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7 minutes ago, Grande Mart said:

Who the hell is Fairleigh Dickinson?

 

They upset Purdue as a 16-seed a couple tourneys ago. Coach was a weird looking dude

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15 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

They upset Purdue as a 16-seed a couple tourneys ago. Coach was a weird looking dude

Tobin Anderson was only at FDU for that one season, before bolting to Iona after upsetting Purdue. Replacing Pitino was probably not the correct decision, as Iona shitcanned him after two seasons and a 33-34(22-18 conf) record. 

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20 minutes ago, Degenerate Gardner said:

The SEC! broadcast is brutal. Fun game though. I’m just happy to watch basketball and see players coalesce. Mattas is skilled if unpolished. Wilcher seems a good add too.

You want Lowell back?

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12 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

You want Lowell back?

If it’s a binary situation, yeah, maybe.

The gentleman on tonight’s broadcast reminds me of listening to many regional broadcasts over the years, often on AM radio. Just don’t make me the new gregorygym. #theadultsareback

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Alex Loeb worked for LHN and sometimes did basketball games.

Jim Haller was head basketball coach for Baylor from 1977-1985 before as a lot of coaches there have done got in trouble by breaking NCAA rules.

He resigned before he got fired.

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Went to the game. It is the best we have looked all year. Good to see Heide get back in the game. He didn’t do a lot (hit a 3), but his defense looked very sound to me. That said, Duru passes the eye test for me at a much higher level. Dude is just built like a brick and seems to have great instincts for the ball.

Traore once again crushed it on the glass. Came in and got 2 offensive rebounds in about 3 min. But he also struggled with his shot around the rim. Bro needs to make them if he wants playing time.

Wilcher looked more comfortable. And Mark looked a little better primarily playing off the ball. Thought he had a good game.

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10 hours ago, HookEm said:

Went to the game. It is the best we have looked all year. Good to see Heide get back in the game. He didn’t do a lot (hit a 3), but his defense looked very sound to me. That said, Duru passes the eye test for me at a much higher level. Dude is just built like a brick and seems to have great instincts for the ball.

Traore once again crushed it on the glass. Came in and got 2 offensive rebounds in about 3 min. But he also struggled with his shot around the rim. Bro needs to make them if he wants playing time.

Wilcher looked more comfortable. And Mark looked a little better primarily playing off the ball. Thought he had a good game.

Traore is physically the real deal and very aggressive on defense and the boards.  When the ball is in his hands on offense, he kicks into adrenaline rush like my ridgeback when she sees a squirrel.  He just needs to calm down on offense a bit.

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11 minutes ago, VinyVango said:

Traore is physically the real deal and very aggressive on defense and the boards.  When the ball is in his hands on offense, he kicks into adrenaline rush like my ridgeback when she sees a squirrel.  He just needs to calm down on offense a bit.

I’m chalking this up to not having played for a full year. Hes only in his 3rd game since the 23-24 season and he didn’t cleared to practice until late summer 

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Another point on Duru.... He was going for a loose ball and collided with a FDU player.  The other guy went flying like he was hit by a truck.  I was like daayummn!  Duru is listed as 6'8, 235, which makes him 20 pounds heavier than Traore while being an inch shorter. 

When you watch him play, he moves so well, you think he is more like 6'5. Apparently he played a lot of soccer growing up and you can see it on defense and when chasing boards. He runs through traffic supremely well for someone his size. 

This guy is going to be a real test of how well Miller can develop players.  He averaged 11.4 PTS, 5.1 TRB for Germany's silver medal U19 Euro team. It isn't like we are starting from scratch here. But the sky is the limit and he has the look of a potential NBA player to me. I think Damion James could be an ok Texas comp. 

The bad thing for Duru is that we have a ton of depth at the forward position.  Swain is probably the best player on the team.  Codie is starting and is built like the complete opposite player from Duru.  Long and lanky and a little gangly, but has a lot of tools.  Plus Heide, who is also a proven contributor on a title caliber team.  So I don't really see a path for more than ~18-20 minutes. 

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i loved that miller had the team running the offense and running at pace down to the very end. i’ve been wanting to see that for longer than i can remember.

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Agree. I also think our depth is going to lead to some serious blowouts against the crap opponents we are playing.  I'm not actually sure that our 2nd unit is worse than our starters. 

What would be the point spread in this matchup:

  • Team A:  Jordan Pope, Tramon Mark, Dailyn Swain, Nic Codie, Matas Vokietaitis
  • Team B:  Simeon Wilcher, Chendall Weaver, Camden Heide, Declan Duru, Lassina Traore

If those two teams played 10 times, Team B might win 3-4 of them.  

Posted
8 minutes ago, HookEm said:

I'm not actually sure that our 2nd unit is worse than our starters. 

this is what i’ve been basing my loose comparisons to 2024 auburn on. we don’t have a johni broome, but much like that team we have like 7-8 guys who are all pretty close in terms of skill level, all good-very good college players- no scrubs, but no all americans. i really liked that auburn team (don’t google what they did in the tourney) and i’d love to see this Texas team resemble that squad in the sense of having 9 guys who all play a real role and who are dependable players. i feel like that’s the best version of this roster that we can hope for.

 

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