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On 12/14/2025 at 12:44 PM, HookEm said:

In hindsight, Texas should have let Tramon Mark walk. I had hope after his short tourney sample at PG, but we should have known better.  He is really an undersized SF, which we don't need with Swain.  But he wants to be a guard, so Miller should have known that this could only end badly and cut bait.

Pope will also never be a point guard. He is an undersized SG gunner who isn't even a very good shooter. His defense is poor. His passing is poor. His movement without the ball is poor.  He probably has a spot on the team, but no more than 20 mpg max.

Weaver will also never be a point guard.  He should be a 15 mpg change of pace, disruptor.  

Bottom line, these 3 are all out of eligibility after this year, so it isn't even like they will get much development.  I would have much rather gotten some upside freshman / sophomore true guards, even if it meant we only won 10 games this year but built for the future.

All of this. 

 

I said from the start Mark at PG was a change up move not a solution. 

The tiny PG transfers from last years are not sec athletes or real PGs

 

We seemed to have fixed the size issue this season but still have no PG.

Should prioritize 2 in the portal next off season. 

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55 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

Who’s to blame for the schedule?  Beard/CDC?  I prefer Barnes “steel sharpens steel” approach…

 

There’s no difference really between this year’s schedule and Beard’s schedule in year 1.

2 minutes ago, Pancho said:

 

There’s no difference really between this year’s schedule and Beard’s schedule in year 1.

Kind of agree, but we did sprinkle in:

  • #160 Sam Houston
  • #186 Northern Colorado
  • #233 California Baptist
  • #273 San Jose State

San Jose State, the worst of that group, was beating teams like we are playing by 25 points.  

I really think it teaches our players to not give a shit, and it is evident when you watch them.  They know it is going to be a blowout, so they just half ass it the whole game. 

2 minutes ago, HookEm said:

I really think it teaches our players to not give a shit, and it is evident when you watch them.  They know it is going to be a blowout, so they just half ass it the whole game. 

That’s culture. 

1 hour ago, LCHorn said:

Who’s to blame for the schedule?  Beard/CDC?  I prefer Barnes “steel sharpens steel” approach…

Why would Beard have anything to do with this year's schedule?  

2 hours ago, field said:

Why would Beard have anything to do with this year's schedule?  

I think basketball schedules are generally more flexible than football, but presumably the schedule is mostly set a year or two our and Beard’s preference for racking up wins against lower level completion was introduced during his tenure and continued by Terry.  

24 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

I think basketball schedules are generally more flexible than football, but presumably the schedule is mostly set a year or two our and Beard’s preference for racking up wins against lower level completion was introduced during his tenure and continued by Terry.  

 

Basketball schedules are set the summer before the season starts. The SEC/ACC challenge, Maui, and the return trip to UConn were the only things Miller didn’t control.

 

3 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

should we bring in a nba guard?

Are we scouting the G-League?

^^^ just hoping for the best...

Something I noticed about the schedule is that we have like 12 days between games. I get there's always a holiday break but that seems like a lot. SMU had another tune-up game yesterday in-between the OOC schedule and beginning of conference play. Aggy is playing a game tonight, too.

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BEAT MISSISSIPPI STATE!

^^^ just do it. HOOK'EM!

lol:

(from wcbb, obviously)

23 hours ago, Derka said:

lol:

(from wcbb, obviously)

wouldn't it be 14:41?

I wish he would tell them to play defense over and over.

Texas wins by kenpom rank:

33 NC State

257 Southern

302 Le Moyne

315 Lafayette

329 Kansas City

335 Maryland Eastern Shore

350 Rider

352 Fairleigh Dickinson

NR Chaminade

35 minutes ago, Derka said:

Texas wins by kenpom rank:

33 NC State

257 Southern

302 Le Moyne

315 Lafayette

329 Kansas City

335 Maryland Eastern Shore

350 Rider

352 Fairleigh Dickinson

NR Chaminade

The Wolfpack should be ashamed of themselves.

