Will update the OP with targets as they become known. Feel free to discuss guys who enter the portal or any other relevant hoops news in here.

Top targets/commits

Drake guard Kevin Overton - 6'5, 180 pounds. From Oklahoma City, OK. Averaged 11.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game as a freshman. Shot 44% from the field, 34.6% from deep (5.1 attempts per game) and 79.5% from the free throw line. Played for Texas Tech assistant Luke Barnwell at Sunrise Christian Academy. 3 seasons of eligibility remaining. ***Committed to Texas Tech***

Minnesota guard Elijah Hawkins - 5'11, 160 pounds. From Washington, DC. Averaged 9.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game in 2023/24. 7.5 assists per game was good for tied 2nd best in the country. Played first two seasons at Howard. One season of eligibility remaining. ***Committed to Texas Tech***

Pittsburgh center Federiko Federiko - 6'11, 220 pounds. From Helsinki, Finland. Averaged 4.7 points and 5.2 rebounds per game in just over 21 minutes a night. He started 26 games at Pitt this past season and 53 games over the past two years. ***Committed to Texas Tech***

New Mexico forward JT Toppin

Washington State wing Jaylen Wells

Loose connections/Committed elsewhere
Utah State forward Great Osobor - OV to Texas Tech, committed to Washington

Dayton forward Nate Santos - returned to Dayton

UNC-Wilmington wing Trazarien White - OV to Texas Tech, committed to TCU

Indiana State guard Julian Larry - 6'3, 185 pounds. From Frisco, TX. Averaged 11 points, 2.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game in 2023/24. Shot 46.2% from 3 on limited attempts (42/91). - committed to Texas

Indiana Wesleyan wing Javan Buchanan - 6'7, 210 pounds. From Lafayette, Ind. NAIA 1st Team All-American. Averaged 20.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists in 2023/24. OV to Texas Tech April 27-28. - committed to Boise State

Wyoming wing Brendan Wenzel - 6'7, 208 pounds. From San Antonio, TX. Averaged 11.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game in 2023/24. Shot 40.5% from the field, 37.7% from deep (5.4 attempts per game) and 80.9% from the free throw line. 1 season of eligibility remaining. ***unofficial visit to Texas Tech April 2*** - committed to TCU

UIC guard Christian Jones - 6’5, 185 pounds. From East St. Louis, IL. Averaging 11.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game this season as a sophomore. Shooting 37.8% from deep on 82 attempts. Two seasons of eligibility remaining. - committed to Kansas State

San Diego guard Deuce Turner - 6'2, 181 pounds. From Coatesville, PA. Averaged 15.5 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 2023-24, winning WCC 6th man of the Year. Shot 37.4% from deep last season. - committed to UCSB

North Texas guard Aaron Scott - 6'7, 190 pounds. From Spring, TX. Averaged 11 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 2023-24. Career 70/191 from deep (36.6%). Played for Grant McCasland at UNT for two seasons. - committed to St. John's

Drexel forward Amari Williams - 6'10, 227 pounds. From Nottingham, UK. Averaged 12.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.8 blocks this past season. First Team All-CAA and 2x CAA Defensive Player of the Year. One season of eligibility remaining. - committed to Kentucky

Oklahoma State forward Brandon Garrison - 6'11, 245 pounds. From Oklahoma City, OK. Former McDonald's All American. Averaged 7.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.5 blocks per game as a true freshman. Three seasons of eligibility remaining. - committed to Kentucky

Pitchers and catchers reporting today, lets get a live look at whats going on..

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Once Texas and OU leave, the Big12 will have 12 teams. Both the SEC and Big10 will have 16. To secure the future, it probably makes sense to add 4 more to get to 16 as well. So who do you add?

Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah may make the most geographical sense. But Oregon and Washington are bigger/better brands. I think the Big10 will go after both Oregon and Washington, but if they do not would you add them to the Big12 plus the Arizona schools and call it a day?

The Arizona schools are a given if we expand. Adding Oregon and Washington adds risk when the Big10 comes calling, but how do you leave them on the table and add Utah/Colorado?

Thoughts?

Looks like it will be quite active today. We got hit with golf ball size hail yesterday. Figured I'd get this thread going.

Typically not a fan of fake sports, aka preseason, but a starting lineup of Luka-Kyrie-Grant-OMax-Lively is exactly how you get me to tune in for 11 am fake sports, even if just for a quarter or so.

Getting started right now on Mavs.com or NBATV if you arent in the blackout zones.

