TxHoops

I don’t believe he’s signed but I know he has some offers. He will play somewhere for sure.

Ragusa is basically my nephew so I’m a bit biased. He’s probably somewhere in the top 10ish off the top of my head though.

Scales. Ragusa graduated a few years ago (Scales freshman year) and played a couple of years with Lamar PA.

This is almost assuredly the most talented team Orangefield has had, led by easily the best player I’ve seen in the 30 years I’ve followed them. Also very happy for a guy who has been one of the best coaches in SETX for years in Whitmire. The one thing that worries me for the playoffs is not having really been challenged since district began (other than at EC sort of). Hoping their depth and experience at the varsity level more than makes up with something they had no control over.

1-1 to start the stetch. Winning very comfortably at UGA and losing a nail biter at Bama wasn’t a horrible result thus far. If this has been discussed my apologies. But what the heck are we doing now NCAA. You guys know I’m pretty much always pro players but now we are letting guys who have played professionally, IN THE NBA G LEAGUE no less, come back and play collegiately again??? Bediako being granted additional eligibility to play for Bama is the most ludicrous thing I’ve seen in college sports. The reason I’ve always preferred college sports is dying a very swift death.

They definitely each have one of the most unguardable players in the county, albeit at different positions. The Flemings kid is almost impossible to stay in front of and Toppin has some of the best footwork you will ever see at the collegiate level.

I’m a huge fan of Del Conte and think he’s a helluva an AD. He was also more of a basketball guy prior to coming to UT so far be it from me to criticize any hire he makes. But Miller is pretty much the opposite of the Bucky Ball hire (i.e, big name, splashy-type hire). Different approach, often times “safer” both in results on the court and in justification by the AD. Time will tell how each hire plays out. In terms of recruiting at this level, I’m not sure how much coaching comes into play anymore. I’m afraid wayyyy more often than not, it simply comes down now to who brings the biggest “bag.” I also have no idea how the NIL for basketball stacks up with these two schools. On that note, I think Grant McCasland has the easiet recruiting job of any coach in the state now. If Cody Campbell is willing to pump a few million into softball, I gotta think Tech hoops is gonna have the biggest NIL fund of any of the Texas schools. )If only Chris Beard hadn’t thought the grass was greener…) Speaking of the Red Raiders, read yesterday that Duke, U of H and BYU have a combined 5 losses this season. 3 of those are to Tech…

Not a fan of that guy. I am probably biased there too but I don’t have a lot of respect for guys that sacrifice their friends to attempt to hold on to their job a little longer. Tim Kaine was a top assistant of his for years and was widely credited for getting Ja Morant to Murray State (without which, I’m not sure McMahon ever gets the LSU job). I half expected them to can him after last season and try to bring back Will Wade.

I am admittedly biased because I am fairly tight with one of his assistants who was also with him at Samford. But this appears like it could be a tremendous hire by Alberts. Bucky wasn’t a “sexy” type hire that many Power 5s are tempted to make. He had a really good 5 year run at Samford but that was his first collegiate job after being a very successful HS coach. That’s not the “safest” of hires for an AD in the SEC. One sign of a great coach is who he hires as his assistants. My buddy aside, I loved the Kyle Keller hire. I always thought he was exceptional at SFA with obvious roots in the state. I was hoping he might bring in Joe Jones, one of the all time Aggie greats on the court who is a very well-respected coach now in his own right. But staffs are often tricky, especially for new hires so maybe he will get to come home in the future.

I agree

My thoughts are it is hard to argue with this list, both because it looks really good to me and because I am pretty certain no one has seen more of these teams play than you…

And if you count the regular season, they beat all 4 number one seeds.

I am about the furthest person you could find for an expert in the sport. But they looked like the best team I’ve seen.

Tech with a big upset of Duke in MSG last night.

I know seeding was based on record. And I only saw the game where they beat Texas and some of the playoff games. But that team was a juggernaut