OTF Premium Texas basketball 2026-27 season thread

[Gerry Hamilton]

ESPN: 100 Days to College Basketball Season 

Texas listed as  one of 10 NC contenders

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/49410986/100-days-2026-2027-mens-college-basketball-season-stories-players-games

[LonghornFan4Ever]

 

[Gerry Hamilton]

2 hours ago, LonghornFan4Ever said:

 

Quad 1 games in 2025-26 season:
Michigan 24
Duke 22
Arizona 22
Purdue 22
Louisville 20 
Illinois, Texas, Kentucky, Florida and Tennessee 19
Vanderbilt 18 
Michigan State, Nebraska, Houston 17

 

[Hornio]

On 7/24/2026 at 11:21 AM, Gerry Hamilton said:

What is your definition of major contributors? Then I can answer 

Spears will be a major contributor for sure though 

 

> 20 minutes per game average for season

[Gerry Hamilton]

Sean Miller from yesterday

https://watch.longhornnetwork.com/video/986478

[Gerry Hamilton]

15 minutes ago, Hornio said:

> 20 minutes per game average for season

He will be a major contributor, but likely averages 16-18 mins per game 

[Gerry Hamilton]

 

[harveycmd]

The Norlander interview was pretty disrespectful. Never seen Norlander treat another coach like that. What's your payroll? Why can't you schedule tougher? Can I make you look bad? Miller should give him the cold shoulder.

[Gerry Hamilton]

7 hours ago, harveycmd said:

The Norlander interview was pretty disrespectful. Never seen Norlander treat another coach like that. What's your payroll? Why can't you schedule tougher? Can I make you look bad? Miller should give him the cold shoulder.

Agree 100% … I wonder if he’s asked Jon Scheyer, Todd Golden, Dusty May last year … what’s your payroll 

[harveycmd]

9 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Agree 100% … I wonder if he’s asked Jon Scheyer, Todd Golden, Dusty May last year … what’s your payroll 

I've watched Norlander for a few years, and I've never seen him ask another coach questions like that. He just interviewed Hurley a few days ago. Didn't ask him to disclose his payroll. Didn't ask him to explain why he likes to cuss out refs and threaten them by yelling, "I'm the best basketball coach in the world! You better watch what you're doing!" For some reason, Norlander thought he needed to play "gotcha" with Miller. 

[Gerry Hamilton]

2 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

I've watched Norlander for a few years, and I've never seen him ask another coach questions like that. He just interviewed Hurley a few days ago. Didn't ask him to disclose his payroll. Didn't ask him to explain why he likes to cuss out refs and threaten them by yelling, "I'm the best basketball coach in the world! You better watch what you're doing!" For some reason, Norlander thought he needed to play "gotcha" with Miller. 

Yep. I haven’t watched him much, but never seen him have an interview like that 

Glad someone else noticed 

[harveycmd]

8 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Yep. I haven’t watched him much, but never seen him have an interview like that 

Glad someone else noticed 

I'm glad Miller came back at him at the end and told him he was wrong on the scheduling. Miller said he'd done a deep dive on the analytics and would be happy to talk to him next March and see what he had to say. 

[Horn79]

I kinda enjoyed the interview honestly. Speculation, but it seems that Norlander and Miller are pretty comfortable around each other, so maybe Norlander felt empowered to ask some more direct questions. I enjoyed seeing Sean respond, push back, and show some personality that he doesn’t typically show in these public appearances. I thought he crushed it. The non-conference schedule criticism isn’t really warranted IMO, but it was great to hear Sean’s responses.