Next Year

[tristatecoog]

Texas -- One ***** and three ****.
Memphis -- One *****.
TAMU -- One **** and one ***.
Houston -- Thomas and Thompson are *** and Stiggers is **.
UCF -- Two *** and one **.
SMU -- Cunningham ***, Jones and Norman ** and Manuel is NR.

Rice -- three ** recruits coming in.
TX Tech -- Three ** and two NR.
UNT -- One *** and four NR.
UTEP -- Two ** and one NR.
ECU -- One **
USM -- One ** and three NR.
UAB -- One NR.
Tulsa -- N/A
Tulane -- One ** and three NR.

This is the way I see the recruiting commitments/LOIs so far, according to Scout. Do you have another source like a Texas specific recruiting site with top to bottom player rankings?

[Balatro Diabolus Ex]

I thought about this thread a couple of weeks ago, when SMU lost to East Carolina to take sole possession of last place, then again when Whitaker lit us up a week later, so now that the season is almost over I thought I might pay it another visit, and see how last years expectations and predictions turned out.
With 1 game left, the teams I picked 1-6 are #1, and 3-7. I will admit I whiffed on Southern Miss, I really didn’t think they would be this good after all the players they lost from last years team. In my own defense though, 2 of the guys playing key roles for them this year had not committed when I wrote the original post last December.

Of the individual players mentioned, Dennis Tinnon averages 9.5 points and 10 rebounds per game for Marshall, he’s a key player in their frontcourt. KC Whitaker plays about 11 minutes per game for UAB, and averages 3 points per game. His shooting percentages are a bit lower than UAB probably was hoping for, but he’s getting enough minutes to help him develop, and he looked like a potential star when he was pouring in 17 points and grabbed 6 rebounds against SMU. Both of those were career highs. Jarelle Rieschelle is averaging 14 minutes, and 5.5 points per game, but he’s moved into the starting lineup, and for the month of February he’s averaging 9.2 points per game. If not for an 0-2, 0 point performance at SMU he’d be averaging double figures for the month. Rashad Smith plays about 4 minutes a game for Tulsa, with little to no production. He’s scored 11 points this year.

So, that’s it, most of it is about what I expected, a couple of teams a little better than expected, and a couple of others not so much. Lack of experience and cohesiveness have hurt SMU, as well as lack of anything vaguely resembling a post player. Too much was expected from our new players, too soon, and unfortunately most wont be back next year. And I never would have guessed that Doh would forbid the team from rebounding, that’s a mindboggler. The best thing I can say about this year is that it will all be over, soon.