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sprigrigger's avatar

Glad to find you again, BWG. Been a fan of Texas basketball since the Gregory Gym days, but your writing has given me a new and nuanced understanding of the game of college basketball in general, and Texas basketball (with all its warts) in specific. And every once in while I learn about a really good TV series (e.g. Mr. Robot). Thanks for continuing to write.

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Bitterwhiteguy's avatar

Glad you made it over; give The Good Place a try, if you haven't already. It's dumb fun, a nice antidote to the world.

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sprigrigger's avatar

Done; agree. Need to watch through the end, tho.

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Panhandle Girl's avatar

So happy to still get to read your terrific writing!

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Stacey Dunbar's avatar

Glad to see you still torturing yourself!

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SkipYoTax's avatar

You can’t NOT tell us the behind the scenes goosip dooooood ...... was Sailor not sharing the Laotian any more or was Scip not sharing his doobies! You are the greatest basketball writer ever in the annals (Anals?) of SBN UT blogs. Keep ‘em coming !!

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Allison Morris's avatar

Looking forward to it

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MarkInAustin's avatar

THE ROTATION. Who should get the minutes? Who should start? What is Shaka's philosophy? Is he committed to it? Team has four true guards, three mid sized wings, and six BIGs or skinny talls. The four guards could be divided on minutes fairly evenly, based on their past performances, so long as one of Matt or Ramey is on the floor. The other three positions are not clear at all.

Sims - Kai - Brown? That would be bouncy. Liddell and Westlake duo? Not so much. Williams Hamm and Alaska?

Create two equal units in practice and have them go after each other and press, and then platoon in the games to press?

Hope to find a BIG who can hit the corner trey at 40%?

Have they started practice yet?

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MarkInAustin's avatar

LeBron James is the only one I have ever seen who could play offense and defense at every position at a high level.

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Bitterwhiteguy's avatar

You haven't seen me create a pivot table in Excel at four different companies.

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