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HookEm

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  1. I still think Vinson has the best potential of our big men. He has 9.8 +/- for the season vs. 4.8 and 4.4 for Shedrick and Onyema respectively. I would have liked to have kept Dillon Mitchell on this team. He could have played small ball center for us and does basically everything better than Shedrick. He is a better defender, especially on the perimeter. And he is a better rebounder. This year he is even shooting 3s better than Shedrick. Of course if he would have stayed then we wouldn't have signed Kaluma - and Mitchell fits terribly with Shedrick. Dillon Mitchell Kadin Shedrick Also Tyrese Hunter is a better player than either of our current point guards. I wish we could have kept him as well. He has improved every year including this one. I would have also liked the continuity bringing back a couple of guys who were key parts of the program, including during the Elite 8 run. Tyrese Hunter Jordan Pope Oh well that ship has sailed. We need to get Pope playing up to his potential. All of his numbers are down this year and he just looks sooooo passive. As the point guard he needs to step up and lead the team. Match Tre Johnson's competitiveness.
  2. Mark + Tre Johnson + Kaluma is such a good collection of wings. I’m not sure we have had a better group ever at Texas. The problem is at PG and Center. Pope and Larry are fine, but they aren’t elite. And you need elite guards at the college level. And center is also really sub par.
  3. Any update on this question?
  4. Literally nobody said our floor was Sweet 16. But a lot of people were optimistic and thought we could be better than last year. Losing Mark for the start of the season hurt and losing Kent continues to hurt. I still think this is a well constructed roster (outside of Shedrick, but I have beaten that horse to death). But they are just not coached to their potential. Give this roster to Bill Self and you would have a great team.
  5. This is why I like the concept of crowd sourcing the computer models. One model may emphasize one type of data, another emphasize another. But if you have 50 computer models, then combined they will use all possible data to some degree. And if one uses an obscure method, then it will be only a small fraction of the overall rating.
  6. Things would be so much better on offense if Tre was running around everywhere through screens without the ball like Steph Curry. Instead the whole offense is him playing ISO ball. That won’t beat tournament level teams very often, I don’t care how good he is.
  7. We all know the ceiling with RT is pretty low. That said we aren’t firing him for at least another year or two. That said, Haith has been horrid. He should be fired after this year for sure.
  8. Cool every possession is hero ball, which is just so much fun to watch
  9. Seatgeek is by far your best option, especially within a day or two of gameday. Otherwise you have to rely on the seller seeing that the sale was made and transferring you the tickets. It happens automatically with Seatgeek.
  10. If #14 ISU gets a win over #17 ASU, I would expect them to jump ahead of Miami, Souf Carolina and Ole Miss. So they would likely get in even without an auto-bid if this was the system. #15 Boise will also likely jump a few of them with a win over #31 UNLV. Not sure it would be enough to get in though.
  11. Massey has exactly this data: Computer Composite Ranking Here is what the composite looks like if you eliminate the high and low 10% models for each team: There is a lot of talk about "helmets" and conference bias, but crowd sourcing the computer models eliminates almost all of that. And surprise, the unbiased composite model is actually pretty close to the CFP rankings. Alabama is above Ole Miss, South Carolina, and Miami. The highlighted teams still have games to play. If Army beats Tulane and UNLV beats Boise, I'm not CERTAIN that Army will be below UNLV in this model. They are very close as it stands. Unfortunately, Army will play #52 Navy after the CFP brackets have been announced. What a stupid decision that was.
  12. If you watch Shedrick play and that is your main takeaway, then we are just seeing things completely differently. For a center at this level, his rebounding and defense are horrific. I don't care what the stats say. Watch him actually play. He is so lost. He floats out to the perimeter on both defense and offense and is just so ineffective.
