OTF Premium Texas basketball 2026-27 season thread

[Nathan B]

You can probably expect all the guys who signed E10s to be denied initially atleast. 

[Gerry Hamilton]

40 minutes ago, Nathan B said:

You can probably expect all the guys who signed E10s to be denied initially atleast. 

Yep. Thats why the Aggies threw the bag at Pope 

[Gerry Hamilton]

[Gerry Hamilton]

41 minutes ago, Nathan B said:

You can probably expect all the guys who signed E10s to be denied initially atleast. 

And he’s also been being paid as professional for 5 seasons. He has multiple things going against him 

[Bevohorns]

All makes sense aggy were desperate I think they’ll be worse now with having to settle for pope 

[Tres Comas]

5 hours ago, TTaylor2135 said:

 

Pretty cool drill to move without the ball. I see enough useless dribbling these days so a pretty good idea imo. 

Joe Mazzula started conducting practices like this when he was hired by the Celtics.

[Gerry Hamilton]

Joe Sterling just became @harveycmdfavorite Texas player 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcRaCeMp1L9/?igsh=MWMyaTAydzY5YWJveQ==

[BobInHouston]

On 8/17/2026 at 3:52 PM, Gerry Hamilton said:

Love it

Dude should vote according to the procedures that are in place.

Bring your guys and let's play. 

[Gerry Hamilton]

59 minutes ago, BobInHouston said:

Dude should vote according to the procedures that are in place.

Bring your guys and let's play. 

We’ll agree to disagree on that. 

There needs to be push back.. in a big way IMO 

 

[Tom Herman]

Seen a lot of glaze for Texas Tech's team this year (pending eligibility), whats your read @Gerry Hamilton, top 15?

Edited yesterday at 08:19 PM by Tom Herman

[BobInHouston]

13 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

We’ll agree to disagree on that. 

There needs to be push back.. in a big way IMO 

Well, the NCAA squandered their "private organization" defense by making a billion dollars and choosing to not to pay the people who provide the entertainment. Right now courts look at the players as free agents who are entitled to get the best deal they can because there's no law against that.

The NCAA position is indefensible. 

I mean, if the NCAA *said* they wouldn't let players whom they deem ineligible play in the tournament, how long do you think that would last? That member is making his own rule and he should be thrown off the committee.

[Gerry Hamilton]

8 minutes ago, Tom Herman said:

Seen a lot of glaze for Texas Tech's team this year (pending eligibility), whats your read @Gerry Hamilton, top 15?

Let's see if all their guys end up being eligible. 

NCAA still going after a stay in the tenth circuit appellate court, where they have won before. 

[Gerry Hamilton]

5 minutes ago, BobInHouston said:

Well, the NCAA squandered their "private organization" defense by making a billion dollars and choosing to not to pay the people who provide the entertainment. Right now courts look at the players as free agents who are entitled to get the best deal they can because there's no law against that.

The NCAA position is indefensible. 

I mean, if the NCAA *said* they wouldn't let players whom they deem ineligible play in the tournament, how long do you think that would last? That member is making his own rule and he should be thrown off the committee.

Yeah, I just don't care. People should push back as hard as possible on these guys trying to get another year right now. And push back on the staff's that swung and missed in the portal window, tried to get kids eligible that they knew were long shots and now suddenly get a BS second shot at it. Look at Texas A&M ... every school that looked at Bryson Warren (Texas one of those), said they didn't believe he would end up eligible. A&M rolls the dice. He's not eligible, and now they get rewarded for a bad decision/gamble with a Jordan Pope. 

It's complete BS for me, bottom line. I hope they continue to push back as hard as possible. 

 

[BobInHouston]

58 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Yeah, I just don't care. People should push back as hard as possible on these guys trying to get another year right now. And push back on the staff's that swung and missed in the portal window, tried to get kids eligible that they knew were long shots and now suddenly get a BS second shot at it. Look at Texas A&M ... every school that looked at Bryson Warren (Texas one of those), said they didn't believe he would end up eligible. A&M rolls the dice. He's not eligible, and now they get rewarded for a bad decision/gamble with a Jordan Pope. 

It's complete BS for me, bottom line. I hope they continue to push back as hard as possible. 

 

But again, every D-I athlete class except these seniors are eligible for 5-in-5, and none of them came in with the rule. Why not the seniors? Because the schools thought they could save a few bucks. 

It's like academic administrators can't think things through. None of that surprises me. They have chaos, and they deserve it.

[Jordan91]

8 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Joe Sterling just became @harveycmdfavorite Texas player 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcRaCeMp1L9/?igsh=MWMyaTAydzY5YWJveQ==

Well, Joe Sterling isn’t that bright. 

[Little Carmine]

We should make a rule for this board - no Kobe talk and see how long some people last…

It truly is wild times in the world because if you want to talk about Kobe, you can GO POST ON A MESSAGE BOARD THAT IS DESIGNED FOR IT

[Gerry Hamilton]

15 hours ago, Tom Herman said:

Seen a lot of glaze for Texas Tech's team this year (pending eligibility), whats your read @Gerry Hamilton, top 15?

To answer your Q though, as it stands currently … top 20 team, and see how much higher Toppin can push them when he returns from ACL injury. 

I’ve seen some of the truly idiotic Texas Tech fan posts about “best starting 5 in the country” it’s truly laughable 

Duke’s entire roster is ridiculously talented. 

Illinois is very talented 

Florida is very talented

Texas has a more pro talented starting 5

Tech fans are out of their minds. 

[Tom Herman]

3 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

To answer your Q though, as it stands currently … top 20 team, and see how much higher Toppin can push them when he returns from ACL injury. 

I’ve seen some of the truly idiotic Texas Tech fan posts about “best starting 5 in the country” it’s truly laughable 

Duke’s entire roster is ridiculously talented. 

Illinois is very talented 

Florida is very talented

Texas has a more pro talented starting 5

Tech fans are out of their minds. 

Idk why you expected anything different than "Out of their minds" from the Cactus Circus on twitter

[Nathan B]

 

[Bilo Wil]

21 hours ago, BobInHouston said:

Well, the NCAA squandered their "private organization" defense by making a billion dollars and choosing to not to pay the people who provide the entertainment. Right now courts look at the players as free agents who are entitled to get the best deal they can because there's no law against that.

The NCAA position is indefensible. 

I mean, if the NCAA *said* they wouldn't let players whom they deem ineligible play in the tournament, how long do you think that would last? That member is making his own rule and he should be thrown off the committee.

I agree, especially with your point about how the money involved has completely changed the way college sports operate. Once schools, conferences, and players are all dealing with that kind of money, it becomes much harder to separate the sport from the business side of it. It actually got me curious about how that financial structure compares with professional teams, and I ended up looking into who owns the Texas Longhorns the ownership history is pretty interesting.

[Gerry Hamilton]

5 hours ago, Nathan B said:

 

Big hit for Florida if it holds.

A hit for Louisville without Trimble 

and Texas Tech is no longer the best starting five in CBK lol