Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 2 Moderators Share Posted February 2 Figured it's time to get this going ... Texas sits at 14-7, 3-5 in Big 12 play. Absolutely have to split one of the next two ... @ TCU Iowa State 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 2 Author Moderators Share Posted February 2 Texas has a legit shot here with 6-11 skilled big man from NBA Africa in Senegal Ulrich Chomche if he goes to college for a year ... he made an OV around the UH game Monday-Tuesday. He visited USC last weekend. Arizona also in the mix ... NBA G-league ignite definitely in play here too. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 2 Author Moderators Share Posted February 2 Texas 5-star signee Tre Johnson has been terrific this season ... wears number 0 for Link Prep 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 2 Author Moderators Share Posted February 2 Texas top 35 signee Cam Scott has also been tremendous this season at Lexington High (S.C.) ... tall guards are on the way! Scott and Tre Johnson are both 6-5/6-5.5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assistant Regional Manager Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 @Gerry Hamilton Great stuff Gerry. Always enjoy your basketball info. Did I see where Nic Codie has been out with an injury? How did he look this season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 2 Author Moderators Share Posted February 2 22 minutes ago, Assistant Regional Manager said: @Gerry Hamilton Great stuff Gerry. Always enjoy your basketball info. Did I see where Nic Codie has been out with an injury? How did he look this season? He was showing continued improved perimeter skill prior to the knee injury ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longhornfocus Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Happy to see more size recruited in the backcourt. Like our two guys but hard to be elite (particularly defensively) playing two 6’0 guards. Also believe those two guards compliment Weaver’s skillset well. Not holding my breath on Chomche until he’s enrolled on campus but that would be one heck of a cherry on top of the class. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 2 Author Moderators Share Posted February 2 1 minute ago, Longhornfocus said: Happy to see more size recruited in the backcourt. Like our two guys but hard to be elite (particularly defensively) playing two 6’0 guards. Also believe those two guards compliment Weaver’s skillset well. Not holding my breath on Chomche until he’s enrolled on campus but that would be one heck of a cherry on top of the class. Yep. Texas is in a tough spot this season in one way ... the big lineup protects against smaller backcourt, but the flip side is bad spacing in the big lineup and without a wing that is a threat off the bounce or as a perimeter threat (Mitchell). Three guards is the Horns best chance to get to the tournament this season, without question. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 2 Author Moderators Share Posted February 2 The 2025 NBA Mock Draft has Tre Johnson and Cam Scott in the first round (understanding it's meaningless on some level) https://www.nbadraft.net/nba-mock-drafts/?year-mock=2025 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longhornfocus Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 9 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said: Yep. Texas is in a tough spot this season in one way ... the big lineup protects against smaller backcourt, but the flip side is bad spacing in the big lineup and without a wing that is a threat off the bounce or as a perimeter threat (Mitchell). Three guards is the Horns best chance to get to the tournament this season, without question. Really needed Mitchell to shoot some this year, even if to only keep the defense honest & provide a touch more spacing. Shedrick’s nagging injury has hurt his production but unfortunately the team isn’t in a position where they can afford to shut him down for a week or two. Turns out our biggest portal miss was Cam Spencer, at least in regards to fit and team need. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookemHorns Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Missed reading your basketball takes, would love some of your high level season thoughts: 1) How do you think Rodney Terry is doing? 2) Think we make the dance? 3) Why are we overall struggling more than expected? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookemHorns Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 1 minute ago, Longhornfocus said: Really needed Mitchell to shoot some this year, even if to only keep the defense honest & provide a touch more spacing. Shedrick’s nagging injury has hurt his production but unfortunately the team isn’t in a position where they can afford to shut him down for a week or two. Turns out our biggest portal miss was Cam Spencer, at least in regards to fit and team need. Did we back off Cam Spencer? My read was we sure tried but failed. Man I hope we didn’t concede him…he has been good. Also wish we had picked up Sellers over Horton. Still trying to figure out what’s up with Horton. I know his D is bad but his offense has been too. We need him to play more toward his ceiling IMO 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longhornfocus Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 2 minutes ago, HookemHorns said: Did we back off Cam Spencer? My read was we sure tried but failed. Man I hope we didn’t concede him…he has been good. Also wish we had picked up Sellers over Horton. Still trying to figure out what’s up with Horton. I know his D is bad but his offense has been too. We need him to play more toward his ceiling IMO Don’t believe we backed off him, didn’t mean to give that impression. