I want us to win simply for the players who've given their college career to Texas to go out that way.
But hanging a banner? The "We Couldn't Get into the Real Tournament" banner? That's not something that will ever be one of my notable fan memories. Simply winning your first game in the NCAA tournament beats that hands down.
"2019--Didn't Make the Actual Tournament--Hook em' Horns"
Yeah, that has a certain indefinable charm. Can we get hats, t-shirts and bumper stickers, too?
I'm all for the players getting some more wins in their college career, but the NIT is by definition meaningless. If a school has any aspirations to be a serious basketball program, being in the NIT as opposed to the NCAA tournament means your season is a failure.
So basically, we're where we expected to be. Shaka gets to mismanage the program at every level for at least another year. And when he finally leaves, he will have made out like a bandit for mismanaging the program at every level.
Wonder what attendance will look like next year?
Does Shaka's contract spell out exactly what we can't make him do to get the money? If not, can we make him coach/towel boy/toilet cleaner/churro hawker?
Move his office to the worst place imaginable. Take away his parking spot. Have people follow him around campus mocking him. Do whatever we can to make him as miserable as he's made us.
Does the NIT even matter? It's a loser tournament, has been ever since the NCAA expanded above 32 teams.
Even if we win the stupid thing, I still say FIRE SHAKA!
Well, Shakshit already happened, so Shakexit seems inevitable. Just a question of this year or next.
Still hoping for this year, cuz I can't stand to watch another season as graceless and squalid as this one.
There's nothing hilarious about our inconsistency. It's trite and dull, yet still intensely nauseating, which I suppose is a kind of accomplishment.
Thanks, Shaka.