OTF Premium Texas basketball 2026-27 season thread

[Tres Comas]

4 hours ago, Nathan B said:

 

Big for them

[Gerry Hamilton]

On 7/16/2026 at 8:09 PM, Gerry Hamilton said:

I say this as someone that likes Jeff and Rob ... these guys act like Colorado was a bad team. They weren't some bad/terrible team. They went 17-16 and 7-11 in a damn good Big 12. They had 7 losses by less than 10, and some of those were really good teams that they played from 2 to 6 points in conference play. 

I tend to believe people underestimate Isaiah being Chris Johnson's kid. He''s groomed for this move to full time team runner. Not every game or stretch will be high-end, but he will be fine after a short adjustment. 

BTW, I have Florida as the easy pick to win the SEC preseason. The Denzel Aberdeen waiver situation does impact their ceiling IMO. 

Pick:
Florida

Fighting it out for top 3 seeds in NCAA Tournament:
Texas
Tennessee

Anywhere from No. 4 to No. 6 seeds in NCAA Tournament:
Vanderbilt
Arkansas
Alabama
Missouri

Comfortably in the NCAA Tournament:
Kentucky

Should make NCAA Tournament:
Ole Miss
Texas A&M
Georgia

May make the Field of 76:
Oklahoma or Auburn 

Who the hell knows:
LSU

Purgatory in a brutal conference:
Mississippi State
South Carolina

 

Already really liked Vandy’s squad … adds very nice depth piece

 

[Gerry Hamilton]

Isaiah to Punch, for the two handed punch 

https://www.instagram.com/p/Da_s53EFCZO/?img_index=1&igsh=MTd1emtpODhnd3Z3Mw==

[TexTheHorn24]

Here we go! 

[Gerry Hamilton]

On 7/18/2026 at 4:46 PM, Tres Comas said:

I was told he needs to fix his stroke

Haha. Well done 

[Gerry Hamilton]

31 minutes ago, TexTheHorn24 said:

Here we go! 

Absolutely love this game 

[Keelaannn]

1 minute ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Absolutely love this game 

I will be there for sure i live in San Antonio. Plus im a graduate of Harker heights so im interested in seeing Chatman from Baylor and punch from Texas play they were both on the same hs team years after i graduated 

[Tom Herman]

 

37 minutes ago, TexTheHorn24 said:

Here we go! 

Dylan Mingo is gonna be really good but i am not familiar with the rest of their roster. Espn has them at 15 in way too early rankings. Wild that Andre Iguodala II is on that team lmao.

Edited Monday at 03:43 PM by Tom Herman

[Gerry Hamilton]

10 minutes ago, Tom Herman said:

 

Dylan Mingo is gonna be really good but i am not familiar with the rest of their roster. Espn has them at 15 in way too early rankings. Wild that Andre Iguodala II is on that team lmao.

Mingo brothers will be good, and the Liberty transfer is one of best shooters in country 

Baylor will likely struggle with Matas and Punch … the combo 

[LonghornFan4Ever]

2 hours ago, TexTheHorn24 said:

Here we go! 

Hopefully this game is preview for what it will be like for Texas to play in this arena for the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight matchups.  Long way to go before March of next year though.

[Gerry Hamilton]

So the Texas non-conference schedule now includes:

Miami (N in H'town)

Baylor (N in SA) 

at Louisville 

Georgetown (San Diego)

and likely UCLA (San Diego) 

[Gerry Hamilton]

 

[Jordan91]

[LonghornFan4Ever]

The comments on this post are wild lol

[Gerry Hamilton]

 

[Bevohorns]

6 hours ago, LonghornFan4Ever said:

The comments on this post are wild lol

I dont get the hate are some of these games set up way in advance ? This non con schedule is a bit better than the last few years so it's an improvement but guess since we have a roster that is much improved people are barely noticing. 

[Gerry Hamilton]

1 minute ago, Bevohorns said:

I dont get the hate are some of these games set up way in advance ? This non con schedule is a bit better than the last few years so it's an improvement but guess since we have a roster that is much improved people are barely noticing. 

I don’t get it either. A non-con of at Louisville (will be a top 3 seed team), Miami (will be a top 20 type team), Baylor (talented guards and likely top 35 team), likely UCLA (will be a top 25 level team), Georgetown and Memphis home prepares Texas. 

The home non-con took a hit due to having two “neutral site” games, but I like that Texas is playing in SA and Houston against quality opponents. 

People want a teams to play a murders row non-con, plus SEC/ACC plus SEC … 

I want Sean Miller to build his depth and team, and grown and prepare his team for the SEC grind without having to play starters too many minutes in non-conference.

14 game non-conference 

18 game SEC

SEC Tourney 

NCAA Tournament 

hopefully a 38-40 game season. Texas will be battle tested and ready throughout the season 

[Gerry Hamilton]

Everyone can go ahead and stop talking about the Texas non-con schedule 

A&M … oof

 

[Tres Comas]

At least they know their level

Edited 15 hours ago by Tres Comas

[Gerry Hamilton]

Was told Marcus Spears Jr. had a terrific day 

And the team had their best workout of the summer today 

[Hornio]

11 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Was told Marcus Spears Jr. had a terrific day 

And the team had their best workout of the summer today 

Have you heard anything about Jordan Pope's appeal and is Texas interested (do we even have room)?

[hookem1014]

2 minutes ago, Hornio said:

Have you heard anything about Jordan Pope's appeal and is Texas interested (do we even have room)?

Gerry mentioned Texas has no interest in bringing either him or Weaver back. Spots are filled

[LonghornFan4Ever]

13 minutes ago, Hornio said:

Have you heard anything about Jordan Pope's appeal and is Texas interested (do we even have room)?

You can only have 15 players on a roster at a time in college basketball.  With the addition of Marcus Spears Jr., all 15 of those spots are occupied at Texas now, so Pope and Weaver, if they win their cases, will be playing for different teams this college basketball season.

[Hornio]

30 minutes ago, LonghornFan4Ever said:

You can only have 15 players on a roster at a time in college basketball.  With the addition of Marcus Spears Jr., all 15 of those spots are occupied at Texas now, so Pope and Weaver, if they win their cases, will be playing for different teams this college basketball season.

Thanks.  If you were to bucket these 15 into groups, would it be?:

Major Contributors:  Isaiah Johnson, Elyjah Freeman, Matas Vokietaitis, Austin Goosby, David Punch, Mikey Lewis, Amari Evans

Developmental Contributors: Marcus Spears, Bo Ogden, John Clark, Lewis Obiorah

Practice Players: Joe Sterling, Coleman Elkins, Mantas Laurencikas, Anton McDermott

[Gerry Hamilton]

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