Chris Beard to Texas
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We won but,,,,, Can’t wait to read the “Chris Beard can’t coach offense” analysis on this one!
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I don’t really see why that’s controversial. He would probably admit that it’s a weak spot for him.
Great win. Huge win actually as KU is an outstanding team. KU is going to be a 2 or 3 seed and possibly a 1 seed if they win the B12. Things are coming together offensively. We have to run our offense through Timmy Allen, he’s a matchup problem for opponents because he’s 6’7” and is an outstanding passer and ball handler. Makes excellent decisions with the ball and knows how to move without the ball to find the weak spots in the D.
I like Tre Mitchell taking threes. He’s not making them at a high rate but it’s very important that he becomes a threat from outside because Allen and Bishop have no range from deep. One of our bigs has to be a threat out there from 3.
Loved Rameys D on Agbahji. Great to see him embracing defense over scoring. I’ve never seen him guard like this in his 4 years at UT.
With three straight wins over top 20 teams, we have a shot at getting a 4-5 seed as long as we finish out the season strong. We don’t have to win out but if we do we can make a case for a 2-3 seed.
I like Tre Mitchell taking threes. He’s not making them at a high rate but it’s very important that he becomes a threat from outside because Allen and Bishop have no range from deep. One of our bigs has to be a threat out there from 3.
Loved Rameys D on Agbahji. Great to see him embracing defense over scoring. I’ve never seen him guard like this in his 4 years at UT.
With three straight wins over top 20 teams, we have a shot at getting a 4-5 seed as long as we finish out the season strong. We don’t have to win out but if we do we can make a case for a 2-3 seed.
Agbahji is a projected lottery pick and he was completely shut down tonight.
Credit Ramey on that. I’m pretty sure he was guarding him all game. Not sure anyone else did.
I’d like Mitchell taking 3’s if he knocked down a higher %. The one he hit tonight was obviously big though.
To get a 3-5 seed we will probably have to split with Baylor, get the 2nd one against tech and sweep OU and TCU. Not completely crazy but a tall order.
Excellent Win -loved the enthusiasm from the crowd. Hope we are finding ourselves just in time for a stretch/tourney run.
Well unranked OU handed Tech a 15 point loss tonight. Where are the little Tech beeches from last week crowing about how Tech was going to roll through the rest of their schedule and get into the top 10? Can't wait for our rematch with them in Austin.
If Tech can avoid Gonzaga .... and OU! Poor effort last night by the Red Raiders.
If the big 10 could get Kansas basketball without having to take Kansas football they’d take them in a heartbeat
In retrospect ... Mangino may have been the greatest coach ever. He took that eye sore of a program and won an Orange Bowl. Nothing close before or since.
I live around KU territory… mangino got a raw deal at KU.
I don’t know if leapold can duplicate what Mangino did, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he makes them respectable. He’s a good coach.
May not matter. We look like we’re packing it in for the day.
Didn't get a chance to see much but Baylor is really good. Like, the level tech thinks they're at, good. AlsoBaylor was smarting from Kansas loss, and we beat Kansas, and Baylor wanted their mojo back. Kinda saw this one coming. Treat the wounds, move on.
I think people that are saying “this is a rebuilding year” don’t quite grasp this roster. We have the 3rd oldest roster in the country. Basically no one coming back next year most likely. This team wasn’t put together to “rebuild”. This team was put together to get the beard era off to a good start.
my problem isn’t that they lost to Baylor. Baylor is good. My problem is that when they are on the road against good teams they aren’t even competitive. I mean Gonzaga, Tech, Baylor, Iowa state they were all pretty much over by halftime. This team is too talented to be getting whipped this bad on the road.
So again I ask - what would you view as a success this year? Last year’s team lost to ACU in the Big Dance. Shaka left UT with nothing but a decent 3 point shooter - Jones - and a hustling overachiever - Cunningham. Beard built a top 20 team on the fly. They ran into a buzz saw today. UT fans don’t fully appreciate they are the BIG game, in EVERY sport, on every one else’s schedule. You are very clear in your posts that Beard and this team suck - so what do you need to see to say you are wrong (or right) about Beard? Conference Championship or bust?
Well you for sure have to get out of the first round of the tournament, but people focus so much on the tournament game they forget that last years team swept KU, won the Maui invitational, and won the big 12 tournament, so although the NCAA tournament didn’t go as we wanted there were a lot of successes.
for this team I’d like to see us beat a good team on the road, win a game in the big 12 tournament and get to at least the 2nd round of the tournament. This team beat KU, Tennessee and Iowa state. At home. They are too good to be bitch slapped consistently on the road. Again my issue isn’t that they are losing the games. A lot of teams lose in Waco, Lubbock and Ames. My issue is that in all 3 cases they really were never in the game.
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I liked how Beard after the game sent all 5 starters to talk to the media after this butt whooping
Basketball is the complete opposite of football. There isn’t really such thing as rebuilding in basketball with the transfer portal and so many guys leaving after a year or 2.
All it takes is one elite guy to completely come in and take a team over the top.
Agree 100%. Every season in CBB takes on a life of its own. It's going to be up and down every year in CBB for most programs. Even elite programs will have a couple of down years. Believe it or not - Gonzaga and Baylor will have down years very soon. The transfer portal and one and done for elite prospects has changed CBB. The programs that will sustain this period will be those with outstanding coaching and development. I believe that Beard and his staff will be in that group very soon. The future is very bright for Texas basketball.
Yep. In basketball you only need one or two studs and a good supporting cast to have a decent team. Most of the good players won’t be around more than 1-2,years. Way different than football. You can’t really build a team in one year. Although Sark sure is giving it a try lol
There is the issue of instilling toughness in defense and a good offense that resists the urge to jack of crap like Shaka's teams did. It takes a while to teach these techniques and to ensure that players follow the coach's lead. It's harder to get transfers to follow or do new things that are difficult in one year. The motion offense is highly disciplined and hard to do but it's highly effective against undisciplined and lazy teams which are the norm in cbb today. It will take a few years of younger players working through the system for the Longhorns to have sustained tournament success. It's a good thing that CDC understands this unlike some of our fanbase.
Couple of things. Texas roster is full of 22-23 year old dudes who won’t be here next year, so I’m not sure how “it takes a couple years” makes sense with the roster Beard basically hand picked.
2nd. No it doesn’t take years to have tournament success
Chris Beard made the 2nd round of the tournament In his only year at Little Rock.
he made the elite 8 in his 2nd year at Tech and the final 4 in his 3rd year. It just doesn’t take years in basketball.
like I said the problem isn’t that they are losing to Tech and Baylor on the road. It’s the fact that they weren’t even competitive. They are too good for that
