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Just to add ... Texas already has the most talented team in program history right now. Texas has never had 5 starters that are future NBA draft picks. And a top 8 that will play pro ball on some level long term. That's where the current roster is at.

Sign Marcus Spears in 2026 class and this is the most talented team in the history of Texas basketball.

He'd be the #3 big, with the ability to play with either Punch or Vokietaitis. He'd be the missing piece to the roster, and 3rd high quality big.

@Gerry Hamilton where would spears hypothetically slide in our team, does he have a shot of starting or at least get starter level minutes off the bench

Man, I can’t wait for the closed door scrimmage where we beat someone like Arizona State by 30+ points. That’s going to hit like crack.

Don’t want to count our chickens before they hatch, but this offseason could really give Texas Cam Coleman in January, Isa Torres in June, and possibly Marcus Spears Jr. with some post 4th of July fireworks. That’s amazing.

Heard this too that texas is leading thats impressive

Trilly Donovan on his discord has basically confirmed that his reclassification is in the works and Texas is a leader. I have no idea how he fits into this roster.

Would love this move then if it came to fruition. A year to learn, play, and develop. Then takeover on his draft year.

Why I mentioned inside 15-feet for Peat. But Peat did have a higher 3% on limited attempts last season. Key with Punch, I expect him to make a jump to 30%'ish from 3 this year, and hopefully ascend 3-5% from the FT line. Texas is working with him on this right now and this summer. Getting the guide hand positioned/usage more consistent.

Awesome and looking forward to it

Correct. Marcus Spears Jr. is NBA draft eligible in 2028.

It looks like since Spears was born in 2009 even if he reclassified he would not be eligible for 27 draft.

Punch is a better shooter than Peat which isn't saying much.

Go gettem Schloss

Would be insane if Sean Miller, Chris Ogden, CDC, etc. pulled this off. I would be speechless. Would be the most shocking move of the offseason not just for Texas basketball, but Texas athletics period. Just sounds too good to be true, but hopefully it is true.

Coach Schloss just texted and asked if we could move it back to Friday. Recruiting duties take precedent.

Isaiah Johnson, Goosby, Freeman, Punch, Matas, Mikey, Amari Evans, Marcus Spears Jr as a top 8 is debatably the best in the country. With guys like Bo, Clark, Lewis, Sterling getting more time to develop and play in early season games. Plus you could potentially get everyone back next season for a 2 year window.

Just so yall know, I don’t have any other comment on this right now.

Yeah that’s my first thought as well. How would that work from an NIL perspective? Texas has one roster spot left. I assume they’re still searching for a backup big. Spears Jr. could fill that role, but I find it hard to believe a player of his caliber would reclassify to ‘26 and come to Texas and compete with Clark for that backup PF spot. Maybe UK made a power play to see if they could add him as a starting PF to their roster for this season.

It's a process to possibly get there. A lot of kids are trying around the country.

247 and On3 both saying Spears is trending to a reclass with Texas being the current leader.