Texas Basketball 2023/2024

[Hoookem722]

Who's gonna take the other side? The year our USWNT won the worlds, they were beaten by an elite team of 16 yo boys!

They in fact did not win the World Cup. They didn't even make it out of the round of 16.

Hell back in the day the original Dream Team lost a scrimmage to a team of college kids. Does that one game mean they were better than the Dream Team? Obviously not..

 

[ElDiabloTejano]

Ok, no more throwing up all over the basketball thread with this stuff. Make a new thread.

Fair nuf.

 

[weevilcatch]

They were high school girls, not WNBA players. So it was 17-18 year old girls against freshman boys in high school. Not a big age difference at all.

And to me comparing track and field to basketball is a little different. I just think the girls ability to shoot the basketball would give them a really good chance. Also those girls in the WNBA have some size to them as well so I don't believe the size would give the guys the advantage.

My man, basketball is as much about athleticism as anything else. So TnF is most certainly relevant.

The WNBA players would struggle to get a shot off.

Sue Bird is 5-9 and Snow weighs like 150 pounds FFS.

Them losing to HS kids doesn’t make them bad at basketball fwiw. They just wouldn’t beat the Texas 6A State Champ. Hell, they’d struggle against the 4A State Champ.

 

[weevilcatch]

an all star Boys high school team might beats WNBA team. Just a state championship team somewhere even in the top class. No way.

One thing to keep I’m mind. Many of the top female basketballl players(many of which are in tte WNBA) have played a lot of pickup basketball against dudes for most of their lives. A Random state championship boys team would get run out the gym. Put together an all star high school team? Might have a shot. People under dell high level women’s basketball. They can play.

Oh, well if they’ve played pick up ball that does it. I’m sure the HS kids probably don’t do that. Good point

 

[weevilcatch]

Ok, no more throwing up all over the basketball thread with this stuff. Make a new thread.

Not until everyone agrees with me

 

[weevilcatch]

They in fact did not win the World Cup. They didn't even make it out of the round of 16.

Hell back in the day the original Dream Team lost a scrimmage to a team of college kids. Does that one game mean they were better than the Dream Team? Obviously not..

My man, that USWNT absolutely 100% won the World Cup in the year referenced.

And that scrimmage was set up to lose per Daly. They played again and the college kids barely even got shots off. Per the documentary on the Dream Team.

 

[Hoookem722]

My man, basketball is as much about athleticism as anything else. So TnF is most certainly relevant.

The WNBA players would struggle to get a shot off.

Sue Bird is 5-9 and Snow weighs like 150 pounds FFS.

Them losing to HS kids doesn’t make them bad at basketball fwiw. They just wouldn’t beat the Texas 6A State Champ. Hell, they’d struggle against the 4A State Champ.

Well that's your opinion and I have mine. There is no right or wrong answer here because we'll never know...

 

[weevilcatch]

Well that's your opinion and I have mine. There is no right or wrong answer here because we'll never know...

A 5-9 Sue Bird being absolutely locked down by 6-4 BJ Davis-Ray is not an opinion.

150 pound Snow getting locked down by 6-6, 195 Anthony Black is not an opinion.

No we won’t ever truly know, but if you know BB as you say you do and you think a team that is undersized, slower, weaker and less athletic will compete with the opposite then I don’t know what to tell you. Mind you the faster, taller, stronger are also very skilled.

 

[TX1972]

Well that's your opinion and I have mine. There is no right or wrong answer here because we'll never know...

Do you remember when the Williams sisters were ascendant and Serena bragged that they could defeat any man not in the top 200? #200+ said, "I can win that match." And he did, waxed Serena in 2 easy sets.

 

[Hoookem722]

A 5-9 Sue Bird being absolutely locked down by 6-4 BJ Davis-Ray is not an opinion.

150 pound Snow getting locked down by 6-6, 195 Anthony Black is not an opinion.

No we won’t ever truly know, but if you know BB as you say you do and you think a team that is undersized, slower, weaker and less athletic will compete with the opposite then I don’t know what to tell you. Mind you the faster, taller, stronger are also very skilled.

It 100% is an opinion. It's a hypothetical situation that we will never know how it plays out.

 

[Hoookem722]

Do you remember when the Williams sisters were ascendant and Serena bragged that they could defeat any man not in the top 200? #200+ said, "I can win that match." And he did, waxed Serena in 2 easy sets.

No I don't because i've never watched a second of tennis in my life and never will.

 

[diadevic]

It 100% is an opinion. It's a hypothetical situation that we will never know how it plays out.

I don't know...Clay Travis is pushing it really hard. WNBA ratings would go up 20X for this one game. Where there's money to be made ....

 

[2300 Nueces]

 

[weevilcatch]

It 100% is an opinion. It's a hypothetical situation that we will never know how it plays out.

