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Texas is the home team for tonight's game.

Doty can hit also. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1547110696811557/?app=fbl

Wonder if they sold her on being a KD line athlete

Hank, you guys hearing anything about softball assistant coaches Mike White is considering???

Is Torres the best transfer ever in a Texas team sport? She's the National Player of the Year

Massive. Great player.

The lineup has been posted:

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yo and hello

Suck it Tech

Let’s go

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Torres’ family has been in the softball world for a very long time. Isa’s dad is a director with the Hotshots (who’s main guy was allegedly tied to the exodus of players to Tech), but he’s also been a coach for a long time. From what I remember of coaching against him, and within the same organization, is that he will be wanting his daughter to go where she can win it. His oldest daughter didn’t win a title, and now his youngest is on her last opportunity. Isa will make money wherever she goes, but it won’t be steered by money. That family is far too competitive to just take money. All that to say that Tech won’t be able to just throw money on this one. Joe knows who the game of softball and knows what it takes to win. I bet they’re wanting to know more behind the scenes of the assistant hires before making a decision. Remember, Glasco has been regarded (by many on the big time travel ball circuit) as the guy who is “missing something” as a coach to be able to win it all. Last note. That family has done a TON of travel for a decade now. And, when the Torres sisters went through recruiting the Texas softball program was not even a tenth of what it is now. Being up the road in under an hour, as opposed to a plane ride or extensive road trip, is a fun thing for a year.

Texas also got a commitment from a top libero Cala Haffer earlier this week

On a separate note, I've seen some posts on social media about how some of the Tech players (from last year) seemed to go out of their way to claim that they were "so much happier at Tech". As one person put it, it really feels forced because psychology teaches you that if you're truly happy that you've moved on, you're not thinking about the past and your former team much less go out of your way to point out how happy you are. People will just notice how happy you are if it's true.

If not the top, I would think Texas would be that 2nd tier at the very least. Texas is in the top 5 in terms of dollars invested in softball with OU leading the pack; hard to imagine they wouldn't put the NIL money behind it to make those investments worth it. Additionally, it helps that Texas is a Nike school and has prominent involvement in nationwide programs. Kavan and Atwood being part of that Nike campaign did not hurt any image and rumors were that the packages for each student athlete was worth at least $1m in value. The endorsement deals you can get at a Texas a significantly more than say a Tech where your market is Lubbock and the majority of players are oil companies. In Austin, being a major city, the capital of Texas, no professional sports teams, and a vast plethora of industries, I would imagine the NIL opportunities are a lot more.

@Gerry Hamilton looks like Royal Ivey is a finalist for the Mavs job.

Is it safe to assume that Texas is in the top tier when it comes to NIL resources for both baseball and softball?

It’s had zero effect. Zero.

Absolutely peaking in playoffs is always important. tOSU lost its last regular season game to a bad Michigan team at home.

Absolutely less. Texas sends more retention than portal.