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  1. There really are times where he looks like an All-American. He can get to the rim. He can shoot (sometimes). He can play great defense. He can lead with confidence and intensity. And other times where he brings nothing to the table except turnovers. I really want to pull for him. He has so much potential.
  2. The game last night was brutal. I would say we outplayed ISU for 30 of the 40 minutes. But the 10 they outplayed us, they REALLY outplayed us. And we missed so many easy layups in the 1st half.
  3. Massey has us with a 59% chance of winning tonight. Projecting 70 to 67, good guys. As an aside, Massey has us finishing the year with 4.8 wins, 4.2 losses (by adding the probabilities). Or 5-4 if we win when we are favorites.
  4. Athleticism can't be taught, but it can be improved with conditioning. Hustle can absolutely be taught and then reinforced through playing time.
  5. Good point on Kabongo. I recall him being pretty frustrating to watch. In coming up with my placement on the list, I like to think... who would I rather have on this team: <Today's Player> or <Historic Player>, while generally trying to compare like positions. In the case of Abmas, it is interesting to see how he stacks up against the other guards. I think our ceiling would be higher with Marcus Carr, given his defense. But I'm not actually sure I would rather have Taylor or Coleman. Abmas' efficiency is just so much better than the rest of them. And his defense has been getting better every game. Max Abmas - 17.7 PTS, 2.9 TRB, 4.2 AST, 1.0 STL, 0.449 FG%, 0.399 3P%, 0.896 FT%, 2.4 TO, 18.8 PER, 0.168 WS/40, 25.1 USG%, 0.599 TS%, 6'1, 165 Marcus Carr - 15.9 PTS, 3.0 TRB, 4.1 AST, 1.6 STL, 0.428 FG%, 0.368 3P%, 0.772 FT%, 1.6 TO, 19.3 PER, 0.174 WS/40, 23.8 USG%, 0.548 TS%, 6'2, 195 Isaiah Taylor - 15.0 PTS, 2.8 TRB, 5.0 AST, 0.9 STL, 0.420 FG%, 0.311 3P%, 0.811 FT%, 1.8 TO, 21.4 PER, 0.167 WS/40, 27.1 USG%, 0.525 TS%, 6'1, 170 Matt Coleman - 13.2 PTS, 3.5 TRB, 4.0 AST, 1.2 STL, 0.485 FG%, 0.277 3P%, 0.813 FT%, 2.2 TO, 17.3 PER, 0.155 WS/40, 19.6 USG%, 0.602 TS%, 6-2, 180 AJ Abrams - 16.6 PTS, 2.2 TRB, 1.3 AST, 1.3 STL, 0.399 FG%, 0.396 3P%, 0.848 FT%, 1.4 TO, ??? PER, 0.125 WS/40, 21.6 USG%, 0.543 TS%, 5'11, 161
  6. Agree on Ridley. He didn't have any credentials, so I left him off - even though I remember thinking how incredible he was for a time there. At his peak he was better than a lot on this list. Also, there was some talk in the other thread about how we shouldn't recruit point guards. Yes, the environment has changed, but I like seeing guys develop. And Corey Joseph, Avery Bradley and Myck Kabongo were all on the All-Freshman team. I am always surprised when I put together lists like this that Jordan Hamilton is the only All-American in the bunch. I remember him being good, but not THAT good.
