September 28, 20241 yr I know Rori has the medical redshirt and can still come back next year... But if she doesn't, ESPN has her a potential top 10 pick in the next draft.
September 29, 20241 yr Ran into Booker walking up to the practice facility in some badass boots at halftime, she looks great and ready for the season.
September 30, 20241 yr Per Blake Munroe Texas also brought in Crump to assist in recruiting Chavez. He says there is speculation they want to play together at the next level.
September 30, 20241 yr Blake Women's Basketball: - The nation's No. 1 recruit, Aaliyah Chavez, took her official visit to Texas this weekend. Chavez arrived on Friday, took in the game on Saturday and left on Sunday. I'm told that visit went really, really well. - One source I spoke with last night said that Texas is the leader for the elite guard out of Lubbock Monterrey after the visit. - Coach Vic and his staff also hosted their lone commitment in this class for an unofficial visit this weekend. Aaliyah Crump, who is the nation's No. 5 overall player, spent time in Austin and hung out with Chavez. - There's been some speculation on if these two would play together at the next level or not. I'm told they hit it off over the weekend and like that idea of playing together on the same team.
September 30, 20241 yr My god, between Vic, Elliot, Sark, Mike White, Schloss - we have some of the nation's best recruiters on campus.
September 30, 20241 yr Next year's roster could be insane. The type of roster like the volleyball roster from 2 years ago where you say "anything other than a national title is a dissapointment."
October 2, 20241 yr Author Really was hoping San Antonio would make a push. I’m not sure why they are hung up on Portland.
October 2, 20241 yr Vic has said it multiple times - he has a hard time getting teams to come here because they don't like to play against 40 minutes of hell. Assuming we will host our SEC-ACC challenge team next year.
October 2, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, Pancho said: Really was hoping San Antonio would make a push. I’m not sure why they are hung up on Portland. The PNW obsession by the NCAA Women's committee is ridiculous. Central time zone gets shafted in favor of Spokane, Portland, Vegas, DC, Philly, Albany, Greensboro, etc.
October 2, 20241 yr 17 minutes ago, Pancho said: If we host some stank team like Clemson next year, I’m gonna be pissed Wouldn't surprise me if it ends up being Stanford. We already have Tenn in the regular season, now we can be force fed Stanford in next year's ACC-SEC challenge. Personally hoping for bringing Nell Fortner back to UT and hosting Georgia Tech. Edited October 2, 20241 yr by Js1
October 2, 20241 yr SDSU is our highest profile non-conference team scheduled to visit Moody. Vic scared everyone worth a damn off lol
October 7, 20241 yr Last year was also proof that scheduling tough in non-conference is not a good idea with NET. Beating the shit out of bad teams gets rewarded with NET. That's just the system unfortunately.
October 7, 20241 yr Also our strongest non-conf games are away from home, and road/neutral wins have bigger impacts on NET and the committee’s mind. If Texas wins in South Bend, a neutral site vs Maryland and likely a neutral site with West Virginia, those look pretty good. Plus we have LSU, Bama, Tenn and SC at home
October 8, 20241 yr Vic Schaefer is an elite recruiter, so I have no doubt we land Chavez and Crump. He's relentless and can recruiter at a level of football, baseball, volleyball, basketball, an softball. He can close this recruiting with both womem.
October 9, 20241 yr I just saw Tech was picked 10th in the Big 12 preseason poll This the program you want, Chavez??
October 9, 20241 yr I saw that JuJu Watkins signed a pretty lucrative deal with Nike, who oh by the way sponsors USC. I assume Chavez took appropriate notice.
October 10, 20241 yr 9 contests on a big network, including ABC for the LSU game All others on SECN+ I guess
October 10, 20241 yr Hopefully our Orange and White game and/or scrimmage against UT-Tyler is on SEC+.
October 11, 20241 yr On 10/9/2024 at 5:39 PM, Js1 said: I just saw Tech was picked 10th in the Big 12 preseason poll This the program you want, Chavez?? How much wampum is it going to take to keep her in Lubbock? She's too good to let get away from us, but I assume Tech or someone else will break the bank on her.
