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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Some that I felt noteworthy as we inch closer to the start of spring ball… what do you think?

Don't want this to get political but trying to be proactive. With tariffs on the horizon, what should the average consumer buy now vs holding on for later in the year?

Maybe cars if you know you will be on the market? Electronics/TVs/Computers. Feels like those are the obvious ones. Anything else I should be thinking about?

Anybody else not surprised to learn that the ags refer to their hometown college station as draggieland?

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This guy is pretty in the know. Worth monitoring.

The Texans traded a 7th round pick to Jacksonville for Christian Kirk. Had a couple of bad luck injuries the last two years... but neither were the type to hurt his quickness or speed....


Pretty easy trade to make for the price.

Now they have to focus on improving the center and guard positions.

About to begin

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Watching Goldthwaite vs Martins Mill right now on NFHS. Apparently Martins Mill has a guy that’s chasing the all-time HS made 3’s in the entire country. Name is Jak Kinder. Goldthwaite upset #1 ranked Mumford last week with a shot at the buzzer. Was the only time Goldthwaite led the entire game.

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Season one was wild, and it’s been a long, long wait.

Watched the first episode last night. Still a lot of questions that I’m sure will take a long time to answer.

This show is so well made and so weird and I absolutely love it. The entire cast is so good, Mr. Milchick is so hateable and at the same time so awesome. Gotta be one of the absolute best shows on TV right now.

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

This is a thread that’s been a long time coming. This is for the novice, the the experts, and all of us in between!

Feel free to ask questions, post about a new bottle you enjoy, and potentially some bottle trading or bottle shares.

Currently sipping on one of my new favorite pours, Bardstown Origin, the white label.

GREAT speech last night. GREAT things to celebrate in the first 40-50 days. The democratic party looks dumb and in disarray.

From the Athletic today - based on KenPom metrics:

Welcome to March.

This men’s college basketball season has featured record-breaking offensive efficiency — teams are scoring at an all-time rate — and rare depth at the top. If the metrics have their way, this could be one of the best (and most entertaining) NCAA Tournaments ever. That’s my hope. Everyone loves upsets, but my favorite NCAA Tournaments are when elite teams advance to the second and third weekends and we get high-level games because of it.

Now here’s the data that suggests that’s about to happen: There are five teams at plus-30 in Ken Pomeroy’s net ratings (which depict a team’s adjusted offensive efficiency minus its adjusted defensive efficiency) and 11 at plus-26. Both totals are records for the first Monday of March.

Since 2000, these are the seasons that are the closest comparisons in each category on the first Monday of March. The third column shows where that season’s eventual champ ranked on KenPom at that moment.

A common thread through all of those years? The eventual champ was a No. 1 seed.

If we’re to believe that data set, the eventual champ is going to come out of the current KenPom top eight and will need to be a No. 1 seed. Current qualifiers with a realistic shot at a No. 1 seed in that top eight: Duke, Auburn, Houston, Florida, Tennessee and Alabama. (Texas Tech, at No. 7 on KenPom, would be a dark horse for a top seed if the Red Raiders were to win out.)

The author ranked us #9, up from having us as #13 last week.

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.

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Story via @B. Golan. BOOM!

Starting anew.

Let's go!

I'm hoping we can have an informational thread with no partisan commentary. Can we try again? I have no interest in being in the EEF.

I contacted the Daily Toreador for permission to use including paying for the rights to print their photo and my request was denied.

Does anyone happen to know of another outlet that may have a photo of that play?

I have a really cool idea to commemorate it.

Using http://www.bracketmatrix.com/ we have really improved our odds at a 3 seed with the win over Kansas. I will update this later as more brackets are updated but right now, 25 (~30%) have Tech as a 3 seed.

However, of the brackets that were last updated on 2/28, only 15% of them had us as a 3 seed. I expect we will creed much closer to that as more are updated and if we can win the next two games. Just ahead of us are Michigan and A&M.

A&M is in a tailspin and host Auburn tomorrow. A close loss likely will not hurt them much but a beatdown sure might. They finish the season @LSU, which would really hurt them if they dropped it.

Michigan finishes hosting Maryland on Wednesday and @sparty on Sunday. KP has them going 1-1 but they are just barely projected over Maryland. They could easily slip down too. I really REALLY want the 3 seed and I think we can get it as long as we don't do something dumb.

I think we can all agree that there is some SERIOUS opportunity to make some serious dough on the uptick of the stock market (however long that takes). It just does not seem possible for it to stay down like this. American Airlines ~$11/share? Wth? No way that stays down. What are y’all eyeing in the market right now? Thanks!

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Punk bitch. Always hated his “I earned this” attitude when he took over for Wife Beater Beard.

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