How would you feel if Texas won just one game in March Madness?

[83Dee]

Lot of preseason hype not so much results. Tourny loss to TCU while OU takes out Baylor.

Sorta like football n the outside looking in.

Thanks goodness for the other sports.

We are ready to dominate the sec sec.....

minus football and men’s basketball.  

 

[83Dee]

I listened to a pundit guy from ESPN last night talk about Texas and some other program in comparison (can't recall who). Anyway, he noted the difference in the results was that the program I can't remember took transfers from winning programs while Texas really didn't. I had not thought of that before.

I’ve heard this too.   It’s a reasonable hypothesis.  Beard touched on a similar topic - this team’s lack of hatred for losing  - after TCU.  

 

[Baron]

I’ve heard this too.   It’s a reasonable hypothesis.  Beard touched on a similar topic - this team’s lack of hatred for losing  - after TCU.  

That's a part of recruiting that gets overlooked, players from championship or winning programs. Didn't Mack Brown put an emphasis on players from successful high school programs?

 

[DBut82]

That's a part of recruiting that gets overlooked, players from championship or winning programs. Didn't Mack Brown put an emphasis on players from successful high school programs?

Not with Swoopes...who was a 5 star

 

[Baron]

Not with Swoopes...who was a 5 star

That was one of the only differences. And we saw where that led the team.

 

[BWilk55]

We will probably be a 6 seed and will be favored to win that matchup. Losing a tourney game as a favorite would be a disappointing, though not surprising way to finish this season. We will likely face a top 10 team in the round of 32 so really not a shocker if we lose that one. Making the sweet 16 would put a lot of excitement back into the program. Round of 32 would be a ho-hum ending and a round 1 loss would put a negative feel to season 1. 

 

[longhorn_mig]

Woof. Va Tech first round is a terrible draw.

 

[DBut82]

Sooooooo...anyone still claiming disappointment?

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Sooooooo...anyone still claiming disappointment?

Have you seen my bracket? lol 

It looks like the Russian artillery has hit it. lol

I do still have my final four in this thing. So there's that. Oh wait, Baylor lost. lol

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

One tourney win has me feeling the best about Texas Hoops since Barnes was here.

 

[tejasrulz]

Sooooooo...anyone still claiming disappointment?

Loved they way they played the 2nd half minus the play by Brock towards the end. They continue to play like that and they can surprise some people along the way.

 

[BWilk55]

Loved they way they played the 2nd half minus the play by Brock towards the end. They continue to play like that and they can surprise some people along the way.

Well, perhaps we would surprise Purdue but it won't be any surprise if we beat St. Peter's. A win today would be huge as we would be big favorites to make the Elite Eight!

 

[WesC512]

I feel anything less than Sweet 16 is a failure for this season. I do like what he is building for the future, but winning 1 more game than Shaka did would not move the needle much for me. Again for this year, going forward I am optimistic in what he is building.

Beard and co got one win while Shaka was embarrassed again in the first round. I feel better about Beard than Shaka, that I know.

 

[TXFF]

Purdue was a terrible matchup for Texas and they played them very tough. Another year of recruiting the front court will definitely help.

 

[Huskie1]

After a couple of days reflection, I have these thoughts. 
They lost to a better Purdue team but man did they play their butts off. The dreaded scoring drought and fouls did them in IMHO. 
I think this team reached their peak. They were over hyped a bit preseason. 
One of the things I look for is a team getting better over the course of the season. I think this team did and that is good coaching. Getting Ramey to buy in to being  the shut down defender is good coaching. 
One poster pointed out a while back that most of the transfers came from teams that were not successful. That is a huge factor that I know I overlooked going into the season. There is something to knowing how to win. 
So thanks to those guys for a good season. I feel good about the future and I’m glad the expectation level for the program has been raised, as it should, at The University of Texas. 
Can’t wait till next year!!

Also, as a former track athlete, gotta plug my guys… NATIONAL CHAMPIONS INDOOR TRACK ??

 

[Sirhornsalot]

After a couple of days reflection, I have these thoughts. 
They lost to a better Purdue team but man did they play their butts off. The dreaded scoring drought and fouls did them in IMHO. 
I think this team reached their peak. They were over hyped a bit preseason. 
One of the things I look for is a team getting better over the course of the season. I think this team did and that is good coaching. Getting Ramey to buy in to being  the shut down defender is good coaching. 
One poster pointed out a while back that most of the transfers came from teams that were not successful. That is a huge factor that I know I overlooked going into the season. There is something to knowing how to win. 
So thanks to those guys for a good season. I feel good about the future and I’m glad the expectation level for the program has been raised, as it should, at The University of Texas. 
Can’t wait till next year!!

Also, as a former track athlete, gotta plug my guys… NATIONAL CHAMPIONS INDOOR TRACK ??

My thoughts exactly.