We got Pop because Uzan I believe came back unexpectedly. He wasn't going to be a major player for UH.
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KatyAggie2000 said:
Based on today - against a truly athletic team, what makes you think any guards we have are what we need to really compete? If you want middling the SEC snd one and done fine. But we need an overhaul of athleticism with Buckey ball. Think Arkansas. UH. Zona. Until the we will run inferior teams out of the gym and fold against top 10 talent.
Yep.
It's great if guys want to come back, and I love this team, but if we just run it back with basically the same guys we aren't going to be able to compete with the more athletic teams.
We need to bring in some guys that are longer and more athletic than what we have now or we'll achieve similar results next season: early exit to a higher seeded team that's just physically superior to us.
Of course we need to upgrade, but don't underestimate what continuity can do for a team. This year it was a bunch of guys learning a new system who have never played with each other. Some guys will continue to develop, some will add different skills to their game, some will get stronger, more athletic. Developing is part of the game too. We won 11 games in the SEC and got to the round of 32, we're not a team of misfits and scrubs. Yes we will upgrade at positions still, but no need to wipe the entire roster like you guys are saying.
I think Dominguez can improve defensively and maybe add a dribble pull up to his arsenal. Clemence can add more of an inside game to his skillset. Vinson is still young and can add more to his game. I would love to have a more confident Dominguez as a 6th man off the bench to provide a spark night in and night out. Clemence off the bench would be awesome, as would Vinson.
As for the backcourt we'll see if Marcus Hill can come back but him another year in this system and him and Pop, and even Holloway can provide valuable minutes. I still think we can get a better guard in the portal.
Maybe with a couple more solid shooters everyone can have their game elevated, or having a dominant shot blocker in the paint can improve our entire defensive approach and outlook. We obviously have to add guys, here's hoping they are an upgrade
I think Dominguez can improve defensively and maybe add a dribble pull up to his arsenal. Clemence can add more of an inside game to his skillset. Vinson is still young and can add more to his game. I would love to have a more confident Dominguez as a 6th man off the bench to provide a spark night in and night out. Clemence off the bench would be awesome, as would Vinson.
As for the backcourt we'll see if Marcus Hill can come back but him another year in this system and him and Pop, and even Holloway can provide valuable minutes. I still think we can get a better guard in the portal.
Maybe with a couple more solid shooters everyone can have their game elevated, or having a dominant shot blocker in the paint can improve our entire defensive approach and outlook. We obviously have to add guys, here's hoping they are an upgrade
I saw our volleyball team go unranked an entire year, add one transfer player and a freshman to its rotation and win it all the next year. In this whole NIL and transfer portal world we tend to forget that coaching and developing is still a huge part of the game. I'm excited to see how Bucky and his staff can help some of our guys grow and improve their game, especially having another full offseason to work
OKC~Ag said:
I hate that sips advance to s16.
i do too. the fact that we didn't take care of them at home toward the end of the season which i think would have ultimately kept them out of the tourney is the low point of this season.
i am hoping for a little more fundamental roster reconstruction. agee was the pillar and made the rest look better than it was. he will be hard to replace. need a standout guard for sure.
I think when Uzan decided to return to UH, Pop moved on from UH.
Edit: I was a page behind and didn't see
Aggie09Derek had already answered this.
Edit: I was a page behind and didn't see
Aggie09Derek had already answered this.
The right guys will come back. The wrong guys won't. Doesn't mean they're not good guys or players, but this is the real deal. Bucky knows that and likely has been told he has the funds to make it happen.
Bunk Moreland said:
The right guys will come back. The wrong guys won't. Doesn't mean they're not good guys or players, but this is the real deal. Bucky knows that and likely has been told he has the funds to make it happen.
That's my hope. No one is going to get asked to leave, but may be a lot of guys asked to likely have a reduced role.
We likely can't recruit on this board. Which doesn't prevent talking about pieces…who knows. Bucky might have someone scanning our collective brilliance?!?
My thought as well. Money would need to be at least 15 lbs lighter to press all game and score like he is capable of scoring. He's also one of the worst about pushing off with his off hand . The guy can fill it up… I'll give him that. Not so sure he's a plus defender even in the half court .
I don't think McDermott is bad. I was watching him in his few mins of play yesterday and he was not getting moved off his spot defensively. He was strong enough to hold his ground against their physical bigs. If he could shoot he'd get a lot more play against physical teams like Fl, Tenn, UH.
