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  1. 25 minutes ago, Yesh said:

    Who are the best 11 players on defense regardless of position?  And, can you make a complete defense with them or do you have to go lower down the list due to positional need?

    Collins, Coburn, Sweat, Overshown, Ford, Jamison, Cook, Adimora, Thompson x 2, Jones

  2. 8 hours ago, Machinator said:

    Here's where we're at:

    Unrealistic ceiling: moneywhipping Few, Bennett, Scott Drew, Jay Wright, or any coach at a blue blood / historical basketball power (Louisville, Michigan State, etc.). Billy Donovan. Any NBA head coach, for that matter.

    Mostly unrealistic ceiling: our entire BMD corps suddenly falling in love with basketball and putting up an obscene amount of money to buy out Nate Oats and bring him to Texas. Brad Underwood (at his dream job). Leonard Hamilton (too old).

    The realistic ceiling: Dana Altman, Eric Musselman, Chris Beard. Decent chance of all them tell us no, but if you squint hard enough you can come up with scenarios where any of them leave for Texas, if we pay up.

    Wild card: John Beilein, if he wants to return to coaching. I think he's done, but worth kicking the tires.

    Not happening for other reasons: Rick Pitino (old, NCAA violations history), Kelvin Sampson (old, no interest in leaving UH), Rick Barnes

    The floor: Royal Ivey - could be our Juwan Howard, could be a bust. We have no idea.

    Who are the second tier candidates with head coaching experience worth looking at before we think about hiring a Coach Royal?

     

    I don't think that muscleman is realistic. He has a great situation in Arkansas, which is debatably a better bball job than UT.

  3. Spoiler

    HOOPS

    The future of Shaka Smart at Texas remains in limbo after another Round of 64 exit over the weekend. As of this a.m. we have heard nothing concrete regarding his future at Texas. Should Texas make a move, IT has heard three names that are currently head coaches in college basketball that could be targeted: Chris Beard, Dana Altman, and Eric Musselman.

    A former Texas assistant coach still coaching at the NCAA level said Texas should “without a doubt” look at Loyola University Chicago head coach Porter Moser. This coaching contact believes he would be a really good fit, along with being a terrific coach in general. This same source shared concern with Musselman’s ability to connect with people the way he would need to at Texas, but loves him as an offensive coach and head coach in general.

    The big push from former Texas players will be for Royal Ivey. Ivey is considered an up and coming coach in NBA circles. He is also considered the leader of the Texas basketball program among the former players. Guys that will push for Ivey to be the next head coach at Texas should the position open will include T.J. Ford, Kevin Durant, Tristan Thompson and every other former Longhorn playing in the NBA. That’s how much Ivey is liked and respected among the former Texas players. Ivey would have every former Texas player back fully invested in the program, which can be a powerful force in recruiting. There has even been talk of all the former Texas players currently in the NBA or formerly in the NBA purchasing a house together in Austin to be around the program as much as possible if Ivey was the head coach one day. It’s not out of the question that the players would provide part of the financial piece if the job opens and Ivey is next.

    While this group of players wants Ivey to be the coach, all they want from Texas is for him to receive an interview if the job comes open. They understand ultimately it will be Chris Del Conte who is held responsible for the decision. A former Texas assistant coach who coached Ivey and was a part of the program for over a decade says Ivey would be “great” with the players and has the “BBIQ” required to succeed.

    Understanding the staff needed to be put together is the question that would have to be answered.  Ivey would need a mix of coaching experience and strong recruiting ties. We’ll keep you posted, but you have to admit, Coach Royal has a nice ring to it.

    From IT 

    • Hook 'Em 2
  4. 3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    Not a bad hire if you want to grab an assistant under an elite coach with a national title under his belt.  Coach K is 74, so really depends if Scheyer sees Coach K coaching for much longer and wants to wait it out. 

    Plus K's coaching tree is so big with head coaches, there's better options than an assistant when Duke is ready: Amaker, Capel, Collins, Dawkins, Hurley.  Obviously Snyder isn't going to go from the NBA to college and Woj got fired. 

    Speaking of Hurley that wouldn't be a bad deal imo. really I just think we need a coach that has a tried and true offensive system that prioritizes the 3 ball, teams like Creighton, Nova, Syracuse, Gonzaga ect make a living in the tournament based solely off that offensive system. Have you watched Loyala- Chicago play? The screens and cuts is not only good viewing basketball but it also makes you really hard to defend, who out there runs a tried and true offensive system? Its about time that texas gets some shooters

  5. 17 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

    Wonder who IT's source is on Banks?  Perroni claims to have a good read on his recruitment and also says he knows someone close to him and is standing firm on aggy's landing him.

    IT probably has the Coach and parents, thats typically who their sources are I know a few players that have been through the recruiting process and IT tries to talk with parents... 247 probably just defers to the Kid, I know thats what Ej, Harris and Roach have done, not sure on BP tho

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