14 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Yeah this is a disaster.

It’s even worse because A&M has a 1st year HC and they are 2-9, beating auburn at auburn last night.

A&M lost a ton from last year's team, hired some nobody from fucking Samford, and is already off to the races with back-to-back wins over LSU and Auburn. Meanwhile we're floundering under Miller and still searching for our first conference win. It's a fucking embarrassment.

Joe Cook: Is Sean Miller getting his message across?

There’s a good amount of crossover between what Sean Miller said Saturday following Texas’ overtime loss to Mississippi State after squandering a seven-point lead with two minutes and what Steve Sarkisian said after Texas’ 57-56 loss to Kansas in 2021. And it’s worth repeating considering the Longhorns are heading to Tennessee to take on a Volunteers squad made in Rick Barnes’ defensive image. Here’s what Miller said Saturday.

“If I tell you not to cross the street, and I keep telling you and I say I swear whatever you do, do not cross the street,” Miller said. “And you do it, and the bus hits you? I’m going to take responsibility as your parent. But damn it, how many times do I have to tell you not to cross the street? We’ve got some of that going on.”

Back in 2021, here’s what Sarkisian had to say after losing to the Jayhawks. The quote was given in Texas’ team meeting room, where postgame availabilities take place.

“It says it up on the wall right here in our team room: the team that has discipline, commitment, toughness and accountability all of the time, that’s what wins games,” Sarkisian said. “And that’s what ultimately wins championships. And we didn’t play that way in the first half. Until we figure that out, that it takes discipline, commitment, toughness, and accountability all the time, we’re going to be swimming upstream. That’s the message to the guys. At some point, they’ve got to recognize that and they’ve got to do the things necessary day in and day out, game in and game out, first half, second half out, start of ball games, end of games, it doesn’t matter if it’s losing a fourth-quarter lead or coming out flat, that’s what it’s about.”

That Kansas game was the nadir of the 5-7 2021 football season for Texas, knocking the Horns to 4-6. That team was made up of players who had signed up to play for Tom Herman or who were brought in by Sarkisian as part of patchwork efforts to put together a roster. To compare an 85-man football roster and a 15-man men’s basketball roster is difficult, but there’s an element common to what Sarkisian said in 2021 and what Miller said Saturday. It’s common in the transfer portal era. It’s common for first-year head coaches.

You don’t get through to everyone. Miller of course brought in a considerable amount of players for this 2025-26 season, including Saturday’s star in Dailyn Swain. But he also inherited a handful of players like Tramon Mark and Chendall Weaver. Mentioning those players here isn’t meant to assign them blame. Miller himself chose not to name names when it came to who isn’t listening to what he says, something that can probably be seen as related to his team’s defense.

The Longhorns are No. 24 in points per game with 88.6 per contest. On defense? They are No. 186 and allow 73.4 ppg. Texas is No. 27 in offensive rating on KenPom but is No. 122 in defensive rating. Miller’s defense is what’s hampering his team. And for some reason, his weeks of mentioning defense publicly and assumedly privately hasn’t gotten through. That doesn’t just mean the retentions. That doesn’t just mean the portal additions. It means everyone.

Miller will have an opportunity, like Sarkisian did, to remake his team in the offseason. Texas did bring in Quinn Ewers and a host of top prospects that became the foundation for his program after 2021. Is there another one of those types of players in the portal for Miller?

It remains to be seen not only what the rest of the SEC campaign entails for Texas, but also what the roster will do in response to Miller lamenting his team’s defensive woes. While he may end up with a similar result to Texas football’s 5-7 2021 season, Miller has to make sure that type of result features a cultural overhaul and defensive improvement. If not, then Miller won’t be able to compare himself to Sarkisian in how their programs improved from a struggle-filled year one.

Not sure throwing the players under the bus over and over in your first year as head coach while vastly underperforming norms is a solid idea, but Sean Miler is along the for the experiment.

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