Blew my mind, even though you knew it was close

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfhufoVKRQL/?dlrf=Zm9uM3p1aGkyZmcy

The brands in college sports will always keep the sport appealing. As long as a team is wearing that burnt orange and white I will be a fan. Recruiting is where it has affected me… I was a recruiting junky and now… I don’t think I could tell you 10 kids in our class. Why put in the effort when most of these dudes are 3 years away from contributing “if” they even stay.

1 hour ago, Texasborn91 said:

The brands in college sports will always keep the sport appealing. As long as a team is wearing that burnt orange and white I will be a fan. Recruiting is where it has affected me… I was a recruiting junky and now… I don’t think I could tell you 10 kids in our class. Why put in the effort when most of these dudes are 3 years away from contributing “if” they even stay.

Man I just told a friend that I’d gotten into recruiting last year the same thing. I rarely read any updates about high school recruiting anymore.

1 hour ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Blew my mind, even though you knew it was close

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfhufoVKRQL/?dlrf=Zm9uM3p1aGkyZmcy

Unreal

Nuts!

Oof

That makes so little sense. Gotta be more than 17 guys who need development and also pick a program for old fashioned reasons.

Edited 13 hours ago13 hr by HookedOnTF

If schools were required to hold athletes to the same transfer rules as regular students it wouldn’t be like that.

3 hours ago, Cajunhorn said:

Man I just told a friend that I’d gotten into recruiting last year the same thing. I rarely read any updates about high school recruiting anymore.

However, cant wait for Landen Williams Callis to hit the field for the Horns !!

This is basketball specific.

I thought according to the graphic you put up the other day it was 18, Gerry? Did we already lose one?

There's no way there are 5800 players in their 4th+ year. The point probably remains, but it's not nearly as dramatic as their math would imply.

It begs the question of what defines a ‘team’ now.

My initial guess was 3…lol…not far off

What is the graphic for those of us that wrote of social media due to its toxicity?

Now those numbers are skewed - wouldn’t the number be less than 1/4 of 5800 to account for the athletes that are in their 4th year? Or maybe it’s a little more than 1/4 of 5800 due to having 5th yr seniors in that number that could also qualify. It’s still terrible though.

5 hours ago, Aspann85 said:

What is the graphic for those of us that wrote of social media due to its toxicity?

Basically saying there are 5800 men's college basketball players in Division I. Of all of those college basketball players, how many are in their 4th year at the same school? And the answer is 17.

5 hours ago, AndyL said:

Now those numbers are skewed - wouldn’t the number be less than 1/4 of 5800 to account for the athletes that are in their 4th year? Or maybe it’s a little more than 1/4 of 5800 due to having 5th yr seniors in that number that could also qualify. It’s still terrible though.

I’m with you this is a weird stat and a little confusing.

Does that include players in their 5th year? 😂

Hence, why I let go of my Germania club basketball season tickets last year. And I wasn't the only one. Sad part was seeing Jordan Pope, Weaver and other former Texas bball players on our roster last year leaving one of our football home games earlier this season. Was giving Pope a little more ribbing for going to aggy, but you could just tell they never really wanted to leave. Bball in college is done imo. Mercenary programs now.

24 minutes ago, Okcool said:

Hence, why I let go of my Germania club basketball season tickets last year. And I wasn't the only one. Sad part was seeing Jordan Pope, Weaver and other former Texas bball players on our roster last year leaving one of our football home games earlier this season. Was giving Pope a little more ribbing for going to aggy, but you could just tell they never really wanted to leave. Bball in college is done imo. Mercenary programs now.

As opposed to what? What college basketball used to be? College basketball has been the slimiest college sport for the last 30 years. Ever since Michael Jordan demonstrated the endorsement of one person could be worth billions to shoe companies, and they spent the next several decades cultivating relationships with promising players,

As opposed to football? Same kinds of things are going on there. Frankly, we see it in other sports where donors are willing to contribute major dollars to help build a team. Women's basketball, softball, baseball, and volleyball all have plenty of 6 digit earners on teams. And it's only going to grow.

I was never a supporter of allowing NIL in the first place. I know it was unfair to student athletes, but there was never going to be a realistic way of enforcing it to where it wasn't going to be pay for play. Well, the Supreme Court decided that issue. So now we either play by the rules as they're written by the courts, or we become like Stanford that is finding it harder and harder to be relevant in any of those sports when they used to be highly competitive in all of them.

I'm not trying to talk you into buying back your Germania club basketball tickets. I don't care if you ever go to a game or watch a game ever again. But we finally have a coach where the players on the roster are actually going to get better, both over the course of the year and as they move through the program. It's been a long time since we could say that. Even Barnes wasn't as good as Miller at developing players on the offensive end and for the NBA. Decrying this Texas program as a group of mercenaries is both a naive point of view regarding the cesspool college basketball has always been, as well as a bit of a shame since we finally have a head coach whose teams are going to embody the hustle, team work, team first attitude - and get better over the course of the year while doing it - that we've been missing for a long time.

3 hours ago, SL Xpress said:

Basically saying there are 5800 men's college basketball players in Division I. Of all of those college basketball players, how many are in their 4th year at the same school? And the answer is 17.

Wow…and thanks for the info! That is an insane stat…