He's shooting 42 percent from threes and leads UH in rebounding. I guess we probably wouldn't have him any longer because he sat a year to play at Cougar High, but man, we need some depth.
He is an incredible athlete. I knew we would end up missing him. I think Barnes could have developed him into an NBA caliber player.
I regretted missing on Dugat the day he committed. However, the solution to this team's woes isn't a player like Dugat or Dowell. There are some serious issues going on which has transformed this team from top ten status in the first ten games or so, to a team that if it weren't for its early season wins, wouldn't look like they should make the tournament.
been a while since a ut fan wished he had a baylor player in basketball dugat was terrific last night, saved our non-rebounding butts
Dion would've helped bigtime this year. However, when one starts complaining about playing time when they've been injured and hadn't earned it, then one starts to become a cancer.
Since the UCLA game this team has lost some of its "team" play due in part to opponents' defensive strategies, but it seems that there is something else at work here. They need to return to the pass first, shoot second mentality that prevailed early in the season. This is particularly true of Augustin whose per game assists are down (with a few exceptions) and whose turnovers have increased (including offensive fouls on ill-timed drives to the hoop). The teams' assist to turnover ratio went into the shitter after UCLA, negative in a couple of games. Perhaps the "best point guard in the country" coverage got to him or a little bird told him that his draft stock will rise if he uses every game to showcase his individual scoring talents rather than working on dishing out 10 plus assists every game. He should take note of TJ Ford's success as a player and in the draft as evidence that a college guard needn't score 25 ppg to be a lottery pick. He is not playing like the best point guard in the country right now, as evidenced by his recent abysmal free throw shooting and declining assist to TO ratio. I don't know what has caused Mason's decline. He was playing excellent ball early, just as he did last season. He was hurt last year and never healed 100%. I haven't read anything about his being hurt this year. He is definitely in a slump. His TOs per minute played are way up and his FG% is way down. Atchley apparently hurt his elbow and that may be a reason that he is not receiving the ball as much as he did earlier in the year when he was scoring high double figures every game. If the guards know one of their teammates is having trouble handling or shooting the ball, they won't pass to him nearly as much as if he were healthy. This bunch is extremely talented athletically, but presently does not have great chemistry. Barnes must be going nuts with these players and is facing one of the greatest challenges he has encountered at Texas bringing this team together. The next week or two will tell the tale because this is a tough conference. One two-edged bright spot is James whose performance has exceeded expectations, but this means he is more likely to bolt to the NBA.
Uh, Bob, wouldn't this be Dowell's senior year? Along with Aldridge and Gibson and a non-redshirted Atchley? And Durant's sophmore year. Not that any of us expected Aldridge or Durant to last here that long. Wished, maybe. Oh, the dreams of college b-ball fans.
bierce, you are correct. I don't know what I was thinking... well, actually, I do know what I was thinking, but it was not what Dion did. Anyway, it's irrelevant because he never would be playing 34 minutes a game at Texas.
Who we really need is Darrel Arthur. Imagine what a class it would have been - DJ, K Durant, Arthur, Damion James and the others. The only thing is we don't have scholarships, most likely Harrison Smith would have been left out. With Darrel, Texas would be a complete team. I don't know why kids from S Oak Cliff don't come to Texas. Anyone knows? The coach has a beef with TX? If Darrel came to Texas, he would have lots of playing time immediately. Wonder why he didn't.