Saw that offseason workouts started today. Two pictures, one of Hudson and one of Conyers both participating. I’m assuming they’re good to go? Or just clear to workout?

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Let me know what are your ideas for starting lineups? Felt like this was worth looking at so here we go...

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All I know is I'm gonna be pissed if KU wins a Conference Title before we do. They keep getting these high preseason rankings even though we still kick their ass every year. With that said, I'd rather they win it than Utah or Arizona.

If the Football Gods have any empathy whatsoever for the suffering our fans have gone through over the past decade, this year's Tech team finally lives up to last year's preseason rankings and we go 11-1 during the regular season and beat Kansas State in the championship game.

Utah finishes 8-4 with losses @ Xerox, Vs. Zona, Vs. Iowa St, and @UCF and we never again have to hear their fans talk about coming here and winning by default.

KU finishes 7-5 with losses @WVU, vs. TCU, @ KSU, vs. ISU, @ BYU.

Tech finishes 11-1 with a loss @ISU, beats KSU in the Big 12 Championship Game. Then of course we'd get served up to Georgia like Happy Hour Nachos in the playoff and at least play them closer than TCU did.

Let's get after it!!

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Getting this going since we're likely to see some portal entrants from Tech when it opens officially on June 3.

Tech Portal Entrants:

Redshirt Freshman Infielder Travis Sanders

Tech Portal Additions:

N/A

Tech's Projected 2025 Roster



Tech's 2024 Signing Class & JUCO Class

The roster is complete, they've moved in, and it's time to start the new season thread!

Still waiting on that season ticket renewal...

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Story via @B. Golan. BOOM!

The GOP is at an historical and precarious crossroads. Lifelong Republican here. Never liked Trump as a person. Could even say I despised him as a person and even argued with other republicans on here adamantly two years ago about how he was going to tear apart the party and lose the next election with his antics, and that turned out to be true.

That said, I 100% got the appeal and supported the vast majority of his policies. And with my fear of the radical left extreme nonsense ever creeping closer to home, I voted for the lesser of two evils.

Now we find ourselves with a small but loud faction of almost religious like support for a moronic bully that I guess makes people feel empowered because he wouldn’t take any crap from the left and was able to make fun of and call out the lunacy of the left, but did so in such an irritating and undignified way.

If the Trump followers either break apart or become apathetic again, the GOP is in trouble for the foreseeable future. There needs to be a dynamic candidate that emerges to appeal to both factions of republicans and also pull some from the moderate left. Doubling down and continuing to find another Trump like candidate will be a losing proposition in my opinion.

My son has been waiting on his past two paychecks and getting the run around. Finally found out today that his company is in bad shape and they are not going to be able to pay him his weekly salary for the past two weeks. They said he was welcome to continue as commission only (he was getting a small base plus commission) but they have not inventory or stock and everything he has sold, they are unable to fulfil. It sucks, because he was so excited for this opportunity when it came around last year.

He is not on RRS, but many of you know him. He's a good kid looking to make it in sales. He has a background in sales and customer service/support as well as other unique talents. Would love to put him in contact with any fellow Tech guys and gals that would be in a position to talk to him about opportunities.

He lives in Aubrey so would be looking for the DFW area with travel or remote ideal.

As an added bonus, him and his wife are expecting our first grandchild, so I would be grateful for any opportunities that might come his way since he has a mortgage and a new baby to take care of.

Message me if you I can put him in contact with you. I want to help him with my network, but it's on him to earn anything he is offered.

Where would be the best place to meet the players for an autograph? My 8 year old loves Adolis Garcia.

West Virginia and Iowa State are the latest schools to go with modern classic looks.

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I'd love to be 29 again...Happy Birthday @C. Level

Today's poll has Tech men's team remaining at #6 and women's team moving from #12 to #8.

Terrorist incursion into souther Israel, people shot in bomb shelters etc. horrible shit ongoing

As of yesterday, we are six months out from Election Day. Figure we need a new thread to bring in some new posters with some refreshing takes! Let's not run them off right way NYC and RRR, give them a chance to partake.

Who will win the worst Presidential Election in the history of our great nation?



Unless there is a serious slip up, not just one of his usual gaffes by Biden, I think he wins. I just don't see how Trump with his half a dozen trials he's in, wins.

Another angle to look at this from...

I mean, what's the point? Tried to watch Monaco this weekend, cuz we'd just been over there and saw the track prep and what not and good lordt it was boring.
And I'm not arguing that Indy is that fun, but at least they do something!