A for instance … one player in the portal is asking for 1.2 million for a season.

Good college player for sure. Not great, however 

1 hour ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Texas would prefer to have a couple of two year players out of the portal ... but they have to be good enough in Texas' eyes. Texas doesn't want four one year guys out of the portal for sure. 

 

Glad to hear it.  Our list of candidates to return for 2025-26 has shrunk to Weaver, Pryor, Mitchell, and the incoming freshmen, and it is hard to see either Mitchell or Tre Johnson being here that long.

10 minutes ago, bierce said:

Glad to hear it.  Our list of candidates to return for 2025-26 has shrunk to Weaver, Pryor, Mitchell, and the incoming freshmen, and it is hard to see either Mitchell or Tre Johnson being here that long.

It's going to be a very interesting portal ... the coaching carousel is going to impact IMO 

@Gerry Hamiltondo you really think that Hurley is a legit option for UK? They seem to think so 

4 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Texas would prefer to have a couple of two year players out of the portal ... but they have to be good enough in Texas' eyes. Texas doesn't want four one year guys out of the portal for sure. 

The biggest issue right now is the initial NIL asking prices for guys in the portal is certainly out of control ... like extremely out of control. 

Who knew firing Bob Lanier would start all this? Gerry the only way NIL goes down is if all colleges won’t pay it. Storr just crossed Kansas off his list and went to Illinois. I have a feeling he will stay in the draft. This year’s draft is extremely weak. It’s not fair to Terry to give him a budget. If this was Sark there is no issue. If there is a money issue it hurts Terry. Don’t want to see Terry go and Texas give the next coach everything he wants including NIL. Which is what the next coach would demand. Are the prices ridiculous? Of course they are. It is what it is though. 

28 minutes ago, Jordan91 said:

Who knew firing Bob Lanier would start all this? Gerry the only way NIL goes down is if all colleges won’t pay it. Storr just crossed Kansas off his list and went to Illinois. I have a feeling he will stay in the draft. This year’s draft is extremely weak. It’s not fair to Terry to give him a budget. If this was Sark there is no issue. If there is a money issue it hurts Terry. Don’t want to see Terry go and Texas give the next coach everything he wants including NIL. Which is what the next coach would demand. Are the prices ridiculous? Of course they are. It is what it is though. 

I see little reason why Texas should not have NIL commensurate with most other programs chasing top basketball talent.  After all, we pay our coach over 2 million less than we were paying Beard and between 6 million and 1.5 million a year less than the coaches receive at somewhere between 12 and 15 other programs that have reasonable expectations for second weekends in most seasons, depending on salaries given to Enfield and Musselman at their new schools.   I'm assuming Kentucky will pay whoever huge dollars. 

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3 hours ago, carsonsmith84 said:

@Gerry Hamiltondo you really think that Hurley is a legit option for UK? They seem to think so 

The only way I can see it is if Hurley wins tonight, and there's nothing left to accomplish at UConn in his mind. The conversations with Billy Donovan last summer about trying to repeat, and after if you do would be great to hear/know about. 

The other thing would be the future of college sports and NIL. What does that look for with UConn? SEC is the best positioned conference for the long haul, and Kentucky is the best job in the SEC - if not the country. 

I would be surprised if he made the move, but don't know for sure. 

Dead period ends Friday - in case anyone was wondering

15 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

The only way I can see it is if Hurley wins tonight, and there's nothing left to accomplish at UConn in his mind. The conversations with Billy Donovan last summer about trying to repeat, and after if you do would be great to hear/know about. 

The other thing would be the future of college sports and NIL. What does that look for with UConn? SEC is the best positioned conference for the long haul, and Kentucky is the best job in the SEC - if not the country. 

I would be surprised if he made the move, but don't know for sure. 

UConn can't drum up nearly as many NIL $$ as Kentucky, Texas, tOSU, et al., but UConn, its alums, and the local businesses probably won't drop a lot of the $$ they have on the football program, so I don't think it will have too much trouble fielding quality teams long term.  The bigger question would be whether Hurley would rather stay where he is already deified and in the same part of the world he has spent his entire life  instead of chasing a bigger paycheck in a completely different sort of environment.   

I don't think Hurley is nearly entrenched in Storrs as Few has been in Spokane, but sometimes money isn't everything, particularly when you already get a lot of money.  I have not doubt about Kentucky dangling a much bigger paycheck, but I do have doubts about whether Hurley would take it.

 

 

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1 hour ago, zsmith22 said:

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He doesn’t fit what RT is trying to do unfortunately. 

Bobby, what's going on here. I thought this was no money?

Seems like Texas is named with a bunch of kids. We’re definitely casting a wide net.

A few names to know ... right now:

 Johnell Davis - FAU

AJ Storr - Wisconsin

Brandon Garrison - Oklahoma State

Malik Mack -  Harvard 

Jordan Pope - Oregon State

 

 

35 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

A few names to know ... right now:

 Johnell Davis - FAU

AJ Storr - Wisconsin

Brandon Garrison - Oklahoma State

Malik Mack -  Harvard 

Jordan Pope - Oregon State

 

 

Thanks Gerry. Let me know if I need to chop off anything. 

Do you think Malik Mack will be able to get into Texas academically 😀?

40 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

A few names to know ... right now:

 Johnell Davis - FAU

AJ Storr - Wisconsin

Brandon Garrison - Oklahoma State

Malik Mack -  Harvard 

Jordan Pope - Oregon State

 

 

RT isn’t messing around

1 hour ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

A few names to know ... right now:

 Johnell Davis - FAU

AJ Storr - Wisconsin

Brandon Garrison - Oklahoma State

Malik Mack -  Harvard 

Jordan Pope - Oregon State

 

 

Malik Mack.  Bring him home. 

Is Mack/Pope an either/or?  Or are both being courted with an eye to Hunter possibly moving on?  

 

4 minutes ago, bierce said:

Is Mack/Pope an either/or?  Or are both being courted with an eye to Hunter possibly moving on?  

Mack would be making a big jump into the SEC. He’s from the same area KD is around. He’s 6’1 but at point guard that’s good height. 

10 hours ago, carsonsmith84 said:

@Gerry Hamiltondo you really think that Hurley is a legit option for UK? They seem to think so 

As someone born and raised in CT and who has connections (friends in the program) I can tell you with 100% certainty that Hurley has no interest in UK.  
 

Huskies by double digits tonight. 

1 hour ago, Glass Joe said:

Do you think Malik Mack will be able to get into Texas academically 😀?

Well done sir! Haha

1 hour ago, WestlakeLonghorn said:

As someone born and raised in CT and who has connections (friends in the program) I can tell you with 100% certainty that Hurley has no interest in UK.  
 

Huskies by double digits tonight. 

He better act like he does $$$

@Gerry Hamiltonis Johnell Davis a legit target in terms of interest from him? Seems like Michigan or going to the nba are enticing as well.