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  1. alright, mom dukes gonna knock out the draft order this evening unless i hear otherwise before then. 👌🏼
  2. it’s amazing, the number of these computations that get published which say that shaka smart is a better tourney coach than rick barnes because of one final four run as an 11 seed vs barnes who has lost a shit ton of 4 vs 5 or 8 vs 9 type of games. shaka has 3 tourney wins in the last 12 years, barnes got three wins last year. our losses vs temple and usc were the only “bad” tourney upsets i recall under barnes here, and everyone he loses to at tennessee ends up in the E8 or FF. that’s the problem with any metric that measures tourney performance by seed expectation. it’s a very binary way to look at something that’s a lot more nuanced. one more example: in 2004 Texas (3 seed) beat UNC (6 seed) even though Texas was no.19 in kenpom and UNC was no.9, and the betting favorite. according to these metrics Texas/Barnes merely handled business when in reality that was one of my favorite Texas tourney upsets of my lifetime.
  3. their trip to detroit showed that the city is just as bleak, and dark, and wet, and pasty white as i’d always imagined it. and their tailgate food sucks.
  4. Wordle 1,341 4/6 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟨🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1122 7️⃣5️⃣ 8️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ #Worldle #1125 (19.02.2025) 3/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛⬅️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨⬆️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr Connections Puzzle #619 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪
  5. so y’all want me to do this? gonna suck if someone ends up saying they can’t return this year. but i’m down to clown if that’s what y’all want.
  6. https://x.com/texasmbb/status/1891941179861709168?s=46
  7. well, we’ve currently got one commit for next year, and he’s not someone who’s ready to make a real impact at this level. as far as the transfer portal goes there aren’t going to be any tre johnsons moving schools, and finally, our entire coaching staff is probably gone after this year, so i’d say that as of right now nobody is going to replace tre johnson, and that several somebodies are going to have to replace kaluma, shedrick, mark, larry, onyema, tre, kent, RT, his staff, and possibly every single other remaining player, including the one current HS commit.
  8. Wordle 1,340 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬛🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1121 3️⃣8️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Worldle #1124 (18.02.2025) 2/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛⬇️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr Connections Puzzle #618 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦
  9. https://x.com/thehoopherald/status/1891686325092225324?s=46 yes please.
  10. Wordle 1,339 2/6 🟨🟨🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 annnnnnd, back down to earth 🙂 Daily Quordle 1120 9️⃣7️⃣ 🟥🟥 m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ #Worldle #1123 (17.02.2025) 6/6 (100%) 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛↖️ 🟩🟩🟨⬛⬛↖️ 🟩🟩🟨⬛⬛↖️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛⬆️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨⬆️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr Connections Puzzle #617 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪
  11. Derka

    Tre Johnson

  12. there’s a girl in college this year who i believe is playing at a smaller school- i’ve only seen clips on social media- but she’s out here dropping pistol pete, white chocolate, dare i say magic johnson type dimes on a nightly basis. i tried to find videos of her but came up empty. espn has done a lot to promote the sport, but they put too much effort into promoting a select few stars. like this year all the average sports fan knows about ncaa wcbb is that juju plays for usc. if espn decided to spend the entire season highlighting 10+ of ncaa wbb’s best/flashiest players then i feel that would go a long way with attracting new fans.
  13. for the record, i am, and always have been, a big fan of individual women’s players. there’s just not enough of the elite ones to make the product as a whole something that many people want to watch. that’s my opinion. with that said, in my life i have admired and/or followed and been a fan of clarissa davis, cheryl miller, danielle viglione, edwina brown, jamie carey, nneka enemkpali, chamique holdsclaw, simone augustus, odyssey sims, ivory latta, cynthia cooper, tamika catchings, skylar diggins, and so, so, so many more. but again, the unfortunate truth, at least from my perspective, is that the wnba would have to go down to 4-6 teams in order for me to become interested in the product at this point. the best players are absolutely talented, athletic, engaging, and worth watching. but every time i tune in to an actual game there’s just such a drop off from the best couple of players to even the rest of the starters that i just can’t get into it. i do believe that given enough time that women’s basketball can become a popular sport, but for now there’s still to much of a disparity in talent between the great players and the average player for me to be interested.
  14. you’re painting with a pretty broad brush here, and a lot of women’s hoops fans do this, which only turns people off even more. like anyone who doesn’t like the product on the floor is a misogynist at best, and quite possibly a far right wing neo nazi, all because they were critical of women’s hoops. look i’m pretty fucking liberal/progressive, and i support UT athletes in anything they do, but i watched the 1Q of that game and it was terrible. it was simply, factually, a slow, unaathletic, uncoordinated, under-the-rim version of a sport that i love. it was just bad, bad basketball. and it was two top five teams who again were a combined 50-3 coming into the game. there’s nothing political about it, and calling a spade a spade doesn’t make one a misogynist or some far right trumper loon. so just be careful when throwing that around, because again, it happens a lot, and it only serves to turn people off of the sport even more.
  15. carr was up and down. he didn’t shoot a consistent 37% on a nightly basis, he’d go 10 for 15 and 5 for 9 and then have nights where he shot 2 for 9, 0 for 7, or 1 for 6. he was a knock down shooter on his good nights, but he was equally poor on his bad nights as well. 10 for 15 is absurd though. all time great shooting performance.
  16. carr and rice both shot 37% from deep but neither was a knock down shooter. also, as a team we shot .347 from deep (156th nationally) on 20.8 3pa/gm (219th). it was by no means a great shooting team, or a team that relied on shooting. in fact, one of the most impressive things about that team by far was its individual and collective basketball iq. we tried to take practice reps and get good looks on offense as often as possible. just a very well coached and well drilled team full of senior, experienced players, as you mentioned. not the most naturally gifted team ever, but the whole team played with a high iq and high effort. i miss that.
  17. beard had us no.1 in kenpom in november of his second season, and that’s with a roster bereft of nba talent, no shooters, no size, and no athleticism. the team he built was so good that even after he was fired midsession for a domestic violence arrest, the squad still went to the elite 8 and probably should have gone to the Final Four, despite a clear and marked drop off in play after Beard’s departure. that happened here, not very long ago, and now that we’ve been shown that Texas can absolutely become a basketball powerhouse in relatively short order, that’s what we’re going after with our next coaching hire. the last time we did a real life coaching search, the guy we hired had us no.1 in kenpom and going deep in the tourney basically overnight. that’s the level now. that wasn’t dumb luck, that was a great hire who did his job very well. that’s we are aspiring to now. that’s the level.
  18. lol, that link does not show that women’s college basketball viewership is up 350%, it shows that the viewership on february 9th (when Texas played S Carolina and Tennessee played LSU) was up 350% from the viewership two weeks prior on january 26th when there was no such marquee matchup. the link you provided actually shows that people *aren’t* tuning in unless there’s a Texas vs S Carolina matchup on a sunday afternoon when everyone is sitting around waiting for the super bowl to start. you actually just refuted the point you were trying to make.
  19. making the sweet 16 is a very enjoyable thing for the team and the fans, but even if this team does make the S16, there’s really no excusing this:
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