Texas women's basketball portal thread

[Travis Richard]

Made a bigger offer to try to keep Jordan 🤞 

[tmataya]

6 hours ago, HookemTexas said:

I don’t see for Crooks fits.  She’s offense and a massive liability on defense

There is absolutely no way Audi Crooks could play defense the way Vic demands. Even flashing from the post would be impossible for her. I don’t see her changing her body for a new coach so forget Crooks. 

[Califashorn75]

I hope it's good news that Preston and Lee haven't announced anything. 

[HookemTexas]

Certainly not as quick on the incoming as football was; but I guess it’s midweek and visitors would probably be closer to the weekend?

[Gerry Hamilton]

3 minutes ago, HookemTexas said:

Certainly not as quick on the incoming as football was; but I guess it’s midweek and visitors would probably be closer to the weekend?

It's a dead period through April 9. 

No basketball portal visitors until April 10

[HookemTexas]

1 hour ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

It's a dead period through April 9. 

No basketball portal visitors until April 10

Ah thanks Gerry.

[ChanmanV]

11 hours ago, Travis Richard said:

Made a bigger offer to try to keep Jordan 🤞 

They better do everything they can to keep her. She's vital to our success next year. She was underappreciated this year because of a little slump offensively midseason but her defense is a cornerstone of our team. If Vic and the staff can help elevate her confidence, I think she can be a superstar on both sides of the ball. She's a coach's dream too culture wise. 

Edited 2 hours ago by ChanmanV

[dentonhorn]

22 hours ago, harveycmd said:

How serious Carlton is doesn't keep the whole thing from being drama. 

Still don’t get it but whatever. Just a discussion and it will have ups and downs to be so discussed, could be like a movie I guess but more just a discussion.

[ChanmanV]

Crooks is the epitome of what Vic doesn't want on defense. She has never hedged on the pick and roll (she barely leaves the paint on defense) and her feet are way too slow to recover on any play. She would get dominated by a lot of the athletic bigs in the SEC. 

She'll score her share though on offense. Word is she's going to OU which honestly is a perfect fit since they don't put much focus on defense there. 

[ChanmanV]

A silver lining to losing Crump and Carlton (if those 2 are the only real losses) is both did not have the speed and quickness to play the 40 mins of hell defense I know Vic wants to ideally run. The defensive drop off from sitting Lee/Booker is huge and unless Crump was making a lot of baskets which she only did in a handful of games. Carlton was better because she had experience in the system so she knew where to be but her lack of quickness caused most of the fouls she committed. There were games where Sidberry's quickness was much more effective and at the same time Carlton's strength worked in other games. So it was nice we had 3 options at PF depending on the matchup but each had weaknesses. So if we can find SG/PFs in the portal that match Vic's system a little better, it could be an improvement. 

Crittenden and Bjorn will be good fits once they get some games under their belt and I think Etute is equally as physical as Carlton but with quicker feet. 

Edited 2 hours ago by ChanmanV

[GoHorns1]

31 minutes ago, ChanmanV said:

A silver lining to losing Crump and Carlton (if those 2 are the only real losses) is both did not have the speed and quickness to play the 40 mins of hell defense I know Vic wants to ideally run. The defensive drop off from sitting Lee/Booker is huge and unless Crump was making a lot of baskets which she only did in a handful of games. Carlton was better because she had experience in the system so she knew where to be but her lack of quickness caused most of the fouls she committed. There were games where Sidberry's quickness was much more effective and at the same time Carlton's strength worked in other games. So it was nice we had 3 options at PF depending on the matchup but each had weaknesses. So if we can find SG/PFs in the portal that match Vic's system a little better, it could be an improvement. 

Crittenden and Bjorn will be good fits once they get some games under their belt and I think Etute is equally as physical as Carlton but with quicker feet. 

If Crump and Carlton didn’t have the speed and quickness to play 40 minutes of hell defense, Vick wouldn’t have offered in the 1st place. Both are big losses for team.

[ChanmanV]

4 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said:

If Crump and Carlton didn’t have the speed and quickness to play 40 minutes of hell defense, Vick wouldn’t have offered in the 1st place. Both are big losses for team.

