Texas Basketball Recruiting Notes: A Clean Shave

[texifornia 56,851]

Because we need a new title and TARS has forsaken us

[HenryJames 66,031]

wut

[Chopper 17,228]

A clean shave and a screamin' peach?

[Davis Lane 5,577]

[Js1 85,258]

2 hours ago, Chopper said:

A clean shave and a screamin' peach?

We're all getting our asses shaved?

[CashMcCoy 3,199]

Zero optimism on the basketball board, maybe this thread will be different.

Dillon Mitchell has completely fallen off mock drafts from what I’ve seen; I hate it for him, but he needs more time before the NBA. Really looking forward to seeing how everything plays out after the season. If we keep the two recruits signed and the guys with eligibility left out of the portal, there’s a great nucleus for the new coach to stack some transfers around. Tyrese (ideally playing like himself again), sophomore Terio and DM, 30 year old Brock, a potential superstar in Ron Holland, and Brumbaugh/AJ Johnson as backup guards who can handle the ball. Pick up a wing with outside range and a rim protector in the portal and I think that’s a salty team. I trust CDC to get the right guy to build off the shred of momentum we have left after Beard’s demise.

[closetojumping 62,507]

29 minutes ago, Js1 said:

We're all getting our asses shaved?

There's nothing quite like a shorn scrotum. It's breathtaking, really. I suggest you try it yourself.

[UDontKnow 10,439]

6 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

There's nothing quite like a shorn scrotum. It's breathtaking, really. I suggest you try it yourself.

Why? Because it makes your package appear larger? Or because it's a necessity in humid climates to minimize swamp crotch?

[Radical Larry 28,539]

There's nothing quite like a shorn scrotum. It's breathtaking, really. I suggest you try it yourself.

You hang out with a Zoroastrian named Vilma?

[closetojumping 62,507]

16 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

Why? Because it makes your package appear larger? Or because it's a necessity in humid climates to minimize swamp crotch?

Oh, man. UReallyDontKnow.

5 minutes ago, Radical Larry said:

You hang out with a Zoroastrian named Vilma?

I've been known to be insolent on occasion and thusly placed in a burlap sack and beaten with reeds. 

[UDontKnow 10,439]

14 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Oh, man. UReallyDontKnow.

Pardon me.  I've been frozen for 30 years. I've gotta see if my bits and pieces are still working.

[Gut Wagon 8,064]

Appreciate the new thread and title. Let's hope it brings an upswing in recruiting (starting with holding onto our current guys). 

[Wulaw Horn 19,063]

1 hour ago, CashMcCoy said:

Zero optimism on the basketball board, maybe this thread will be different.

Dillon Mitchell has completely fallen off mock drafts from what I’ve seen; I hate it for him, but he needs more time before the NBA. Really looking forward to seeing how everything plays out after the season. If we keep the two recruits signed and the guys with eligibility left out of the portal, there’s a great nucleus for the new coach to stack some transfers around. Tyrese (ideally playing like himself again), sophomore Terio and DM, 30 year old Brock, a potential superstar in Ron Holland, and Brumbaugh/AJ Johnson as backup guards who can handle the ball. Pick up a wing with outside range and a rim protector in the portal and I think that’s a salty team. I trust CDC to get the right guy to build off the shred of momentum we have left after Beard’s demise.

This would certainly be the happiest timeline.  
I have zero expectation it goes down like that.  Assume everyone that can will transfer and everyone that signed will sign somewhere else.  We will literally be starting at 0 (more or less) with the new guy. It's going to suck.  That's the more realistic timeline.  Embrace it.  At least if what I said happens, which is practically the modern day death penalty, happen with a good new coach he can portal hunt well enough to have us as a team that shouldn't be worse than 500 and should be interesting to watch in 2 or 3 years. That's if we get the right guy. If we get the wrong guy he will point to the abject car wreck of a roster (which will be a fair complaint) and tell you he needs 4 years before you can make a determination if he's a good coach or not and hang on to as much of that sweet sweet cash as he can get.  

It's got the possibility to be really really ugly.  

