact on the game. Oh well, that ship has sailed. I blame RT for letting him get away.
  10. That last garbage 3 as time expired covered the 4.5 point spread by Kentucky and sent the O/U from under to over. This is why I don't bet on college basketball.
  11. What if we hired an assistant coach from during our prime Barnes years. Hmmm who could we hire? What about Rodney Terry??? Or perhaps Frank Haith???
  12. Could be right. If we win 3 more, it will likely include wins over Georgia and Arkansas. Perhaps Kentucky. There will be at least one SEC team that gets in at 7-11.
  13. I think it is as simple as this: If we make the tourney, he gets another year. To make the tourney we will have to win 3 of our next 6 to get to 7-11. That gets us a 50/50 shot. If we win 4 of 6, we are in.
  14. I will say... India has shit for NBA talent from a per capita perspective.
  15. Or you can take the all-time NBA player list and you get: Texas - 219 Vs. Indiana - 175 Illinois - 308 Ohio - 210 Kentucky - 121 Missouri - 77
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