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4 minutes ago, Teryor said:

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I think having a pair of athletic 7footers in Magoon Gwath and Bodo Bodo on the same team would be fun.  Plus, we would probably get a few years out of them.

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Love knowing which teams contacted through Zoom

4 hours ago, LebongJames said:

Has to be better than the twat we ran out a C the last two years. He was softer than soft serve.

No argument.  But, he already had a degree from UVA.  Why shouldn’t he come to Texas for free post grad if someone was dumb enuf to offer it?

33 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

No argument.  But, he already had a degree from UVA.  Why shouldn’t he come to Texas for free post grad if someone was dumb enuf to offer it?

Sure, definitely not the kids fault for accepting a scholarship to get a masters at Texas.

I will say it here and again, I am sure, elsewhere.

THE TRANSFER PORTAL IS THE DEMISE OF THE “MADNESS” OF MARCH.

We have 4 #1s in the Final Four.

The #1s had to beat 3 #2s and a #3 to advance.

All of the top teams in Boys AND Girls basketball are littered with transfers.

I think that we are witnessing the end of the Madness and don’t care because we are basically a “Have”. But it was the “Have Nots” that made the tournament crazy and fun.

That’s pretty much over.

3 hours ago, Napoleon said:

I will say it here and again, I am sure, elsewhere.

THE TRANSFER PORTAL IS THE DEMISE OF THE “MADNESS” OF MARCH.

We have 4 #1s in the Final Four.

The #1s had to beat 3 #2s and a #3 to advance.

All of the top teams in Boys AND Girls basketball are littered with transfers.

I think that we are witnessing the end of the Madness and don’t care because we are basically a “Have”. But it was the “Have Nots” that made the tournament crazy and fun.

That’s pretty much over.

We know, old people hate change. 
 

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I’m not too much older than you.

I don’t mind change. I do get bummed when changes make things worse rather than different or better.

People don’t fill out NBA playoffs for a reason… those playoffs don’t deviate much from the seedings. And in a 7 game series, unless the refs have a betting interest in the outcome/despise a team owner, the better team will win.

The unpredictability of the outcomes made the tournament pure madness. 

The madness that occurs during the NBA Playoffs is is most likely go to be caused by boredom.

I will still watch, if I’m living in the States, but I feel that it won’t be as entertaining as before. The tournament’s “Cinderella” (Arkansas) was #16 in the preseason poll.

That’s pretty pitiful.

5 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

I’m not too much older than you.

I don’t mind change. I do get bummed when changes make things worse rather than different or better.

People don’t fill out NBA playoffs for a reason… those playoffs don’t deviate much from the seedings. And in a 7 game series, unless the refs have a betting interest in the outcome/despise a team owner, the better team will win.

The unpredictability of the outcomes made the tournament pure madness. 

The madness that occurs during the NBA Playoffs is is most likely go to be caused by boredom.

I will still watch, if I’m living in the States, but I feel that it won’t be as entertaining as before. The tournament’s “Cinderella” (Arkansas) was #16 in the preseason poll.

That’s pretty pitiful.

You’re off to a great head start, then. 
 

also, I was just fucking with you man. It’s surly. The great enshitification thread exists for a reason. 

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4 hours ago, Napoleon said:

I will say it here and again, I am sure, elsewhere.

THE TRANSFER PORTAL IS THE DEMISE OF THE “MADNESS” OF MARCH.

We have 4 #1s in the Final Four.

The #1s had to beat 3 #2s and a #3 to advance.

All of the top teams in Boys AND Girls basketball are littered with transfers.

I think that we are witnessing the end of the Madness and don’t care because we are basically a “Have”. But it was the “Have Nots” that made the tournament crazy and fun.

That’s pretty much over.

The 2008 Final Four was all #1s as well. Damn Transfer Portal opened early.

22 minutes ago, texifornia said:

The 2008 Final Four was all #1s as well. Damn Transfer Portal opened early.

You are being incredibly unfair asking for, at a minimum, a 2nd data point to establish the trend line.  2025 is the trend!

Auburn’s starting 5 is almost 23 years old by average. Duke really bucks the old experience team by bc of Flagg and Knueppel 

2 hours ago, texifornia said:

The 2008 Final Four was all #1s as well. Damn Transfer Portal opened early.

I dunno... the EE was 3,2,2,2,1,1,1,1. And the 3 seed was #9 in Ken pom. Never seen a chalkier tournament in my life

14 minutes ago, linux said:

I dunno... the EE was 3,2,2,2,1,1,1,1. And the 3 seed was #9 in Ken pom. Never seen a chalkier tournament in my life

The graduation of the COVID seniors will help a lot. Too many 22-23 year olds playing against 18-19 year olds. The portal will still keep the talent relatively near the top, but there’s a lot of guys who should be NBA/G-league/overseas rookies who are playing in their 4th/5th/6th tournament 

22 minutes ago, linux said:

I dunno... the EE was 3,2,2,2,1,1,1,1. And the 3 seed was #9 in Ken pom. Never seen a chalkier tournament in my life

Last time the four 1 seeds all made it in was in 2008.  San Antonio 

We all love the cinderellas on the first weekend of the tournament. But, once we get to the S16 and E8, I like to see the strongest teams play against each other. 