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assistant Regional Manager Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 29 minutes ago, Longhornfocus said: Really needed Mitchell to shoot some this year, even if to only keep the defense honest & provide a touch more spacing. Shedrick’s nagging injury has hurt his production but unfortunately the team isn’t in a position where they can afford to shut him down for a week or two. Turns out our biggest portal miss was Cam Spencer, at least in regards to fit and team need. Jayden Nunn hurt as well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators CJ Vogel Posted February 2 Moderators Share Posted February 2 I mentioned it this past week after the Houston game, I liked a lot about what the Horns did to close out that game with their five on floor. If that’s the approach they come back with moving forward, I would expect an improvement on the scoreboard. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkman_90 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Sup @Gerry Hamilton ! Happy to join this board with you and the crew. What’s going on with Shedrick? Was supposed to be solid on defense with an expanding offensive game. He’s looked clueless since December. And Horton is basically unplayable. Two whiffs in the portal when they had no room for error. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensitive Ponytail Man Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 I still have hopes that Shedrick can get healthy and come on. He has the tools. He's had some really bad luck with getting hit in tender spots all season. He generally plays hard but can never seem to get lathered up and in the flow of the game. I've seen him pass up too many opportunities to make a move to the basket. He should be getting to the line more than he does. But if he can get healthy all that can change in a hurry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 3 Author Moderators Share Posted February 3 14 hours ago, Longhornfocus said: Really needed Mitchell to shoot some this year, even if to only keep the defense honest & provide a touch more spacing. Shedrick’s nagging injury has hurt his production but unfortunately the team isn’t in a position where they can afford to shut him down for a week or two. Turns out our biggest portal miss was Cam Spencer, at least in regards to fit and team need. 100% on Cam Spencer. He's such a big time college player. Difference maker for UConn He's not on any NBA mock drafts that I have seen ... but will not surprise me if he makes a team one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 3 Author Moderators Share Posted February 3 14 hours ago, pinkman_90 said: Sup @Gerry Hamilton ! Happy to join this board with you and the crew. What’s going on with Shedrick? Was supposed to be solid on defense with an expanding offensive game. He’s looked clueless since December. And Horton is basically unplayable. Two whiffs in the portal when they had no room for error. One is he's never been able to stay healthy. IMO, it impacts rebounding and defense the most. Hunter not developing at all has been the thing that's hurt this team the most IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkman_90 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, Gerry Hamilton said: One is he's never been able to stay healthy. IMO, it impacts rebounding and defense the most. Hunter not developing at all has been the thing that's hurt this team the most IMO. Yeah Hunter has been disappointing. The makeup of the team doesn’t do him any favors though. Just feels very clunky with no identity. Hard to develop when pieces don’t fit. Think they need more Weaver. He might be lacking in some areas but you know what you’re gonna get. 100% effort, intensity, and athleticism. Need an identity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinncent McManning, Jr. Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Do you think the poor defense is more a function of recruiting the wrong guys in the portal or coaching? I remember the Beard teams were tenacious on defense, and other than Weaver I don't see any of that same type of fire playing defense. It's not like Terry wouldn't have figured out the defensive tactics that Beard was using as an assistant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 3 Author Moderators Share Posted February 3 ESPN's Joe Lunardi still has Texas in the NCAA Tournament with a bye ... for me, Texas has to win one of the next two games or it's will be a much tougher road. https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2024-march-madness-men-field-predictions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 3 Author Moderators Share Posted February 3 Texas being 3-5 in Quad 1 ... thee three wins is keeping them in position to make the NCAA Tourney ... need to hit on another Quad 1 win in the next two games ... Texas No. 39 in NCAA Net headed into today https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 3 Author Moderators Share Posted February 3 Texas Quad 1 games remaining ... at TCU Iowa State at Houston at Kansas at Texas Tech at Baylor OU The easiest part of the Big 12 scheduled is in the rearview mirror. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted February 3 Author Moderators Share Posted February 3 3 hours ago, pinkman_90 said: Yeah Hunter has been disappointing. The makeup of the team doesn’t do him any favors though. Just feels very clunky with no identity. Hard to develop when pieces don’t fit. Think they need more Weaver. He might be lacking in some areas but you know what you’re gonna get. 100% effort, intensity, and athleticism. Need an identity. Hunter just doesn't see things quick enough IMO ... and he's going to have to develop a floater offensively to have a solid career overseas. He's making the same TO's getting too deep he did early on in college. Has to develop there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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