From a technical standpoint yes. From a prognostic standpoint it’s pretty easy to say Sue Bird would wax my ass on a basketball court but would struggle mightily against a Top 50 HS recruit. Etc.

The amount of time and space one would have is not even comparable in a WNBA game vs. a Top HS boys game.

 

[weevilcatch]

No I don't because i've never watched a second of tennis in my life and never will.

Elite Tennis stars are some of the most athletic people in the world. It is quite entertaining

 

[clob94]

Fair nuf.

Ahem..... there's a basketball coach somewhere in this forum...... that could probably add some insight.... if I could just remember who it was.....

 

[Drtxhorn]

Ahem..... there's a basketball coach somewhere in this forum...... that could probably add some insight.... if I could just remember who it was.....

Just imagine professional women football players going up against a boys HS state champion. Or any other sport for that matter. It comes down to size, speed, strength and athleticism. Young men are just bigger, faster and stronger. Forget about their basketball skills - they would get crushed. I’m actually shocked that this is even a debate.

 

[KChorn11]

Slow start tonight. These guys haven’t played a lot together and you can tell tonight.

 

[Etlonghorn]

Alright!! Where’d you get the picture of Malikik’s Mom???

 

[westx]

Do you remember when the Williams sisters were ascendant and Serena bragged that they could defeat any man not in the top 200? #200+ said, "I can win that match." And he did, waxed Serena in 2 easy sets.

Yep. Johnny Mac was over the target and to boot, a 55yo Riggs was said to have thrown the famous battle of the sexes match to BJK in her prime. It would be a big mistake for the WNBA to even try it, unless the young boys get Bobby Rigged and bought off.

 

[2300 Nueces]

Slow start tonight. These guys haven’t played a lot together and you can tell tonight.

This team has some athletic talent. Once they get some rhythm, they are going to be a second weekend team. The transfer from UTEP looks like a heavyweight boxer.

 

[KChorn11]

This team has some athletic talent. Once they get some rhythm, they are going to be a second weekend team. The transfer from UTEP looks like a heavyweight boxer.

i agree. This is a sweet 16 team, and the way they closed out the game was impressive. It was a 10 point game most of the game and Texas ended up winning by 26. They’ll grow as a team. Just last night you could tell they have played much together.

They don’t even have their best player yet.

 

[KChorn11]

Texas just picked up a commitment from 5 star shooting guard Tre Johnson nice pickup for Rodney Terry

 

[Oldmanastro]

Longhorns hook No. 4 hoops recruit Johnson

Tre Johnson, a 6-foot-6 shooting guard and the No. 4 recruit in the ESPN 100 rankings for 2024, has committed to Texas over Baylor, he said Wednesday.

www.espn.com

 

[Metcalf #2]

Texas just picked up a commitment from 5 star shooting guard Tre Johnson nice pickup for Rodney Terry

Yeah until he joins the G league.

 

[KChorn11]

Yeah until he joins the G league.

Haha. Yeah he committed to Rodney Terry. Unless Rodney Terry chokes his wife, and someone else ends up coaching as a result he will be here.

 

[diadevic]

That's a tremendous pickup. Baylor was all in on him. Oh well, Plan B coming up.

 

[Drtxhorn]

Remember AJ Johnson? He’s the 5 star top 10 recruit from last year who decommitted at the last minute to play professionally in Australia. He’s averaging a whopping 2 points and half a rebound per game. Plays about 10 minutes a game.

On the other hand, Ron Holland is tearing up the G League and is projected to be the #1 overall pick in the 2024 draft. Would’ve been interesting to see how he fit with this year’s team.

 

[diadevic]

My "sources" are telling me that he is getting $2 million between UT NIL and shoe company money. Can that possibly be correct? If so, who would go to G league, even if 1/2 that amount?

 

[KChorn11]

My "sources" are telling me that he is getting $2 million between UT NIL and shoe company money. Can that possibly be correct? If so, who would go to G league, even if 1/2 that amount?

If that is correct I’m assuming most of that was from shoe company. If Texas NIL is spending 7 figures in basketball look out for Texas and Rodney Terry.

I wish Ron Holland would have stayed. He would have been a stud with these guys around him.

I’m not surprised AJ Johnson is struggling. Not too many 18 year old PG’s ready to go pro.

 

[2300 Nueces]

Texas basketball vs Louisville at 2:30 pm today.

 

[KChorn11]

Texas basketball vs Louisville at 2:30 pm today.

Should be a couple good test games the next 2 days kinda figure out where we are early in the season.

 

[KChorn11]

If we beat Louisville(we should) we will play UConn. UConn is really good

 

[ElDiabloTejano]

when does disu get back? we are not good. i don't think it's coaching. we don't make snap decisions quickly/ react slowly. there's talent. but i suspect the team was designed for disu to be lead dog, and he ain't out there, so we're kinda rudderless.

 

[Hoookem722]

Holy shit what a win!!