Shawn Williams Leaves The Texas Basketball Team

Did you mean “isn’t” going to really hurt?

When will there be podcast with ipowers?

manin, it’s going to hurt. Dude has size, can shoot, and is an above average rebounder. He’s one of two guys you can say that about on this squad.

Losing ipowers is going to leave a mark.

No, not a good thing. Too bad, but I always want players to go where they think it’s best.

We’re getting closer to 1999 every day.

Trips – Any reason why? Was he not in line to log 10-15+ mins a game this year?

I’d say he needed to get at least 15 minutes a game. I could understand a transfer, but I don’t see just dropping the sport. So weird.

Trips:

Only two iPowers references in that whole post? Really? And both were somewhat clandestine…I literally came to this site over studying for my Classical Mythology test when I heard about Williams JUST to hear your sarcasm.

Sometimes kids make interesting decisions. Jai Lucas looked up (way up) and saw Nick Calathes, so he decided to transfer after playing one exhibition game (IIRC). Had he stayed and developed under Billy D, he’d probably be starting at point right about now.

I guess Shawn got scared by seeing Hamilton still around, and figured he wasn’t going to play much, if at all. But Hamilton’s it and it at the wing. If JH leaves next year, Rick has no big wings…at all. The 2/3 spot is going to be manned by Brown, Julien Lewis, Sheldon McClellan. There were big minutes there for the taking.

jc25: And DeAndre Daniels ;) I gots da faith!!!

It sounds like he thought of himself more like ipowers did, and he was not willing to wait for time.

ipower = swilliams??

was looking forward to him playing. had great outside shooting stats for a big guy.

hope Blake B is right.

Think about how potentially screwed we are next year:

- 3 open scholarships this year will roll over (only 10 scholarhip players right now out of 13 w/ williams now gone)
- 5 seniors (johnson, balbay, hill, chapman, lucas – *no possibility of redshirting chapman now w/ only 10 players this year)
- 3 early entry candidates

That leaves Brown and Lexi as the only definites (1 w/ an injury history and the other a temper).

We signed 4 for next year, but could probably use 8 or 9. Any updates on spring recruiting? We really need Daniels.

daze, as BiH said, closer to 99 than ever. I kind of liked that Rick Barnes. the Barnes that jawed with coaching legends of the ACC. beats the heck outta frontrunner Barnes.

On recruiting:

It’s basically Daniels right now and that’s about it. A lot of the 5*/high 4* recruits are signing early, so there’s little to no buzz going into spring, a practical 180 from last year. Texas is not really in the hunt for anyone other than Daniels right now.

Barnes was in on a few buzzy big men at the beginning of the year. He hit on Jon Holmes, but missed on Moussa Gueye and Mikhael Hopkins. He also pursued UTEP transfer Arnett Moultrie but didn’t seal the deal. Expect more of that in the spring. You’ll see some “who?!?” offers go out; hopefully they have Varez Ward talent combined with Clint Chapman non-transferring ability.

There’s little coming from the Daniels front, other than Texas is still in it. I think Daniels saw his ranking shoot up and thought he could garner more attention from bigger schools. And/or saw a money trail start to form. Whatever the case may be, a lot of teams have already filled their scholarship allotments and are just waiting for the ink to hit paper. Further, the uncertain NBA agreement could lead to less non-seniors declaring for the draft, so you won’t see as many scholarships open up in the spring. Finally, the recommitment of Myck Kabongo leaves Texas’ prospects still decent heading into 2011.

horndaze: The class of 2011 (the one we need recruits from) is almost bone-dry. Norvell Pelle still seems to be a target, but I don’t really know where we stand. He’s a 6’8" inside guy who is still learning the game and relies on freakish athleticism and hustle right now. Usually I try to avoid those guys (see: Dowell, Dion and Williams, Mike), but I’ll take warm bodies with potential right now.

Right now I’ll be happy with Daniels committing, Rick getting a JuCo that can breathe through his nose, and a small starting lineup of Kabongo, Joseph, Hamilton/McClellan, Daniels, and Thompson.

Pelle is down to St John’s & Wazzu. All signs point to Steve Lavin on this one.

And…so much for that lol. Thanks jc.

Won’t a lock out be determined well after the draft declaration deadline?

This was a lack of foresight by Williams, though I can understand his frustration given that Gerry Hamilton is reporting Matt Hill will see significant minutes and is even in the mix for a starting position. When Barnes is making ridiculous personnel decisions like that and you’re riding pine, it’s hard not to be pissed off.

Still, as the season went on I have little doubt that Williams would have seen significant minutes as a 4 in our rotation after it was once again established that Hill/Chapman/Wangmene suck and don’t need to see the floor against decent teams. Plus, with Jordan Hamilton likely leaving after this season – and DeAndre Daniels probably not coming to replace him – Williams would have been in position to start on the wing next year as a sophomore.

horndaze: Yes, but there should be a better sense on which way the winds are blowing. Not many kids are going to jump into a draft in which they get “guaranteed” contracts that aren’t getting paid out thanks to a lockout.

longhornmatt: There have been good vibes about Hill since he started, but those vibes haven’t translated to actual production thanks to injury and a trigger happy barber. Either RB is blowing smoke to try and get Hill motivated, or he’ll actually be an asset. Given that Gary Johnson is the only returning big man of substance, Hill is going to get minutes either way. Let’s hope it’s the latter. It’s more telling that Wangmene wasn’t mentioned, given that he’s in year 4 and has 1 year remaining after this. I’ve given up on Clint Chapman and his softness. Williams is too small for the 4 unless you’re really thinking about going smallball and playing no D. From the looks of it, He wasn’t getting minutes this year unless he stepped it up and Hamilton completely sucked/got injured. But he could have parlayed a good year sitting on the bench and learning into a starting gig next year. Now, no dice.

What’s up with waiting until the day of the first game to announce you are going to transfer?

Trips, open Hoops thread tonight? I think we all need to get far away from football for a few hours… days…. weeks….

Anyone have any suggestions for an online feed for the Navy game? No ESPNU here and can’t find one in the usual places. Thanks.

BS:

http://www.channelsurfing.net/

Thanks Blake, I needed the stream too.

Unfortunately, ESPN doesn’t stream ESPNU games, because not enough carriers want it.

I’m not in a position to see this web site properly on my phone :(

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