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Cool graphic on where Sweet 16 starting fives began college careers

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Which team has a former Longhorn on it? I assume that team and the top left two teams are like Texas and have had recent coaching turnover?

3 minutes ago, brianb722 said:

Which team has a former Longhorn on it? I assume that team and the top left two teams are like Texas and have had recent coaching turnover?

St. John’s has Dillon Mitchell

From Top to Bottom and left to right they go:  Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, Arizona, Michigan St, Purdue, Iowa St, Houston, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, UConn, Duke, Arkansas, St. Johns, Ilinois

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3 hours ago, HornsRUs said:

St. John’s has Dillon Mitchell

He's not shooting it as much as he did last year at Cincinnati or his sophomore season at Texas. Still, 3.0 assists per game are a career high and 2.1 stocks (steals plus blocks) per game is right where he's been in his career.

The outside shot never came (he's 0-for-14 from three this season).

4 hours ago, NBHorn64 said:

From Top to Bottom and left to right they go:  Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, Arizona, Michigan St, Purdue, Iowa St, Houston, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, UConn, Duke, Arkansas, St. Johns, Ilinois

Purdue and Michigan State were the easy ones for me. Man times have changed. 

24 minutes ago, AndyL said:

That graphic makes me sad.   Not one of our guys homegrown.

 

Compare that to MSU or Duke... heck, even Houston or Alabama.

That said, I think it will change with time w/ Coach Miller...

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1 minute ago, Paul Jespersen said:

Sad when Purdue Is outspending us... 😬

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they are a bigger basketball school than texas

26 minutes ago, Rocky P said:

 

Great graphic.  Thanks for posting.  We need to get to the spending levels of other SEC football schools like Bama and Tenn.

1 minute ago, jhookem91 said:

Great graphic.  Thanks for posting.  We need to get to the spending levels of other SEC football schools like Bama and Tenn.

BTW - I’m skeptical of the Duke total.  I think it is likely higher.

1 hour ago, Paul Jespersen said:

Compare that to MSU or Duke... heck, even Houston or Alabama.

That said, I think it will change with time w/ Coach Miller...

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This is random, but your name sounded familiar to me so I googled it and instantly regretted the decision 😂 

in case you’re wondering, Paul Jesperson (almost identical name) hit a half court buzzer beater to knock Texas out the tournament 10 years ago

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3 hours ago, hookem1014 said:

This is random, but your name sounded familiar to me so I googled it and instantly regretted the decision 😂 

in case you’re wondering, Paul Jesperson (almost identical name) hit a half court buzzer beater to knock Texas out the tournament 10 years ago

Yeah, don't do that. Not me!! That was the worst day of my life (jk). 😜

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17 hours ago, Paul Jespersen said:

For no good reason - shouldn't be.

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it's in Indiana, a huge basketball state, so not sure why it shouldn't be.  

2 hours ago, Rocky P said:

it's in Indiana, a huge basketball state, so not sure why it shouldn't be.  

meaning re Texas. Could care less about Purdue... 

That said, Texas is actually ranked ahead of Purdue in this list of best programs all time:
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/the-greatest-college-basketball-programs-ever-ranking-the-top-teams-of-all-time-nos-50-26/
TLDR: Texas # 26, Purdue #29...


My point though was, Texas can/should outcompete Purdue as a basketball school.

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