7 minutes ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Last time the four 1 seeds all made it in was in 2008.  San Antonio 

Yeah that was what I was replying to, the only 2 seed in the EE that year was Texas (it was 10,3,3,2,1,1,1,1), and we got ASS BLASTED by Cal's Memphis squad. Fun memories...

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10 minutes ago, linux said:

Yeah that was what I was replying to, the only 2 seed in the EE that year was Texas (it was 10,3,3,2,1,1,1,1), and we got ASS BLASTED by Cal's Memphis squad. Fun memories...

That was the game that they had like 40 free throws to our 10 or something. I was there. Memphis fans are horrible.

12 minutes ago, linux said:

Yeah that was what I was replying to, the only 2 seed in the EE that year was Texas (it was 10,3,3,2,1,1,1,1), and we got ASS BLASTED by Cal's Memphis squad. Fun memories...

Yea D Rose crushed DJ

Call me crazy, but I prefer my Basketball Recruiting thread to have more updates on.....recruiting. 

58 minutes ago, linux said:

Yeah that was what I was replying to, the only 2 seed in the EE that year was Texas (it was 10,3,3,2,1,1,1,1), and we got ASS BLASTED by Cal's Memphis squad. Fun memories...

That entire Memphis just made us look like middle schoolers. It was embarrassing. Derrick Rose was literally unstoppable. 

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Committed to Miller at Zona, didn't end up getting to play for him, we're 4 teams past that now but feels possibly relevant

8 hours ago, RichUT said:

Call me crazy, but I prefer my Basketball Recruiting thread to have more updates on.....recruiting. 

 

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I know that players can be found anywhere but not sure scouring UNC-w and southern Illinois and the like is the way. 

2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

I know that players can be found anywhere but not sure scouring UNC-w and southern Illinois and the like is the way. 

Are you sure?

Clayton Jr was at Iona

Will Richard was at Belmont

Denver Jones FIU

Chaney Johnson was at a D2 school 

Lots of names here that aren’t from big name schools: https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/transfers-have-accounted-for-53-of-the-points-in-the-2025-ncaa-tournament-these-sweet-16-teams-have-the-most/amp/

3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Are you sure?

Clayton Jr was at Iona

Will Richard was at Belmont

Denver Jones FIU

Chaney Johnson was at a D2 school 

Lots of names here that aren’t from big name schools: https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/transfers-have-accounted-for-53-of-the-points-in-the-2025-ncaa-tournament-these-sweet-16-teams-have-the-most/amp/

Add SEC Newcomer of the Year and Elite Eight participant Chaz Lanier (North Florida) to that list. 

Just now, MuellerHorn said:

Add SEC Newcomer of the Year and Elite Eight participant Chaz Lanier (North Florida) to that list. 

Was mostly going with F4 teams but yeah. Ton of transfers from mid majors and low majors thrive at the P4

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25 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

First school for starting 5 of the s16 teams?

Yes.

9 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

 

 

Also, it's not like Miller is walking into a stacked roster.

Next year might be a "transition" year - better than RT did this year, but not a Sweet 16 or Elite 8 roster right off the bat, depending on who we get in the portal. 

53 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Also, it's not like Miller is walking into a stacked roster.

Next year might be a "transition" year - better than RT did this year, but not a Sweet 16 or Elite 8 roster right off the bat, depending on who we get in the portal. 

Nah dude Day, Cal, Pope, Young were all first year at stint coaches and they made the SS, I think that is a good goal thanks to the portal.

3 hours ago, jeevsie said:

Purdue says take your portal and shove it.

Matt Painter is Dabo's much bigger brother by another mother.

57 minutes ago, Teryor said:

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Charlie Villanueva is reincarnated?

4 hours ago, Js1 said:

Also, it's not like Miller is walking into a stacked roster.

Next year might be a "transition" year - better than RT did this year, but not a Sweet 16 or Elite 8 roster right off the bat, depending on who we get in the portal. 

When Beard took the Texas job his entire roster was Brock Cunningham. 

2 years later he had built a team so stacked and well coached they dragged RT's ass to an elite 8. 

If Miller is the real deal he will have this built to quality quickly. 

3 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

Charlie Villanueva is reincarnated?

When Beard took the Texas job his entire roster was Brock Cunningham. 

2 years later he had built a team so stacked and well coached they dragged RT's ass to an elite 8. 

If Miller is the real deal he will have this built to quality quickly. 

No doubt. I could see a comparable first year results to Beard’s first year and then a much much much better roster in year 2 

15 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

Charlie Villanueva is reincarnated?

When Beard took the Texas job his entire roster was Brock Cunningham. 

2 years later he had built a team so stacked and well coached they dragged RT's ass to an elite 8. 😂

If Miller is the real deal he will have this built to quality quickly. 


Chris Beard was arrested December 12th, 2022.

Texas had barely started the season at that point.

RT coached that team through the season, through the conference tournament, and then to the Elite Eight (a.k.a. "Quarterfinals").

We all know that RT isn't good at head coaching, but he did a very admirable job in the tournament and what's his name (Vandy transfer)... DISU!... helped a lot as well, but RT23 was a much better coach than RT24-25. Beard barely had his hands on that team once the season started.

Oh cool, let's not talk about recruiting and relitigate this again! 

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