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Dang that is the type of player we really need
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You don’t consider Max Abmas a shooter? He shot 39.4% BTA his last 3 years at Oral Robert’s on 9.2 attempts per game. Dude is #3 in NCAA history in career made 3s. I fault RT for not getting more out of him last year.
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He shot 74% from the line last year and 75% this year after he returned from injury. I don’t think he was really “right” for most of the year. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him shoot in the high 70s next year, or better.
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Weaver averaged 40% from 3 last year and his freshman at UTA (on low volume). I wouldn't say he is awful.
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Depends on what you mean by a shooter. Tre Johnson wasn't over 40%, but a lot of that is due to the level of difficulty of the shots he had to take. Some other guys were in the high 30s. Tre Johnson - 39.7% on 6.8 (difficult) attempts Javan Felix - 39.2% on 4.2 attempts (2015) Tevin Mack - 39.1% on 5.8 attempts Matt Coleman - 38.6% on 4.0 attempts (last 2 yrs) Sir'Jabari Rice - 37.1% on 4.5 attempts Marcus Carr - 36.8% on 5.9 attempts (last yr) Jordan Pope - 36.4% on 4.7 attempts Max Abmas - 36.2% on 7.5 attempts
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Updated... Starters: G – Tramon Mark (Sr) – 6’5, 180 G – Chendall Weaver (Sr) – 6’3, 164 F – Cam Heidi (Jr) - 6'7, 205 F – Dailyn Swain (Jr) – 6’8, 220 F – Nic Codie (So) – 6’8, 200 Bench: G - Jordan Pope (Sr) – 6’2, 165 G – Malik Presley (So) – 6’6, 200 F – John Clark (FR) – 6’9, 230 Likely Returns C – Jamie Vinson (So) – 6’11, 225 Potential Transfers F - Lassina Traore (Sr) - 6'9, 215 - 2x All Big West, 11.9 PTS, 10.3 TRB, 70% FT% G - Jacari White (SR) - 6'3, 170 - All Summit, 17 PTS, 2.3 AST, 4.3 TRB, 40% 3P% Team is shaping up pretty well and we should have room to add some nice pieces. Obviously a big or two are the main needs at this point. Traore is a must get IMO. Would like to see Vinson go ahead and sign as I really liked what I saw from him last year in limited minutes. Swain vs. Kaluma is pretty much a wash. Swain outplayed him in our game vs. Xavier. Kaluma is a little better rebounder. Swain less of a ball stopper, more efficient, slightly better defender. I would expect additional improvement from him in year 3. I would also expect a big jump in his 3P% given he is a great FY shooter. Heidi vs. Pryor should be an upgrade. Hopefully we can get an elite guard and bring Cam off the bench.
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I don’t think this question is that dumb. Peak Kawhi was arguably the best perimeter defender in NBA history, while also being 2nd in MVP voting and having a 27.6 PER. Kobe was a great defender as well, but not nearly as good as Kawhi. His best PER was 28.0. Kobe had a 38% usage so of course his raw numbers looked better. Kobe’s best BPM was 7.6. Kawhi’s was 9.4. Kobe’s best WS/48 was 0.224. Kawhi’s was 0.277. People forget how unreal good Kawhi was at his peak. His general bitch-assedness, injuries and fake injuries have tainted what should have been an all time great career. Kobe had 100x more charisma though. I will give him that. Vs
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He played 20 mpg on a 4 seed Purdue team including 24 minutes against Houston in the Sweet 16. And last year played 15 minutes in the championship game. So he can be a contributor on a really good team. It is safe to assume he will get better with another year of work, and he has two years of eligibility left. At worst this is a great add for depth. At best he makes a step this year and another next year and is a major asset.
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This seems like a great pickup. Every good team needs a white guy who can come off the bench and hit back to back 3s and drive opposing fans insane. When he got minutes he seemed to put up decent stats and especially was rebounding better as the year went on. He averaged 7.3 pts and 5.3 rebounds in only 20 minutes during the conference and NCAA tourney. In those 5 games he only shot 3 FTs though, which is perhaps why he didn’t get minutes. He also didn’t have a single assist or steal while committing 14 fouls. So he is still a work in progress. Shooting plus athleticism are great building blocks though. It seems like we only ever have raw players with one or the other trait. Maybe he will blossom with a change of scenery. We offered him out of high school.