October 11, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Gut Wagon said: How much wampum is it going to take to keep her in Lubbock? She's too good to let get away from us, but I assume Tech or someone else will break the bank on her. I don’t think anybody is outspending us in women’s basketball. That’s been pretty obvious the last 2 or 3 recruiting cycles. We already have the #4 recruit committed and might lead for two more top 10 recruits. It’s pretty obvious we have some big spenders on the women’s basketball side. Edited October 11, 20241 yr by Rickylovesweed
October 11, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, Rickylovesweed said: I don’t think anybody is outspending us in women’s basketball. That’s been pretty obvious the last 2 or 3 recruiting cycles. We already have the #4 recruit committed and might lead for two more top 10 recruits. It’s pretty obvious we have some big spenders on the women’s basketball side. True, though I assume a HS unicorn from Lubbock is going to get offered unprecedented coin to stay home. The Matador Club/Double Eagle folks shelled out a ton for Canady, Toppin and presumably Hudson, so I can only imagine what they're willing to do for the next rumored Caitlin Clark. Hope her heart is firmly set on Austin regardless.
October 14, 20241 yr Texas picked second in the SEC, behind South Carolina. No surprise SCar (home and road) Texas LSU (home) OU (road) Ole Miss (road) Bama (home) Tenn (home) UK (road) Florida (home) Vandy (home) Miss St (road) Auburn (road) aggy (road) Georgia (road) Missouri (home) Arky (home) Booker one of the 3 preseason picks for SEC POY (three-way tie) and preseason First Team SEC. Rori preseason Second Team SEC Perfect split - 4 home and 4 road contests against both the top half and the bottom half of the conference Edited October 14, 20241 yr by Js1
October 14, 20241 yr Matharu is still bouncing around. Will be her 4th team. Not sure what she’s looking for? She was on a good team with us, but left for Florida for a bigger role. She got that, but is now leaving again.
October 14, 20241 yr 4 minutes ago, Lonestar88 said: Not sure what she’s looking for? Not sure she knows either
October 15, 20241 yr Preseason #4 in the AP Poll 1 South Carolina 2 UConn 3 USC 4 Texas 6 ND 7 LSU 10 OU 16 West Virginia (likely our championship game opponent in the Gulf Coast Showcase if seeding holds) 18 Maryland 19 Ole Miss 22 Kentucky 24 Alabama Vanderbilt, Tennessee, South Dakota St. receiving votes SEC is STACKED. Texas plays 9 games against preseason ranked teams, possibly 10, with 3 more fringe top 25 teams
October 15, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Js1 said: Preseason #4 in the AP Poll 1 South Carolina 2 UConn 3 USC 4 Texas 6 ND 7 LSU 10 OU 16 West Virginia (likely our championship game opponent in the Gulf Coast Showcase if seeding holds) 18 Maryland 19 Ole Miss 22 Kentucky 24 Alabama Vanderbilt, Tennessee, South Dakota St. receiving votes SEC is STACKED. Texas plays 9 games against preseason ranked teams, possibly 10, with 3 more fringe top 25 teams If we ever had a team that can handle the schedule this is the one. Just wish we had more girls for the front line, keeping Taylor healthy will be key. Wonder if Abbie will get any minutes this year?
October 15, 20241 yr We only have 3 players taller than 6’2” on our roster. When Jones or Oldacre aren’t in the game, we’ll be running a small lineup
October 15, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, perfectchaos007 said: We only have 3 players taller than 6’2” on our roster. When Jones or Oldacre aren’t in the game, we’ll be running a small lineup Which is fine. I think a lot of people forget that Vic wants to press and run but injuries have really made people forget how Vic’s teams played. This is why I’ve never understood people who have tried to argue that Chavez isn’t a great fit under Vic. When Vic is running his system with a healthy roster it’s a very fun system to play under.
October 17, 20241 yr On 10/15/2024 at 3:59 PM, Js1 said: For the love of God, STAY FUCKING HEALTHY Found out lil bro is on the women's practice team. Apparently rule 1 is don't injure the players. Another interesting rule is they aren't allowed to jump. Also - why the fuck are these threads still in "other sports"? Needs to be in basketball with the WNBA shit.
October 17, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, ztejas said: Found out lil bro is on the women's practice team. Apparently rule 1 is don't injure the players. Another interesting rule is they aren't allowed to jump. Also - why the fuck are these threads still in "other sports"? Needs to be in basketball with the WNBA shit. Agreed. This should absolutely be in that thread. We're awesome and others need to get on it.
