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  1. These are the types of decisions you have to make if you want to win. It brings me back to Dillon Mitchell last year in men's basketball. I think it's a very similar situation. Decent player but not worth the type NIL he wants and there are probably pretty big upgrades out there.
  2. Why would you ever ignore helobious? Just look at his predictions and the opposite will be true.
  3. This is the biggest issue with Avila. I don't know how he can defend on ball screen actions against better athletes. This is why Groves was almost unplayable at times at OU. Teams. at the P5 level, would put Avila in ball screen action until he proves that he's capable of defending it.
  4. I know we are splitting hairs here but I don't know how anyone could consider Brooks a guaranteed starter after the Spring game.
  5. Beers ending up at OU over UCONN or South Carolina is a win for us IMO. Those two teams are our biggest competition for a title next year.
  6. I guess Muhammad could still transfer but keeping her and Holle would be such a huge win. Both those players could start for a lot of teams. Holle was playing like an all-conference player at the end of last season and she's going to come off the bench in all likelihood. The biggest issue next year is going to be figuring out minutes distribution and who starts.
  7. 1-3 next year. PG (Harmon): All American Honorable Mention, Big 12 defensive player of the year, and First Team All Big 12 in '22-23 before injury. SG (Phelia): First Team All Big 10 this past season. SF (Booker): All-American and Big 12 player of the year this past season. That's pretty damn salty.
  8. The issue is it looks like the women's team outscored their projections.
  9. I don't think it impacts the projections. They were ranked #1 so the projections had them slotted to finish first.
  10. Chavez is not only the #1 recruit but is looking like a generational talent. A year of Chavez, Harmon, and Booker would be so crazy.
  11. The big thing Kent provides is he's excellent at moving off-the-ball/back door cuts. We had a major issue at getting to and finishing at the rim this past season. Kent scored on 37/41 dunks and 149/193 close shots. He's very efficient at the rim and he gets to the rim much more than any player we had on last year's roster. Now we will see how that translates at the P5 level but he's a type player we definitely need on the roster.
  12. The scary thing about this Texas team is the fact Guitierrez is only a Sophomore and Kavan is only a Freshman. The pitching is set up for a couple more years. Maybe she's fine with her role but I would be shocked if Simpson is on the roster next year. It's unfortunate that Simpson has such command issues because her stuff is really good (as you can see with her ERA). You just can't trust her because of the walks.
  13. 13 wins in a row and really haven't been challenged in a few weeks. This looks like the team we thought could win a national title. I guess it's time to prove it.
  14. Especially when big time programs were recruiting Larry.
  15. You couldn't be more wrong about Larry being "low-hanging fruit." Major programs like Duke, Kansas, and Baylor were all involved in his recruitment. You seem to presume that just because a player comes from a non-P5 program it's "easy to accomplish" (I.e. land those recruits). Big programs throughout the country want non-P5 players.
  16. If we do add Garrison, I wonder if Texas plans to play even more up-tempo next year. We are adding a lot of length and athleticism. This feels like a roster built to play in the open court.
  17. I don't know what your point is? Your arguments were about Larry and Kent. The idea they are bad players simply because they didn't make the tournament is still stupid.
  18. Larry is the best player from that team. He's just not a scorer but there's a reason he led the team in minutes per game. Avilla ended up at Saint Louis while Larry was recruited by Texas, Duke, Kansas, Baylor, etc. Avilla is a very unique player in that he's skilled but he's also built like pillsbury doughboy and he's slower than molasses. Avila's coach going to Saint Louis probably helped but I also bet a lot of P5 programs were very apprehensive due to athletic limitations.
  19. Avila reminds me a lot of Tanner Groves at OU a couple years ago. A guy that's really skilled and put up decent numbers at OU but got exposed athletically in a power conference.
  20. Avila is not athletic enough to play PF in a power conference. There are going to be major questions even at the 5 defensively/boards due to athleticism.
  21. Maybe you're being sarcastic but I think a lot of people have an inflated opinion of Avila. Garrison is ranked above Avila in the 247 and On3 rankings. He's also clearly the big we seem to be prioritizing.
  22. If we land Phelia and one of Beers or Gardiner that will give us two of the top 7 transfers (per ESPN). With an already loaded roster. It would be interesting who would be preseason #1 between us and South Carolina if that happens.
  23. I think he might be. There are better guards/wings in the portal compared to bigs so that already naturally creates a premium. He's also a special athlete for a guy his size.
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