I agree with your overall premise, however I don't think you're giving Houston enough credit. They have elite talent and a great coach and it was just a bad overall matchup for A&M.
Bucky wasn't suppose to make the dance this year back in November, much less after losing our most talented player for the year. Not only did they make the field, but they won a game with a roster that had no business being in the field.
I don't see A&M having the NIL to compete with Houston and other title tending programs, but he will certainly upgrade the roster and then it's just a crapshoot come March. If they were 5 or 7 game series, then yea, A&M will never have a shot against the elite teams/spenders, but in a one game playoff, A&M will most definitely have enough NIL/talent to make a final four run with Bucky.
Bucky wasn't suppose to make the dance this year back in November, much less after losing our most talented player for the year. Not only did they make the field, but they won a game with a roster that had no business being in the field.
I don't see A&M having the NIL to compete with Houston and other title tending programs, but he will certainly upgrade the roster and then it's just a crapshoot come March. If they were 5 or 7 game series, then yea, A&M will never have a shot against the elite teams/spenders, but in a one game playoff, A&M will most definitely have enough NIL/talent to make a final four run with Bucky.
Buckys first signing class is one of our highest rated classes ever, if not the highest ever. And it's only two guys. Bucky knows what he needs and is already recruiting at a historically high level for A&M basketball. Let the man work
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OKC~Ag said:
relative to A&M last year's team, this year's team is not as talented
we just need to improve our talent level across the board.
pretty simple response but spot on. whateve we bring back we have to bring in guys that push to be starters or are no doubt about it starters. we need to upgrade the top side talent on our roster. if we can add a couple studs to the guys we have coming back we coukd be roetty damn good.
_lefraud_ said:
I agree with your overall premise, however I don't think you're giving Houston enough credit. They have elite talent and a great coach and it was just a bad overall matchup for A&M.
Bucky wasn't suppose to make the dance this year back in November, much less after losing our most talented player for the year. Not only did they make the field, but they won a game with a roster that had no business being in the field.
I don't see A&M having the NIL to compete with Houston and other title tending programs, but he will certainly upgrade the roster and then it's just a crapshoot come March. If they were 5 or 7 game series, then yea, A&M will never have a shot against the elite teams/spenders, but in a one game playoff, A&M will most definitely have enough NIL/talent to make a final four run with Bucky.
It's not that I'm not giving Houston enough credit - they are elite. My point is the gap between them and us wasn't a "bad shooting night". That team (and IMO Florida) would wipe the floor with us game-in, game-out. That talent gap has to close, and while the NIL gap between us an Houston may be there, it's not when you start talking your Tennessee's, Alabama's and the like.
Bucky did an incredible job this year. But I dont think this is a roster that is going to be anywhere closer to be a national title contender with "one more year under this system". Our starting roster is going to need 3 new faces.
Something that a lot of y'all seem to be missing is the importance of continuity. If you think back to the beginning of the season, the team struggled due to a lack of experience in the system (Holloway was the only one who'd played for Bucky before). Keeping as many guys as we can for next year would be huge to set the tone for the new players that come in, rather than starting again at ground zero.
eaggies said:
Something that a lot of y'all seem to be missing is the importance of continuity. If you think back to the beginning of the season, the team struggled due to a lack of experience in the system (Holloway was the only one who'd played for Bucky before). Keeping as many guys as we can for next year would be huge to set the tone for the new players that come in, rather than starting again at ground zero.
Sure continuity is great, if you have continuity that is on the same talent level than your opponents. Upgrading talent is much more important than continuity for this program
Nobody can look at our roster and think top level contender. That's no knock on the current roster or what Bucky and staff had to do with zero time. In fact it's a major justification for how well they did. But if we want to compete, we have to have a massive upgrade in size/strength down low and size/athleticism at the 1-3.
Pop as a guard is your limit/baseline. You need bigger, faster, and better shooters than him from that spot for Bucky Ball to truly succeed. I loved what Lane, Hill and Holloway provided this season but size is size.
Pop as a guard is your limit/baseline. You need bigger, faster, and better shooters than him from that spot for Bucky Ball to truly succeed. I loved what Lane, Hill and Holloway provided this season but size is size.
Look at TN's roster. We need size/strength/athleticism like them.
