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  1. bierce
    I wonder if Braxton Meah will be the fall back at center. He's from Fresno, so Terry was familiar with him in high school, and Terry offered him a spot at UTEP. 7'1" foul prone rebounder and high percentage finisher in the paint. Liability at the free throw line but not as bad as Cisse or Payne. Played starter minutes at U Dub in 2022-23 and split time with a transfer from Nebraska this year.
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    Payne committed to A&M. Do we have anybody in mind if Garrison falls through? I see we aren't included in the list of teams that reached out to Sean Stewart right after he entered the portal. We aren't on Omoruyi's list of schools of interest. Okpara is probably off to Tennessee. I had hoped we could have added Cisse a couple of years ago, but I don't feel that way anymore.
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    My only reservation about Pope is on the defensive end. 0.7 steals per 40 minutes. Steal totals aren't the sole or best measure of a defender, but that is a ridiculously low number. Five blocks in his career in 2200+ minutes. Almost non-existent as a rebounder. I want Pope. He'll be a great addition to the offense. But when a guy is less than Abmas when it comes to all stats other than points, one has to temper one's expectations at least somewhat.
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    You have to like his expressions while wearing each jersey.
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    Sounds like Kentucky knows it is adding someone to go with Amari Williams. Uganna Onyenso hit the portal today. 66 blocks in 450 minutes in 2023-24.
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    In case anyone in interested in what Okpara is doing, he's visiting Tennessee today. I haven't read anything about other schools of interest or planned visits.
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    Portal doesn't close for another week. Okpara hit in the last 24 hours. At the very least, he creates a bigger pool of talented bigs to soak up the Tysonbucks, but I hope we at least put in a call.
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    Are you telling us that inside every 6'11" C is a 6'2" point guard trying to come out?
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    And Sean Stewart is a work in progress but a monster rebounder.
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    Is he laughing yet?
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    Payne can rebound. He is a pretty good shot blocker for a guy who isn't a tree. But do you still like Payne if you are aware that he has 0 offensive range and takes 95% of his shots from point blank range? That he shoots 47% from the line over 2 seasons? Is 44 blocks in 746 minutes worth that? Please tell me there is a plan B and Payne is plan C. Or tell me Terry and Haith know how to fix his offensive game.
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    I don't know who might be saying Texas wanted to lose Scott, and such a statement would be abject nonsense, but I can see how the staff and Scott's handlers might have such a difference of opinion about Scott's current skills, strengths, and weaknesses that the union was going to lead to problems. I really wish Scott would have been willing to come in, play a supporting role as a freshman, and grow into a starring role down the road, but I just don't think he's willing to do that. Sucks to see him go, but if he doesn't want to stay in college beyond one year and accept a lesser role as a freshman, then what choice is there?
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    Brandon Garrison, come on down.
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    I'm starting to feel less bothered by Scott wanting out. While I thought of him as a longer term player for us, I now see him on 2025 mock drafts, and it takes just one guy putting him in the middle of the first round to make him think he is a one and done or would be if he were given a starring role right away. And here is a mock draft, putting him not just in the first round but in the lottery. https://www.nbadraft.net/nba-mock-drafts/?year-mock=2025 I don't see that at all, but if Scott does, then he is a only a one year rental, and a guy who will pout if he isn't given a featured role, no matter whether he deserves that role or not.
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    This is what I hate more than anything about portal life--losing good multi-year contributors in the chase for the immediate fix for next season. I don't know if Scott doesn't like seeing us recruiting experienced guards or especially experienced point guards, minimizing his chance to become a primary ball handler, or has heard about NIL figures bandied about for transfers and wants to put himself back on the market. But I would have much preferred to keep Scott for two or thre years in lieu of bringing in someone who will play one year, keep us on the right side of the bubble but not much better in that one year and then leave.
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    Kent is someone to view with a bit of caution. He put up insanely good numbers as a fourth year junior after having a very pedestrian career for three years. It looks like he thrived in an offense that was littered with excellent three point shooters and passers, giving him endless opportunities for layups. To his credit, he made of those, was a great ft shooter, shot from the perimeter well (30/80 .375), and doubled his rebounding rate. I think he can contribute and doesn't have to be in the paint to score, but I won't be surprised to see him fall far short of 2023-24 numbers.
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    Not quite yet retired lawyer here with a different opinion. The prosecution did not want to get a conviction. It wanted to lose the criminal trial with an eye to making sure L.A. wasn't burned to the ground by rioters, so it embarked on a ridiculously long trial to punish Simpson by destroying his reputation and financial standing. I thought it was a brilliant strategy, and the prosecution got everything it wanted.
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    We have the roster spots. They have useful skills, even if neither is an ideal forward or PG. They could find their minutes reduced if we pick up better players, but unless and until we do, I really hope both return.
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    Mack is originally from the DC area, but we might have an advantage if he wants to play at a faster pace. Bennett runs one of the slowest offenses every year, and Cooley's teams were more often than not ranked 200+ in average offensive possession length on a scale, with 1 being the fastest. Terry had only one team check in over 200 after his first two years at Fresno State.
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    For some reason I can't edit my own posts--am told I need to subscribe, but I already have. What I wanted to do was add some details about Larry. 188/80 a/t ratio this year with 59 steals. Not a huge volume 3pt shooter, but pretty damn good at it--.460+ in both of the last two seasons and .404 in his career. Gets to the line a lot for a guard. Decent size at 6'3".
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    The entire Indiana State team is now in the portal after the coach was hired away by St. Louis. Avila is the big name there, but I have reservations about his ability to defend at this level. Conwell and Larry are an interesting pair of guards. Larry is from Frisco.
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    Completely out of left-field, I have a question about the coaching staff's opinion regarding Weaver. He shot .379 bta against D1 opponents as a freshman at UT-Arlington and over .450 in the second half of that season. Early in this year, he missed some shots while showing good form. He became a guy to ignore despite being wide open in the corner, and as the season went on, he began totally bricking his perimeter shots before he went 3/8 bta in March. Does the staff think this is a confidence thing, a correctable mechanical flaw, or that he's basically a Justin Mason who will never be able to shoot from the arc again? I personally think there is an all-around talent there that just needs to get it going, but I'm just a stat-head who watches a lot of games and film.
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    Is Mack/Pope an either/or? Or are both being courted with an eye to Hunter possibly moving on?
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    UConn can't drum up nearly as many NIL $$ as Kentucky, Texas, tOSU, et al., but UConn, its alums, and the local businesses probably won't drop a lot of the $$ they have on the football program, so I don't think it will have too much trouble fielding quality teams long term. The bigger question would be whether Hurley would rather stay where he is already deified and in the same part of the world he has spent his entire life instead of chasing a bigger paycheck in a completely different sort of environment. I don't think Hurley is nearly entrenched in Storrs as Few has been in Spokane, but sometimes money isn't everything, particularly when you already get a lot of money. I have not doubt about Kentucky dangling a much bigger paycheck, but I do have doubts about whether Hurley would take it.
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    I see little reason why Texas should not have NIL commensurate with most other programs chasing top basketball talent. After all, we pay our coach over 2 million less than we were paying Beard and between 6 million and 1.5 million a year less than the coaches receive at somewhere between 12 and 15 other programs that have reasonable expectations for second weekends in most seasons, depending on salaries given to Enfield and Musselman at their new schools. I'm assuming Kentucky will pay whoever huge dollars.
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