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  1. 5 minutes ago, UTEE97 said:

    I am not saying they are available. I said those types of guys would help us make a deep run because we don't have a solid core in place. Our best player might be a true freshman. Most other teams (who made deep runs last year) that are retaining their core group will have an edge over us.

    You implied players like Mark and Larry are "low-hanging fruit" because they aren't 1st or 2nd team P5 players. They are very good players and generally the type of players you have to add from the portal. 

     

     

     

     

  2. 5 minutes ago, UTEE97 said:

    Are you comparing Uconn's coach to ours? They play the most unselfish basketball in Division 1 where role players can effectively play their assigned roles for the team to be successful. We are a hero ball team. I don't think you watch Texas basketball.

     

    I want you to list all the 1st and 2nd team players from P5 programs you think are available in the portal. There's like 2 or 3 of these available on a good year. 

    Last year there was only 1 (that I can count) and that team lost in the 2nd round. Teams build around good P5 players and all-conference players from G5 programs because that's generally what is available. 

    Let me guess, you blame RT for not landing a 1st or 2nd team All-conference P5 player last year when there was only 1 available? 

  3. 10 minutes ago, HookEm said:

    It was time for Hunter to move on. I'm torn on him because there were games when it seemed like he was one of the few who refused to lose.  That aggressiveness was a double edged sword though. At times he would take over a game... and then he would make a terrible terrible terrible turnover.  Sometimes those turnovers cost us the game, but we wouldn't have even been in the game without his defense and attacking in transition.  He has some "dawg" in him that fit really well with Carr and Rice. 

    Abmas was about the worst possible player to pair up with him.  Abmas really is an undersized shooting guard, and isn't a good defender or distributor. Which meant that more of that load fell on Hunter (when he himself isn't a pure point guard).  If Hunter was paired with Larry (a good defender and distributor) and Mark (a great scorer with size on the wing), he would have been better.  

    I look forward to seeing where he lands. I hope it is on a contender where he isn't asked to be "the man".  I will always appreciate him for helping get us to the Elite 8.

    Hunter not being a PG is the problem. 

    He's 6'0 and he's an average shooter (at best). Nobody wants that as a shooting guard/2. 

  4. 8 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    He was probably in the bottom half of starting B12 PGs last season or right in the middle of the pack. He was even worse in 2023.

     

    Hunter was so bad at PG that RT had to change course in the middle of the season and play Abmas at PG. 

    I don't think we make the tournament if RT keeps Hunter at PG. The change happened after the terrible losses to UCF and West Virginia when we were 1-3 in the Big 12. 

  5. 5 minutes ago, HookEm said:

    There aren't many players in the portal who have been starters a S16, E8 and R32 team (playing 30+ minutes on each). He was going to be one of the top returning SEC players in assists and he is an above average defender. He has also improved his shooting every year (eFG% 0.377 -> 0.474 -> 0.512), (TS% 0.475 -> 0.508 -> 0.512).  He has shown he can be a starter on a title contender, which we were last year.  He just needs the right pieces around him.

    Hunter has been the 3rd best guard on all those teams. 

    E8 team at Texas (Rice and Carr)

    R32 team at Texas (Abmas and Weaver. Frankly, Weaver should have received more of Hunter's minutes)

    S16 team at Iowa State (Brockington and Kalscheur. Hunter put up better numbers than Kalscheur but he dd a lot of little things and especially on the defensive end). 

    Hunter has been surrounded by legit college guards for his entire career. Yeah, you can win with him "if you have the right pieces around him" and he's your 3rd best guard but that summarizes him as a player. 

  6. 8 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

    Weaver?

    What's the question. You referring to the starting 5? There are some tough decisions if Texas also adds Pope. 

    Larry (only prototypical PG on the roster)

    Mark (started at UH/Arkansas and is probably a top 25ish transfer)

    Johnson (#6 recruit)

    Weaver (really productive for Texas last season)

    Pope (top 40ish transfer and started every game at Oregon State)

    Only 3 spots. Somebody good is gonna have to come off the bench. 

     

  7. 11 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

    If we are not getting an upgrade over Hunter and Mitchell then we are royally fucked. I am going to assume that Hunter is overrated based off what he did at Iowa State and Mitchell's athleticism is overrating him. Whoever gets them, is going to find out real quick they are complete garbage. 

    I don't think Mitchell is complete garbage. He's a limited offensive player but he can defend and rebound. Mitchell's ranking at #33 seems fine but that's if he's willing to embrace he's that type of player. Reading between the lines, I think he's going to want more $ than what his value is which is about right at #33. 

    Hunter shouldn't be ranked anywhere close to 31. Personally, I think every guard on our roster could be better than him next year. 

