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  1. 1 hour ago, PittsburghTiger said:

    My goodness, what a series for Curry.

    Game 1 - 36 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 turnover

    Game 2 - 37 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 turnovers

    Game 3 - 36 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 turnovers

    Game 4 - 37 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 turnovers

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    Game 2 - Portland up 17 with 11:44 to play in the 3rd

    Game 3 - Portland up 14 with 8:08 in the 3rd

    Game 4 - Portland up 17 with 1:55 in the 3rd.

    Steph did to Dame what Jordan did to Drexler in 1992.  

  2. 2 hours ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

    Mesmerized by the bald ref’s running form.

     

    2 hours ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

    Holy shit lolol

    High knees

     

    2 hours ago, Radical Larry said:

    Can't stop watching this now. 

     

    2 hours ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

    Cant stop laughing at this ref.

     

  3. 11 hours ago, Goo Punch said:

    I will be seriously impressed (and thoroughly suspicious) if anyone here can name these two former Longhorns based on these single season stats from their time in college:

     

    Player A: 30.7 mpg, 13.1 ppg, 7.8 reb, 3.8 oreb, 0.9 stl, 2.4 blk, .546 FG%, .487 FT%, SOS 7.96

     

    Player B: 29.8 mpg, 10.5 ppg, 7.7 reb, 2.6 oreb, 0.6 stl, 2.5 blk, .560 FG%, .686 FT%, SOS 8.98

    Player A is Tristan (for some reason i remember his blocks. Also the free throw %).

    Player B not sure. Mo?

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  4. 1 hour ago, Teryor said:

    Max Olson did a piece on what it's like being a recruit from IMG, just gonna post the Cain parts: 

    https://theathletic.com/707900/2018/12/17/college-football-recruiting-roundtable-img-academy-prospects/

     

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    How does it feel to be at the end of the recruiting process, with college just a month away?

    Noah Cain: It is a relief. I think as recruits, we tend to see a lot of dudes get caught up in the hype and everybody telling you how good you are, everybody telling you you’re gonna be this and that and gonna get All-America right away. They don’t really see the hours you put in before everybody gets up to get to that point. Everybody sees the fame part of it. I think when you come to IMG, it humbles every prospect, regardless of if you’re a top recruit. It humbles everybody. Because here, the coaches are gonna be on you. You’re not gonna have coaches that ride your coattail and tell you how good you are. Everybody treats you the same here; there’s no favoritism. I think that’s why the brotherhood here gets so tight amongst the top dudes here. Everybody gets humbled here, regardless of who you are.

     

    I imagine when you were younger, getting recruited sounded like a lot of fun. Is it still fun at this point?

     

    Cain: I specifically waited. I made a decision in my mind my sophomore year to wait because of coaches. A lot of these coaches, they’re two-faced. They tell you something to your face then do something else, something different. Coaches leave. Players come back. There’s so many things you have to look into to make this decision. The last thing you wanna do is commit and decommit. That’s something I always told myself. That’s really the biggest reason why I wanted to wait until National Signing Day. When I make my decision, I’m final with it. No turning back. No coaches coming in trying to visit you. No. I’m signed. I’m going to college in January.

    A lot of coaches, they try to pressure me into committing. But at the same time, if you really want me, you’re gonna wait ’til the end. That’s why my three finalists are who they are. They respected my timeline and my decision. Nobody tried to rush me. They were like, “All right. Until you tell us no, we’re here with you.” That’s when you really know who’s with you and who’s not. When schools are trying to pressure you into committing, that means they’ve got another guy on their mind. That’s how I look at it. That’s a big reason why I waited so long. I look at all that. Some of my top schools took other guys and were like, “Well, if you don’t hop on, they’re gonna hop on.” It is what it is. It’s not the place for me. I know God will lead me to the right school for me.

    What is it like for you guys dealing with your recruiting process on social media?

    Cain: I would say the thing I don’t like about this is everybody feels entitled to know what you got going on, who your top schools are, where you wanna go. Everybody is like, “You’ve been knowing me this long; where you going?” And you don’t know yourself. Everybody feels entitled to your business. And you’ve got to hold your tongue because you’re put on a different pedestal than them. That’s the biggest thing with us recruits; we can’t do regular stuff. You can’t go out every time. You can’t be in the spotlight with the regular kids. You’ve gotta be mature and think of the bigger picture.

