This team is a 7.5 on talent, if not better. They should walk into 75% of peoples houses and win no matter what happens (read not 75% of SEC teams) It's not the most talented roster ever (probably 2006-2007), probably not in the top 3 to 4 (the mid to late Bk teams and the 2005-2006 teams).
But when it comes to the BS adjectives Jimbo levied on the football team from 2018-2023, toughness, effort, discipline, pride, grit, this team is a 9.8. I was a HS senior for the 2004-2005 NIT year following the 0-16 year (where I went to Waco to watch a loss). That team went 8-8 with a couple NBA players (AW and Acie) but they made their hay being tough and playing defense. The next year the offense better but they still lived on defense and won games like 46-43 (the shot game). But I've never, ever, seen a team buy in with 0 probable NBA players and just get down to business like this one.
One day, be it Saturday, in February, or in the conference tourney/dance, this team will find its stride on offense. It may not be an 85 pt team like bama, but the defense will finally meet the offense and this team can beat anybody.
Ive felt if the ball fell right the 2006, 2007, 2010, 2016, 2018 teams could have found their way into the final four based on intangibles.
But I've never felt a teams ceiling as high as this one IF it all comes together. Wade or Phelps could score 30 in any given game if things fall right. Hefner, Payne, Coleman, Mo could go for 10-15+ on any given night. Jace, Solo, or Wilcher can go 6-12+ on any given night. Add all of that to the defense, the offensive rebounding, and getting to the line, and that's a dangerous AF team.
Give us a 75% FT team the rest of the way, 4-5 of those 9 hitting what they can be, I'll never go into a game doubting a positive outcome.
I know after this year is going to be tough with so many out of eligibility but God help us if Buzz ever finds a team like this with a Josh Carter and Robert Williams/Deandre Jordan.
Edit to add: my opinion is just that, an opinion. I'm a nobody fan. I played through HS and intermurals at A&M, but had no offers outside of NAIA having to pay part of my way. I coached HS basketball for 3 years at the highest as JV head coach and Varsity assistant. I know ball but am no savant or bastion of knowledge. I'm just saying what I see based upon what I know and what I've seen in the past from this program.
But when it comes to the BS adjectives Jimbo levied on the football team from 2018-2023, toughness, effort, discipline, pride, grit, this team is a 9.8. I was a HS senior for the 2004-2005 NIT year following the 0-16 year (where I went to Waco to watch a loss). That team went 8-8 with a couple NBA players (AW and Acie) but they made their hay being tough and playing defense. The next year the offense better but they still lived on defense and won games like 46-43 (the shot game). But I've never, ever, seen a team buy in with 0 probable NBA players and just get down to business like this one.
One day, be it Saturday, in February, or in the conference tourney/dance, this team will find its stride on offense. It may not be an 85 pt team like bama, but the defense will finally meet the offense and this team can beat anybody.
Ive felt if the ball fell right the 2006, 2007, 2010, 2016, 2018 teams could have found their way into the final four based on intangibles.
But I've never felt a teams ceiling as high as this one IF it all comes together. Wade or Phelps could score 30 in any given game if things fall right. Hefner, Payne, Coleman, Mo could go for 10-15+ on any given night. Jace, Solo, or Wilcher can go 6-12+ on any given night. Add all of that to the defense, the offensive rebounding, and getting to the line, and that's a dangerous AF team.
Give us a 75% FT team the rest of the way, 4-5 of those 9 hitting what they can be, I'll never go into a game doubting a positive outcome.
I know after this year is going to be tough with so many out of eligibility but God help us if Buzz ever finds a team like this with a Josh Carter and Robert Williams/Deandre Jordan.
Edit to add: my opinion is just that, an opinion. I'm a nobody fan. I played through HS and intermurals at A&M, but had no offers outside of NAIA having to pay part of my way. I coached HS basketball for 3 years at the highest as JV head coach and Varsity assistant. I know ball but am no savant or bastion of knowledge. I'm just saying what I see based upon what I know and what I've seen in the past from this program.
