GQ03

I have a ton of respect for you as a poster as you & Gerry are basically the Godfathers of Texas sports forums especially when it comes to talking Texas hoops. For awhile I wasn't if this was the original SLX from back in the day but reading some of your recent posts has confirmed. Super glad to have you in this community. I respect your take on Terry and still feel he's not given enough credit by the fanbase for that great Elite 8 run especially considering we don't have a ton in our history and it had been 15 years since we had. Everyone keeps parroting the idea that the team Beard & co put together would've gone as far as they did with anyone coaching. That was a good team but there wasn't undeniable talent on that team and even then this fanbase saw Rick Barnes take an even more talented team to a 17-0 record and number #1 ranking and then immediately freefall to damn near a bubble team (and 1st rd exit) with the same coaching staff and no major injuries. I'm not sure that team makes it further with Beard for a couple of reasons. 1) I don't know that he would've been able to overcome all of the injuries that crept up at the end of that run to Disu, Carr & I think even Rice. 2) I'm not sure we ever get that version of Dylan Disu under Beard as he didn't start to look anything like the Vanderbilt version of himself until well after Terry took over. I also remember Disu making a comment about how much the change at the top was able to effect his game. Super excited about this season as I love the roster even though I might worry a little bit about PG depth. Mikey Lewis' injury has helped me temper expectations to some degree as well as knowing that teams with this many new faces don't usually make real runs like this in year 1. Either way, I'm looking forward to the growth and feel it'll be much better than football has been so far. Anyways, great to see you SLX posting here and I look forward to reading your posts. 🤘🏾

Kansas isn't supposed to be that good this year and I don't see TKR taking them from barely a top 25 team to a top 10 team.

So is Vanderbilt with Makayla Blakes and the PG Galvan.

I'd wait for them to play someone that can challenge them before crowning them. Tennessee lost their other exhibition game and didn't look good at all doing it. Barnes has a lot of work to do with this group.

We finally have TV/streaming news for Texas vs St John's. It'll be at 11am on Sunday on ESPN+. Can't wait to get our first look at them and against top competition too on the road.

Texas - 31 Florida - 20

No one is saying they aren't talented but what they don't have is experience and the issue Vic's coaching presents is that by the time they get the experience, they transfer out.

I get it but I don't see Jones as this significant downgrade from Philo because he's not. Florida isn't any less dangerous than we've thought they are and will be more dangerous offensively than they've been all year because they'll finally have a healthy Baugh, Wilson, VB3 & Singleton for the 1st time this year. I'm very worried about tomorrow.

Could be something but Black is the type that doesn't like anyone he plays against. Plus, I'm old enough to remember the thought that Julius Randle and the Harrison Twins would never play together and there they all were at Kentucky together.

Texas - 31 OU - 6

Alabama's schedule has been much tougher than Georgia's up to this point and its not really been close.

That guy doesn't help this years team so I'm still trying to figure out what they're going to do this year and I believe they have a scrimmage next Sunday.

Black as a freshman vs Montverde with a senior Cooper Flagg and a bunch of other guys in the league already (Derick Queen, Asa Newell, Liam McNeeley, etc) https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0PbzOEvn6a/?stkn=MXB6bGw1cTNrODlrdQ==

Just him at 17 giving buckets to top NBA defender Cason Wallace but carry on. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbba25vJq5W/?stkn=N2JvamVrdGZ4cmxy

They didn't play head to head but Daughtry was unreal at Peach Jam while Black was good. In watching Black's last game, I believe he was pretty fatigued after playing heavy minutes for Team USA overseas and then immediately going straight to Peach Jam. Daughtry did that too I believe but had less of a workload/role for Team USA.