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Barnes or Beard would have won this one 72-45 for sure. Defense should be ahead of the offense at this point because it takes less time to gel on that end.

We’ll win 90-64 or some such but hard to get excited about the defensive rotations right now and the fact we can’t get Pope going.

Hard to get Jordan Pope going when he picks up 3 fouls in about 3 minutes of action

Onyema never wants to take fouls home with him

Can we get this Dawkins guy in the portal next year? Impressive player for HCU.

On a video on OTF earlier this week, Gerry gave a quick overview of the 2026 in-state class. -Much deeper right now on the OL compared to 2025 -Very weak at DT. Texas will have to go heavy OOS again -Strong as usual at WR. We obviously already have Chris Stewart in the class. -Good at DB. Jalen Lott (James Lott’s son) could be a top WR or DB.

It’s important to him fellas!

Gerry mentioned on an OTF video today that someone in Cook's circle has been in his ear about entering the portal basically all year.

It's funny you should say that because several of those players would have been leaving the program if Pierce had returned.

They committed 24 turnovers in their opener against Iowa State. Iowa State had 16 steals.

Our next 3 games are against teams KenPom ranked (out of 364): 356- Houston Christian 327- Chicago State 364 (dead last)- Mississippi Valley State It is stat padding time and Cole Bott should be checking in with 5 minutes left in the second half in every one of these games. The NET system is set up to benefit the teams who blow out the awful teams (Chris Beard staple) and it will punish you if you win a game by 18 that you should have won by 30. Aside from that aspect, I would really like to see Pope and Larry get comfortable initiating the offense.

$18 million buyout for a basketball coach is borderline insane. IIRC, we waited a week to hire Beard so his buyout would drop from $5 million to $4 million and that was considered a lot at the time. I think there will be good candidates outside of the obvious ones that people always try to will into existence (Brad Stevens, Jay Wright, some random NBA coach, etc.).

Oats has a buyout of $18 million.

Texas kicking the tires on a kicker in the 2025 class, per 247 Texas signed one specialist on scholarship last cycle in punter Michael Kern. The Longhorns added another via the preferred walk-on route in local kicker Spencer Barnett. Now, Texas could potentially be in play to make a move on another specialist in 2025. Iowa kicker commit Scott Starzyk appears to be on the radar as a possible late add. Sources relay to Horns247 that there could be a window of opportunity to flip The Woodlands product as December draws closer. Texas and Texas A&M are the two schools to watch, we're told. Michigan made a run at Starzyk earlier this fall but came up short. One source believes the Lone Star state product would like to stay closer to home. The Under Armour All-American kicker remains pledged to the Hawkeyes at this point, but he's another 2025 recruit worth watching down the stretch if he opens his process back up.

He is on track to be a NBA head coach as soon as next year. Even if you put the fact he played at Texas aside, he is pretty highly thought of in basketball circles. The concern with him would be more of the fact he has never coached in college before so there would be recruiting and roster building question marks. It’s a tough adjustment for a lot of coaches.

It may not happen this year, but I don't think we are that far away from .500 in the SEC getting a hosting spot. Bama hosted at 16-14 in conference play a few years ago.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gatorsquarterback DJ Lagway suffered a hamstring injury against Georgia and did not return to the game, but he hasn’t been ruled out for Saturday at No. 5 Texas. Gators Online has learned more details about his injury and status, according to multiple sources. Lagway has been diagnosed with a grade 2 hamstring strain, according to sources. He has received PRP injections this week to promote tissue healing and speed up his recovery process. Sources said that Lagway spent Sunday and Monday resting his left hamstring, but his condition improved on Tuesday. He was even able to do some work in the weight room. Lagway will try to run for the first time on Wednesday. One source said the freshman QB wants to play at Texas, but his pain tolerance will ultimately determine whether he can. Florida coach Billy Napier said Monday that Lagway’s availability for the game will become apparent later this week. “I think a lot of that will be to be determined as we move our way throughout the week,” Napier said. “We’re going to kind of see how that goes. I think obviously the position that he plays makes that possible. Look, it’s going to be pretty clear-cut once we get to Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, so we’ll know.”

What am I missing with Georgia being behind Ohio State? Their resume blows Ohio State’s out of the water.

Kaluma, Shedrick, Weaver and Kent combined to go 0-9 from deep. That group shouldn’t be attempting more than about 6 combined threes a game and Shedrick’s quota needs to be about 1 every other game. Kaluma in particular concerns me because I already saw signs that the ball doesn’t leave his hands much once he touches it in a possession. Weaver has an important role on this team but isn’t a 33 minute player. I’m assuming his minutes will dip down into the 20-25 range once Mark returns. That should help the offensive flow some.

They got Johnson a good shot on an out of bounds play on I think two occasions. Set plays are only going to be more important moving forward as teams start to hound Johnson for 94 feet up and down the court. Going to have to help get him looks.

This team is definitely better 1 through 16 than last year but my fear is we collected a bunch of individual talent instead of assembling a roster. Are a bunch of 22 and 23 year olds going to defer to Tre Johnson all year or will we see too much hero ball at the worst times? We’ll see. 1 game sample size applies and Tramon Mark will help quite a bit.

For a guy who is obviously offense first and a true freshman, he actually tries pretty hard on the defensive end.

The decision to roll into the season with Shedrick and Onyema as our big men was a choice

Horrible missed moving screen.