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sprotsbot's avatar

Couldn't have been mad if they were out, pleasantly happy to see them in.

I've been on the record that I think tourney W/L stats can be overrated and one run can over define a coach and grant them an unnecessary contract (*I can hear KSU fans shouting about Bruce Weber as I type this*) but if Terry wins one game he will have matched the NCAA tourney win totals in his 3 seasons at the helm as the Texas Longhorns program was able to muster in the previous 15 seasons. Plenty of caveats in there, but it's just more bizarre than anything else.

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Scott Schwind's avatar

It’s the time of year when most Longhorn fans wake up and (a) realize that basketball is a competitive sport that Texas plays; and (b) learn whether they should be either furious or pleased that the Longhorns didn’t or did make the tournament.

Thanks for the primer on what the next week will hold. After all is the ups, downs, gnashing of teeth and rending of garments this season, I’m just happy to see the Longhorns in the Dance. Anything they do from here forward is playing with house money, in my view.

BTW, we miss your writing! Really!

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Panhandle Girl's avatar

Thank you for the prognostication--having this analysis helps the ignorant who've been too obsessed with football to pay sufficient attention to basketball (which is, you know, your fault for not writing more frequent columns!) I mean, of course, I should be motivated on my own, but ::whine:: it's so much easier when you spoon-feed me!;)

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Bitterwhiteguy's avatar

I guess I should get used to spoon-feeding you sooner than later.

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Panhandle Girl's avatar

Bwahahaha! Or never, is my earnest hope!

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MarkInAustin's avatar

Thanks for brightening my morning.

Duke in the F4 will be tough for Texas. Right...time for dreaming big.

I saw Xavier on TV for part of a game. They used the former OU Center who is very big but not very good as their Onyema type sub. The left handed guard seemed a terrific shooter.

(Small sample scouting report from the bleachers)

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