  13. Texas has to do something about Shedrick. He is a complete defensive liability on the perimeter and is basically worthless rebounding the ball given his size. He lopes around out of position, looking lost and goofy on both ends of the court. He plays extremely weak in the post. He is easily faked into jumping to try to block a shot at the worst moment. He slows down the offense by clogging things up both in the lane and moving out to the perimeter. He is basically zero threat on pick and roll. He may be a genius (heck, he went to Virginia and Texas), but he plays with a very low IQ on the court. I just cant stand watching him play any more. Per 100 possessions Shedrick - 12.7 TRB, 4.8 BLK, 1.4 STL, 1.4 TOV, 3.7 PF Onyema - 12.2 TRB, 2.9 BLK, 2.9 STL, 2.2 TOV, 2.2 PF Vinson - 16.3 TRB, 4.7 BLK, 2.3 STL, 0.0 TOV, 2.3 PF Codie - 7.8 TRB, 3.9 BLK, 0.0 STL, 0.0 TOV, 0.0 PF (small sample size)\ Kaluma - 15.2 TRB, 1.6 BLK, 1.0 STL, 3.0 TOV, 3.0 PF I would give Vinson and Codie more minutes, even if it costs us a game or two while they come up to speed. Our season is severely limited if Shedrick is getting 25+ minutes in March. If we have to start him, fine. But he needs to be getting more like 15 mpg, with 10+ going to Vinson, 10- going to Onyema, and then 5+ going small ball, especially if we can get Kent back. In blowout games, Vinson and Codie need to be getting 25 minutes each, with some of it coming at the same time.
  14. This team could use a guy like Jericho Sims or even Christian Bishop in the worst way.
  15. Why does Porter not have talent?
  16. I don't think Indiana has that much better of a resume than Iowa State and it isn't even a consideration to keep them out. Using Massey rankings for easy of use: ISU Wins: #24 K-State, #28 Iowa, #30 Baylor, #47 WV, #54 Utah, #57 Cinci Losses: #34 Tech by 1, at #49 Kansas by 9 SoS: #48 Indiana Wins: #16 Michigan, #35 Washington, #41 UCLA, #45 Nebraska Losses: at #5 OSU by 23 SoS: #61 Nice OOC you have there Indiana. #113 Charlotte, #126 Florida International, UR W. Illinois. For fucks sake. At least ISU plays Iowa. If you don't play a single Power 5 or highly respected other school like Notre Dame, Boise, then F you. You don't deserve to make it.
  17. I think the committee is going to want to put 4 SEC teams into the tourney. Selecting Bama would result in the most backlash, especially after last year. They have two good alternatives in Ole Miss and South Carolina. My guess is that if SMU loses, one of them will get in over Bama. I want it to be South Carolina just to see the meltdown by Ole Miss and Bama, who both beat the cocks.
  18. I just really wish that Kent hadn't gotten hurt. I really wanted to see a starting lineup with him and Kaluma playing the 4/5 and with Mark and Johnson on the wings. I think that would be a great lineup and would rebound much better than what we have been starting.
  19. There is no reason to think Porter Moser would have significantly better talent at UT than OU. OU objectively has a better basketball history than we do and has plenty of money to get recruits. If he doesn’t have top end talent, it is his own fault.
  20. I like the approach of playing a few great teams and then a lot of middle of the pack teams. The Big12/SEC is already a murderers row, so we will be tested for close to 3 months prior to the tournament. What I don't like playing are a bunch of absolute bottom feeders in D1. Our top end is great with UConn, tOSU, Syracuse, NC State. Those are all very good historic programs. It isn't our fault that some of them are a little down this year. But man, the bottom feeder teams we are playing are terrible. Here are the 25 year program ranks for our OOC teams: 7 - UConn 13 - Ohio State 21 - Syracuse 43 - NC State 93 - St Joes 107 - NM State ------------------------ 295 - New Orleans 297 - Northwestern St 346 - Delaware St 353 - Chicago State 355 - Houston Christian 358 - Miss Valley St 360 - Ark Pine Bluff KenPom has program ranks for 362 teams. We play 5 ranked worse than 345. Holy hell, we should be beating these teams by 40+ points. That isn't fun for anybody. We need to schedule more teams in the 150-250 range. Teams like UT Arlington, Rice, Tulane, Texas State, UTSA, Tarleton. They should still be wins, but would generate a lot more fan interest.
  21. He shot 40% from 3 as a FR at UTA. This year so far he is shooting 50% from 3 (admittedly on low volume). If he is open out there he can drain it.
  22. I still want to see a lineup of Weaver + Mark + Johnson + Kaluma + Kent Just switch everything on defense. All those dudes can defend and all can rebound. And all have to be guarded on the 3 point line.
  23. Fair but regardless both of these guys are 2-3 inches taller than our guys last year.
  24. Pope is 6’2 and Larry is 6’3. Playing them together at the guard spots doesn’t make us small at all. Last year we were playing two 5’11 dudes.
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