Recent content by DowntownVol

for all the talent we've been blessed to have this century, one thing that does stick out here is the fact that UT has, for whatever reason, not been able to recruit a top tier center this century.

this post right here is dead on the money

exactly. Duke would have absolutely boatraced us, and that's not a knock on us.

this is an underrated point. for all of BuzzBall's flaws, Buzz did actually put together a solid roster for Pearl to walk into, and even he would've gotten to the tournament had he not been shown the door

there are about 350 schools in D-1 men's hoops. we have been one of the best 8 of those schools back to back years. and we're a football school. if you can't appreciate this level of success, I don't know what to tell you, because there's about 335 D-1 teams that would kill for back to...

we had the best roster in America that year. could have won it all with that team.

honest question: who is gonna be Mike Keith's color guy for hoops? Hamer? Dane? Ron Slay?

to be perfectly honest, I'm actually less interested in "who we gon get when Barnes finally hangs it up?" and more interested in "how much NIL money are we going to allocate to men's hoops, and will it be enough to buy a championship roster?", because at this point, that's the bigger question

same here.

yeah, not to pile on, but I think it's fair to say that Igor was not the player we thought we were getting. especially in the last 12-15 games.

can't wait for the Pearl worshiping drive-bys to come in here with the "PEARL HAS NOW MADE 2 FINAL FOURS" crap

that's fair. I guess a more succinct way of saying what I'm trying to say is that this was not the best roster, or even in the top 5 best rosters, that UT hoops has had. and I think this is one of Barnes' best coaching jobs, especially considering we were expecting to have Estrella and...

this was not the best shot we've ever had at a FF. this roster overachieved. last year we had a better shot, just ran into the Purdue buzzsaw. the Grant/Admiral team that lost to Purdue in the sweet 16 was the best roster Barnes has had. the team that lost to Loyola on the miracle shot was...

this discussion is over. Barnes officially ended it last night. the remaining Barnes Bashers can cope and seethe and go root for Auburn.

up until a few years ago, I would say Maryland is obviously a much better (basketball) gig than TAMU, but now, with the money and resources TAMU can throw at NIL? not so sure