March 21Mar 21 Tennessee up next. In my humble opinion Rick Barnes is a great coach. Texas should have never fired him.
March 21Mar 21 Just now, Sbbruin said: Tennessee up next. In my humble opinion Rick Barnes is a great coach. Texas should have never fired him.
March 21Mar 21 22 minutes ago, Sbbruin said: Tennessee up next. In my humble opinion Rick Barnes is a great coach. Texas should have never fired him. UCLA would have fired him, too.
March 21Mar 21 21 minutes ago, Js1 said: Rodney Terry is a vastly superior coach. 1 minute ago, David Dennison said: UCLA would have fired him, too. We actually pursued him.
March 21Mar 21 10 minutes ago, Sbbruin said: We actually pursued him. And that's fine. Change of scenery and all. But look at this final seven seasons at Texas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Barnes#Head_coaching_record It was time. Edited March 21Mar 21 by David Dennison
March 21Mar 21 12 hours ago, David Dennison said: And that's fine. Change of scenery and all. But look at this final seven seasons at Texas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Barnes#Head_coaching_record It was time. This conversation goes the same fucking way every time and @Sbbruin should know better. A: "Texas should never have fired Rick Barnes, best coach they ever had and he's killing it at Tennessee." B: "Sure, but look at his last 7 years at Texas. It was time to move on." A: "But Terry is awful and isn't even as good as Barnes was in those years." B: "Except we didn't replace Barnes with Terry. We replaced him with Smart, then Beard, and then gave Terry the job as a thank you for handling the Beard debacle." Anyone familiar with the recent history of Texas basketball already knows all this shit. I don't know why we get baited into repeating it again and again. Keeping a great coach is the goal, but when he has almost a decade of mediocre to bad seasons, it's time to move on. It's what's best for him and what's best for us. And yeah, sometimes you downgrade with the replacement. It sucks, but that's the risk you run. I'd still rather take the risk and try to improve our situation than just sit there and learn to be content with mediocrity.
March 21Mar 21 Baylor vs. Mississippi State 45-39......that must have been a hell of a defensive battle or a WNBA game
March 21Mar 21 Baylor vs. Mississippi State 45-39......that must have been a hell of a defensive battle or a WNBA gameUhhhh….final score was 75-72
March 21Mar 21 Just now, KingBobo81 said: Uhhhh….final score was 75-72 that is strange ESPN had 45-39 I actually looked twice because I did not remember the score as I came to make the post.....but it is corrected now, but it corrected as the page loaded when I hit the back button on the browser to check again
March 22Mar 22 Games to watch tomorrow... If Will Wade gets to the S16, does Texas have second thoughts? Clash of the legends Hahah A&M If Ben McCollum gets to the S16, does Texas have second thoughts? Or maybe we double-dip TT for a little Grant McCasland action? Rick Barnes still coaches at UT Hook 'em, Lady Horns!
March 22Mar 22 I haven’t seen anyone who can match up with Duke physically. If they can shoot at all they are winning this.
March 22Mar 22 8 minutes ago, ATXbronco said: If Will Wade gets to the S16, does Texas have second thoughts?
March 22Mar 22 Author 58 minutes ago, Fastbreak said: I haven’t seen anyone who can match up with Duke physically. If they can shoot at all they are winning this. they’re the biggest team in the country, they have the best player in the country, they shoot lights out, they defend like crazy, they beat the shit out of everybody- they are an absolutely dominant team, and i honestly can’t see anyone other than florida taking them out, and even then, im favoring duke. look at this shit: they’re top 5 in both offense and defense (only florida (1o/10d) is currently also top 10 in both); they’re the fifth best team in the country at scoring, and the best team in the country at stopping you from scoring; they’re top 20 in 3p shooting and 22nd in 3 point defense; they’re sixth in two point shooting and third in two point defense; they also shoot lights out from the line, and they don’t turn the ball over. i haven’t seen a team like this in years. 2025 duke is a truly dominant team. Edited March 22Mar 22 by Derka
March 22Mar 22 Author i’m a firm believer that the last teams to get into the tournament should be mid majors, and not the texas, unc, and xavier’s of the world.
March 24Mar 24 On 3/21/2025 at 11:24 PM, Derka said: they’re the biggest team in the country, they have the best player in the country, they shoot lights out, they defend like crazy, they beat the shit out of everybody- they are an absolutely dominant team, and i honestly can’t see anyone other than florida taking them out, and even then, im favoring duke. look at this shit: they’re top 5 in both offense and defense (only florida (1o/10d) is currently also top 10 in both); they’re the fifth best team in the country at scoring, and the best team in the country at stopping you from scoring; they’re top 20 in 3p shooting and 22nd in 3 point defense; they’re sixth in two point shooting and third in two point defense; they also shoot lights out from the line, and they don’t turn the ball over. i haven’t seen a team like this in years. 2025 duke is a truly dominant team. Duke is a juggernaut and I can easily see them winning it all. They have some big challenges ahead, tho. If they get past Arizona, they will face Alabama or BYU, both high-powered offenses. BYU can match up with Duke height-wise, too. Our starting center is only 6'8", but the guy is a unit/freak athlete with a 7'4" wingspan and 40" vertical. Our starting PG is 6'9" and a potential lottery pick. The rest of our starters are 6'5"-6'7". Only Houston's defense has been able to stop us. I picked Duke to beat BYU in my bracket, but I am hoping BYU get's a shot at Duke on Saturday.
March 25Mar 25 Quite the range of emotions in a week. Quote Last week, Saint Francis was on the wrong end of a thriller when Alabama State's Amarr Knox's game winner knocked the Red Flash out of the NCAA tournament. That First Four game might have been Saint Francis' last as a Division I program. More than a week after that loss, Saint Francis announced Tuesday that it will move its athletics programs to the Division III level in 2026.
March 29Mar 29 Quite the range of emotions in a week. Last week, Saint Francis was on the wrong end of a thriller when Alabama State's Amarr Knox's game winner knocked the Red Flash out of the NCAA tournament. That First Four game might have been Saint Francis' last as a Division I program. More than a week after that loss, Saint Francis announced Tuesday that it will move its athletics programs to the Division III level in 2026. Wow - I guess all of their athletes male/female will be in the portal in some form.Hook’em!!!
March 29Mar 29 On 3/26/2025 at 1:09 AM, Derka said: Glad they won despite everyone bitching about the refs in the game thread.
April 4Apr 4 41 minutes ago, Derka said: I would like to see the same chart using the last 25-30 years. If you did the chart in college football national championships, Yale and Harvard would be numbers one and three.
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