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https://x.com/MarchMadnessMBB/status/1777526756519354470
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Updated... Starters: G – Tramon Mark (Sr) – 6’5, 180 G - Jordan Pope (Sr) – 6’2, 165 F – Dailyn Swain (Jr) – 6’8, 220 F – Nic Codie (So) – 6’8, 200 F – John Clark (FR) – 6’9, 230 Bench: G – Malik Presley (So) – 6’6, 200 Likely Returns G – Chendall Weaver (Sr) – 6’3, 164 C – Jamie Vinson (So) – 6’11, 225 Potential Transfers F - Lassina Traore (Sr) - 6'9, 215 - 2x All Big West, 11.9 PTS, 10.3 TRB, 70% FT% G - Jacari White (SR) - 6'3, 170 - All Summit, 17 PTS, 2.3 AST, 4.3 TRB, 40% 3P% If we could get Weaver, Traore and White, that would give us a solid foundation. Swain and Traore would be a decent set of bigs, especially if Codie and Vinson can give good minutes off the bench. And four senior guards in Mark, Traore, Pope and Weaver would give us a lot of versatility and depth. As an aside, a backcourt of Jacari White + Chendall Weaver would be the most unusual looking combo in NCAA history, especially if Weaver shaved his head.
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For those following along, here is our team as it currently stands: Current Signed G – Tramon Mark (Sr) – 6’5, 180 G – Malik Presley (So) – 6’6, 200 F – Dailyn Swain (Jr) – 6’8, 220 F – Nic Codie (So) – 6’8, 200 F – John Clark (FR) – 6’9, 230 Potential Returns G – Chendall Weaver (Sr) – 6’3, 164 G - Jordan Pope (Sr) – 6’2, 165 C – Jamie Vinson (So) – 6’11, 225 So we currently have 2 starters in Mark and Swain, and a couple of likely 10-15 mpg bench guys in Presley and Codie. Who knows with Clark.
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Tre Johnson isn't going in the 15-20 range. Give me a break. Anyone with half a brain who watches him knows that he isn't going to fall that far. Here is a sampling of where the major sites have him going: 5 - CBS Sports 6 - NBADraft.net 8 - Tankathon 8 - Bleacher Report 8 - Ringer 8 - Yahoo
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I wouldn't be too quick to judge Codie based on his first year. He was the National #66 recruit in last year's class. KJ Adams was also the #66 national recruit and had a progression like this: Codie will eventually make a leap. If not this year, then the year after.
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College basketball coaching carousel: 2025 edition
HookEm replied to Machinator's topic in Basketball
Porter Moser would be a bad hire for UT. First, he isn't a terrible coach. He is good enough to get aggy to the tourney most years. Not great, but not terrible. But more importantly, it gives OU the chance to go get an actual great coach, which they might very well do. -
College basketball coaching carousel: 2025 edition
HookEm replied to Machinator's topic in Basketball
Let's not be stupid. Beard would be a tremendous hire for aggy and there would be a lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth if it happened. I can't imagine him leaving Ole Miss for aggy tho. If he leaves it will be to a blue blood IMO. -
As an example of a replacement, we could very well bring in somebody like this: Dailyn Swain - 6'8, 220 small forward - Big East All Freshman Team Devon Pryor - 6'7, 180 small forward
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UT's next basketball coach - discussion/debate [Sean Miller Hired]
HookEm replied to alphahorn's topic in Basketball
Just to pressure test those expectations, here are the best coaches in the game and how often they have been a 4 seed or better in their last 20 years of coaching: Bill Self - 19/20 John Calipari - 14/20 ------------------------------------- Mark Few - 11/20 Rick Barnes - 10/20 Kelvin Sampson - 10/20 Matt Painter - 10/20 Scott Drew - 9/20 Rick Pitino - 9/20 Tom Izzo - 8/20 Sean Miller - 7/20 Bruce Pearl - 6/20 Nate Oats - 4/10 Chris Beard - 2.5/10 (partial credit for 2023) Mick Cronin - 3/20 Dan Hurley - 2/15 If Sean Miller gets a 4 seed 60% of the time, that will be absolutely incredible. -
Pryor has borderline NBA-level athleticism, but he has a long way to go to reach his potential. In my view, he won't be ready to contribute 25+ mpg on an elite team by next year regardless of how good Sean Miller might be. I wish we could keep him, but we will likely bring in someone better in the portal.
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I would expect Codie and Vinson to make big jumps this year as they keep gaining strength and adjusting to this level of competition. I would love for them to be in the program for 3-4 years. They are essential players to re-sign.