[CashMcCoy 3,199]

3 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

This would certainly be the happiest timeline.  
I have zero expectation it goes down like that.  Assume everyone that can will transfer and everyone that signed will sign somewhere else.  We will literally be starting at 0 (more or less) with the new guy. It's going to suck.  That's the more realistic timeline.  Embrace it.  At least if what I said happens, which is practically the modern day death penalty, happen with a good new coach he can portal hunt well enough to have us as a team that shouldn't be worse than 500 and should be interesting to watch in 2 or 3 years. That's if we get the right guy. If we get the wrong guy he will point to the abject car wreck of a roster (which will be a fair complaint) and tell you he needs 4 years before you can make a determination if he's a good coach or not and hang on to as much of that sweet sweet cash as he can get.  

It's got the possibility to be really really ugly.  

Lol right, that’s definitely more realistic. Where will we possibly find a coach and players that can achieve the glory of an above .500 record? Sure, the next guy might end up sucking worse than Shaka. But considering this is a top 15 job at worst, the amount of talent in Texas + the program’s national pull, the resources UT is seemingly throwing into basketball lately, and CDC’s solid track record of landing the right guy, the extreme pessimism is wild to me. Beard isn’t the only coach who has rebuilt a roster in one offseason with success recently, although he might have been up there with the best.

Buzz fucking Williams even has a&m at 15-6 and 3rd in the SEC, where our new hire will likely coach most of his contract. Not that aggie mediocrity would be acceptable, but it’s far from hovering around .500.

[Wulaw Horn 19,063]

4 minutes ago, CashMcCoy said:

Lol right, that’s definitely more realistic. Where will we possibly find a coach and players that can achieve the glory of an above .500 record? Sure, the next guy might end up sucking worse than Shaka. But considering this is a top 15 job at worst, the amount of talent in Texas + the program’s national pull, the resources UT is seemingly throwing into basketball lately, and CDC’s solid track record of landing the right guy, the extreme pessimism is wild to me. Beard isn’t the only coach who has rebuilt a roster in one offseason with success recently, although he might have been up there with the best.

Buzz fucking Williams even has a&m at 15-6 and 3rd in the SEC, where our new hire will likely coach most of his contract. Not that aggie mediocrity would be acceptable, but it’s far from hovering around .500.

I guess I should note that when I say hovering around 500 I’m ignoring going 7-0 on guarantee games. I mean conference and teams OOC with a pulse. If we go 17-15 because we went 9-0 against hot garbage and 8-15 against everyone else I don’t consider that a win. 

[someguy 1,508]

6 hours ago, closetojumping said:

Oh, man. UReallyDontKnow.

I've been known to be insolent on occasion and thusly placed in a burlap sack and beaten with reeds. 

Do you make outrageous claims, like you invented the question mark?

[JimmyTwoTimes 79]

Did you, by chance, make meat helmets.

[closetojumping 62,507]

2 hours ago, someguy said:

Do you make outrageous claims, like you invented the question mark?

Funny you should ask, that’s something my father has done on occasion. He’s also accused chestnuts of being lazy from time to time. 

[someguy 1,508]

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

Funny you should ask, that’s something my father has done on occasion. He’s also accused chestnuts of being lazy from time to time. 

your father sounds like he had the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.  No doubt he was attracted to French prostitutes named Chloe with webbed feet.

[South Austin 52,431]

Summers in Rangoon?

[cafe society 2,860]

19 hours ago, closetojumping said:

Funny you should ask, that’s something my father has done on occasion. He’s also accused chestnuts of being lazy from time to time. 

How is Mme Chloe?

[Rockethorn1978 6,072]

Mmm I love a clean shaven

[ztejas 43,411]

On 1/30/2023 at 12:29 PM, CashMcCoy said:

Dillon Mitchell has completely fallen off mock drafts from what I’ve seen; I hate it for him, but he needs more time before the NBA.

Not sure what mocks you're looking at. I have yet to not see him listed anywhere - if he declares he will get drafted. 

That doesn't mean he's a first round pick or that he won't return to college but he will have options.

Arterio will most likely not be drafted. Them two staying will be dependent on who is coaching Texas next season (unless Mitchell keeps flashing like he did last night).