You offer them in HS for potential and Vic really wanted to address offense thus Crump and the Judd pickup in the off season. Both were also our worst defenders. Carlton is the bigger loss given her development of her 3pt shot but Crump wouldn't be playing much again next year behind Lee and Booker. She'd be in the same situation so I don't blame her for leaving. Both weren't ideal fits and I saw somewhere in Vic's season exit interview with Crump, he told her that she'd need to work more on full court defense and she immediately entered the portal.  I'm confident both will be good somewhere else. I just don't think they fit Vic's system well enough to maximize their potential.

Etute is pretty similar to Carlton (physical body and likes to use it on the inside) but with quicker feet so we might already have a good replacement between Crittenden and Etute.  There are 1100+ players in the portal now so there's got to be a a handful that would be good fits for us. As long as we don't lose Lee and Preston too, we'll be ok. 

[UTexas]

 

[GoHorns1]

Vick’s Vandy rant is coming back to bite him.

[pinkman_90]

14 minutes ago, UTexas said:

 

Brutal

[texcoyote15]

17 minutes ago, UTexas said:

 

Bet Preston is right behind her

[NoDakHornsFan]

Sources: Blair Schaefer has entered the transfer portal.

[GoHorns1]

27 minutes ago, ChanmanV said:

You offer them in HS for potential and Vic really wanted to address offense thus Crump and the Judd pickup in the off season. Both were also our worst defenders. Carlton is the bigger loss given her development of her 3pt shot but Crump wouldn't be playing much again next year behind Lee and Booker. She'd be in the same situation so I don't blame her for leaving. Both weren't ideal fits and I saw somewhere in Vic's season exit interview with Crump, he told her that she'd need to work more on full court defense and she immediately entered the portal.  I'm confident both will be good somewhere else. I just don't think they fit Vic's system well enough to maximize their potential.

Etute is pretty similar to Carlton (physical body and likes to use it on the inside) but with quicker feet so we might already have a good replacement between Crittenden and Etute.  There are 1100+ players in the portal now so there's got to be a a handful that would be good fits for us. As long as we don't lose Lee and Preston too, we'll be ok. 

Your theory just shot down with Lee entering the portal. Vick screwed up with rant. Can’t question Lee, Carlton heart and toughness.

[hookem1]

Unfortunately she’s not going to be the last portal entrant either. There’s going to be a lot of speculation this offseason about what went on behind the scenes but clearly this is about more than one game, it’s a structural collapse. 

[ChanmanV]

27 minutes ago, UTexas said:

 

This is the one that hurts and is very telling. She IS the perfect fit for Vic's system and culture. And they threw a big offer to convince her to stay so there's a lot of bad feelings there. This might also mean Sarah Graves didn't get her extra year of eligibility given how close Lee and Graves were. I'm sure some more details will come out with what was going on in the locker room but feels like it's headed towards Preston and Cunningham next with a complete rebuild. 

[hookem1]

Just now, ChanmanV said:

This is the one that hurts and is very telling. She IS the perfect fit for Vic's system and culture. And they threw a big offer to convince her to stay so there's a lot of bad feelings there. This might also mean Sarah Graves didn't get her extra year of eligibility given how close Lee and Graves were. I'm sure some more details will come out with what was going on in the locker room but feels like it's headed towards Preston and Cunningham next with a complete rebuild. 

I think it’s too early to predict both Preston and Cunningham will return…

[Quinncent McManning, Jr.]

Insert will smith empty room gif for Booker

[Gerry Hamilton]

2 minutes ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

Insert will smith empty room gif for Booker

 

[Travis Richard]

What the frick just happened. Final Four team with only 2 key graduations and 3 McDonald’s All-Americans coming in dismantled in 48 hours.

Edited 42 minutes ago by Travis Richard

[Hook3m]

Wow I am stunned by the departures. I’m sure Vic is going to have to seriously look at the way he coaches today’s athletes. I am assuming these leaving is more about that then getting more money from somewhere else.