Okpara 6'11"
Ament 6'10"
Carey 6'8"
Boswell 6'4"
Gillespie 6'1"
Okpara 6'11"
Ament 6'10"
Carey 6'8"
Boswell 6'4"
Gillespie 6'1"
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
NyAggie said:KatyAggie2000 said:
Based on today - against a truly athletic team, what makes you think any guards we have are what we need to really compete? If you want middling the SEC snd one and done fine. But we need an overhaul of athleticism with Buckey ball. Think Arkansas. UH. Zona. Until the we will run inferior teams out of the gym and fold against top 10 talent.
Yep.
It's great if guys want to come back, and I love this team, but if we just run it back with basically the same guys we aren't going to be able to compete with the more athletic teams.
We need to bring in some guys that are longer and more athletic than what we have now or we'll achieve similar results next season: early exit to a higher seeded team that's just physically superior to us.
Not that I wouldn't love to win the SEC and make the final 4 next year, but a realistic goal for next year is something like "can we find a couple more guys that are roughly Mgbako's quality level?" (And I know that doesn't mean much to some who haven't gotten to see him play when healthy). I really appreciate what these players brought to the team this year, but can we find B+ or better guard play?
Can we get up to legitimately top-4 in the conference and get up to a 6 seed and try and avoid the top 8 squads in pursuit of the second weekend?
I think it's possible, yeah.
I would like to dish out some NIL for 2 transfers - 1 guard and 1 interior player. Their names are Andre Mills and Pharrell Payne. It would be beautiful.
Reply:KatyAggie2000 said:
Based on today - against a truly athletic team, what makes you think any guards we have are what we need to really compete? If you want middling the SEC snd one and done fine. But we need an overhaul of athleticism with Buckey ball. Think Arkansas. UH. Zona.
You just said, "well duh" to a post implying a number of the guys you're happy about returning need to be replaced themselves…which I agree with.taylorswift13_ said:
Well duh
Volleyball team was pretty good the year prior, and volleyball ain't basketball. By the end of the year, it was clear Agee was the only consistent guy on our whole team.taylorswift13_ said:
I saw our volleyball team go unranked an entire year, add one transfer player and a freshman to its rotation and win it all the next year. In this whole NIL and transfer portal world we tend to forget that coaching and developing is still a huge part of the game.
OKC~Ag said:
relative to A&M last year's team, this year's team is not as talented
we just need to improve our talent level across the board.
I'm not sure. I think Wade and Phelps are the only starters from that team. Then Agee, Mgbako and Griffen are the five. They were more talented at rebounding. But certainly not shooting.
I just have to say this, in Kelvin's postgame he could not say a single nice word about A&M. Nothing about the job Bucky did in his first year. Typical classless Sampson. Hope they get their buts kicked.
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Problem with Pop is he is so bad at shooting 2's. Not really an amazing passer either. Could definitely see him wanting more minutes next year, which would require transferring.Bunk Moreland said:
Pop as a guard is your limit/baseline. You need bigger, faster, and better shooters than him from that spot for Bucky Ball to truly succeed. I loved what Lane, Hill and Holloway provided this season but size is size.
Hill turned into only being able to score at the basket, and that became him getting blocked at the rim or just missing more than shots made. Holloway, seems like a good bench piece if he doesn't mind the lesser minutes. Good ball handler, can shoot 3's, feels like a natural passer, and probably not too expensive.
you take garcia over phelps any day.CapCityAg89 said:OKC~Ag said:
relative to A&M last year's team, this year's team is not as talented
we just need to improve our talent level across the board.
I'm not sure. I think Wade and Phelps are the only starters from that team. Then Agee, Mgbako and Griffen are the five. They were more talented at rebounding. But certainly not shooting.
Hill's size is really limiting with his inability to shoot 3s. He could be a valuable piece, but I think you'd need him to accept reduced minutes comparatively and bring in a better lead guard.
Holloway frustrates me and I think he at best should be a 6 min a game guy if we want to be really good, not 13 mins.
Holloway frustrates me and I think he at best should be a 6 min a game guy if we want to be really good, not 13 mins.
Don't forget NCAA kicked him out for cheating at OU and IU. Once he served his suspension, T F just gave him the keys to the UH basketball program. His family has assumed control of the program and purse strings.
Will be interesting to see how things work out if his son can't coach / cheat like his dad.
He won't ever give another team or coach credit.
