April 12Apr 12 12 hours ago, Derka said: how about when bob donewald improved our offense here at Texas? or did that not happen either? Donewald is Beard’s player development guy. Hes fantastic, no argument on that role. Remember when Beard’s defense was all due to Adams, according to the Tech tards on this board? Then it wasn’t. Did Rodney Terry run it? Did it carry over to his head coaching job? Nope. Assistants teach what the head man wants to run. If Miller isn’t changing philosophy, assistant hires aren’t going to matter.
April 12Apr 12 12 hours ago, Derka said: how about when barnes brought rob lanier back in 2011 and we had the best offense in Texas history? did an assistant coach change anything about the team then? jesus christ what an asinine argument. You mean when Barnes went to study the Jazz in the off-season before 2010-2011? The offense featuring flex cuts and staggered screens? You're crediting Rob Lanier with that?
April 12Apr 12 8 hours ago, Brian Fantana said: I'm not gonna lie, this is a fucking weird thing to say. What do you think assistants do in college basketball? Go get the head coach coffee and donuts while he tirelessly teaches every player on the roster every aspect of the game and draws up the entire offensive and defensive schemes the team will follow? Look at Grant McCasland, do you think he was known for offense before he came to Tech? There isn't a person alive that would have predicted his first two Tech teams would play offense like they did. Do you think Chris Beard came up with the style of no-middle defense he likes to play all by his lonesome? No, a good coach finds assistants that, yes, fit his particular style, but will also help him come up with schemes that fit the current meta and construct a roster that will fit those schemes. Given this kind of comment and a lot of your posts in the coaching search thread, I'm starting to think you don't actually have the first clue as to what you're talking about. You've jumped to a number of conclusions here. As far as the coaching search, I just post what I hear. Just like when Beard to Texas became a thing. You and the other tards denied it, you were wrong. Go back and read that thread when I chime in. Assistants in CBB believed McCasland would be attainable. The Baylor thing was real the year prior. In the middle of the run this season, things change obviously. Did Beard and A&M become a thing? Who called that first? Same info from the same sources.
April 12Apr 12 And Linder at Tech is a great example of a head coach turning his offense over to an assistant. That is a different scenario. He was willing to do that and it's a credit to McCasland. What I'm saying is, if you aren't willing to do that, who you hire isn't going to matter. I don't see how Miller's defense is going to improve if he isn't willing to adapt or change. If McCasland wanted to still coach O at a snail's pace, Linder wouldn't have mattered. He wouldn't have taken the job either....
April 13Apr 13 10 hours ago, Revolution512 said: And Linder at Tech is a great example of a head coach turning his offense over to an assistant. That is a different scenario. He was willing to do that and it's a credit to McCasland. What I'm saying is, if you aren't willing to do that, who you hire isn't going to matter. I don't see how Miller's defense is going to improve if he isn't willing to adapt or change. If McCasland wanted to still coach O at a snail's pace, Linder wouldn't have mattered. He wouldn't have taken the job either.... Fair enough, agreed
April 13Apr 13 On 4/11/2025 at 4:55 PM, BurntOrange&White said: That 2nd tweet addition is something that we Mike the shit out of Looch & Friends for when someone predicts it and the. It appears 6 to 24 hours later. That said, in this case I believe it.
April 13Apr 13 3 hours ago, Napoleon said: That 2nd tweet addition is something that we Mike the shit out of Looch & Friends for when someone predicts it and the. It appears 6 to 24 hours later. That said, in this case I believe it. If you listen to the On Texas Basketball podcast they've discussed him leaving as a possibility. Said if he stayed he'd be their "development guy." Sounds like he's currently a good slasher on offense but can't shoot real well IIRC they have 2 (maybe now 3) scholarships left and the idea was there will probably be one more "big" addition in the portal who will be a contributor and the other scholarship will go to a guy with potential who they intend to take next season to develop before contributing in the 2026-27 season Edited April 13Apr 13 by MotownHorn
April 13Apr 13 12 minutes ago, MotownHorn said: If you listen to the On Texas Basketball podcast they've discussed him leaving as a possibility. Said if he stayed he'd be their "development guy." Sounds like he's currently a good slasher on offense but can't shoot real well IIRC they have 2 (maybe now 3) scholarships left and the idea was there will probably be one more "big" addition in the portal who will be a contributor and the other scholarship will go to a guy with potential who they intend to take next season to develop before contributing in the 2026-27 season Need a big and a pg. not sure we needed Malik
April 13Apr 13 2 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said: Need a big and a pg. not sure we needed Malik Sounds like the big should drop this weekend in Traore if insider statements are true.