[VinyVango 684]

I think Mitchell is pretty much a late 1st rounder / early 2nd rounder unless he injures himself … basically a better Greg brown scenario

Morris and Hunter need to stay.

Forwards and centers and maybe another ball handling guard will be desperately needed from the portal

[ztejas 43,411]

No one in their right mind is drafting Tyrese. He's undersized and isn't a good scorer at any level. Arterio has a much higher draft stock. 

I honestly think the best case for hanging on to Holland and the other kid is Terry staying. I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest they stay regardless. The allure of playing at Texas right now is higher than it's been since we landed LMA and KD (among others) off the back of that FF appearance. 

[CashMcCoy 3,199]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

Not sure what mocks you're looking at. I have yet to not see him listed anywhere - if he declares he will get drafted. 

That doesn't mean he's a first round pick or that he won't return to college but he will have options.

Arterio will most likely not be drafted. Them two staying will be dependent on who is coaching Texas next season (unless Mitchell keeps flashing like he did last night).

Yeah now that I look again I have no idea lol. Must have somehow missed him on my quick skims of a couple, my bad.

[texifornia 56,851]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

I honestly think the best case for hanging on to Holland and the other kid is Terry staying.

Hiring the friendly, inspirational, but deeply underqualified interim coach as the HC?

 

[ztejas 43,411]

12 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Hiring the friendly, inspirational, but deeply underqualified interim coach as the HC?

 

There are already pages of discussion when it comes to the merits of hiring Terry. I'm addressing the likelihood of the current commits staying on board. I care much more about who is coaching the team going forward than those guys staying committed. 

[Ricky's one-hitter 9,084]

11 hours ago, texifornia said:

Hiring the friendly, inspirational, but deeply underqualified interim coach as the HC?

 

11 hours ago, ztejas said:

There are already pages of discussion when it comes to the merits of hiring Terry.

This is not to add to those discussions, but I had a general theory about resume when hired pre-Beard and out of curiosity did a W/L comparison back through Penders. My theory is wrong, but I did discover that Terry and Shaka had the same number of wins before becoming HC at Texas, except Shaka did it in 100 less games. And Terry and Penders both only made the tournament once before, but Penders got to a Sweet 16 and Terry was bounced out of the first round. 

It's pretty wild that the expectations of success prior to coming here have ratcheted up so significantly. Historically, we're much more likely to hire a Josh Paster or Mike White than a John Calipari or Sean Miller. 

boring data

Spoiler

Penders
	W	L	%
Tufts	54	18
Columbia	43	60
Fordham	125	114
Rhode Island	48	17		*Sweet 16
	270	209	56%
Barnes
	W	L	%
George Mason	20	10
Providence	108	76		*3 1st rd outs
Clemson	74	48		*2 1st rd outs and a Sweet 16
	202	134	60%
Smart
	W	L	%
VCU	163	56
	163	56	74%
Terry
	W	L	%
Fresno State	126	108		*1 1st rd out
UTEP	37	48
	163	156	51%

 

[Js1 85,258]

6 minutes ago, Ricky's one-hitter said:

It's pretty wild that the expectations of success prior to coming here have ratcheted up so significantly. Historically, we're much more likely to hire a Josh Paster or Mike White than a John Calipari or Sean Miller. 

 

Yeah that's the difference between DeLoss and Patterson making our hires and CDC. 

One is an actual AD who hires competent coaches with success at their previous stops, and the other 2 are general boobs who cared more about making the UT money machine go brrrr than on field success.

[victory88 5,663]

I think it was Gerry that basically implied that Mitchell probably isn’t staying at Texas given his usage.  He didn’t put right say it but implied he would be shocked if Mitchell was on the Texas roster next year.  
 

Gerry mentioned that the coach has to show they can get 5 stars to develop and get drafted or the sales pitch gets doesn’t work.  Also mentioned something along the lines of Terry Joseph is basically fighting for a job and isn’t going to rely on freshmen hence the limited playing time.

[OB3 3,608]

15 minutes ago, victory88 said:

I think it was Gerry that basically implied that Mitchell probably isn’t staying at Texas given his usage.  He didn’t put right say it but implied he would be shocked if Mitchell was on the Texas roster next year.  
 

