October 7, 20214 yr Texas tied with ISU to finish 2nd in conference. Baylor was first with 7 first place votes. 2 for Texas and 1 for ISU. Edited October 7, 20214 yr by Js1
October 7, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, perfectchaos007 said: Seems like we're projected 2nd every year It’s Baylor’s until they lose. But Collen ain’t Kim. I think they’ll fall off pretty quickly
October 13, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, Pancho said: Mississippi State coach resigns due to health reasons. 😳 Awful. I hope her breast cancer didn’t come back. Rough for MSU and for her
October 13, 20214 yr Author 13 hours ago, Pancho said: Mississippi State coach resigns due to health reasons. 😳
October 19, 20214 yr Texas is ranked #25 in the preseason AP poll. Texas has to prove the Elite 8 wasn't a fluke after losing Celeste Taylor (Duke), Charli Collier (WNBA), Kyra Lambert (graduation), Karisma Ortiz (UTSA), Precious Johnson (Auburn) and Elyssa Coleman (UTSA) South Carolina UConn Stanford Maryland NC State Baylor is 7 Iowa State is 12 Tennessee is 15 West Virginia is 19 Arizona is 22 Texas A&M is 23 OK State and OU are RV
October 21, 20214 yr ESPN currently has Texas with the #11 class for 2022 - tops in the Big 12. The Pac 12 has the top 3 classes. Texas current commits: #33 Ndjakalenga Mwententanda, #62 Amina Muhammad and #66 Jordan Codio. There's not very many players left uncommitted, but I mentioned in the Volleyball thread that 2023 #20 Maggie Mendelson. 6'5 post, (also a volleyball recruit as a 6'5 MB/OH) reclassified to 2022 and was here last weekend for the OK State game. We only have the one 'ship left for 2022 and we did not make the final list for #17 Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, so Vic will either hold it for 2023 recruit/transfer or Maggie Mendelson.
October 25, 20214 yr Saw some recaps of the scrimmage yesterday (Orange & White, followed by scrimmaging the practice players full of guys). Joanne Allen-Taylor and Audrey will absolutely be the leaders of the team - no question. Joanne will be the person that makes this team go. Rori has "it" and will be starting PG sooner rather than later. She Brooke McCarty 2.0. Chevalier will come in and bulldog the shit out of opposing point guards. Moore/Gaston/Ebo will be an absolute handful under the basket. Moore has no fear driving to the basket. Ebo continues to be an exceptional finisher under the basket but she's still slow as shit. Kyndall Hunter can shoot it. Gaston is finally healthy and will be a big contributor. This team likes to run - they will try to exhaust the shit out of teams with how much they run. Defense will be a work in progress, just like last year, to start the year as the young players get up to speed and acclimated. Women lost by 1 point to the men's practice squad. Again - the defense was not spectacular. If I had to guess, starting 5 to open the season will be more veteran - Chevalier, Allen-Taylor, Warren, Gaston, Ebo. Moore might sneak into the starting 5 early. By season's end, it would likely be Harmon, Allen-Taylor, Warren, Ebo/Gaston, Moore.
October 28, 20214 yr Gary Blair is retiring after this upcoming season. 36 seasons, 28 postseasons, 2 final fours, a championship and only 1 losing season ever. Texas A&M women's basketball coach Gary Blair to retire after 2021-22 season - The Athletic
October 28, 20214 yr They are already suggesting Vic and saying “if Texas can get Beard, we can get Vic back here.” I feel like Vic wouldn’t do that, but home is home.
October 28, 20214 yr 21 minutes ago, Pancho said: They are already suggesting Vic and saying “if Texas can get Beard, we can get Vic back here.” I feel like Vic wouldn’t do that, but home is home. They need to do what Miss St didn't do - elevate their associate head coach. Kelly Bond-White has been the right hand woman since Vic left.