     

    Do you guys ever wonder who those people are that show up in your mentions?

    Cain: I mean, it’s true what they’re saying. But there’s still a small percent of good people that say, “I wish you the best of luck wherever you go. God bless.” There’s still good people in this world that really want to see you succeed and like you and aren’t like, “If you go to my school, I’ll love you. And if you don’t, I hate you.” When you get on this stage of football, a lot of kids start looking up to you and you start to get known around the country. When kids say, “I watch your highlight every day. I look up to you,” that makes you mature. You start to feel like, “OK, I can’t do the old things I was doing before I got offers. I gotta start moving a different way.” So there are still some DMs that make you feel good about yourself and really make you look back on all the blessings God’s giving you.

     

    How much negative recruiting do you hear from coaches?

     

    Cain: You post something thinking nobody’s looking at it, and next thing you know, a coach is like, “What you doing? Where you at? Why you at this school?” You post a picture on your official visit, and they’re like, “Why are you there? What you doing? Why you messing with them coaches? Them dudes are not good dudes.”

    This is gonna blow your mind: One of the coaches that was recruiting me, he went to the school! He’s talking mess on his own alma mater! Like, you went here! You telling me about the school you went to! And he’s at the opposing school, like a rival school. Like, dude, you was an alumni of this school, regardless of your profession now, and yet now you’re talking crazy about your school. That doesn’t sit well with me! You really see people’s character in this recruiting process, too. There’s no loyalty with these people, man. Their true colors come out. In this last recruiting stretch, people’s true colors come out. You see how they really is as a person because they’re getting desperate.

    Cain: In my younger recruiting days, I was like, “This is gonna be so hard to make a decision.” It’s not. I’ve kinda already got it narrowed down in my mind. When they say this is a business, it really is a business. That’s why I don’t feel bad to the coach if I’m not interested or I’m not coming. If you’re recruiting me and you’re leaving in a minute, you’re not telling me why you’re leaving. One of my top schools — I’m not gonna say the name — the offensive coordinator just left. Didn’t tell nobody. He was just in my face last week talking about how much he wants me to come there. And he left.

    So that’s why I look at things like that and don’t feel bad when a coach gets his feelings hurt that I don’t wanna come. You’re telling another recruit the same thing you’re telling me. And it’s really a business decision. I really don’t feel like it’s gonna be hard come signing day because I’m going with a school that was with me from Day One and I’m going to a school that has a stable coaching staff. Those are two big things to me.

    The unlimited texting and DMs and contact now, does that make your lives harder?

    Cain: It’s not the texts; it’s the calls. I really thought it would be cool, coaches calling my phone and all these different schools. And now, you get the phone call, you don’t wanna answer the phone. I’m chilling right now.

    Cain: From older guys like (former TCU quarterback) Shawn Robinson, when I was a freshman, he said, “Bro, I’m telling you. You’re gonna get tired of it.” I didn’t see it. I loved the hype and all the fame and everybody telling me I’m gonna be the next Heisman Trophy winner. Loved all that. Nowadays, you just want to grind and be about your business and be low-key. That’s the biggest thing right now.

    Have there at least been aspects of going through your recruitment and meeting new people that you appreciate?

    Cain: There’s definitely a lot of perks.

    What part of this process has brought the most pressure or stress?

     

    Cain: There’s no perfect school for nobody. Everybody says there’s a perfect school. Every school is going to have its things you don’t like.

    Turner: If there was a perfect school, everybody would be going to it.

    Cain: Right, there’s no perfect school. Every recruit says it’s the perfect school for me. Then they get there and start talking about how much they hate it. There’s no perfect school. So it’s kinda like you pick your poison.

    Shearin: My momma always taught me that if you commit to something, you’re committed. That’s what you’re gonna do. And if you have any doubts, you shouldn’t have committed. Now if a coach gets fired or things like that, you can understand that. But I see people commit to a school, get a better offer, decommit and commit the next week again. That’s just not how I was raised.