Gerry mentioned that the coach has to show they can get 5 stars to develop and get drafted or the sales pitch gets doesn’t work.  Also mentioned something along the lines of Terry Joseph is basically fighting for a job and isn’t going to rely on freshmen hence the limited playing time.

Terry Joseph needs to spend time with the DBs and not worry about basketball

[Texas Wahoo 3,389]

54 minutes ago, OB3 said:

Terry Joseph needs to spend time with the DBs and not worry about basketball

Obviously Mitchell is not going to be on the Texas basketball roster next year because Terry Joseph is convincing him to play in our secondary.

Can you imagine how good he would be on 50/50 jump balls?

Edited February 1, 2023 by Texas Wahoo

[victory88 5,663]

Rodney Terry, got damn… I gotta stop drinking and posting.

[Napoleon 8,658]

2 minutes ago, victory88 said:

Rodney Terry, got damn… I gotta stop drinking and posting.

Agreed!

Stop Drinking!

Stop Posting!

🤘

[Hornlover 8,826]

https://www.on3.com/news/marcus-adams-jr-down-to-5-schools-syracuse-oregon-ucla-mississippi-state-texas/

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2024 power forward Marcus Adams Jr. has narrowed down his recruitment to five schools.

Texas made the cut for Adams, along with Syracuse, Oregon, Mississippi State and UCLA. A decision is expected from Adams within the next month. Some believe Adams may hit the college ranks early and reclassify to the class of 2023.

 

 

[Rickylovesweed 14,262]

14 hours ago, victory88 said:

I think it was Gerry that basically implied that Mitchell probably isn’t staying at Texas given his usage.  He didn’t put right say it but implied he would be shocked if Mitchell was on the Texas roster next year.  
 

Gerry mentioned that the coach has to show they can get 5 stars to develop and get drafted or the sales pitch gets doesn’t work.  Also mentioned something along the lines of Terry Joseph is basically fighting for a job and isn’t going to rely on freshmen hence the limited playing time.

Mitchell's usage is low on the offensive end because he has no offensive game yet. 

 

[Teryor 4,449]

 

[LTtxfan 49,141]

Yeah... Where the Fuck is TARS ???

@Machinator

[Getafix 28,543]

37 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Yeah... Where the Fuck is TARS ???

@Machinator

 

 

Gullette made it to the " ... clean shave" thread.  Huh. How apropos.

 

 

[Lonestar88 4,629]

 

[Lonestar88 4,629]

 

 

[Napoleon 8,658]

I wish that we could stay in the Big 12 for basketball. 

Adding Houston & Cincy…

The Big 12 will remain the best basketball conference in the country by far!

[texifornia 56,851]

Some Tech tears to start the day

Spoiler

 

[ztejas 43,411]

This Kingston Flemings kid out of SA Brennan can fucking play. They just waxed Stony Point (top 5 team in the state) and San Marcos over the weekend to make state. And he picked up an offer from TCU in the process. 

#1 

Had 20 in the first half of that game. Hard to find clips and box scores of this stuff. 

[texifornia 56,851]

More Tech

Spoiler

 

[Napoleon 8,658]

Too close for comfort.

 

There is no way that that was unintentional.

Edited March 6, 2023 by Napoleon

[BurntOrange&White 39,930]

2 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

Too close for comfort.

That's the joke after all the anti-Semitic stuff Kanye did

 

YE = Kanye

[Napoleon 8,658]

1 minute ago, BurntOrange&White said:

That's the joke after all the anti-Semitic stuff Kanye did

 

YE = Kanye

Oh, I am out of the loop on that. 

I just saw Raiders’ colors and thought… 👀

I keep up with Kanye just a smidgen more than he keeps up with me. And that’s because I see headlines referencing him, but I don’t actually read those stories. 👍

[Chuckie Finster 22,692]

10 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

That's the joke after all the anti-Semitic stuff Kanye did

 

YE = Kanye

So I, uh, understand the "joke" but am still having a bit of trouble understanding the choice of profile picture...