9 Arkansas at 12 Virginia today on ESPN at noon CT

Good early season look for both

3 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

9 Arkansas at 12 Virginia today on ESPN at noon CT

Good early season look for both

Virgina smacking Arky ... they are a lot like UF, very good to start due to retention.

Arky looks young... but outside of Wilkerson how well they shoot the three is going to be key, as well as offense threat inside. They have to answer those Q's this season

Texas is better than Arkansas they got destroyed by virginia which isnt as good as us imo

6 minutes ago, Bevohorns said:

Texas is better than Arkansas they got destroyed by virginia which isnt as good as us imo

Have to see what Texas looks like against Baylor, Georgetown, UCLA, Louisville, Miami, and Memphis, but you’re probably right. But even so, Cal’s teams have beaten Texas like a drum throughout his career at multiple stops, so I have to see it to believe it. It’s still early though.

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8 minutes ago, LonghornFan4Ever said:

Have to see what Texas looks like against Baylor, Georgetown, UCLA, Louisville, Miami, and Memphis, but you’re probably right. But even so, Cal’s teams have beaten Texas like a drum throughout his career at multiple stops, so I have to see it to believe it. It’s still early though.

Exactly

17 minutes ago, Bevohorns said:

Texas is better than Arkansas they got destroyed by virginia which isnt as good as us imo

Virginia is likely better than Texas to start the season at full strength, but especially without Lewis.

Texas is probably closer to Arkansas than UVA in terms of inexperience, and how much better they have to get

Gerry, do you think this team is better than the elite 8 team from a few years ago?

2 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Virginia is likely better than Texas to start the season at full strength, but especially without Lewis.

Texas is probably closer to Arkansas than UVA in terms inexperience, how much better they have to get

Arkansas doesn't have legitimate frontcourt play. Furthermore, Arkansas' best players are freshmen. Texas has a few important freshmen, but Texas has older players (Matas, Punch, Johnson, Lewis, Freeman, etc.) to carry the load in crunch time.

As I've noted before, Cal is more concerned with bolstering his draft ledger than winning. Virginia's the opposite with their 24-year-old, unathletic Euros. Texas should be reasonably better than both by tournament time.

22 minutes ago, Jack R said:

Gerry, do you think this team is better than the elite 8 team from a few years ago?

More Talented, this team. Better team, have to see how this team look in February

19 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

Arkansas doesn't have legitimate frontcourt play. Furthermore, Arkansas' best players are freshmen. Texas has a few important freshmen, but Texas has older players (Matas, Punch, Johnson, Lewis, Freeman, etc.) to carry the load in crunch time.

As I've noted before, Cal is more concerned with bolstering his draft ledger than winning. Virginia's the opposite with their 24-year-old, unathletic Euros. Texas should be reasonably better than both by tournament time.

I agree on frontcourt play - offensively. That is their issue long term, and three point shooting.

2 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

More Talented, this team. Better team, have to see how this team look in February

Yeah, that team returned everyone and added Rice, who was a ready made day one experienced contributor off a team that picked up a victory in the NCAAT. If this team has a two year shelf-life, we would be a wire to wire Top 5 team next year. To be honest I would take that right now over getting Beckham Black.

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1 minute ago, Neil Leininger said:

Yeah, that team returned everyone and added Rice, who was a ready made day one experienced contributor off a team that picked up a victory in the NCAAT. If this team has a two shelf-life, we would be a wire to wire Top 5 team next year. To be honest I would that right now over getting Beckham Black.

I agree with that. My gut feeling is Punch goes pro after this season and Spears Jr. slides into that starting PF spot. Would you take a senior year of Vokietaitas or a freshman year of Kamagate?

With the portal you should always take the veteran experience over the unknown potential of freshmen.