April 14Apr 14 On 4/12/2025 at 12:34 AM, Derka said: or course it will, coaches do this all of the time. how many years ago was it that john beilein popularized the “defensive coordinator” term for basketball coaches? from 89, 100, 92, and 69, to (HELLO) 3, and then 2 in AdjD with the hiring of an assistant coach. i swear to god i have no idea where you people come up with this stuff. What is interesting here is that his best overall season came with the 89th ranked defense.
April 14Apr 14 9 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said: We definitely need a PG or a combo guard or for me a three point specialist with an Eastern European last name. We aren't lacking in size anymore that's for sure.
April 14Apr 14 1 minute ago, Rockethorn1978 said: We definitely need a PG or a combo guard or for me a three point specialist with an Eastern European last name. We aren't lacking in size anymore that's for sure. I don’t disagree, but I thought I heard Mark aspires to play PG.
April 14Apr 14 8 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said: We definitely need a PG or a combo guard or for me a three point specialist with an Eastern European last name. We aren't lacking in size anymore that's for sure. I prefer an unselfish PG who is not looking to shoot first.
April 14Apr 14 Mark distributed it well in his last 5 games of the season running point. He has the ability to get to the basket and was killing people on drive and kick. I would like to start this group and play a physical style of basketball: PG - Mark: 6'6 SG - Weaver: 6'3 SF - Swain: 6'8 PF - Traore: 6'10 C - Vokietaitis: 7'0 Then bring Pope and Heidi off the bench. We are very thin at guard though. We really need someone who can give us a reliable 15-20 mpg at PG/SG.
April 14Apr 14 We aren't lacking in size anymore that's for sure.This stuck out to me as well. Weaver is only 6’3”, but with his lightening quick ups and aggressiveness, he plays bigger.
April 14Apr 14 45 minutes ago, Pancho said: Still think we need a/another PG Absolutely. I don't consider Mark to be a good point guard, at his best here in Austin he has been a serviceable point guard. He played in 29 games and had a total of 49 assists, with a season high of 5. And after him we have shit.
April 14Apr 14 2 hours ago, texifornia said: I’ve wanted Texas to go with bigger lineup for longest time and really looking forward to next season.
April 14Apr 14 1 hour ago, Pancho said: Still think we need a/another PG With new roster limits we have anywhere from 2-5 spots remaining correct? Most likely we stay at 12, maybe 13?
April 14Apr 14 There's the Washington transfer out there it's been sounding like we want pretty badly
April 14Apr 14 3 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said: I’m trying my hardest to not go derka here but when you look at that, if you took the burnt orange away and longhorn, I would probably guess that is drake or Cincinnati’s roster. I get that it’s a transition year but damn do I miss the days of multi 5 star rosters. I don’t get why we aren’t signing at least one if not two of the transfers each year. Yes this is me pulling the, “we’re Texas” card but how are we not pulling in top tier talent? It at least got me excited to watch 5 star rosters, never trusted Barnes coaching wise but at least he got the players here. I know, give miller time and I will but there are great transfers out there… Edited April 14Apr 14 by RockyMountainHighHorn
April 14Apr 14 1 minute ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said: I’m trying my hardest to not go derka here but when you look at that, if you took the burnt orange away and longhorn, I would probably guess that is drake or Cincinnati’s roster. I get that it’s a transition year but damn do I miss the days of multi 5 star rosters. It at least got me excited to watch. A team full of play in caliber players!
April 14Apr 14 1 hour ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said: I’m trying my hardest to not go derka here but when you look at that, if you took the burnt orange away and longhorn, I would probably guess that is drake or Cincinnati’s roster. I get that it’s a transition year but damn do I miss the days of multi 5 star rosters. I don’t get why we aren’t signing at least one if not two of the transfers each year. Yes this is me pulling the, “we’re Texas” card but how are we not pulling in top tier talent? It at least got me excited to watch 5 star rosters, never trusted Barnes coaching wise but at least he got the players here. I know, give miller time and I will but there are great transfers out there… I mean outside of Tre Johnson that’s a better roster than last year. We just need one more guard to round it out.