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Both. He got a Covid year and then he got a medical redshirt during the 21-22 year. I thought he was done after this year, but apparently not. We could see a team that looks like this: Starters G - Tramon Mark, 6'5 G - Ryan Conwell, 6'4 - 3rd Team Big East, 16.5 PTS, 2.5 AST, 41% 3P% F - Devon Pryor, 6'7 F - Dailyn Swain - 6'7 - 11 Pts, 5.5 TRB, starting X forward C - Lassina Traore, 6'9 - 2x All Big West, 11.9 PTS, 10.3 TRB Bench G - Chendall Weaver, 6'3 (could also start in place of Swain or Pryor) G - Jordan Pope, 6'2 (would be fine if he hit the portal) G - Malik Presley, 6'6 (would be fine if he hit the portal) F - Nic Codie, 6'8 C - Jamie Vinson, 6'11 C - John Clark, 6'9, 230 - #37 National Player. Bruising rebounder. G - Nyk Lewis, 6'1, 190 - #55 National Player. #7 PG in 2025 class Conwell has played for 3 different teams, so I assume he would move again. Lassina was a transfer and expected to start for Xavier as their best rebounder and defender before he got hurt in the summer. He would be a nice add. I expect that Vinson and Codie will both improve a lot over the next year. They both have talent. But overall, we could stand to add a solid center.
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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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UT's next basketball coach - discussion/debate [Sean Miller Hired]
HookEm replied to alphahorn's topic in Basketball
I guess we will just have to see what happens, but there is no way I would hire 70 year old Rick Barnes ahead of 56 yr old Sean Miller. Barnes may literally retire this year. And Pope + Golden have won a grand total of two tourney games each. I can't put either of them over a dude with 21 tourney wins and 5 P5 conference titles who is still in his prime. College coaches are successful into their 60s - 70s. There is no real reason to take a chance on someone in their 30s -40s. You can get a guy who is 50 with plenty of runway to still coach at a high level for 20 years, but who already has skins on the wall and knows how to run a major program. The last 20 title winning coaches and their age (median is 54): Dan Hurley - 49, 48 Bill Self - 58, 44 Scott Drew - 50 Tony Bennett - 49 Jay Wright - 55, 53 Roy Williams - 66, 58, 54 Mike Krzyzewski - 68, 63 Kevin Ollie - 41 Rick Pitino - 60 John Calipari - 53 Jim Calhoun - 68 Billy Donovan - 40, 39 -
UT's next basketball coach - discussion/debate [Sean Miller Hired]
HookEm replied to alphahorn's topic in Basketball
I guess you missed that I listed each coach's number of coaching years, age, etc. And had Todd Golden 6th and ahead of Rick Barnes despite him only winning 2 tourney games in his career. Admittedly, for simplicity I didn't list current seasons, but they are included in the total tourney wins and conference titles. How would you rank the SEC coaches as potential hires from top to bottom? -
UT's next basketball coach - discussion/debate [Sean Miller Hired]
HookEm replied to alphahorn's topic in Basketball
He has won 5 Pac-10 and 3 A-10 championships. The SEC has some good coaches, but I don't get the angst that somehow Sean Miller is middle of the pack. There coaches like Barnes, Cal and Pearl who will all likely retire within the next few years. Sean Miller is 10-15 years younger than Barnes and Pearl and already has comparable skins on the wall. And there are guys like Todd Golden that look good, but we have seen the wheels fall off young coaches before. Here is how I would rank the coaches based on resume and runway (assuming retirement at 70-72): Nate Oats (50) - 2 P5 titles & 10 tourney wins in 10 yrs coaching Chris Beard (52) - 1 P5 title & 13 tourney wins in 13 yrs coaching John Calipari (66) - 6 P5 titles & 59 tourney wins in 33 yrs coaching Sean Miller (56) - 5 P5 titles & 21 tourney wins in 20 yrs coaching Bruce Pearl (65) - 6 P5 titles & 17 tourney wins in 30 yrs coaching Todd Golden (39) - 0 P5 titles & 2 tourney wins in 6 yrs coaching Rick Barnes (70) - 5 P5 titles & 29 tourney wins in 38 yrs coaching Mike White (48) - 0 P5 titles & 6 tourney wins in 14 yrs coaching Buzz Williams (52) - 1 P5 title & 12 tourney wins in 18 yrs coaching Mark Pope (52) - 0 P5 titles & 2 tourney wins in 10 yrs coaching Porter Moser (56) - 0 P5 titles & 6 tourney wins in 21 yrs coaching Mark Byington (48) - 0 P5 titles & 1 tourney win in 13 yrs coaching Matt McMahon (46) - 0 P5 titles & 2 tourney wins in 10 yrs coaching Dennis Gates (45) - 0 P5 titles & 1 tourney win in 6 yrs coaching Lamont Paris - (50) - 0 P5 titles & 0 tourney wins in 8 yrs coaching Chris Jans (55) - 0 P5 titles & 1 tourney win in 15 yrs coaching
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