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  On 3/25/2025 at 1:22 AM, Rockethorn1978 said:

Probably hard to know yet but curious how many of ours will bounce and how many we will need to complete a roster. I’m guessing we will need at least 6-7 portals.

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I'm hoping we take the best 2-3 from Xavier and keep the best 2-3 from our current team.

That'll be a heck of a starting point and then just fill in the blanks from there.

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  On 3/25/2025 at 2:31 AM, Js1 said:

Kristen Wiig No GIF by The Lonely Island

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On a more serious note - I think Pryor and Weaver can for sure be retained. I'm not sure what eligibility looks like for a lot of these guys like Kaluma, Shedrick and Mark (who I'd all take back).

I wish Onyema the best. I hope like hell Miller doesn't keep Pope around. Larry and Kent need to move on. 

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  On 3/25/2025 at 2:33 AM, ztejas said:

On a more serious note - I think Pryor and Weaver can for sure be retained. I'm not sure what eligibility looks like for a lot of these guys like Kaluma, Shedrick and Mark (who I'd all take back).

I wish Onyema the best. I hope like hell Miller doesn't keep Pope around. Larry and Kent need to move on. 

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Larry, Kent, Shedrick and Kaluma are out of eligibility. Somehow Mark has another year? Or so the $9.95ers implied.

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  On 3/25/2025 at 2:33 AM, ztejas said:

On a more serious note - I think Pryor and Weaver can for sure be retained. I'm not sure what eligibility looks like for a lot of these guys like Kaluma, Shedrick and Mark (who I'd all take back).

I wish Onyema the best. I hope like hell Miller doesn't keep Pope around. Larry and Kent need to move on. 

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I will say that Onyema was serviceable at the very end of the season - he at least learned how to dribble the basketball without immediately turning it over. His development from the beginning of the 2023-24 season to now has been massive. Not because he's really good now, but because he was borderline unplayable when he first got to Texas.

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  On 3/25/2025 at 2:37 AM, MuellerHorn said:

I will say that Onyema was serviceable at the very end of the season - he at least learned how to dribble the basketball without immediately turning it over. His development from the beginning of the 2023-24 season to now has been massive. Not because he's really good now, but because he was borderline unplayable when he first got to Texas.

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If he wants to stick around and ride the bench then whatever. If he's our 2nd string 5 in '26 then the Miller era is off to a rocky start. 

  On 3/25/2025 at 2:35 AM, Js1 said:

Larry, Kent, Shedrick and Kaluma are out of eligibility. Somehow Mark has another year? Or so the $9.95ers implied.

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I'd love to keep Mark. He seriously showed his quality the few weeks of the season. 

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  On 3/25/2025 at 2:45 AM, ztejas said:

If he wants to stick around and ride the bench then whatever. If he's our 2nd string 5 in '26 then the Miller era is off to a rocky start. 

I'd love to keep Mark. He seriously showed his quality the few weeks of the season. 

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For sure. Onyema should not be getting meaningful minutes consistently. I was just saying he got a lot better.

I agree with you on Mark. But I doubt he stays if he wants to be a starting 1.

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  On 3/25/2025 at 2:48 AM, MuellerHorn said:

For sure. Onyema should not be getting meaningful minutes consistently. I was just saying he got a lot better.

I agree with you on Mark. But I doubt he stays if he wants to be a starting 1.

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Yeah I think Mark is gone. 

Which is why I led with Pryor and Weaver. I think those are the 2 that Miller both should keep and could keep. 

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Posted
  On 3/25/2025 at 3:55 AM, ATXbronco said:

247's transfer portal ratings 2025:

https://247sports.com/season/2025-basketball/transferportaltop/

 

And I just learned there is a Campbell Fighting Camel.

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I actually kinda like it.  Have no idea why it would be a thing in the USA, but it's still sort of cool.

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It's a really weird school. Worked with a guy that did a semester there. Liberty/Baylor vibes.

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2023 had 175 players in the portal

2024 had 291 players

2025 had more than 700 on the first fucking day.  Anyone who thinks this is in any way good for college sports is a fucking goon.

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  On 3/26/2025 at 12:04 AM, Sbbruin said:

2023 had 175 players in the portal

2024 had 291 players

2025 had more than 700 on the first fucking day.  Anyone who thinks this is in any way good for college sports is a fucking goon.

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It's fine if you treat a pro sports model like it is actually pro sports.  They need to make some changes but I do think we may have seen the last of the Cinderella's in March.  That is sad.

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  On 3/26/2025 at 1:21 AM, Revolution512 said:

but I do think we may have seen the last of the Cinderella's in March.

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There was an 11 seed in the Final Four last season. Two years ago the FF was total chaos. 

It's still college basketball. You only need like 8 guys and it's a single elim tournament. 

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  On 3/26/2025 at 1:53 AM, ztejas said:

There was an 11 seed in the Final Four last season. Two years ago the FF was total chaos. 

It's still college basketball. You only need like 8 guys and it's a single elim tournament. 

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Soon it’s gonna be like women’s bball, mostly all chalk. 

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  On 3/26/2025 at 12:21 AM, David Dennison said:

It's great for schools with money, so I'll allow it.

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But is it good for the sport?  Not at all.  If you just have mercenaries going to the highest bidder every year, it’s worse than the NBA.  At least you can lock in the contractual certainty Ii. the NBA.  And the NBA sucks if you ask me.  And this is from a Lakers fan, a team well positioned to take advantage of the NBA system.  The Texas of the NBA if you will.  Obviously a lot more than the Texas of the NBA.  But the tourney is so exciting.  And this year we have the fewest low seeds in the sweet sixteen in years.  Snooze.

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  On 3/26/2025 at 3:08 AM, Sbbruin said:

But is it good for the sport?  Not at all.  If you just have mercenaries going to the highest bidder every year, it’s worse than the NBA.  At least you can lock in the contractual certainty Ii. the NBA.  And the NBA sucks if you ask me.  And this is from a Lakers fan, a team well positioned to take advantage of the NBA system.  The Texas of the NBA if you will.  Obviously a lot more than the Texas of the NBA.  But the tourney is so exciting.  And this year we have the fewest low seeds in the sweet sixteen in years.  Snooze.

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Snooze but ratings are pretty high. 

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  On 3/26/2025 at 1:53 AM, ztejas said:

There was an 11 seed in the Final Four last season. Two years ago the FF was total chaos. 

It's still college basketball. You only need like 8 guys and it's a single elim tournament. 

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Recency bias is fun!

  On 3/26/2025 at 1:58 AM, kingkoopa6 said:

Soon it’s gonna be like women’s bball, mostly all chalk. 

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Wbb is the way it is because the talent pool is so thin compared to mbb, not because of economics.

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The thing is, it isn't just the big D-1 schools that have rich alumni.  With NIL, now any school that has the will to compete can play with the big boys. There is nothing stopping a school like Harvard or Princeton or even Rice from throwing some big money at basketball and immediately dominating.  Kind of like UNLV of the early 90s, except legally.

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