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  1. 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. 

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  2. 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. 

  3. 11 hours ago, Lonestar88 said:

     

    With that said, calling all non-P5 transfers low-hanging fruit is lazy and reductionist. We just saw a Final 4 filled with non-P5 transfers.

    Especially when big time programs were recruiting Larry. 

     

  4. 12 hours ago, UTEE97 said:

    Do you not understand what low hanging fruit means? Google says: 

    "Low-hanging fruit" is a metaphor that refers to tasks that are easy to accomplish, require minimal effort, and provide immediate rewards.

    In business, the phrase is used to describe projects that a team or employee can easily and quickly complete before moving on to more challenging work. For example, a company might identify low-hanging fruit projects that should be a priority, such as high impact, low effort projects."

    Yes, I believe we got the low hanging fruits. Feel free to disagree. 

    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. 

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  5. 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. 

  6. 5 hours ago, utfan87 said:

    damn Avila chooses someone besides Texas and you all have the same opinion I had from the beginning. His athleticism is going to seriously hinder his ability to play against p5 competition.   

    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. 

     

     

     

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  7. 1 hour ago, Bevo said:

    So we got the third and fourth rated Indiana State players. Interesting.

    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. 

     

     

  8. 1 hour ago, UDontKnow said:

    https://okstate.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/brandon-garrison/11148

    https://www.on3.com/db/brandon-garrison-12509/

     

    He's no Cream Abdul-Jabbar, but would address a major need if he can evolve into a defensive big.

    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. 

  9. 4 minutes ago, Fud said:

    Garrison might be worth the premium 

    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. 

  10. 10 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    Wow, he took their smaller offer I guess, or they said fuck it to his $1m request.

    His GF is also playing at Kansas next year.

    I've never understood the Storr hype. He's a legit scorer but pretty bad at everything else. I would straight up take Mark over him and especially if it doesn't involve us getting into some type of bidding war. 

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  11. 2 hours ago, Fud said:

    Garrison is visiting this weekend, and Kentucky and Arkansas are getting visits if he doesn't commit on the trip 

    The Athletic has the stretch 5 ranked as their #23 portal player 

    This is starting to feel like what @closetojumpingsaid in the recruiting thread that Garrison's handlers apparently have a high premium on his value. This feels like a recruitment that just comes down to if we value Garrison enough to pay him what he wants. 

  12. 3 hours ago, Teryor said:

    Mildly Texas relevant that things ended poorly enough that we're not getting listed as a previous stop

    Sounds like that's where Arterio Morris is headed. They likely just hired him to get Morris. 

     

  13. 15 minutes ago, UTEE97 said:

    Whatever dude. You win Surly. I don't have time for arguing with people who can't see the big picture, which is to construct a championship caliber roster. Texas should always be able to add transfers from non-P5 schools, hence my "low hanging fruit" comment.

    I mean it's just a dumb comment. 

    Another final 4 team (Alabama) just won with their top 3 players transferring from Ohio, South Dakota State, and Hofstra. Really good players come from non-P5 schools in college basketball. Those type players are not "low hanging fruit." 

    Do you think Larry was an easy get simply because he went to a non-P5 school? You do know that schools like Duke, Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, etc were all involved right? 

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