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HookEm

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  1. Starters: - G - Mark - G - Pope - SF - Swain - PF - Traore - C - Vokietaitis Bench: - G - Weaver - F - Codie - F - Duru Heide averaged 20 mpg for a good Purdue team, so I hope we see a good contribution from him. But right now Duru looks better. Wilcher will also likely contribute.
  2. Worst single game for us would be Michigan beating Ohio State. If Michigan wins that game, they are going to the playoffs 100%, as that will guarantee they make the Big10 title game. The runner up in the SEC or Big 10 isn't getting left out. Period. Michigan is flying under the radar. Their only losses are at USC and at OU. Not terrible. They just don't have any good wins. But that would change if they take down OSU.
  3. Prediction: Duru is going to be an all-conference player before he is done at Texas.
  4. Loved seeing the McDermott back to back 3s. He isn’t a complete trash end of bench player. Dude hit almost 300 3s in high school and was a Texas 5A all-region player. Good for him.
  5. If we get everybody back next year, we could be pretty good with some portal additions. Some high upside guys. Swain, Duru, Vok, Codie, Wilcher are all just going to keep getting better.
  6. Has Heide played today? Can’t recall seeing him.
  7. I like bringing Weaver off the bench as a change of pace. Also at some point I’d like to see Traore replace Codie as a starter. He is just such a great rebounder. Then Codie can come in with the 2nd unit.
  8. Dude took a school that had never won a playoff game and won three 6A state titles and made the playoffs 12 years in a row. Not too many better resumes in the 14 years he was head coach.
  9. Seriously watch Traore on the glass. Dude works furiously.
  10. Wilcher not looking great so far
  11. Vok is NOT a skinny white kid. He is muscular AF for a sophomore 7 footer. And he wants to create contact and bang. Wonderful to see. I was actually mildly pleased with Traore. That dude is a gifted rebounder. If you just watch him, he is always getting in position and has great rebounding instincts. He is just a little out of control right now, but is getting back from injury.
  12. For those who don’t know him, #4 Declan Duru is an 18 year old freshman from Germany. He is a serious athlete and is going to be a great player before he is done here. I bet he will get more minutes as the year goes on.
  13. Like what I’m seeing from Duru. Dude has active hands.
  14. I liked how when Pope was pounding the air out of the ball, Swain went over to him and demanded the ball and then immediately kicked it around and started moving. I’ve already seen more movement than I saw all last year.
  15. This makes me LOL, because my job has a much bigger potential negative impact than that. Oh well.
  16. I shouldn't have gotten out of bed yesterday. I was making mental mistakes like crazy at work all day too.
  17. F it. Guess we'll just have to beat them. Look, we have plenty of talent on this team to win. Jordan Poole is our 7th or 8th best player and he has gone off for 40+ before. If the shots are falling, we have a chance. This is also not a team that is going to get bullied. Quite the opposite. We very well may trot out a starting lineup of: 6'4 Wilcher, 6'5 Mark, 6'8 Swain, 6'10 Traore, 7'0 Vokietaitis. If it was a Chris Beard or Rick Barnes team, we would dirty it up and turn it into a slug fest. Looking forward to seeing what Miller does with this group.
  18. When he gets hot, I don't think anyone impacts the game on the offensive side as much as Steph Curry. It is crazy.
  19. I'm not too worried about that top-100 list. We have a few players who could easily be on there. Tramon Mark was #71 on a similar list last year and he is back with another year of experience and a better coach. Dailyn Swain is ranked #74 by On3 for this year. Traore was 2x All Big-West and set to be one of Xavier's top 1-2 players before he got hurt last year. Pope and Weaver are going to be better off the bench than the 2nd unit of almost anyone we play. Vokietaitis was AAC RoY and will be good. There are a lot of pieces to work with. If they gel and play as a team we will be able to beat anybody. If they don't, we will be in the bottom half of the SEC and have to grind to make the tourney.
  20. lol. fantastic.
  21. Lanning is high AF. Lol. Holy crap.
  22. So I guess the FCC isn't going to block Nexstar acquisition of Tegna after all?
  23. Haven't seen any indication that we will play Traore and Vokietaitas at the same time, which is disappointing. If Traore is coming off the bench and getting limited minutes, then that means we must have a hell of a team. (Or he is still hurt).
  24. Are we sure that the bullet didn't hit something else first? I know there was speculation about it hitting some body armor, but I have seen no credible evidence that he was wearing any, unless his armor had nipples on it. Could the bullet have hit a table or mic or camera or something else and ricocheted into his neck?
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