April 14Apr 14 Shid how we gone score lol? Hopefully some of those bigs can shoot! Nah for real though, we can look at anything in a negative light, I just hope we make tournament . I don’t have sky high aspirations . Just make us competitive and a tourney team for next season.
April 14Apr 14 Quote I’m trying my hardest to not go derka here but when you look at that, if you took the burnt orange away and longhorn, I would probably guess that is drake or Cincinnati’s roster. I think the roster is better than Drake / Cincinnati, and better than last year. Mark and Heidi got significant minutes for title contenders in Houston and Purdue. Swain outplayed all of our bigs last year and has another year to improve. Matas and Traore both have potential to be All-SEC. Pope was 7th in the Pac-10 in scoring at Oregon State before RT misused him. I think there is a lot to work with when you include Weaver and Codie. Add another really good guard and we are set. I'm pretty happy given the short time to pull it together. I also like the continuity of bringing back most of our guards. Also like that Traore and Swain have experience playing together for Miller.
April 14Apr 14 4 minutes ago, D3zii said: Shid how we gone score lol? Hopefully some of those bigs can shoot! Nah for real though, we can look at anything in a negative light, I just hope we make tournament . I don’t have sky high aspirations . Just make us competitive and a tourney team for next season. At least we’ll have a better chance to rebound the misses …
April 14Apr 14 Popular Post 1 hour ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said: I’m trying my hardest to not go derka here but when you look at that, if you took the burnt orange away and longhorn, I would probably guess that is drake or Cincinnati’s roster. I get that it’s a transition year but damn do I miss the days of multi 5 star rosters. I don’t get why we aren’t signing at least one if not two of the transfers each year. Yes this is me pulling the, “we’re Texas” card but how are we not pulling in top tier talent? It at least got me excited to watch 5 star rosters, never trusted Barnes coaching wise but at least he got the players here. I know, give miller time and I will but there are great transfers out there… I think it’s fair to have some concerns, but you are stuck in the past with this 5-star obsession. That shit does not matter anymore for anyone except Duke. You should care more about fit and overall team identity. Florida’s starting lineup was a 3-star from Australia and 4 transfers from Iona, Belmont, Florida Atlantic and Washington State, and only one of those four (Will Richard) was ranked as a top 50 transfer, and he was just 46th. Two of them weren’t even in the top 100.
April 14Apr 14 2 hours ago, Blotto said: Absolutely. I don't consider Mark to be a good point guard, at his best here in Austin he has been a serviceable point guard. He played in 29 games and had a total of 49 assists, with a season high of 5. And after him we have shit. I don't think he played much point before late in the season.
April 14Apr 14 team definitely needs a floor leader. this will be the first big test to see what kind of NIL pull miller has here.
April 14Apr 14 3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said: I don't think he played much point before late in the season. Even more reason we need someone else to play the point. Contributing 15 assists and 10 turnovers in 4 postseason games aint gonna get it done, if thats the evidence of his floor mastery.
April 14Apr 14 11 minutes ago, Derka said: team definitely needs a floor leader. this will be the first big test to see what kind of NIL pull miller has here. in fact, the guy we needed already signed with tennessee. we don’t just need “a” point guard, we need a ready-made stud, preferably one who knows how to get to the line with frequency. i don’t know who’s still out there for the taking, but we need to be pulling in the best out there. so far it’s mostly just guys coming along with miller. need to see what he can actually pull from the portal when/where we need it. Edited April 14Apr 14 by Derka
April 14Apr 14 I agree it looks like we need more more guard and then we’ll be set. I’d be shocked if the team didn’t take a step forward from last season’s poop show.
April 14Apr 14 2 hours ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said: I’m trying my hardest to not go derka here but when you look at that, if you took the burnt orange away and longhorn, I would probably guess that is drake or Cincinnati’s roster. I get that it’s a transition year but damn do I miss the days of multi 5 star rosters. I can’t think of a lot of rosters out there loaded with multi 5 starts except maybe Duke. it’s funny people say stuff like the above then when we had those rosters, we would more often than not get beat by teams who had rosters like what Miller has put together today. You’re also probably trying to apply football principles to basketball, which is probably the dumbest thing to do.
