Basketball News/Recruiting Thread

[83Dee]

13 hours ago, Aaron Carrara said:

Was Ogden on the hot seat?  Maybe this comes from a lack of knowledge but I don’t see this as a career advancement move?  Nevertheless, I’m glad he’s on board.  Great personality! 

 

[83Dee]

We will be in good shape if we can a number of these recruits.


Recruits and transfers Chris Beard should prioritize with the Longhorns




https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/Texas-hires-Chris-Beard-basketball-recruiting-recruits--163337511/#163337511_1

Nab the top players in Texas for each class, and become an out of state presence.  What an outside the box and realistic idea for Texas to get on top in basketball!  I bet nobody has thought of this before.

Let’s hope Chris Beard reads this article! 

 

[primal defense]

Yo! This is bananas! Jayson Tyson's mother and I are good friends. I was literally just joking with her about him needing to decommit and sign with the good guys. Then I came here and saw this article. NUTS! I absolutely shot this article to her and said make it happen! Lol!

Do you have any bagman experience?

 

[primal defense]

 

[Soldierhorn]

Huge endorsement.  

 

[TB14]

Seeing rumors that Rodney Terry is also possibly leaving the UTEP HC job to come back to Texas. That would give Texas 2 proven high level assistants on staff who can recruit.

Like with football, I'm not worried about recruiting. I'm worried about development and in game coaching decisions. Beard wins with less. Shaka lost with more.

Recruiting will be fine. Hell, Beard started even recruiting at a high level 3 years ago when they started winning. He will recruit fine.

 

[tejasrulz]

9 minutes ago, Soldierhorn said:

Huge endorsement.  

IMHO, Ford is the best basketball player to ever play at Texas. That put back dunk of his against Baylor was mind blowing.

 

[TB14]

IMHO, Ford is the best basketball player to ever play at Texas. That put back dunk of his against Baylor was mind blowing.

I don't think you went very far out on a limb. I think most agree. Sucks he had those injuries in the NBA. I know KD is a better pro, but Ford was the best in college.

 

[Soldierhorn]

IMHO, Ford is the best basketball player to ever play at Texas. That put back dunk of his against Baylor was mind blowing.

he was very VERY good.... but Texas has had quite a few very very good individual players just in the last 20 yrs - too many to mention

Before Barnes crop of outstanding NBA players, I liked Travis Mays and Johnny Moore. And, before my time, based on results, it's hard to beat Slater Martin who had his #15 UT jersey retired and led Longhorns best NCAA finish (3d overall) while being coached by another Longhorn great Jack Gray who was consensus ALL-American in 1935 when he played.  Slater ended up as a HOF'er with 5 NBA championships & 7 time all-star.  K Durant will be right up there with Slater when his NBA career is done but KD didnt do near as much at UT

 

[primal defense]

TJ Ford was the highpoint of Rick Barnes time at Texas by going to the final four. Kevin Durant was one of the lowest point with Barnes. I couldn't believe UT lost the first game of the tournament with Kevin Durant.

 

[Soldierhorn]

Slater Martin STILL holds the UT single home game scoring record at 49 pts (1949), which was a bigger deal 70 yrs ago when the game didnt emphasize offense (no shot clock, no 3pt line, no palming the ball, etc etc)

 

[Sirhornsalot]

 

[83Dee]

IMHO, Ford is the best basketball player to ever play at Texas. That put back dunk of his against Baylor was mind blowing.

Here’s the Texas Basketball Mount Rushmore:

Ford  Durant  Mayes  Thompson

 

[83Dee]

he was very VERY good.... but Texas has had quite a few very very good individual players just in the last 20 yrs - too many to mention

Before Barnes crop of outstanding NBA players, I liked Travis Mays and Johnny Moore. And, before my time, based on results, it's hard to beat Slater Martin who had his #15 UT jersey retired and led Longhorns best NCAA finish (3d overall) while being coached by another Longhorn great Jack Gray who was consensus ALL-American in 1935 when he played.  Slater ended up as a HOF'er with 5 NBA championships & 7 time all-star.  K Durant will be right up there with Slater when his NBA career is done but KD didnt do near as much at UT

Johnny Moore!!!  Boy was that a fun team.   If memory serves, he went undrafted but made the Spurs as a free agent and had a fine NBA career.  