October 29, 20214 yr On 10/28/2021 at 10:07 AM, Pancho said: They are already suggesting Vic and saying “if Texas can get Beard, we can get Vic back here.” I feel like Vic wouldn’t do that, but home is home. The more I think about it, the more I believe Vic won't accept and barely will listen . This isn't a Kim Mulkey situation - she went "home" but she had a shitty relationship with the AD at Baylor. He seems to have a great relationship with CDC, he has a core group he just brought in for 2021 that will be here for 4 years, he gets a brand new, state of the art arena next year and just took Texas to the Elite 8 in year 1. A&M is "home" but he talked a lot about being born in Austin when he got here. He has a long, close relationship with Blair and there's very little chance he took the Texas job without talking to his friend first. He had to have known Blair was close to retirement (everyone on Planet Earth knew he had 1-3 seasons left in him) - why take the Texas job if GB was 1 or 2 years from retiring and he'd be the #1 choice? Had he stayed at MSU until Blair left, he would have had a really good roster in 2020-21 team with Espinosa-Hunter, Matharu, Carter, Jackson, Cooks and Bibby + Madison Hayes and Deyona Gaston coming onto campus. They were 27-6 and likely a #2 seed if the tournament hadn't been cancelled in 2020 - probably could have been the same or better if he stayed for 2020-21. He came here for a reason. He's not leaving. Beard took the Tech job because he was at Little Rock and Shaka was in year 2 of his Texas contract. He did not take the Tech job with any inkling of the Texas job opening up within 2 years of starting at Tech. Edited October 29, 20214 yr by Js1
October 29, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Js1 said: The more I think about it, the more I believe Vic won't offer. This isn't a Kim Mulkey situation - she went "home" but she had a shitty relationship with the AD at Baylor. He seems to have a great relationship with CDC, he has a core group he just brought in for 2021 that will be here for 4 years, he gets a brand new, state of the art arena next year and just took Texas to the Elite 8 in year 1. A&M is "home" but he talked a lot about being born in Austin when he got here. He has a long, close relationship with Blair and there's very little chance he took the Texas job without talking to his friend first. He had to have known Blair was close to retirement (everyone on Planet Earth knew he had 1-3 seasons left in him) - why take the Texas job if GB was 1 or 2 years from retiring and he'd be the #1 choice? Had he stayed at MSU until Blair left, he would have had a really good roster in 2020-21 team with Espinosa-Hunter, Matharu, Carter, Jackson, Cooks and Bibby + Madison Hayes and Deyona Gaston coming onto campus. They were 27-6 and likely a #2 seed if the tournament hadn't been cancelled in 2020 - probably could have been the same or better if he stayed for 2020-21. He came here for a reason. He's not leaving. Beard took the Tech job because he was at Little Rock and Shaka was in year 2 of his Texas contract. He did not take the Tech job with any inkling of the Texas job opening up within 2 years of starting at Tech. Vic does seem all-in on UT, which I love. I don't see him taking the job either, but it will be an interesting season/off-season for sure.
October 29, 20214 yr I’m surprised the Vic talk isn’t prefaced by “first you make geno say no” because aggy is aggy.
October 30, 20214 yr On 10/28/2021 at 11:07 AM, Pancho said: They are already suggesting Vic and saying “if Texas can get Beard, we can get Vic back here.” I feel like Vic wouldn’t do that, but home is home. Beard might have left because "home is home" but a big reason he left Tech is recruiting limitations. The '22 class currently has 2 five stars and then see what Beard did on the transfer market this season. The "home" narrative might have some truth with Beard but he came to Texas because he knew he could recruit like this which wasn't going to happen at Tech. Seems a lot different with Schaefer because there isn't going to be a recruiting advantage at A&M over Texas. Reality is most coaches care more about winning than anything else and A&M doesn't give Schaefer any bigger advantage than Texas in that regards.
November 9, 20214 yr Not a lot of offense in the highly anticipated 1 v 5 opening day. #1 SC up 25-19 on #5 NC State at half.
November 10, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, Longhornmaniac8 said: At what point can I start feeling bad for New Orleans? Before it started.
November 10, 20214 yr 27 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said: Lattimore looks insane. What a late addition. Very surprised. I thought with her injury she would ease into playing time
November 10, 20214 yr Just now, Pato del Muerto said: Full court press up 40? I mean it's all back ups in the 2nd quarter. You have to get players reps and this is how Schaefer plays.
November 10, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said: Full court press up 40? 40 min of hell. Vic’s philosophy is teams are going to dread playing us
November 10, 20214 yr I'm not sure I've seen a women's team just thoroughly abuse somebody like this.
November 10, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said: Hunter is a better shooter than steph curry. +1
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