May 1, 20241 yr I agree with the need for a big man. My hope was that we would have lucked into one who had some nastiness/strength to him. Someone who is not afraid to go in there and push people around. I’m not sure who that would have been though.
May 1, 20241 yr RT had better hope the next person through that door has to duck when they walk through it.
May 2, 20241 yr UCLA freshman big man Berke Buyuktuncel hit the portal today, and he's a name to know for Texas fans. The 6-9, 240 pound power forward is from Turkey, and the Horns have someone on staff (yep, that high flyer) that has connections to players in Turkey. Is he talking about Dogus Balbay?
May 2, 20241 yr On 4/30/2024 at 9:34 PM, CTC2 said: I agree with the need for a big man. My hope was that we would have lucked into one who had some nastiness/strength to him. Someone who is not afraid to go in there and push people around. I’m not sure who that would have been though. I'm still hoping we throw our hat in the ring with Rutgers center Cliff Omoruyi.
May 2, 20241 yr 12 hours ago, cafe society said: I'm still hoping we throw our hat in the ring with Rutgers center Cliff Omoruyi. I think that dream may be dead. He's currently on his final visit at UNC right now.
May 5, 20241 yr On 5/2/2024 at 11:45 AM, ITHorn said: I think that dream may be dead. He's currently on his final visit at UNC right now. Yep, committed to Bama a few minutes ago.
May 6, 20241 yr On 4/26/2024 at 8:29 AM, HookEm said: This dude should be our #1 target right now. He would immediately change the potential of the team. He is one of the top rebounders in the country, particularly on the offensive glass. Was also the Sun Belt defensive player of the year before going to Miami. And he can score inside and outside the paint. Break the bank and do what is needed with NIL to go get him. Baylor.
May 6, 20241 yr Lol. If Baylor got him then we 100% had a shot to get him. Oh well, if we could pull JT Toppin that would be a great alternative We could potentially get 2-3 years of Toppin and he also is 6'9 vs. Omier' 6'7.
May 7, 20241 yr 7 hours ago, HookEm said: Lol. If Baylor got him then we 100% had a shot to get him. Oh well, if we could pull JT Toppin that would be a great alternative We could potentially get 2-3 years of Toppin and he also is 6'9 vs. Omier' 6'7. This was reportedly not about NIL. Winning a recent national championship comes with some perks.
May 7, 20241 yr Yeah Baylor looks stacked and Drew can coach. If you don’t care about the money, it’s not a bad place to end up
May 7, 20241 yr 8 hours ago, Js1 said: Yeah Baylor looks stacked and Drew can coach. If you don’t care about the money, it’s not a bad place to end up Exactly. With some hard work and a little bit of luck, they just might make it past the second round of the tournament for the first time in 3 years.
May 7, 20241 yr Well to be fair to Baylor, there is NIL money to be had. But mostly as hush money to sexual assault victims.
May 8, 20241 yr On 4/30/2024 at 10:53 PM, Degenerate Gardner said: RT had better hope the next person through that door has to duck when they walk through it.
May 8, 20241 yr Toppin and the Utah big would be a good big man haul. Toppin and the Turkish guy from UCLA (who didn't exactly have an impressive year) would fine as long as the later doesn't shy away from crashing the boards and can provide a little interior defense. I read that we might also be kicking the tires on Trevon Brazile. If that's true, he could provide some instant familiarity/chemistry with Mark and great PF/C flexibility. I admittedly have no idea if any of these guys have character red flags.
May 13, 20241 yr The insufferable Tech fans on the Trilly Discord seemed to be conceding Toppin over the weekend, but it’s a fickle bunch. I guess their “insiders” are claiming he visited UT last week, but not sure if that’s been reported elsewhere at all.
May 13, 20241 yr Toppin would be an exceptional addition. At that point we COULD be done. That said, It would be nice to get a true center to split some time with Shedrick.