 

[primal defense]

Comfort Suites, McDonald’s and Monday nights: Chris Beard’s ready to bring titles to Texas after unorthodox hiring




https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-longhorns/2021/04/02/comfort-suites-mcdonalds-and-monday-nights-chris-beards-hiring-was-unorthodox-but-hes-ready-to-bring-championships-to-texas-basketball/

 

[Wayne]

Slater Martin STILL holds the UT single home game scoring record at 49 pts (1949), which was a bigger deal 70 yrs ago when the game didnt emphasize offense (no shot clock, no 3pt line, no palming the ball, etc etc)

It was a different game, with different players, in a different era.  They neutralized size by not allowing a dunk. They didn’t call fouls unless you drew blood. And they didn’t let everyone play. 

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Here’s the Texas Basketball Mount Rushmore:

Ford  Durant  Mayes  Thompson

No Gabe Moenekhe? lol

 

[Soldierhorn]

It was a different game, with different players, in a different era.  They neutralized size by not allowing a dunk. They didn’t call fouls unless you drew blood. And they didn’t let everyone play. 

If you go back 10 yrs, and certainly 20 yrs, you are talking about a "different game, with different players, in a different era."  To make any comparisons beyond the present, we have to put things in the context and compare results of that time; not what we think it would have been today.  ANY Longhorn player that had a great college career (worthy of having his # retired) and NBA HOF'er SHOULD be considered regardless when it happened.  The game changes a little almost every year so this comparison will happen to ALL players at some point.   

This is why any list of "best ever", or "GOAT", or Mr Rushmore reps, etc. should have a time frame applied to it such as my greatest players of the last 20 yrs or something like that.  Even the game that Mays and Moore played deosnt apply to today.  If you dont apply a framework, then any Longhorn basketball Mt Rushmore SHOULD start with Slater Martin just as any presidential Mt Rushmore should start with Washington

 

[83Dee]

If you go back 10 yrs, and certainly 20 yrs, you are talking about a "different game, with different players, in a different era."  To make any comparisons beyond the present, we have to put things in the context and compare results of that time; not what we think it would have been today.  ANY Longhorn player that had a great college career (worthy of having his # retired) and NBA HOF'er SHOULD be considered regardless when it happened.  The game changes a little almost every year so this comparison will happen to ALL players at some point.   

This is why any list of "best ever", or "GOAT", or Mr Rushmore reps, etc. should have a time frame applied to it such as my greatest players of the last 20 yrs or something like that.  Even the game that Mays and Moore played deosnt apply to today.  If you dont apply a framework, then any Longhorn basketball Mt Rushmore SHOULD start with Slater Martin just as any presidential Mt Rushmore should start with Washington

Perhaps I should have labeled my Mt Rushmore with a timeframe as you suggested.  And the label would have been “my personal Mt Rushmore.”  I didn’t intend for it to be comprehensive - but only people I saw play. I thought it would make for fun banter / fodder.  Slater, no doubt, would be on any comprehensive Mt Rushmore - based on the statistics.

By the way, I really appreciated Beard’s knowledge of Longhorn basketball history.  He acknowledged every coach in my viewing lifetime:  Lemmons, Wetlick, Penders, Barnes, Shaka - and seemed to have a relationship with each of them - sans Lemmons who he said was his coaching hero growing up... as he was for me!

EDIT - He also recognized coach Black (preceded Lemmons).  I played little league basketball against his son... Jason I think?  Anyhow, I thought he said Coach black was at the press conference... is coach Black still with us?  He must be up in years??  My first Longhorn games to take in were when Lemmons was coaching.  

 

[oldhorn2]

LaSalle Thompson and Jim whacker were as dominate a twosome as there was in the day....then Wacker shredded a knee and that was that....