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  1. Devon Pryor is really the same age as all the true freshman that are starting college this year since he reclassified last summer to start a year early. So his #21 in Texas ranking / #209 National ranking in 2023 is really a little misleading since he was a year younger than everyone else in his class.... AND he has been competing with grown men for the last year. I bet he will play more like a national top-50 freshman.
  2. Our team last year would have been soooo much better with Ron Holland than with Ithiel Horton. I count six losses that likely would have been wins if he was on the team, which would have been enough to get us to a 3-4 seed and likely the Sweet 16 or beyond. And it wasn't just that he bailed, it was that he did it so late that it was hard to recover. F him. Hope he goes to Charlotte.
  3. Yeah we are for sure renting a car. The only time I would use an Uber is within a town. We honestly love driving. I’m looking forward to hitting the road in Kentucky. I love being able to stop whenever and wherever I want.
  4. Just checked. Looks like Uber from Fairfield Inn (where we are staying) to Willett is $12. And $10 from Willett to Bardstown Bourbon. Not terrible.
  5. Oh shit. Good catch. I thought Kentucky was all Central. Cheaper than a DUI! Honestly thought I have no idea if Bardstown even has Ubers.
  6. After looking at tour availability, I went ahead and booked a Willett tour for 3:00 on Saturday. We land in Nashville at 8:30 AM, so that gives us about four hours to kill on Saturday. Unfortunately Makers Mark is out of tour availability on Saturday, so we may skip it altogether and just stick with the distilleries in Bardstown. Bardstown Distillery apparently has a nice bar/dining room. Might just go straight there for lunch and a cocktail and then on to the Willett tour at 3:00. Willett also has a well regarded dining room / veranda where we could eat an early dinner. We could also Uber around to all these places and not worry about getting smashed.
  7. I originally posted this in the Bourbon thread, but I think this topic deserves a dedicated thread. I'm headed to Kentucky with my wife in a couple of weeks to drive around and see some distilleries. We driving up from Nashville early on a Saturday morning and spending 3 nights overall. First night will be in Bardstown. We plan to hit Maker's Mark on the way and then probably Bardstown distilling. On Sunday, we will likely start the day at one of the Bardstown distilleries (probably Willett). Heaven Hill is another possibility. Then we will make our way up to Lexington, with a detour at either Four Roses or Wild Turkey. We are staying in downtown Lexington at the Hyatt Regency on Sunday and Monday nights. On Monday, the plan is to take a day trip to Frankfort to hit Buffalo Trace. We may also stop by Woodford Reserve on the way back if we are up for it. On Tuesday, we are driving back to Nashville for a late flight out. On the way there, we may stop by Abraham Lincoln's birthplace or Mammoth Caves National Park if we have enough time. Let me know if you have restaurant or distillery suggestions for Bardstown, Lexington or anywhere in between. I'll post pics after the trip.
  8. I'm headed up to Kentucky in a couple of weeks with the wife. Staying in Bardstown for a night and then up in Lexington for two. Plan to hit up a bunch of distilleries. Any recommendations or tips? Wondering whether it is better to have a separate thread as it can get lost in these 410+ pages.
  9. Vinson seems like a good late season add to round out the roster, but not someone we should expect to get more than 5 minutes a game. We still need a significant contributor at PF/C. I think we still have one roster spot open. Can anyone confirm?
  10. Apparently Coleman Hawkins is wanting $2M. Maybe we refused to pay Toppin because we are going all in on Hawkins.
  11. RT would have to completely and totally shit the bed to get fired after this year. If he wins at least say 12 games, I think he is coming back. If he gets to the 2nd weekend this year or next year, I assume he will get an extension. If not, he should be gone.
  12. Hawkins would be a great addition. I haven't allowed myself to hope we get anybody that good after losing Toppin. Start big with: 6'3 Jordan Pope + 6'5 Tremon Mark + 6'6 Tre Johnson + 6'10 Coleman Hawkins + 6'11 Kaden Shedrick Bench: 6'3 Julian Larry + 6'3 Chendall Weaver + 6'7 Jayson Kent That would be our 8 man rotation with everybody else getting scrap minutes. A big power forward like Hawkins would give us a lot of options. I assume he would get a ton of minutes at center as well in a smaller lineup with Kent at PF.
  13. I have been saying over and over that it is going to hurt to lose Dillon Mitchell... and that was when I thought we might get a solid big like Toppin to replace him. Now we lost the 2nd leading rebounder in the Big 12 for nothing. I guarantee the guy we get now isn't going to be as good as him. Mainly because there isn't a big that is as good as him left in the portal.
  14. Yes, we have enough size if you just look at our team's measurables. But you need to look more critically at our big man situation: Onyema was terrible last year. Out of place on defense, not a great rebounder, worthless on offense. He can't get more than 5 min a game without massive improvement Codie is a freshman. Dude is 6'9, 200. He is not ready to bang in the SEC. Unless he surprises everyone, he also shouldn't get more than 5-10 min a game. Max. Shedrick only played 17 min last year and seems to always be hurt. He has height, but he isn't physical - and we don't have a physical power forward to cover his deficiencies. Regardless, we can't play him more than ~22 min a game. And if Shedrick goes down? Holy hell we are screwed. So unless you think we should be playing Jayson Kent at center, we HAVE to get another big. The quality of that big will determine how well we do next year. We don't necessarily have to get a 7 footer. But we desperately need a physical big who can bang when needed.
