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The Basketball Crossroads
Rick Barnes is at 'em. The most dangerous thing any coach can do is create heightened expectations in a fan base, deliver on them consistently and incrementally for a decade, and then falter with the team that promises to finally get to the next level; the appointed year that we cement ourselves...
Part II of the Obese Hoops Preview: Why Texas Will Cut Down the Nets
For all of the sunshine pumping regarding our potential offensive prowess, there will still be incredibly frustrating runs for this team. Even with all of the offensive fire power that arrived on the campus this summer, I expect offense to remain the weak link on the team. Rick Barnes is a...
Texas Longhorns Basketball - Notes from inside Denton Cooley Pavilion
Trips and Hank Dudek have been doing a great job discussing hoops and we're all very excited about this season's squad and their continued excellent analysis and coverage. In an effort to augment some of what they've talked about, I wanted to pass along some paraphrased comments we've received...
Texas Hoops Open Gym #3
This is gold, guys. I think SL Xpress mentioned it first, but this has to be great for recruiting. Find more videos like this on Texas 360 Now Remember what Durant did in open gym #2, yeah, Avery Bradley does that here. The kid shows he's entirely capable of being at least a combo-1 guard. His...
J'Covan Brown Has Been Cleared to Play
According to Burnt Orange Beat, a site that continues to provide top of the line coverage on basketball and recruiting. This is my take on how Brown's arrival could affect playing time and personnel. Guys, it's going to be a special fucking year. We're cutting the nets down or we're perma-banning...
J'Covan Brown. Where He Fits In
We've discussed at length what to expect from the 2009-2010 Longhorn Basketball team. We've projected personnel combinations and schemes. We've hit on minute distributions. And we've made some great friends along the way... Many of the threads felt like the following. Awe. The memories. What we...
College Hoops National Championship Race
The smoke has cleared from the recruiting circus. David Stern's WWF lieutenants have scourged the college basketball landscape leaving only the truest student athletes to carry the torch. What we have left, it seems, is a 5 horse race in the quest for one shining moment. Sure, we can discuss why...
Rick Barnes Talks Hoops During Big 12 Summer Teleconference
Good read from Texassports.com Here's the transcript and my thoughts on each subject/answer. On how this incoming class of perimeter players (Avery Bradley, Jordan Hamilton, Jai Lucas and Shawn Williams) ranks among past classes: Well, (Kevin) Durant and (D.J.) Augustin were pretty good now, but...
Tidbits on Alexis Wangmene and Damion James
As reported by texassports.com, Alexis Wangmene has been granted a medical hardship waiver from the conference making him the power forward from Cameroon a redshirt sophomore next season. This outstanding news considering the steep learning curve Wangmene showed over the course of his freshman...
Longhorns Commit A Guy Named Sheldon!?
And it's not to our Honors Accounting program. Meet 6-5 super sophomore (2011) wing Sheldon McClellan. h/t $$ Burnt Orange Beat If you like free, here's a write-up from the Statesman. And a clip of Sheldon playing a club team of emo boys and random buffoons: McClellan is a long and athletic play...
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