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Wonder why Helm didn't run, it couldn't have been any worse than the combine time.

I love AI, it makes research so easy. Just being the #1 player overall doesn't guarantee anything, especially after the UCONN dynasty run ended. If Vic can get a dynamic outside threat, I still trust him to eventually get a ship. Year Player School Signed With NCAA Championship Won? 2015 Katie Lou Samuelson UConn Yes (2016) 2016 Lauren Cox Baylor Yes (2019) 2017 Megan Walker UConn No 2018 Christyn Williams UConn No 2019 Haley Jones Stanford Yes (2021) 2020 Paige Bueckers UConn No (as of March 2025) 2021 Azzi Fudd UConn No (as of March 2025) 2022 Janiah Barker Texas A&M No (as of March 2025) 2023 JuJu Watkins USC No (as of March 2025) 2024 Sarah Strong UConn TBD (career ongoing)

I didn't watch, but this could be a plethora of things that we don't know. Was it the crowd's reaction? Did they want Texas to match ou's offer (of whatever outside of style of play, maybe even that) and Vic said no thanks so they were forced to pick ou? We'll likely never find out, but time to move on. I was going to post earlier - 1 player does not make or break a team, though it certainly helps to have elite talent. Kevin Durant was elite talent for Texas and they did not win the national title, didn't even come close.

Wonder if Bond did enough to move him back into potential 1st round discussion.

Goes upright way too early.

Hopefully to the pros!

I thought it would be fun to use AI to do a little research on historical championship trifectas and see who would be the closest to achieving it. If CDC had his way, he'd go into the history books as the AD to have done it first. I'm talking about winning a championship in each of the 3 major sports for men's and women's - Football, Volleyball, Basketball(s), Baseball, and Softball. Only UCLA has won one in every sport, but no school has ever done it in the same year (obviously because it's insanely difficult). I asked AI which school would have the highest chance currently -

This is really nice. You can easily see why Texas was interested in going to the SEC and why Sark has decided to focus on TX, GA, and FL for recruiting.

Looks like Staley made adjustments from the game in Austin. Advantage right now swings back to Vic as if they meet again in the tournament Vic will be the one unveiling something new. Though the two wins for Staley has been blowouts and Vic squeaked out a victory at home. The stars for Texas need to show up and be stars. SC's stars showed out.

If Holle or Jordan Lee aren’t hitting shots, Texas has no long range threats. The opponents then just clog up the lane and womp womp. Really need some deep threats next year with Holle graduating.

Odd that Texas isn't projected the overall #1 seed even though they're currently ranked #1.

I disagree, Arch is a new starter, but he's essentially a redshirt sophomore in year 3 of the system. He'll make some mistakes, but he should be able to play at a fairly high level as well. The rest of the team is fairly reloaded (less experience on the o-line for sure) so Texas should be able to compete.

OU should be better than they were this year, but if Texas is supposed to be competing for a national championship, they should win this game comfortably. Being a rivalry game it should be closer for about the first half and then pull away in the second half.

Out in Katy here. This would be great for a watch party unless y'all are going to the Texas exes ones?

IMO, the NIL argument does not have much weight, there's a ton of teams with less NIL than Texas that are playing a better brand of basketball. I've said in another thread, watching this team is boring - iso ball all day.