    Cain: That’s why the biggest thing is the depth chart. You can go to a school for the hype. They’ll hype you and all them fans talking about you on Instagram and Twitter. That ends in January. You get to school, and they don’t care about all that. They’re expecting you to win for them. It’s a business. It’s up to you. Forget all the facilities, and forget all your boys are going there. You’ve gotta go somewhere you can be happy and where you can get to the league. Some recruits, I know they’re just in it for the hype. They wanna go to college. Hopefully, they get to the league and, if they don’t, they’re cool with it. It depends on your mindset and how bad you wanna get that bag in three years.

    As you look back, what are some of the craziest things you had to deal with during the recruiting process?

    Cain: I’m from Baton Rouge so, of course, I was supposed to go to LSU. So I’m in the Hi Nabor grocery store in Baton Rouge with my grandmother this summer, and we’re getting some food for dinner. I’ll never forget this day. We were going through the aisle, and an LSU fan was shopping and comes up. I didn’t think he knew me, and he bumped into me like, “Hey, man. You going to The Boot, right? You going to be a Boot Boy, right?” I was like, “I don’t know yet.” He was like, “What you mean you don’t know?” He was looking at me crazy and cross-eyed.

    I’m like, “Look, bruh. I’m just here with my grandmother.” He said, “I respect that. Yeah, man. You know I played ball back in my day. You need to go to the Boot, though, man. You from Baton Rouge; You need to go to The Boot.” And he’s getting all mad in the grocery store, on camera and all that. I was like, “Bruh, look. Chill out.” So he’s like, “You’re going to LSU, right? YOU’RE GOING TO LSU, RIGHT?” I’m like, “Bruh, I don’t know yet, I’m taking all my visits. You have a good day.”

    And he was like, “Oh, aight. But, look, you’re going to LSU. Go Tigers.” That’s the craziest moment I ever had. That was funny, though. My grandma, she don’t know about no football. She was like, “Who was that guy you were talking to? Looked like y’all was getting in an argument.” I was like, “We ain’t getting in no argument, Grandma.” Some people are outta their minds sometimes about this stuff.

    From your perspective, what do people — whether it’s fans or media — not understand about this recruiting process?

     

    Shearin: I think they don’t understand how we really are kids. We’re 17, 18. There’s some kids getting recruited that are 15, 16 years old. They’re just kids. And kids are gonna be kids.

    Cain: And at the same time, there’s a lot of recruits that ruin it for us. They just do ignorant stuff. Like why are you posting a top 20? Why are you posting a top 13? Pick one school, man. Even a top 10 is a lot.

    Curry: Some of these guys commit like three times.

    Shearin: They’re really doing it for the clout. Clout chasing.

    Cain: There’s a lot of recruits that do stuff that’s so immature. I mean, everybody grows up differently. Everybody doesn’t have the same guidance. But at the same time, a lot of recruits do stuff that makes fans hate recruits sometimes. You’ve got to control your own destiny and how you want them to view you as a recruit. Are you gonna be a recruit that’s just childish and not taking this stuff seriously and being playful? Or are you gonna be a mature recruit and take it step by step and take it seriously?

     

    Cain will be very successful in life.

  5. 1 hour ago, TexasDPT said:

    Watching the final four, Texas really needs to improve on its serving and back row defense/ball control to compete for another title.

    I agree. Until those areas improve, UT is not winning a title despite the amount of talent coming into the program. 

    Speaking of talent. One of the things i will be interested in following the next 3 years is the development of Logan Eggleston and Lexi Sun. If Sun becomes an effective 6-rotation player and Eggleston fails to do the same, will that start to affect recruiting- "why go to Texas where they don't develop you into an all-around player"?

    I think the program is at a crossroads. Will the correct changes take place to elevate the program to the next level?

     

  6. 56 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

    Texanlive.com.  $10... Cheaper than tickets.

    NS went up 14-0, Katy just tied it at 14.

     

    Evans not really doing anything, Glass playing, looks like Porter 2.0.... Both QBs look good

    Thanks for the updates!

  7. 16 hours ago, Underdog said:

    Fell asleep with the game on only to be awakened with Tessitore screaming about something, missed XP perhaps?  Always liked him but he was a beating last night from what I watched. 

    He was good calling college games. Not sure what changed but he has been terrible on MNF.

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