  15. Yes. At this point, a guy who was all league and all defense would be a huge win. There aren't many of those types left. I mean, almost none.
  16. I have no idea if any of these guys are options, but here are the remaining in the portal who are power forwards or centers and top-500 according to 24-7. That's it. That is the whole list. Power Forwards: Coleman Hawkins, Illinois - 6'10, 230 - #24 - 12.7 PTS, 6.7 TRB Trevon Brazile, Arkansas - 6'10, 220 - #41 - 8.6 PTS, 5.9 TRB DJ Burns, Youngstown St - 6'7, 220 - #154 - 13.1 PTS, 11.0 TRB - 2nd team Horizon, All Defense Matt Bewley, Chicago St - 6'9, 225 - #189 - Currently ineligible Mowot Mag, Rutgers - 6'7, 215 - #207 - 9.1 PTS, 3.8 TRB Ryan Bewley, Chicago St - 6'9, 210 - #240 - Currently ineligible Centers: Baba Miller, Florida St - 6'11, 204 - #131 - 7.9 PTS, 4.9 TRB Ugonna Onyenso, Kentucku - 7'0, 233 - #180 - 3.6 PTS, 4.8 TRB Max Allen, Marist - 6'9, 255 - #338 - 11.4 PTS, 3.8 TRB - 2nd Team MAAC Duncan Powell, Sac St - 6'8, 220 - #411 - 12.1 PTS, 7.0 TRB - Went to Desoto High School Emmanuel Okorafor, Louisville - 6'9, 220 - #444 - 2.4 PTS, 2.2 TRB Enoch Boakye, Fresno St - 6'11, 250 - #471 - 7.5 PTS, 7.7 TRB Pretty slim pickings. At this point some of the dudes above aren't much better than Onyema. What a shit show. I would try to get DJ Burns since he is a grown assed man at this point and could be plug and play at Power Forward. Then maybe Duncan Powell since he has some state of Texas connections. But man, this isn't good.
  17. This is terrible news. Oh well, who is our next best option?
  18. They are also exactly the same height at 6’9. And about the same weight at 210/220.
  19. Hahaha WTF. I have been thinking they were brothers all along. Well never mind then. I guess I got confused because Obi has a younger brother Jacob and I must have assumed that is JT.
  20. We are going to regret not paying Toppin. He very well might be the best player on our team if we signed him, and he would make us so much more dangerous. If we had him we could go big with him and Shedrick. Or we could go small and he could play center. He is a great rebounder, leading the MWC in both offensive and total rebounds. He also led the MWC in blocks. He actually had better stats IMO than his brother as a freshman. Obi then went on to win the Wooden and Naismith awards as a sophomore. Even if JT doesn't improve at all, he would be a crucial piece. If he makes a similar jump to his brother, we could be looking at a Final Four caliber team.
  21. I am sure it has gotten more selective, but part of that selection process is a HEAVY bias toward legacy applicants. My daughter has zero connection to aggy (thankfully) and didn't even get into Team Blinn, despite being ~ top 12% from a highly regarded HS with a 1290 SAT. My son was about the same (maybe a little worse actually) and got into UT, but did not get accepted to aggy. I attribute this to an excellent essay. Meanwhile they both have a number of friends who got accepted with significantly worse academic and extracurricular achievements with the only difference being that they have aggy family. He is still trying to figure out his direction. He has loved his geology classes so far, but hasn't made exceptional grades on them. If you go to UT Jackson School, does it help your chances getting into their graduate program?
  22. Yeah we went up to visit in the fall and she was sold. It was an absolutely brilliant fall day with the leaves turning and the air crisp. We never get days quite like that in the Austin area. I'm kind of excited to see what Calapari does with their basketball program. It sounds like he is getting all the resources he needs, and he can certainly recruit. They could be a fun team to follow during her four years up there. Right now Arkansas isn't ranked very well academically... #178 on US News. About like Alabama, Ole Miss, LSU, Okie State, and K-State. But I can see that changing in the coming years. There are a TON of Dallas kids that can't get into UT or A&M... or that miss out on their major. Kids in the 8%-12% range in their class. These kids are applying to Arkansas in droves, especially since the Oklahoma and Louisiana schools don't offer tuition matching. The applications are up so much so that they are probably going to raise the standard for full in-state tuition for the Texas folks. As UT and A&M keep getting more selective, so will Arkansas, and their rankings will go up accordingly. JMHO.
  23. That is crazy because Davion Mitchell was an absolutely awesome NCAA player. He was one of the most aggressive lock down perimeter defenders I have seen. I thought he was going to do great in the NBA. I still think he might do ok if he got out of Sacramento. I wish San Antonio would trade for him.
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