Texas v. Lipscomb-THU, 6:00p-CDT

[Js1 87027]

9 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Completely understand the sardonic celebrations, but it's also true that if you're playing then you play to win. Congratulations to the team for stepping up and showing out instead of getting their asses kicked then claiming it was because they didn't want to be there like a bitchass SEC football team.

This. We could have bitched out in round one because we weren’t happy to be in the NIT. Good job rallying and motivating them 

[Fozzz 152]

Shaka Smart is a longhorn legend. 

[Catdaddyhorn 3462]

2 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Yeah, it's not like a play in team would ever make a run to the Final Four or anything.

Shaka Smart certainly wouldn't know anything about that.

I believe a play in team has gotten to at least the round of 32 every year since they began having high seeded at large teams play in it. 

[Machinator 32102]

1 minute ago, Catdaddyhorn said:

I believe a play in team has gotten to at least the round of 32 every year since they began having high seeded at large teams play in it. 

I think this was the first year that didn't happen. Belmont and ASU lost.

[Catdaddyhorn 3462]

Of course I forget this year.  

[LTtxfan 49916]

23 minutes ago, Goo Punch said:

I'm gonna be at the bar at the Round Rock Olive Garden all night celebrating this championship season. How many scotches will it take for this championship buzz to come down? I don't know. You do the math, I'm doing the alfredo, and the hostess, in that order. Maybe both at the same time. Who knows. Anything goes when the Horns win a title.

Here's the Hostess......

[Cairn Horn88 8500]

Does Shaka get a bonus for winning the NIT?

[Js1 87027]

Just now, Cairn Horn88 said:

Does Shaka get a bonus for winning the NIT?

Yeah, another year of paychecks. 

[Quagmire 2148]

Yeah, it's not like a play in team would ever make a run to the Final Four or anything.
Shaka Smart certainly wouldn't know anything about that.

They get a participation trophy for that ?

[Machinator 32102]

1 minute ago, Quagmire said:

They get a participation trophy for that ?

We hang banners for making Final Fours.

Edited April 5, 2019 by Machinator

[kingkoopa6 8598]

1 hour ago, NowThis said:

good to see them play so well without Hayes, although Texas played better @ MSg than the  2 close ones @ FEC .   

Thanks Roach, best Horn dunker of all time. Enjoyed your show ma brah.  

My fav 

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

15 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Here's the Hostess......

A lot of scotch and alfredo, and what the hell...

[Texas73 422]

2 hours ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

Mere minutes away from history, ready to raise another banner at the FEC

Last banner before we tear down the SEC?

[Machinator 32102]

Did anyone from Surly meet CDC at the pregame?

 

[Hook1997 5487]

Man that got like 10 seconds on sportscenter...  I know it’s the NIT but damn come on 

[MrPhlegm 3413]

Does Shaka get a bonus for winning the NIT?

De Loss fired Abe for doing it.

[Underdog 29112]

9 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Here's the Hostess......

Please, don’t go on. 

[Steamboat1874 4288]

Serious (hypothetical) question.....

Is winning the NIT better than making the NCAA Tournament and losing in the first round ?

 

 

Edited April 5, 2019 by Steamboat1874

[Js1 87027]

27 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Serious (hypothetical) question.....

Is winning the NIT better than making the NCAA Tournament and losing in the first round ?

 

 

No. But if you’re gonna get stuck in the NIT might as well just win it. 

[Machinator 32102]

38 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Serious (hypothetical) question.....

Is winning the NIT better than making the NCAA Tournament and losing in the first round ?

 

 

No.

But if we assume that Shaka was returning to Texas no matter the result, winning the NIT is more useful for the team than flaming out in the first round. Whether the coaches and returning players can build on this performance remains to be seen.

Edited April 5, 2019 by Machinator

[LTtxfan 49916]

11 hours ago, Goo Punch said:

I'm gonna be at the bar at the Round Rock Olive Garden all night celebrating this championship season. How many scotches will it take for this championship buzz to come down? I don't know. You do the math, I'm doing the alfredo, and the hostess, in that order. Maybe both at the same time. Who knows. Anything goes when the Horns win a title.

Here's the Hostess......

 

 

How yah holding up this morning GP???  😀

[gecko 1104]

Take the win pu**ies...

[4th&Five 41911]

Show off your team pride in this Texas Longhorns Burnt Orange 2019 NIT Champions Short Sleeve T Shirt! This Texas Short Sleeve Tee features a Texas Longhorns Mens Basketball 2019 NIT National Championship. Make sure everyone knows you root for the Longhorns with this Burnt Orange Texas T Shirt. Hook Em Horns!

[SA-KC_Horn 1298]

29 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Show off your team pride in this Texas Longhorns Burnt Orange 2019 NIT Champions Short Sleeve T Shirt! This Texas Short Sleeve Tee features a Texas Longhorns Mens Basketball 2019 NIT National Championship. Make sure everyone knows you root for the Longhorns with this Burnt Orange Texas T Shirt. Hook Em Horns!

Pass. Doesn't say #69!!!!

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

7 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Serious (hypothetical) question.....

Is winning the NIT better than making the NCAA Tournament and losing in the first round ?

If you are a mid-major that has very little chance of ever getting past the first round unless something drastically changes in your ability to recruit, and you manage to do something outrageously unusual during the NIT that gets you a lot of extra publicity, then absolutely. If you are anyone else, no, not really.

[Cairn Horn88 8500]

On 4/4/2019 at 7:06 PM, Underdog said:

So, it's possible for the Big 12 to win the NIT Championship and the NCAA Basketball Championship?  Well, let's see.

Baylor Women in FF also. 

Ok...so far, so good.  Now if Tech wins, then the state of Texas owns basketball this year, and the Big12 is the best league.

[Underdog 29112]

10 hours ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Ok...so far, so good.  Now if Tech wins, then the state of Texas owns basketball this year, and the Big12 is the best league.

Helluva game last night, that one stretch where both teams were knocking down shots was outstanding. 

[NowThis 931]

 

[LTtxfan 49916]

Guess NIT helped Lipscomb coach get a new job...

Belmont hires Lipscomb's Casey Alexander as its new men's basketball coach

https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/2019/04/10/belmont-hires-casey-alexander-its-new-basketball-coach/3392033002/

 

[Guest Lobo]

I think so and Byrd had done a great job there.  In the last 16 seasons, he took Belmont to the post-season 13 times, including 8 trips to the Big Dance.  That's a 50% clip not even Shaka can best.  And Belmont did a lot of that out of the Ohio Valley conference, which is not exactly a cakewalk.

Good for Casey Alexander.  Sadly, somehow Shaka will turn this into negotiating leverage with our own Belmont Hall, "The Lipscomb coach got a pay raise and I beat him, why can't I get more money?"