October 17, 20241 yr 54 minutes ago, Funk Doctor Spock said: Agreed. This should absolutely be in that thread. We're awesome and others need to get on it. I think Pancho made some stupid excuse the last time I mentioned it because I mentioned it before. @immamac is there a reason Texas women's hoops shouldn't be in basketball?
October 17, 20241 yr 7 hours ago, ztejas said: I think Pancho made some stupid excuse the last time I mentioned it because I mentioned it before. @immamac is there a reason Texas women's hoops shouldn't be in basketball? I think it would be great to just get rid of this forum. It would get more visibility on the boards. Just have the volleyball, softball, etc thread in "other sports" main category. Womens basketball definitely should be in the basketball main forum
October 17, 20241 yr Fairly lengthy article which summarizes Vic's trip to SEC Tipoff/Media Day. (excerpt) Quote After Harmon finished speaking about Phelia, it was mentioned that Schaefer traveled to Ann Arbor last month for the Texas-Michigan football game. Schaefer explained that Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian called him a few days before UT's 31-12 win at Michigan Stadium and said he had a field pass and seat on the team plane available if Schaefer wanted to go. "I was like a kid in a candy store," Schaefer said. "Went to meetings. I had a notepad with me the whole time. It was a great opportunity for me to really observe and watch him and his staff... just the preparation and everything that goes into that three-hour game is really quite amazing." https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/womens-basketball/2024/10/17/texas-womens-basketball-team-represented-at-sec-tipoff-event-vic-schaefer-rori-harmon-madison-booker/75693093007/
October 17, 20241 yr 46 minutes ago, torre said: Fairly lengthy article which summarizes Vic's trip to SEC Tipoff/Media Day. (excerpt) https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/womens-basketball/2024/10/17/texas-womens-basketball-team-represented-at-sec-tipoff-event-vic-schaefer-rori-harmon-madison-booker/75693093007/ I love that CDC has fostered an work culture where the coaches support each other like that
October 17, 20241 yr Author 14 hours ago, ztejas said: I think Pancho made some stupid excuse the last time I mentioned it because I mentioned it before. @immamac is there a reason Texas women's hoops shouldn't be in basketball? No, I did not make a stupid excuse. What I said was I agree we should have women’s basketball in the main basketball forum but it wasn’t my decision.
October 17, 20241 yr 29 minutes ago, Pancho said: No, I did not make a stupid excuse. What I said was I agree we should have women’s basketball in the main basketball forum but it wasn’t my decision. So because it isn't your decision is a stupid excuse. jk
October 21, 20241 yr Chavez had her OV with OU this past weekend. Probably means her OV to Tech will be right before signing day
October 21, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, Js1 said: Chavez had her OV with OU this past weekend. Probably means her OV to Tech will be right before signing day When is signing day?
October 21, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, TommysTinyTowels said: When is signing day? Early is Nov 13, unless she is waiting until April 16 for regular signing day
October 23, 20241 yr Sounds like we play USC in a scrimmage on Sunday in Fort Worth The good: we got to the line 32 times The bad: we only shot 18-32 from the FT line The concerning: USC pressed a lot. And it was not a good time for non-Harmon guards, but she didn't play most of the scrimmage Vic praised Preston ("Rori on steroids") because she has the speed to match up with quick guards, which was an issue last year with Shaylee. She pushed the ball well and he mentioned speed and athleticism and decision making.
October 24, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, Js1 said: Sounds like we play USC in a scrimmage on Sunday in Fort Worth The good: we got to the line 32 times The bad: we only shot 18-32 from the FT line The concerning: USC pressed a lot. And it was not a good time for non-Harmon guards, but she didn't play most of the scrimmage Vic praised Preston ("Rori on steroids") because she has the speed to match up with quick guards, which was an issue last year with Shaylee. She pushed the ball well and he mentioned speed and athleticism and decision making. As always, I appreciate the information and overview
October 24, 20241 yr Orange and White game tomorrow. Doesn't appear to be televised. In this game last year, Gaston went down with a 4 week long injury that I don't think she fully recovered from. If we can get out of this scrimmage injury free, that's a step in the right direction from last year
October 24, 20241 yr 21 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said: In this game last year, Gaston went down with a 4 week long injury that I don't think she fully recovered from. If we can get out of this scrimmage injury free, that's a step in the right direction from last year Furq me, forgot Gaston was an Auburn Tiger now. Still managed to be B12 6th player of the year last year. The round ball godz owe us an injury free year this year. We are due. This is our year.
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