2023-24 Houston Cougars Basketball Season

Basketball
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Sounds like Sampson keeping the not so secret scrimmage with Chris Beard at Ole Miss, hoping secret Duke scrimmage too like last year

1008

Still pissed we took out Buddy

1009

Rothstein has us at 12? I thought he loved us. Hell, Dickie V has us at 6th.

Is that our Mark Berman as AP voter? Never mind. He’s the Virginia Tech writer.

1010

Overhyped BIG Teams, Purdue and MSU. Purdue will be gone by the second weekend. MSU will probably get to the S16 because Izzo always does. Depending on seeding, maybe the E8. I don’t know if that team from last season is a F4/NC contender. I would need to see it for a few weeks.

Problem is, the BIG teams are so unathletic and slow that when they have to play teams outside the conference, they all get exposed. I have seen it happen to Iowa for over 20 years!! :weary:

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1011

Michigan St has a lot of good experience returning so I give them a shot because of Izzo. This maybe his last chance at a run to the F4. I don’t think Purdue’s guards have enough a juice against athletic teams.

1012

Illinois has had trouble advancing as well. That said, I won’t complain about being #25.

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1013

Fair point. I am still mad about 2005. The Illini cost me $120 in my law school pool!! Damn you Dee Brown. :rofl:

1014

I bumped msu up 5 spots on this dunk alone


1015

Doesn’t change our ranking but our one non ranking was a mistake


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1016

Do you think UH will finish #2 in the conference?

1017

No. Baring major injuries I think we will finish #1.

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1018

You think the grind and the newness/ unfamiliararity of being in a new conference will be a piece of cake?

1019

No i don’t think it will be a piece of cake but we will be the most physically prepared team and we have Coach Sampson.

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1020

Of course! We’re fans, gonna go 40-0 baby!!!

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1021

I thought that too in the 2021 Final Four and then Baylor showed up.

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1022

Oops, that makes my death threats a mistake as well, then. I’ll print a correction. :wink:

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Don’t care where we end up in conference. At the end of the season be healthy, hot and tourney bound!

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Deja Vu
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I hope J’Wan can return to being an “efficient around-the-rim scorer.” He certainly wasn’t last year!

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