No. 7 Texas vs. No. 2 Tennessee in Round of 32

24 minutes ago, Giancarlo Iero said:

@Gerry HamiltonAny updates on Ulrich Chomche? G-League not an option anymore. Headed to the draft then?

I don't think he's eligible for the draft. The reason he was going to the Ignite was to use his one year in "pro" basketball.

On 3/24/2024 at 1:38 PM, rocketman said:

Gerry , watching Marquette vs Colorado gave me a thought considering your use of the word "embarrassing" concerning the disappointing performance last night. 

Embarrassing reminds me of Chris Jackson of Georgetown melting down when passing the ball to James Worthy of North Carolina in 83 title game. Or Chris Webber calling time out when Michigan didn't have any vs same NC team. Or closer to home, the loss to Abilene Christian in NCAA tournament that ushered Shaka out at Texas. 

Shaka just won to go to the Sweet 16. Does his stay at Texas mean he was an embarrassing coach at the helm of our team? We lost a lot of games like last night. 

My conclusion, is when you choose to repeatedly call out TH arn't you really just blaming RT for having him out there? TH made most of us  crazy this season. Why do you think he left him out there might be a better question?

RT recruited Hunter to returning.. he also recruited Max in the portal..  He thought he had enough guard play and Hunter regressed even more than a season ago and so did Max.  That is on coaching

On 3/24/2024 at 10:03 AM, GQ03 said:

I mean what adjustments can you really make when your two primary ball-handlers are handing the ball over to the opposition like fun-size candy on Halloween night? 

oh yeah it's always on the players, never on the coach..

Weird since RT recruited Hunter to stay for another season and brought in Max through the portal.. and they both regressed.

Terrific job by Rodney to even get to the tournament and win a game.

2 hours ago, Thiefery said:

oh yeah it's always on the players, never on the coach..

 

Weird since RT recruited Hunter to stay for another season and brought in Max through the portal.. and they both regressed.

 

Terrific job by Rodney to even get to the tournament and win a game.

Sure, it's RTs fault that he didn't recruit or land better options but as Gerry mentioned multiple times, Hunter has started over 100 games and you'd think someone with his experience would exhibit more poise. 

The only reason he brought back Hunter and Mitchell were the late decisions from Johnson and Holland to go pro. I will agree Terry passed on some talented guys from the portal for Hunter and Mitchell. The coaching staff will likely make different decisions this portal season. We shall see, if he doesn't get at least one impact player to help take the pressure off of Tre Johnson, his one year on campus will be wasted.

Abmas did not regress from last year. Don’t let one or two games cloud your view of the guy.

His FG and 3 point % dropped 1 point from last year. His assist rate actually slightly increased and his turnover rate stayed about the same as his career average. Considering the huge jump in competition all those numbers sound about right, especially when you consider Texas had to ask him to be the primary ball handler after it became obvious Hunter couldn’t handle it.

This season was a success but it wasn't maximized because of the increased need from low basketball IQ players to play consistent basketball. They just couldn't deliver. Mitchell was much better overall this season, but was nearly unplayable against Tennessee. It also didn't help that Brock Cunningham for some unknown reason continued to make stupid decisions that cost him team points. 2 flagrant fouls in the NCCAT as a 6th year player. That's just unforgivable. He was playing the tournament games like a freshmen in the Cotton Bowl.

Hopefully this season will bring an end to the Beard years at Texas. Should Texas move on from Hunter and Mitchell, there shouldn't be a player left that was recruited or coached by Beard. He had a poor 1.5 years of evualuation.