Basketball News/Recruiting Thread

[General Hooker]

I think somebody used AI to generate this since Wikipedia doesn't show this.

 

[PTA]

I just cannot get excited about this hire. Hope that expectations are exceeded.

 

[Kmed]

I just cannot get excited about this hire. Hope that expectations are exceeded.

I’m as excited about this hire as I was the Satk hire. Luckily, I have no sway in the athletic department. (To be fair, I thought Sark was a solid hire, but held the right to reserve judgment)

 

[Wayne]

I just cannot get excited about this hire. Hope that expectations are exceeded.

I am excited. If he gives us the same as he gave Arizona, we’ll be happy. At Xavier he had no NIL budget to speak of and still produced.

 

[texbound]

I’m as excited about this hire as I was the Satk hire. Luckily, I have no sway in the athletic department. (To be fair, I thought Sark was a solid hire, but held the right to reserve judgment)

Great post. This is exactly how I feel. I think he is an upgrade to Terry, but just how much of an upgrade remains to be seen. I do know the offense will be much improved. One thing about basketball over football is that you don't have to wait 2-3 years to build the program. If you get the right freshman, the team can be successful in year 1.

 

[TB14]

I like this hire. I don’t think we are or were ever getting a top 10 coach to leave for Texas. But I do think Miller is a top 20 coach in all of basketball. Pair that with Texas resources, and we should consistently advance past the first weekend of March madness.

 

[PTA]

I like this hire. I don’t think we are or were ever getting a top 10 coach to leave for Texas. But I do think Miller is a top 20 coach in all of basketball. Pair that with Texas resources, and we should consistently advance past the first weekend of March madness.

So you are saying, we are a football school and can never become a basketball school with the enticement of the right coach? No offense, but making it past the first weekend in the NCAA tournament sounds like you’re settling.

 

[Baron]

Great post. This is exactly how I feel. I think he is an upgrade to Terry, but just how much of an upgrade remains to be seen. I do know the offense will be much improved. One thing about basketball over football is that you don't have to wait 2-3 years to build the program. If you get the right freshman, the team can be successful in year 1.

He is an offensive minded coach. Recruits internationally and has a +71% winning percentage for his career.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

I think somebody used AI to generate this since Wikipedia doesn't show this.

They are bitter. If you hate him so much, why be upset when he leaves? If he was a terrible coach, why did you hire him . . . and keep him?

lol.

 

[alonghorn72]

Hell, I'll give him a chance. I have been emotionally disconnected with Texas BB for quite some time. I was optimistic about Beard but we know how that turned out. I guess if you can't beat them, just hire their coach.....

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Hell, I'll give him a chance. I have been emotionally disconnected with Texas BB for quite some time. I was optimistic about Beard but we know how that turned out. I guess if you can't beat them, just hire their coach.....

Agree. When we hired Beard, I was giddy. I knew Texas basketball was about to take off to heights we hadn't seen in some time.

And then the gut punch one morning, learning of the news he was in trouble with law enforcement.

I was never a believer in RT leading the program. But I don't think CDC had a choice.

I'm just glad it's over and we can get on to the task of becoming a winner. Right now, I am placing my faith in CDC's ability to hire the right guy. I think he's earrned that much.

 

[david ficken]

I like this hire. I don’t think we are or were ever getting a top 10 coach to leave for Texas. But I do think Miller is a top 20 coach in all of basketball. Pair that with Texas resources, and we should consistently advance past the first weekend of March madness.

I'm curious as to what top 10 coach do you and a few others think we could've/should've gone after that is better than Miller? He did a really good job of bringing Arizona back to where it once was. Yes, there is the FBI investigation with the shoe dealings allow with players getting paid (as well as some coaches that were big time recruiters), but we were also involved in that as well. But whom do you or others think we should've gone after that was at the affordable buyout that CDC would've done? Or is it that some think it's an NIL deal issue?

 

[Baron]

Rumor mill has Archie Miller resigning as Rhode Island's head coach to become Asst Head Coach at Texas. 245-176 as a head coach.

 

[Kmed]

Aaliyah Chavez commits to ou

 

[Baron]

Aaliyah Chavez commits to ou

What about her Nike NIL?

 

[Billybass]

I'm curious as to what top 10 coach do you and a few others think we could've/should've gone after that is better than Miller? He did a really good job of bringing Arizona back to where it once was. Yes, there is the FBI investigation with the shoe dealings allow with players getting paid (as well as some coaches that were big time recruiters), but we were also involved in that as well. But whom do you or others think we should've gone after that was at the affordable buyout that CDC would've done? Or is it that some think it's an NIL deal issue?

I would have liked Calapari. I know he has a large buyout, but I’m thinking there is money available

 

[tejasrulz]

Aaliyah Chavez commits to ou

Her loss

 

[Kmed]

Her loss

I take this as confirmation our NIL fund isn’t in the game of paying a single player &1m+ (ok, maybe certain football or men’s basketball players). I get it, if you have a certain budget for the overall team it’s hard to allocate most to a couple players. I wonder what our basketball NIL budget is?

 

[RickyFlair]

Nobody really jumps out as a sure fire super coach but I wouldn’t mind seeing what Mark Few could do with our resources. Kelvin Sampson is another (I know he was at blow U).

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Nobody really jumps out as a sure fire super coach but I wouldn’t mind seeing what Mark Few could do with our resources. Kelvin Sampson is another (I know he was at blow U).

Yeah, but Sampson's teams win. I'd be down for that.