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  1. lol. fantastic.
  2. Lanning is high AF. Lol. Holy crap.
  3. So I guess the FCC isn't going to block Nexstar acquisition of Tegna after all?
  4. Haven't seen any indication that we will play Traore and Vokietaitas at the same time, which is disappointing. If Traore is coming off the bench and getting limited minutes, then that means we must have a hell of a team. (Or he is still hurt).
  5. Are we sure that the bullet didn't hit something else first? I know there was speculation about it hitting some body armor, but I have seen no credible evidence that he was wearing any, unless his armor had nipples on it. Could the bullet have hit a table or mic or camera or something else and ricocheted into his neck?
  6. Surely you realize this post could be viewed as vile, hateful and divisive.
  7. Anyone who thinks this is anything other than a huge deal is very disconnected. Charlie Kirk was massively popular among young men, who everyone knows skew increasingly conservative. This is going to radicalize a lot of them and further entrench them in their views for years to come. The fact that it came right on the heels of the Ukrainian girl's murder, which itself seems to be mobilizing people is not good. At all.
  8. 3/4 of the students at Arkansas are from Texas. As such, Fayetteville is very Texan friendly in my experience. My daughter goes to school there. There whole area hits above its weight with quality of restaurants. On the downside, there are no nice hotels that I’m aware of. We always end up at the Hyatt Place (which is decent as far as that chain goes). Geraldi’s is probably my favorite place to eat. Right by campus and legit Italian. Atlas is a good high end spot downtown. Giusinger Cocktail Club is a great cocktail bar on the main square. Buttered Biscuit is a good breakfast. Wood Stone pizza is a nice local pizza chain. I could easily retire up there. Prices are reasonable and it is beautiful. We need nonstop flights from Austin.
  9. I’m here to talk about the current season. The constant pics are annoying.
  10. This is the correct take. The thing that separates UT unis from the other schools is our super clean burnt orange and white. And there isn't a spec of black on it. A beautiful burnt orange shirt with black on it just ruins it. Orange Nike shoes with black on them are ruined. C'mon this isn't difficult. Two colors. Burnt orange and white.
  11. Once Mark moved to point guard in the postseason, he averaged 3.8 assists per game. That isn't great, but he was definitely distributing the ball better from that position. Also, Mark, Pope, and Weaver can all shoot the ball. None are amazing, but with continued improvement it should be enough to keep the defense honest. Mark shot 37% from 3 in conference last year and 36% across 50 conference games the last 3 seasons at UT, Arky and UH. Pope struggled from 3 in conference last year (31%), but shot 37% on 5+ attempts in 40 PAC10 conference games at Oregon St. Weaver barely took any 3s in conference last year, but is a 36% shooter from deep over his career (on low attempts) Additionally, we have: Cam Heide - He is a career 40% 3pt shooter, admittedly on low volume. Declan Duru - Shot 36% from 3 in 7 games for Germany U19 world cup (on ~3 attempts per game) On another note, I think the lineups above by Gerry are completely missing Lassina Traore. He may end up being our best player. He was set to one of the 1-2 top players at Xavier last year before his injury and is a 2x 1st team all conference player. Assuming he is healthy, he is going to be a big factor for us. I would like to see him get 25+ mpg. I think it will be less common for us to go with small lineups given the number of big bodies who will need to see minutes. Swain, Duru and Heide all need minutes and can play SF or PF. Traore and Codie can play PF or C. Vokietaitis is a pure C. I doubt that John Clark and Lewis Obiorah are going to get much playing time. I will also be surprised if Nic Codie earns more than 10 mpg unless he has improved a lot. Duru looks like he is physically ready to come in and contribute immediately. Here is a possible rotation: Starters: Wilcher, Mark, Swain, Traore, Vokietaitis - An imposing lineup to set the tone physically Rotation 1: Wilcher, Weaver, Heide, Swain, Traore - High energy unit to change the pace Rotation 2: Mark, Pope, Heide, Duru, Traore - Our best shooters with Traore to clean the glass Rotation 3: Mark, Pope, Duru, Codie, Vokietaitis - Another big lineup Closers: Mark, Weaver, Pope, Swain, Traore - Most experience together and our most mature players. Plus good ball handling and FTs.
  12. Wait just a second here. You aren’t allowed to compare a white player with a historic black player. Or vice versa. We have rules!!! Jordan Barnett is a decent comp. Can’t think of too many more. I think Heide is a better rebounder than Barnett. Last year, Heide averaged 11.1 rebounds per 100 possessions, which is pretty solid.
  13. That was some Usain Bolt level incredible human achievement by Lutkenhaus. Unreal time. My mind can’t even comprehend it.
  14. Yeah. I assume this year we will finish in the 6-10 range in the SEC. Any better would be a big accomplishment in year 1 given the strength of the league. That means we will wind up with a team like Notre Dame, NC State, Virginia, Syracuse or Pitt. We are going to have to improve a lot to get matched up with Duke or UNC.
  15. Regarding schedules, we typically have 9 home OOC games, plus 0-2 away games, plus a tournament or two. Not sure how realistic it is, but this is how I would design the OOC schedule from a fan perspective: An elite tournament - Ideally Maui invitational or Battle 4 Atlantis. That likely gives us: a top-50 game + a top-25 game + a top-10 depending on how many we win One elite home and home against: Kansas, Duke, UNC, UConn, Michigan St, Gonzaga, UCLA, Michigan One ACC challenge home and home against a team in the top-half of that conference: Duke, UNC, Virginia, Louisville, Syracuse, FSU, Miami, or NC State One 2 for 1 against a strong Texas historic rival: Baylor, Tech, Houston One 2 for 1 against a solid small conference team: Creighton, Seton Hall, Wichita State, VCU, UNLV, George Mason, Marquette, Belmont, Davidson, etc. 4 home games against other UT-system schools (most in the 100-200 range): UTSA, UT Arlington, UTEP, Stephen F Austin, UTRGV 3 home teams against bottom feeders with preference for Texas schools (all in the 300+ range): Houston Christian, New Orleans, whatever. I would try to arrange it such that when we are away for the ACC challenge, we get an elite home game from #2 above. And I would stagger the H&H against the solid Texas schools with the solid small conference team so we always get at least of them at home, and sometimes two.
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