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Rickylovesweed

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  1. Could this be one of the Kentucky de-commitments? It sounds like Richmond is up next with the others. It's confusing because he didn't correct "higher rated prospect" which makes me think it might be a HS recruit.
  2. I had some funny arguments about this last offseason. I knew this Mitchell > Kaluma decision would haunt us.
  3. This was the biggest problem. All the players listed above by @Dbeasy were recruited as role players other than Abmas. They were expecting Disu, Hunter, and Mitchell to be starting caliber players and only 1 of those was truly a starting caliber player. If you add just 1 transfer that was an above average Big 12 starter in place of Hunter and Mitchell, this Texas team would have been much better.
  4. Hunter has been paired with a very good college guard in all 3 years. Brockington, Carr, and Abmas. I feel like there’s a high potential of him being even worse if he goes to lower tier P5 school where he has to be the guy.
  5. I think the biggest issue was moving Abmas to PG out of necessity. Hunter was so bad at PG that RT was forced to make a change. While Abmas was clearly an upgrade over Hunter he was better utilized as a 2/scoring guard. I have a hard time hating on Abmas. He was a 2nd team All Big 12 player in a season he was forced to change position/roles because Hunter was so fucking awful.
  6. RT seems to have a thing for Garrison. We recruited him heavily out of HS and it was apparently one of our first portal contacts. Not that I’m saying RT is wrong either, as most publications consider Garrison a top 20ish transfer with a lot of upside.
  7. Personally, I think we need Garrison more than Avila. Avila and Shedrick together at the 5 will have some athleticism issues and especially on the perimeter. We need a more athletic mold like Garrison.
  8. The idea Texas “didn’t meet expectations” last year because of the portal makes zero sense to me. Two of our best 3 players were from the portal (Abmas and Weaver). Last year’s roster didn’t hit their ceiling because they relied too heavily on returning players to be good (Hunter and Mitchell) and they simply aren’t. The miscalculation last year was not recruiting over returning players like Mitchell with better players in the portal like Kaluma.
  9. Texas didn’t meet expectations last year because of returning players like Hunter and Mitchell being average to below average players. Abmas was 2nd team All Big 12 in the best conference in the country. It’s not his fault Hunter and Mitchell didn’t meet expectations.
  10. It’s debatable if he’s better than Garrison. They’re totally different players though. Preferably you would like both but seems unlikely.
  11. I think he’s pretty much pivoted from the argument these are bad players to “RT doesn’t know how to construct a roster.”
  12. There is zero reason we should want Hunter back if we are also the favorites for Pope. I still think Mitchell makes some sense if we add somebody like Avila and Garrison doesn't want to come here. Mitchell can be the athletic 4 to pair with Avila (a more skilled big) and Shedrick (a more prototypical 5). I would prefer Garrison and Avila though but that seems unlikely
  13. Last year's backcourt: Abmas (6'0 and that's generous), Hunter (6'0), Weaver (6'3). Next year's backcourt: Weaver (6'3), Johnson (6'5), Mark (6'6), Larry (6'3), and maybe Pope (6'2). Fairly obvious that RT was tired of being that small last year.
  14. It's also just a terrible fucking argument. Garrison, Avila, Mark, and Pope are all considered top transfers. None made the tournament this past season. I guess we shouldn't add any of these guys.
  15. Blaming last year's roster on the players RT added from the portal also seems like a really bad argument. IMO, 2 of the top 3 players on last year's team were players added by RT (Abmas and Weaver). Texas didn't reach their ceiling last year because they were expecting Hunter and Mitchell to be much better and they simply weren't. If anything, I blame last season on not being more active in the portal and recruiting over somebody like Mitchell with Kaluma.
  16. 1) Weaver? You mean Mark who is one of the best transfers in the portal. 2) Only a complete moron wouldn't think that Larry is a positive addition. Schools like Baylor, Duke, Kansas, Kansas State, and TCU all had legit interest. But I'll take your word over Scott Drew and Bill Self. Unless you're referring to last year's roster which makes no sense in the context of Lonestar's response.
  17. This is funny but a lot of people actually watched that Indiana State team last year. They were really fun with Avilla and those guards. The NCAA committee should be ashamed they let a sorry-ass Virginia team make the tournament over a team like Indiana State.
  18. @utfan87just sees a player from Indiana State and thinks they suck. That Indiana State team was legit last year which is why a lot of big programs want Larry and Avila.
  19. You're right, Julian Larry sucks. It's why Baylor, Duke, Kansas, Kansas State, TCU, etc reached out to him and several were trying to get a visit.
  20. Indiana State should have made the tournament and finished top 40 in Kenpom. This is a really bad argument.
  21. When adding two starters from a Kenpom top 40 team are your 2nd and 3rd best additions of the day you know it was a pretty good day.
  22. Garrison and Avila would be ideal. An athletic big and then a more skilled big. Seems unlikely both would come here though but I guess never say never.
  23. Texas added two starters from a Kenpom top 40 team (Larry and Kent) and then one of the best players in the portal (Mark). Can't ask for a much better day. Add Pope and we should be good at guard and then go get a couple of bigs.
  24. Our backcourt could be insane next year with Larry, Pope, Johnson, Mark, and Weaver. Mark and Johnson would obviously get quite a few minutes at the 3 too.
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