He comes close when his team loses.
Will be interesting to see how things work out if his son can't coach / cheat like his dad.
He won't ever give another team or coach credit.
He comes close when his team loses.
Aston04 said:you take garcia over phelps any day.CapCityAg89 said:OKC~Ag said:
relative to A&M last year's team, this year's team is not as talented
we just need to improve our talent level across the board.
I'm not sure. I think Wade and Phelps are the only starters from that team. Then Agee, Mgbako and Griffen are the five. They were more talented at rebounding. But certainly not shooting.
We didn't start Garcia over Phelps last year much less in a hypothetical. Garcia and Agee play the same position essentially with Phelps at 5.
CapCityAg89 said:Aston04 said:you take garcia over phelps any day.CapCityAg89 said:OKC~Ag said:
relative to A&M last year's team, this year's team is not as talented
we just need to improve our talent level across the board.
I'm not sure. I think Wade and Phelps are the only starters from that team. Then Agee, Mgbako and Griffen are the five. They were more talented at rebounding. But certainly not shooting.
We didn't start Garcia over Phelps last year much less in a hypothetical. Garcia and Agee play the same position essentially with Phelps at 5.
Garcia can be a hypothetical 3 or 4 on that team. Mgbako can be a 3 or 4 as well. Move Griffen to 2. Taylor to 1. Garcia is playing in the nba- he's starting on our hypothetical team, damnit.
Tbh this is probably the least talented team we've had in the past 5 seasons which really goes to show how great of a job Bucky and the staff did. If we can recruit higher caliber players moving forward, the sky is the limit.OKC~Ag said:
relative to A&M last year's team, this year's team is not as talented
we just need to improve our talent level across the board.
Yeah, I think everyone is being way too critical of this year's roster and underestimate the influence that just 2 impact guys could have for all of these "JAGs" they're claiming we have.
The way Dominguez worked that P&R with Agee on multiple occasions and dropping that pass in there like he did was extremely high level stuff. Now imagine that play doesn't have to be your bread and butter, but is a 2nd or 3rd action?
Yes, a lot of our guys were overextended. But just adding one elite guard and one elite rim protecting big man completely changes the complexion of this year's roster. We do not need a total overhaul, we just had almost everyone overextended in their roles.
You need one or two foundational pieces to provide order and be guys that can create their own shots or single handedly impact a game defensively, and the trickle down impact is exponential.
The way Dominguez worked that P&R with Agee on multiple occasions and dropping that pass in there like he did was extremely high level stuff. Now imagine that play doesn't have to be your bread and butter, but is a 2nd or 3rd action?
Yes, a lot of our guys were overextended. But just adding one elite guard and one elite rim protecting big man completely changes the complexion of this year's roster. We do not need a total overhaul, we just had almost everyone overextended in their roles.
You need one or two foundational pieces to provide order and be guys that can create their own shots or single handedly impact a game defensively, and the trickle down impact is exponential.
"We didn't start Garcia over Phelps"
…....
The starting lineup at the end of the year was coleman Garcia hefner obaseki and Taylor..
If you want to look prior to that, Garcia started the last 8 games.
Of course buzz did wacky things with his lineup, like not starting Payne....
Pretty tough leaving payne off the hypothetical lineup too... Probably can't start all of Payne Garcia and agee... But those three were easily 3 of our 5 best players the last two years (which really is what matters)..
CC09LawAg said:
Yeah, I think everyone is being way too critical of this year's roster and underestimate the influence that just 2 impact guys could have for all of these "JAGs" they're claiming we have.
The way Dominguez worked that P&R with Agee on multiple occasions and dropping that pass in there like he did was extremely high level stuff. Now imagine that play doesn't have to be your bread and butter, but is a 2nd or 3rd action?
Yes, a lot of our guys were overextended. But just adding one elite guard and one elite rim protecting big man completely changes the complexion of this year's roster. We do not need a total overhaul, we just had almost everyone overextended in their roles.
You need one or two foundational pieces to provide order and be guys that can create their own shots or single handedly impact a game defensively, and the trickle down impact is exponential.
I think you are right on the money here. Just need a guy that can go get a bucket (saw the difference with UH- they have that)... Plus a rim protector to help negate other team's scorers. A&M lacked both those things... Players like Dominguez are valuable- they just aren't THE guy. Need to play off a Wade Taylor type.
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