  8. If Texas does land Pope, it will be interesting who will start 1-3. 

    I think it will be Larry, Mack, and Johnson. Pope as the 6th man. Larry is a more prototypical PG so think he has to be in the starting lineup. Not sure where Weaver fits in this either. 

    Our backcourt could be pretty damn good next if it also includes Pope. 

  9. 6 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    Storr just seems to be making the rounds to find the highest bidder, if the rumors are true (asked Kansas for $1 million in NIL and turned down their counteroffer for $750k)

    I think Storr is drastically overrated. He can score but that's about the only thing he can do. He's not a good playmaker for others, bad rebounder, and not a great defender. 

    Mark is straight up better than Storr. 

  10. 8 minutes ago, Fud said:

    The Athletic's daily portal rankings update

    32- Jordan Pope
    37- Julian Larry
    40- Tramon Mark
    61- Rytis Petraitis
    75- Jayson Kent

    31- Tyrese Hunter
    33- Dillon Mitchell

    These rankings seem fair other than Mark. He's much better than the 40th best player in the portal. 

    247 has Mark ranked at #24 which is more in line with where he should be. 

  11. By my count, there are only 3 P5 players in the portal that were 1st or 2nd team this year. 

    Ballo (1st team Pac 12), Storr (2nd team Big 10), and Aidoo (2nd team SEC). I'm pretty sure we pretty much passed on Storr for Mack. 

  12. 3 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

     

    What are these guys ranked in his rankings?

    Not sure, you need a subscription but we currently have the #4 portal class in his rankings (that's without Pope). 

    The biggest point is that the argument "you need 1st and 2nd team P5 transfers" to make a deep run in March is one of the dumbest things I've read. Most of those players run out of eligibility, go pro, or don't transfer. 

    Last year, I believe there may have been only 1 transfer who was a 1st or 2nd team player in a P5 conference (Hunter Dickinson). Caleb Love was an honorable mention in the ACC, I don't think Kel'el Ware even made an honorable mention in the Pac 12, LJ Cryer was 3rd team all Big 12, etc. The idea a bunch of 1st and 2nd team P5 players are available is how clueless @UTEE97is. 

  13. 7 hours ago, UTEE97 said:

    So far we have picked the low hanging fruits imo. Getting the all 1st and 2nd team guys from power conferences is harder, but that's what we need to make deep runs in March.

    UCONN just won a national title with these players having a significant role. Tristen Newton (transfer from East Carolina), Hassan Diarra (couldn't even get minutes at aggy), Cam Spencer (transfer from Rutgers/Loyola Maryland and had never made the NCAA tournament as a player). 

    I don't think you watch college basketball. 

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  14. 7 hours ago, UTEE97 said:

    So far we have picked the low hanging fruits imo. Getting the all 1st and 2nd team guys from power conferences is harder, but that's what we need to make deep runs in March.

    If you think Tramon Mark and Julian Larry are "low hanging fruits" you're clueless. 

    Once/if we land Pope, we will likely have the #1 or #2 portal class in the country based on Evan Miya's portal rankings. 

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  15. 7 hours ago, Lonestar88 said:

    Tramon Mark was Arkansas’ leading scorer and is a top 25 transfer, no idea why you guys are comparing him to Horton and Onyema.

    The other thing about Mark is he put up those numbers playing on 1 shoulder for most of the year. 

    People should go back to the aggy game where he dropped 26 in College Station. He was essentially playing with 1 arm/shoulder. That's also why I find the "bad teammate" discussion to be funny. A lot of players wouldn't have played through what Mark did this past season. 

    https://247sports.com/Article/tramon-mark-fights-through-injury-to-lead-hogs-past-texas-am--227491978/

  16. 9 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

    That Trilly Donovan guy posted an update on Garrison in some private channel he has. Said he’s hearing it’s OU vs a return to OSU, with a return to OSU gaining more steam. Didn’t mention Texas.

    Weird choice for a player of his caliber. A coach that hasn't made the tournament in 3 years at OU and a new coaching staff at Oklahoma State.

    But @closetojumpingseems to be implying that his handlers want more $ than his actual value. 

  17. 1 minute ago, Hookem2147 said:

    He clarified last night and said it is a HS wing player who is supposed to announce for the good guys this week.

    Oh yeah, this is gonna be Billy Richmond is my guess. 

  18. On 4/13/2024 at 9:57 PM, Hookem2147 said:

    Former OB basketball reporter

     

    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. 

  19. 3 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    The biggest issue with the 2023-2024 season is that Terry let Mitchell's faction bully him into giving Mitchell a featured role at a position he had no business playing. They should have let him walk last year and signed other transfers that were interested in coming to Texas and were much better, you know, basketball players. That shit sent everything else spiraling. The team never looked like a cohesive unit. 

    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. 

     

  20. 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. 

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