2009-2010 Bracketology

by Barking Carnival Staff on Apr 13, 2009 3:28 PM CDT in Texas Longhorns and Other Basketball

Joe Lunardi has us as a 5 seed. Perhaps Joe should have his intern give Andy Katz's intern a call. Katz daddy has Texas as preseason number 4. He also has better hair and a winning smile.

Lunardi is a pedantic asshat for seeding Texas lower than an Oklahoma club that is losing Austin Johnson, The Big Pharma Brothers, and now possibly Willie Warren. We know him here at the Carnival as "Who Shot?!!" Willie Warren. Warren might turn pro because he thinks it's cool to make it rain from the second floor of your local mall.

Seriously, though, Lunardi is fine. It's actually an honest mistake especially if you watched Texas' monumental offensive struggles last season. The inclination to make Texas no better than a top 20 team is a function of not realizing how truly handicapped last year's squad was on the offensive end. Next year, when the Horns lose ball games, it'll be due to gross inexperience and youthful mistakes. Not because the team has 4 non-shooters and 1 black hole.

Make no mistake, next year is going to be special if guys like Bradley and Jordan are as advertised. Throw in creative offensive talent like J'Covan Brown, shooters like Jai Lucas and Shawn Williams, and a surprise return from Damion James, and Texas has a chance to run the table and win the conference. Did I also mention the Horns will have the nation's premiere low post player?

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Someone on another board said that Lunardi doesn’t factor in the incoming talent, just what’s coming back. This however just can’t be the case, on account of its enormous stupidity.

It would explain the five seed though.

by Nordberg on Apr 13, 2009 3:42 PM CDT reply actions

If that’s true, then any ‘analysis’ by Lunardi is an utter waste of time.

by Black Scholes on Apr 13, 2009 4:41 PM CDT reply actions

Well, I can see how it would be difficult to judge incoming talent. And I wouldn’t expect someone from Philadelphia to have a handle on just what having a couple of guys who can get their own shot will mean to the Texas offense.

I think there is going to be a wide variation in opinions on Texas all the way up to the first dribble in anger. It’ll be kind of like OU this year… people either loved them or (relatively speaking) hated them.

by Bob in Houston on Apr 13, 2009 4:43 PM CDT reply actions

He actually uses some sort of computer ranking voodoo metric, which can’t possibly quantify what has not happened.

by The General on Apr 13, 2009 4:43 PM CDT reply actions

As an aside, isn’t it nice that media opinions have no bearing whatsoever on basketball’s national champion?

That would be a good idea for football.

by The General on Apr 13, 2009 6:35 PM CDT reply actions

Want to know another sick fact about next year’s freshmen? As good as Jordan Hamilton is on offense, Rivals has him listed at the #5 outside shooter among forwards.

is Shawn Williams.

Avery, Jai’ and (hopefully) J’Covan aren’t too shabby from outside either.

Our outside game is going to be night & day from last year. And oh, yes, we’ll have one of the most dominate centers in America.

by Texoz on Apr 13, 2009 7:47 PM CDT reply actions

women be shoppin! we-men bee shoppin!

But seriously, as a part-time Kentucky fan, this Bracketology stinks. Kentucky an 8, but Louisville a 2 and Tennessee a 3? If the system can’t be forward-looking, why put up a Bracketology at all?

by jc25 on Apr 13, 2009 7:57 PM CDT reply actions

Texas has more talent COMING IN next year than 4/5 of the tournament-bound teams will have period…

by GoHornsGo90 on Apr 14, 2009 1:20 AM CDT reply actions

Sports Illustrated’s preseason top ten omits us, but includes Oklahoma. Oh well.

by jonestopten on Apr 14, 2009 6:36 AM CDT reply actions

So, the inspiration seems to be that OU is seeded higher than Texas because they’re getting an upgrade at point guard.

Do you wake up everyday in a cold sweat muttering “Oklahoma Oklahoma?”

by ponderos on Apr 14, 2009 9:49 AM CDT reply actions

Do you wake up every morning muttering, I’m going to tool around the internet and make a bunch of unintentionally ironic posts?

by Trips Right on Apr 14, 2009 10:20 AM CDT reply actions

Pssst, Ponderos… you’re the one constantly on a Texas website. I couldn’t give you the URL of a sooner site if my life depended on it. I seem to remember someone mentioning sisterfucking.com, but that may or may not have been a joke.

And Texas is getting an upgrade just about everywhere, so I’m not real sure what your point is.

by Nordberg on Apr 14, 2009 10:24 AM CDT reply actions