  7. Some of these shoe pics make me wonder if y'all even know what our color is.
  8. I got to thinking about where Disu and Abmas stack up against our best players at Texas over the last 15 years. When both of these guys have it going, it is hard for me to remember more dominant players. So I decided to make my own ranked list going back to the 2009 season. Lot of great players at Texas in there. Where would you say these guys stack up? (My ranking is heavily weighted to their peak and not overall career at Texas.) Damion James - 2010 All-Big 12 1st Team Jordan Hamilton - 2011 All American 2nd Team J'Covan Brown - 2012 All-Big 12 1st Team Dylan Disu - TBD, 2023 Big 12 Tourney MVP Isaiah Taylor - 2016 All-Big 12 1st Team Marcus Carr - 2023 All-Big 12 1st Team Max Abmas - TBD AJ Abrams - 2009 All-Big 12 2nd Team Jaxson Hayes - 2019 All-Big 12 2nd Team Tristan Thompson - 2011 All-Big 12 2nd Team Sir'Jabari Rice - 2023 All-Big 12 3rd Team, 6MOY Mo Bamba - 2018 All-Big 12 2nd Team Matt Coleman - 2021 Big 12 Tourney MVP, All-Big 12 3rd Team Timmy Allen - 2022 All-Big 12 2nd Team Jonathan Holmes 2014 All-Big 12 2nd Team Andrew Jones - 2021 All-Big 12 2nd Team Myles Turner - 2015 All-Big 12 3rd Team, ROY Jarrett Allen - 2017 Big 12 All Freshman Gary Johnson -2011 All-Big 12 3rd Team Avery Bradley - 2010 Big 12 All Freshman Jericho Sims - 2021 Big 12 Tourney Team Kai Jones - 2021 Big 12 6MOY Corey Joseph - 2011 Big 12 All Freshman Courtney Ramey - 2021 All-Big 12 3rd Team Dogus Balbay - 2011 Big 12 DPOY Myck Kabongo - 2012 Big 12 All Freshman Prince Ibeh - 2016 Big 12 DPOY Sheldon McClellan Kerwin Roach Julien Lewis Javan Felix
  9. I like Mitchell. Dude crashes the boards like crazy. And his shot doesn't look that bad to me. If he was a 4-year player, I think he could be really really good two years from now. He has improved in every way over the last year. Over the last 8 games he is shooting 71% from the line. Last year he shot 41%. Also just want to say that this team is starting to show that they can play lockdown defense when they have the right lineup in. Abmas was getting after it today.
  10. Arkansas should throw the checkbook at Beard. We are about to be in a conference with them, and it would just about guarantee they would kick our ass every year. And even when Arky isn't "great" they still support their team and are always in the top of the attendance marks. Someone like Beard could turn them into a serious power.
  11. I still think it would be great if our players were walking around the court doing horns down to all the fans. F it. Make all horn symbols our own. That win was delicious. It felt like the refs were going to take it from us with the BS goaltending call. Good heart to close it out. If Abmas had been at UT all four years, he would go down as one of our favorite players ever. I mean, he just passed Danny Manning in points scored.
  12. Onyema just isn't as relentless as he should be. If he gave the same effort on the glass as some of the bigs from UH and UCF, he would be a critical part of the rotation.
  13. Houston has the look of a title team to me. Failing to win could really haunt us. Houston will likely be a 1 seed. That would have been a nice win come tourney selection time.
  14. All those stats for Shedrick are cool, but my eyes tell me a different story, at least recently. The dude looks injured and has for a bit now. He isn’t running fluidly at all. And saying he has been our 3rd best defender isn’t saying much. We have played terrible defense for most of the season. I thought he looked pretty good early in the season, but maybe that was before he got hurt.
  15. Our defense played a big part of that. Our guys were balling out. Looked similar to last year's intensity.
  16. He reminds me of Russell Westbrook more than he reminds me of Brock Cunningham. But opinions can vary.
  17. I'll be honest, I can't stand Shedrick's game. I thought we were getting a high level post defender and someone who could bang down low... and then shoot 80% FT. I thought he was going to be a big upgrade over Christian Bishop last year. That turned out to not be the case. He runs around flat footed. He is always out of position and seems lost on defense. He gets abused by bigger players. He gets abused by quicker players. He rebounds at a very poor rate. He doesn't hustle. On offense he is basically invisible. I forget he is out there. And about once a game, he hits the deck and lays there writhing in pain. Maybe all of it is because he is injured. I don't remember him looking this terrible at the start of the season. If you are f'ed up, I can see that it could make you timid and appear to be less athletic than you actually are.