April 14Apr 14 The early rumors were that Mark was going to portal because he wanted play PG full time, then all of a sudden he stayed. I’m guessing some promises were made by Miller. Regardless of that though, we only have 3 guards on the roster and one of them is Weaver, who doesn’t really play like a guard. We need at least two more imo.
April 14Apr 14 My understanding is that we're looking more for a combo guard than a true point guard. Could be looking overseas. I don't have huge concerns about the first year, but part of that is my expectations are pretty low. About like they were for Beard's first year, and I had a lot more fun watching that team improve over the course of the season than many on here did. What I want to see is the program moving in the right direction? Does Miller have a vision for what he wants to see out of his team, and can he create the necessary buy in? Miller's strengths are on offense, so how do we look running more uptempo, and is he able to help the players create open looks? I already know the defense isn't going to be what I want it to be, but can he make up for that in other areas? And then after that first year, how much is he able to upgrade the roster in his second season?
April 14Apr 14 26 minutes ago, Derka said: in fact, the guy we needed already signed with tennessee. we don’t just need “a” point guard, we need a ready-made stud, preferably one who knows how to get to the line with frequency. i don’t know who’s still out there for the taking, but we need to be pulling in the best out there. so far it’s mostly just guys coming along with miller. need to see what he can actually pull from the portal when/where we need it. "Mostly guys coming along with Miller" except the 7 foot all conference Lithuanian. If he pulls a good guard we're in high cotton for season one. For PGs, looking like the Princeton and UC-Riverside guys are the only decent uncommitted players https://247sports.com/season/2025-basketball/transferportalpositionranking/?positionkey=31 A few more "combo guards" around https://247sports.com/season/2025-basketball/transferportalpositionranking/?positionkey=36
April 14Apr 14 I thought the word on the street was that we were looking at a mystery international guy/not a transfer for that combo guard spot.
April 14Apr 14 9 minutes ago, KingBobo81 said: I thought the word on the street was that we were looking at a mystery international guy/not a transfer for that combo guard spot. Dogus Balbay nephew
April 15Apr 15 1 hour ago, Im_smarter_then_you said: Dogus Balbay nephew Bogus Dalbay 7th year grad transfer. That's why he looks so old.
April 15Apr 15 4 hours ago, texifornia said: "Mostly guys coming along with Miller" except the 7 foot all conference Lithuanian. If he pulls a good guard we're in high cotton for season one. For PGs, looking like the Princeton and UC-Riverside guys are the only decent uncommitted players https://247sports.com/season/2025-basketball/transferportalpositionranking/?positionkey=31 A few more "combo guards" around https://247sports.com/season/2025-basketball/transferportalpositionranking/?positionkey=36 Dug McDaniel also just entered. 4.9 assists per game
April 15Apr 15 Are the coaches allowed to teach Weaver to shoot this offseason? Or is he on his own until October?
April 15Apr 15 Looks like we’ve reached out to Adam Miller at ASU, but so have about 15 other teams. Shot 40% from 3.
April 15Apr 15 13 hours ago, Js1 said: Dug McDaniel also just entered. 4.9 assists per game The Manhattan Transfer!
April 15Apr 15 give me another shooter who with good 3 pt and FT percentages (with the addition of decent to + defense would be awesome) and a good PG who can bring the ball up court, play good defense on opposing PG, and hit a wide open shot at a good clip (with addition of being able to beat a man and draw a foul would be awesome)... then I think we have a very good shot at improving significantly (coupled with the better rebounding and size and the better coaching)
April 15Apr 15 Looking at how the lineup is shaping up, I think we will go with bigger lineups this year than last year. Last year we played three guard lineups for the majority of the game, with Pope, Mark, Tre, Weaver and Larry getting almost all of the minutes at the 1-3 spots. However, none of those guys are really proper small forwards. That moved Kent, Kaluma and even Pryor to play most of their minutes at PF. I think a lot of that was because our depth in the post was so bad. This year, I think most of the small forward minutes will go to Swain (6'8) and Heidi (6'7), with us occasionally going to a three guard lineup with Weaver at the 3. Of course, if we pick up an elite guard that will change things. Right now I see the minutes looking like this: We could end up starting both Pope and Weaver, but that would mean Swain plays PF and Traore comes off the bench. I would personally rather bring Pope and Heidi in off the bench for an infusion of offense.
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