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shadow_operative

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  1. i don’t even want RT fired. he got us into the tourney where we won a game. he’s going to be here for the next two years, and that’s fine. whatever happens beyond that is on him. i’m still going to point out and refute (word that shall not be said) arguments when they are made. this year’s defense was bad. almost everyone here knows that. anyone here who wants to argue otherwise is only showing their own lack of understanding of what they just spent the last five months watching.
  2. only twice in the kenpom era has Texas had an AdjD over 100- KD’s year (100.3) and this year, also 100.3. there is absolutely no way that this roster should have the same AdjD as the KD roster. none. besides which, everyone here watched this defense all season. you aren’t going to come in here and erase everyone’s memory. this team was 260th nationally in 3P defense, and dead last in the big xii. and we didn’t just finish at 14th in the league, we were 14th in the league from start to finish. we more or less did not defend the perimeter this year, and it resulted in the worst AdjD since a team that was basically six skinny teenagers. and you’re in here thinking your chest about your asinine take that we had a good defense this year. smarmy, combative, and uninformed. just great stuff all around dude.
  3. dude. you’re seriously going to make me post this for third time in the thread? really? and you’re thumping your chest when you’re wrong? bold strategy. but here we go again: AdjD during the kenpom era first number is AdjD which is points given up per 100 possessions weighted for sos, the second number is the national rank 2024- 100.3 (61) 2023- 92.1 (13) 2022- 91.6 (14) 2021- 92.8 (31) 2020- 92.6 (24) 2019- 94.4 (26) 2018- 94.1 (12) 2017- 93.7 (21) 2016- 96.8 (40) 2015- 93.4 (14) 2014- 97.3 (53) 2013- 95.5 (54) 2012- 97.0 (64) 2011- 89.6 (4) 2010- 93.1 (30) 2009- 92.5 (20) 2008- 95.5 (42) 2007- 100.3 (92) 2006- 91.7 (15) 2005- 97.1 (61) 2004- 94.1 (22) 2003- 95.8 (58) 2002- 98.3 (74) 2001- 90.1 (11) 2000- 87.5 (11) 1999- 91.6 (36) this year’s Texas defense was tied for the worst defense of the kenpom era (so, since rick’s first year here) with the 2007 team that that was all skinny, tiny freshmen and basically only played six guys. a quick scan of the numbers and you can see that 100.3 is a number that is wildly high for the standard that’s been set here at Texas. a final note to drive home how bad of a coaching job this defense has been: D-1 experience: 2007 Texas: 0.37 years, 333rd in d-1 2024 Texas: 3.23 years, 4th in d-1 so not only has Terry had a shaky season with his mercurial, volatile team, he’s done so with as much as d-1 experience as he will ever have on any roster he coaches the rest of his career. the more i post, the more i can’t believe we still have people who want RT to be our HC.
  4. 3rd trip to the Sweet 16 in the last five years for Barnes. even more surprising, their fans have come around to actually liking him/realizing they are fortunate to have him.
  5. totally agree. it’s a big reason tommy lloyd has been at the top of my list for a while now.
  6. but please, tell me more about how we had a good defense this year. 🙄
  7. in the end we had our worst defense since the KD year. that’s a fact. barnes, shaka, and beard all fielded good-great defenses routinely. RT just fielded the worst defense since our roster was six 155 lb teenagers. taking the warped final kenpom ratings after our last two games and trying to act as if that proves that we had a “good” defense this year is…….wait for it……. disingenuous. if you guys hate me using this word so much you should probably start being honest with your arguments. as if you’re going to sit here and post one screenshot and it will suddenly erase everyone’s memory to the fact that our defense was not good this year, and in fact the worst it’s been in a very long time.
  8. good point, except that here are the numbers from before the tournament, aka “all season”: as has already been posted here, this year’s defense heading into the tourney was tied with the 2007 team for the worst UT defense of the kenpom era. but other than that, great point.
  9. really love watching this HS varsity vs 8th grade B team matchup with no other options available. so thanks to whoever the geniuses are that decided to schedule this tourney this way.
  10. also everybody wanted tyrese hunter after his freshman year at isu. i’m gonna look at the success of every single other transfer that beard brought in and go ahead and say that tyrese hunter becoming a non factor is his own deal, and not the fault of any coach. deciding to start and play said non-factor 30+ mpg definitely falls on the coach though.
  11. RT chose to start hunter all year while having chendall weaver come off the bench. he also put the ball in hunter’s hands at the end of games where weaver was on the bench. RT is responsible for his own coaching decisions.
  12. tennessee vs creighton looks like the best matchup of the S16 to this point.
  13. just went back and looked, and we shot 36/53/75 this year as a team, and that was the first/only time in the kenpom era that we reached those numbers in all three categories. of course one big problem there is that RT’s teams historically are terrible at getting to the FT line (the most high percentage shot in basketball), and this year was no different.
  14. texas shot 42-110 (38%) from the field and 8-37 (21%) from deep in the tourney with our best shooting team in years. discipline and shot selection were nonexistent at times.
  15. texas was held under 60 twice this season. guess which two games they were.
  16. our offense was far better than our defense this year.
  17. aggy has actually looked pretty damn good down the stretch and they’re the one team out there that’s better than houston in the offensive glass. i’m interested to see how they look against u of h. wade taylor will need to have a big game for them to dream of an upset, but an a&m win wouldn’t *shock* me. i’d be very surprised no doubt, but a&m has been a much better team over the last month than they were previously.
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