  18. Askew's main issue is that he plays recklessly and takes bad shots. He has a good stroke though and shot 87% from the line on pretty big volume last year. Beard would have had him playing under control and would have leveraged his strengths. He is a tough player and a solid defender, especially on bigger guards or small forwards. He has good vision. And with Beard's methodical, slow paced offense he would have gotten much better shots than what he got playing for suck ass, 3-29 Cal. Out of high school, he was the #28 overall recruit in his class. It's not like I'm the only one who thinks he has potential.
  19. If Beard coached Askew for four years, I think he would have turned out to be a tremendous player. He was averaging 15+ PPG for Cal last year before he got hurt.
  20. If you add up the percentages, it comes out to 5.3 wins, 6.7 losses.
  21. I think Terry is settling into his lineup. Man, if only Weaver had played 25 minutes against UCF instead of 4, I have no doubt we would have won. Weaver is great when another team is making a run because he can match their energy. Horton... can't. I have to think that was because Horton was playing against his previous team. I'm sure that isn't lost on the players and maybe they are playing harder now because of it. Regardless, I think at this point we have a clear "best" five. I don't care who starts, but we have to give these guys the most minutes: Abmas, Hunter, Weaver, Mitchell, Disu. They should all be getting 32-35 minutes a game. Horton and Brock can split the remaining 15-20 minutes at the 1-3 spots. Shedrick and Onyema can split the 10-15 minutes available at the 4-5. Here are the minutes against Baylor and OU respectively Abmas - 39, 36 Hunter - 34, 28 Weaver - 19, 28 Mitchell - 35, 34 Disu - 24, 34 Horton - 20, 22 Brock - 10, 11 Shedrick - 16, 4 Chris Johnson - 4, 2 Onyema - 0, 1 (a very important minute tonight IMO) I think that is about right. Disu is going to get mid 30s if he can stay out of foul trouble. Tonight was the first game he had fewer than 4 fouls since his minutes restriction was lifted. Teams are clearly going at him. He CANNOT foul so much if we are going to have any chance.
  22. It is amazing that people are comparing Brock to Weaver. The two couldn't be farther apart as players. Brock is a YMCA goon type player who puts an elbow on you constantly. He sets hard picks, and spots up for wide open 3s (because people forget about him). He is a smart player and keeps the ball moving. On defense he is active, but mainly by doing dirty work around the rim. He is fast or athletic really at all. Like... at all. Weaver is a live freaking wire. He has to be in the top-3 of most athletic guards I have seen at Texas. Up there with Kerwin Roach. He plays lock down defense on the perimeter with great footwork and fundamentals. On offense, he is constantly in attack mode and wants to either dunk on you, get a layup, or get to the line. He passes up all but the most wide open 3s. I don't see Weaver as a "glue guy" at all. He is oozes untapped potential. And I don't worry that he is out of control. He actually doesn't turn the ball over much. It just seems like it.
  23. From last year: First Four 37. Nevada 49. Mississippi State 67. Pittsburgh Missed the cut: 38. North Texas 40. Rutgers 43. Oklahoma State 44. Liberty 46. North Carolina 50. USC 52. Ohio State 54. New Mexico 60. Clemson 61. Michigan 62. Florida 63. Texas Tech 64. Yale 65. Sam Houston State 68. Oklahoma If you are a team like Texas, you are going to get in if you are in the top-40. If you are in the 40-60 range you have a 30% chance. UNC didn't get in at 46. If you are 60+, you aren't gonna make it in. Zero chance.
  24. I've never heard anyone claim that Terry was the choice all the way. In fact, I posted a poll asking what Terry needed to do to earn the job (I believe after we won the Big-12 Tourney), and almost nobody felt he had already earned it. Most of the fans felt he had to make a Sweet 16 at a minimum, and a good number felt he didn't deserve it even with a Final Four. Few is one of the few (pun intended) coaches who would have been worth the blowback from not hiring Terry. The outrage would have passed like a fart in the wind with that hire. And then Terry would have been hired by someone like Tulsa. CDC is a legit moron if he passed on that opportunity. I know he isn't a moron, so it makes me question the validity of the claim. It sounds more like Few was angling for a raise.
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