Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 4 Moderators Share Posted March 4 March Madness Report: Huge opportunity in Waco Let's begin the Big Monday showdown in Waco with a chance to end a bad streak. The Texas Longhorns have the opportunity to do something tonight the program hasn't accomplished since February 1, 2016 - win at Baylor. That's right, it's been eight years since Texas walked out of the Ferrell Center with a victory. Of course that would be nice, but there are much more important and bigger things on the table tonight. With last weeks wins at Texas Tech and Oklahoma State in Austin, the Longhorns are back inside the top 30 of the NCAA NET rankings. Texas begins the week at No. 27. That means Texas is right there on the No. 7 seed line, and in position to avoid the dreaded 8/9 seed game winner against a No. 1 seed in the Round of 32. A win tonight would unequivocally change the trajectory of Texas' potential seeding in the NCAA Tournament. If Texas pulled the upset (Baylor a 6.5 point favorite), the Horns would have a real shot to move to the 6/7 seed line headed into the regular season finale against arch-rival Oklahoma Saturday. OnTexasFootball takes a look at the various rankings and scenarios headed into tonights game. Texas NCAA Tournament seeding scenarios Win at No. 15 Baylor: Texas moves to the 6/7 seed line. Would be a big mover/trajectory win. Would give Texas 6 Quad wins, and five Big 12 road wins. Would give Texas a fourth win over a ranked opponent this season. Would set up a very strong finish to the regular season with shot at 10-8 in Big 12 play. Loss at No. 15 Baylor: No pain, unless it's a really bad showing. Baylor is favored by 6.5 for good reason. Texas strength of schedule ascends tonight no matter the outcome. Loss at Baylor, and win Saturday against Oklahoma: Would keep Texas on that 7/8 seed line making a win in the Big 12 Tournament paramount. Would be a third Quad 2 win. And get Texas to 20 wins, and a 9-9 Big 12 record. Loss at Baylor and to Oklahoma: Texas would be on the 9/10 seed line, and limp into the Big 12 Tournament in need of a win. Would mean 19-12, and 8-10 in Big 12 play. Texas’ Remaining Regular Season Schedule 3/4 @ No. 15 Baylor 3/9 Oklahoma NCAA Men’s Basketball NET Rankings (March 1) Texas is No. 27 in NCAA NET headed into the game tonight. The Horns moved up 13 spots last week from No. 40 with wins at Texas Tech and Oklahoma State in Austin. The Longhorns are 5-7 in Quad 1 games, 2-2 vs. Quad 2, 3-1 vs. Quad 3 and 8-0 vs. Quad 4. Quad 1 games remaining for the Longhorns: No. 13 @ Baylor Quad 2 game remaining: No. 41 Oklahoma T-Rank Texas is No. 23 in Bart Torvik’s rankings headed into Monday games. 2024 Ken Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings Texas checks in at No. 26 headed into this week. Texas began last week at No. 28 prior to the two victories. View full news 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 4 Author Moderators Share Posted March 4 ESPN March 1 Bracketology ... prior to Texas' win Saturday https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2024-march-madness-men-field-predictions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ClubWhatever Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 In the last meeting Hunter had one of his best games. Against their guards, this has to happen again. Also, in the last game their 7 footer didn't do much. He has really come on recently. Shedrick has to be able to help out against that guy. If neither of these two things happen, we will get blown out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NothinButDaHorns34 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 There’s been no consistency with this team. I don’t even know where to think about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 4 Author Moderators Share Posted March 4 From UT … Weaver named Big 12 Men’s Basketball Newcomer of the Week Sophomore guard averaged 15.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in UT’s two victories last week. IRVING, Texas — University of Texas sophomore guard Chendall Weaver has been named the Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Week, the league office announced Monday. This marks Weaver’s first career weekly league honor. In UT’s two wins last week, Weaver averaged 15.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in 26.4 minutes per game. He converted 52.6-percent (10-19) from the floor and 10-of-13 (.769) free throws during the two contests. Weaver also was a huge part of the Texas defensive effort that helped limit its two opponents to a combined 38.2-percent (42-110) shooting from the floor, including a 29.3-percent mark (12-41) from three-point range, and post a plus-12.5 rebound margin (41.5-29.0). In Tuesday’s 81-69 win at Texas Tech (Feb. 27), Weaver tied his then-season high with 15 points while hitting a collegiate career-best 9-of-11 free throws and grabbed a season-high eight rebounds to go along with two assists, one block and one steal in 31 minutes. During Saturday’s 81-65 home victory over Oklahoma State (March 2), Weaver set his season high in scoring with 16 points while converting a collegiate career-best 7-of-12 field goals to go along with four rebounds, one assist and one steal in 22 minutes. Texas (19-10, 8-8 Big 12) returns to action when it travels to face No. 11/11 Baylor later tonight. Tip is scheduled for 8 p.m. Central at Foster Pavilion, and the contest will be televised nationally by ESPN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Leininger Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, NothinButDaHorns34 said: There’s been no consistency with this team. I don’t even know where to think about them. The Big 12 can make a lot of teams look inconsistent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 4 Author Moderators Share Posted March 4 Texas back in the "receiving votes" category https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 4 Author Moderators Share Posted March 4 Texas No. 24 in ESPN BPI ... https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bpi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 4 Author Moderators Share Posted March 4 Was going to commit to Texas prior to the December 2023 happenings ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Neil Leininger Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 20 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said: Was going to commit to Texas prior to the December 2023 happenings ... Terry really needs to bring in 1-2 guys like him in next few classes. We need big athletes for the SEC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermanator Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Whether this team is seen as a success or not in RT's first season will all come down to this next month. A very inconsistent regular season has put them in a bad spot for a low at large seed so they'll need to pull an upset or two to make a deep run. With virtually unchecked NIL and portal there's now zero excuses for the wealthiest athletics program in the country to not be competing with the top of the sport in the 2 big money sports. All the pressure is on RT to show he's the guy because CDC's stellar track record shows he won't enjoy sitting on a mistake for long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Lane Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 At Baylor always reminds me of the Mike Wacker undercut injury and the what if for that team..... A team that was able to play with Phi Slama Jamma! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orngblud05 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 @Gerry Hamilton how do you feel about hypotheticals? What does this team look like if Walter had have come to the good guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 4 Author Moderators Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, Hermanator said: Whether this team is seen as a success or not in RT's first season will all come down to this next month. A very inconsistent regular season has put them in a bad spot for a low at large seed so they'll need to pull an upset or two to make a deep run. With virtually unchecked NIL and portal there's now zero excuses for the wealthiest athletics program in the country to not be competing with the top of the sport in the 2 big money sports. All the pressure is on RT to show he's the guy because CDC's stellar track record shows he won't enjoy sitting on a mistake for long. Only issue with that is Texas isn’t trying to be that level in basketball. The University doesn’t act/do all the things necessary to reach that type status consistently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hermanator Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 (edited) 3 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said: Only issue with that is Texas isn’t trying to be that level in basketball. The University doesn’t act/do all the things necessary to reach that type status consistently I'm curious why would this be the case? Football and men's basketball are by far the two highest visibility sports in the country, and our athletic department has the resources to go all in on both of them. If you dominate those two sports you are the preeminent athletic department in the country to 99% of college sports fans and media. Why not put the effort and resources to really dominate those two? Edited March 5 by Hermanator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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