May 13, 20241 yr SEC announced home/away bball games (no dates yet): https://www.secsports.com/news/2024/05/2024-25-sec-mens-basketball-conference-opponents-announced We play Arkansas, A&M, and OU home and home and the rest are either home or away. Barnes comes to Texas, we go to Beard. Quote Texas Alabama Arkansas Auburn Georgia Kentucky Missouri Oklahoma Tennessee Texas A&M at Arkansas at Florida at LSU at Ole Miss at Mississippi State at Oklahoma at South Carolina at Texas A&M at Vanderbilt
May 13, 20241 yr 3 minutes ago, Texas Wahoo said: SEC announced home/away bball games (no dates yet): https://www.secsports.com/news/2024/05/2024-25-sec-mens-basketball-conference-opponents-announced We play Arkansas, A&M, and OU home and home and the rest are either home or away. Barnes comes to Texas, we go to Beard. I wonder if rivalries will eventually match permanent opponents in football or if that will be separate. Texas - Arkansas, OU, A&M A&M - LSU, OU, Texas OU - Texas, A&M, Mizzou Mizzou - Arkansas, OU, Vandy LSU - Arkansas, A&M, Ole Miss Arkansas - Texas, Mizzou, LSU Ole Miss - LSU, Miss State, Auburn Miss State - Ole Miss, Bama, South Carolina Bama - Auburn, Miss State, Kentucky Auburn - Bama, Ole Miss, UGA Kentucky - Bama, Tennessee, Vanderbilt Vanderbilt - Tennessee, Kentucky, Mizzou Tennessee - Kentucky, Florida, Vanderbilt USC - UGA, Auburn, Florida UGA - Auburn, Florida, USC Florida - UGA, USC, Tennessee
May 13, 20241 yr Man, the league has been giving us some VERY favorable scheduling in football and basketball to start things off. Most of our tough matchups are at home besides the Home & Aways. The top-3 teams in the conference are going to be home only games, plus Kentucky. Below are the CBS, On3, and ESPN early rankings... Home Only Alabama (#9, #1, #6) - #1 SEC Auburn (#10, #9, #12) - #2 SEC Tennessee (#16, #20, #20) - #3 SEC Kentucky (fringe top-25) - #8 SEC Georgia - #12 SEC Missouri - #14 SEC Home & Away Arkansas (#23, UR, #19) - #7 SEC Texas A&M (#11, #22, #11) - #10 SEC Oklahoma - #15 SEC Away Only at Florida (#17, #17, #15) - #4 SEC at South Carolina (fringe top-25) - #5 SEC at Mississippi State (fringe top-25) - #9 SEC at Ole Miss - (fringe top-25) - #11 SEC at LSU - #13 SEC at Vanderbilt - #16 SEC
May 13, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, Underdog said: Whose couch can I sleep on if I come down for the UK game? Edited May 13, 20241 yr by Herpa Derpa
May 13, 20241 yr The Arkansas and Kentucky games at home will be defacto away games if we struggle early
May 14, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Pancho said: Back to Maui for 2025 I was happy thinking about a Thanksgiving in Hawaii, but I presume we will be playing A&M at home that same weekend.
May 14, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, Pancho said: Back to Maui for 2025 1 hour ago, cafe society said: Other than Maui, has anyone seen our non-conference slate? That’s for 2025. We don’t go to Maui this year.
May 14, 20241 yr Yeah, most of us will be dead by November 2025. For 2024, it's Legends with Tech, Syracuse, and Saint Joseph's. They usually do a good job of arranging it to the two higher ranked teams are set up to meet in the title game, but we're all about even with Syracuse and Texas Tech with Saint Joseph likely being the weaker link. Make of that what you will. We got Ohio State in Las Vegas and then I think some other 'neutral site' game in Houston. I think we may have one half-ass decent home non-conf game for the first time in years. But don't hold your breath. And the usual smattering of directional schools. I still remember that one year where Shaka managed to not have one single Texas school on our non-conf. slate and it really pissed off the UT System/BOR. And of course he lost to Rider or some such bullshit team. Anyway, our home SEC slate looks pretty good, but not terribly exciting. The newness of Moody and Rodney Terry and the SEC league is gonna wear off at some point. So I hope there's a long term plan to sell that place out and make it loud.
May 14, 20241 yr 2 minutes ago, YGIFS said: I think we may have one half-ass decent home non-conf game for the first time in years. Isn’t UConn coming to Austin? Just now, Underdog said: Doesn’t the two game series with UConn start this season in Austin?
May 14, 20241 yr Yeah, forgot about that. UCONN, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky will be our marquee home matchups. A&M, OU, Georgia, Mizzou, Auburn, Alabama making up the next tier. And then a buncha other shit. I'm assuming we'll still play 17 home games? 9 conference and 8 non-conference? With 3 neutral site games?
May 15, 20241 yr On 5/1/2024 at 8:17 PM, gsoda3 said: Is he talking about Dogus Balbay? Nice catch... Missed that news in February "According to Inside Texas, Balbay joined the Texas Longhorns staff in a "support capacity" and will strive to help the team. The Turkish guard does not have a specific job description, but he is tasked with aiding coach Rodney Terry, who once coached Balbay, in developing and mentoring players during the long NCAA season."
May 15, 20241 yr 15 hours ago, YGIFS said: Yeah, forgot about that. UCONN, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky will be our marquee home matchups. A&M, OU, Georgia, Mizzou, Auburn, Alabama making up the next tier. And then a buncha other shit. I'm assuming we'll still play 17 home games? 9 conference and 8 non-conference? With 3 neutral site games? A&M, ou, Auburn, and Alabama will also be marquee home games. UGA might be a decent crowd because of name alone.
May 15, 20241 yr Agree. Alabama and Auburn could both be top-10 teams when they come to Austin. A&M could easily be top-25 and will be a must win given how annoying they are.
May 15, 20241 yr UK game may be name only as time will tell what kind of team they’ll roll into Austin with and under a new coach.
May 15, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, justhookit said: Yeah, this is a great schedule compared to previous years. been waiting on a schedule like this for a hot, hot minute. one of the funnier parts of my passion for this program is how happy it makes me when i can’t get into the building. there might have been two games ever at the FEC where i couldn’t find a ticket that i could afford. i anticipate that number doubling if not tripling this fall alone.
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