The fact that Duke or NCSU are going to the final four is just painful. It was right there for the taking.
I feel bad for y'all. It's so unfair that Shead got hurt against a beatable Duke team with an 11-seed awaiting the winner. It's like the World Series last year when we knew the winner of the ALCS would beat Arizona.
Morning after observations. As far as I am concerned college basketball is over for the year. Could care less at this point who gets to the final four and who ultimately wins the championship. There is only one team I follow and root for and that is the Coogs. Despite the loss it has been a great year. CKS led the team to its 3rd consecutive 30 win season. Something that has never been done in our basketball program. During his 10 years as head coach of our BB program what he has done is incredible and may never be repeated. And I believe the best is yet to come. Starting with who is coming back. Nobody knows for sure. I am thinking Roberts, Cryer, Francis, Sharp, Arceneaux, Tugler. Wilson, Lath and Walker. We also have Mercy Miller (SG) and Chase McCarty (SF) coming in the freshman class Jacob McFarland (6'11"C) and Kordelius Jefferson (6'3"G) joining the team coming off a year as red shirted FR. That is a core of 12. Glaring omission is PG. Would love Shead to come back. Odds of that probably less than 20%. Some say he comes back if he grades less than first round draft pick. Whatever the case I hope we find out something definitive on him ASAP so we have plenty of time to go to transfer portal to bring in the best possible PG. As we saw last night we are dead in the water without an elite point guard. There has to be someone out there that CKS has his eye on. If this is what we have to work with next year I like our chances for another great year. Hoping selfishly Shead comes back but realistically expecting us to have to go to the portal to get the type of PG we need to lead the team. Next year's PG is the most pressing unknown that needs to be decided to assure another successful year. Confident CKS and his staff are already working on it. Thanks again to all the players, staff, Coof fans everywhere for another great year,
Out of the all the Covid year eligibilities, I can tell this for sure the most unlikely person to come back is Shead. His draft stock doesn’t get any higher than what it is now especially with one of the weakest drafts in recent years. Hes without a doubt one of the top players in this class no question. His time is now and the program understands that. Everyone said their goodbyes to him and let their emotions out because they know that was the last time they’ll will go to battle as collegiate athletes together. This was a great year. A ton of adversity thrown at them and first year in the B12. Still hurts this morning but injuries are the shitt part of the game. What if’s are a b****h. UH isn’t going anywhere. You can be sure a very good team will take the court next year.
It was a GREAT year! First yr in B12 and winning the regular season title was major. I saw where they are in on a 4 Star PG from the Univ of Florida, if Tuggler can improve his offensive game, and Lath can take another step, along with Arcineaux's return. I think they will be good. Plus with the incoming class. I think they can make another run.
Just read Shead makes around 500k in NIL, you think if they bump it up to around a million it would be more enticing than end of second round or G League. Hope he has success in the NBA and think he could grind it out and be a rotation player, but he may get a better deal staying in school.
Still processing, such a devastating loss in so many ways. The team looked so dominating and then so broken after Shead went down; probably knowing that even if they survived against Duke, title aspirations were gone. Unlike other Rockets, Texans, Oilers, Astros, whatever sports disappointments, I don't feel like anything else could have been done to change the outcome. No coaching adjustments, bad decisions or bad plays, this team maximized what it could do for 40 minutes. Duke played well, no doubt. However, anyone who says that they still would have won if Shead had been on the floor in the 2nd half is just wrong. I don't think I have seen a single player mean more to a team in all facets. The CKS era has been amazing and I hope its the beginning of a Duke/NC/Kansas-level ascendance.
This is the sliver of hope I am holding onto... That Shead and Roberts get some amazing NIL deals and we run it back. We need a PG so badly and I am not a fan of the transfer route. Kelvin does his best work in the portal when he recruits raw scoring talent and then makes them halfway decent defenders/rebounders. Chances we can replace Jamal next year are basically zero. If he can find a kid who is half the player Shead is it will be his best work yet.
You won’t replace him but it’s easy to forget the amazing guard play of the years from Rob Gray, Jerroeu, Sasser, Shead. I hope it’s a more versatile offense next year that won’t have to be so Shead centric to flow, and the defense stays elite.
I feel like this is just the way it is. Sampson's offense will always be put together with bailing twine and bubble gum. You can only be elite in so many facets of the game. I just wish we had more pure ball handlers. Next year we are going to bully the **** out of people in the paint but the offense will be a mess without a competent facilitator.
I would love to have Jamal and Jwan back but i think one of the best thing about this program is how the next man up always gets his shot. Might not be the case now since there is no starting caliber pg on the roster right now, but i am confident we will be competitive next season.
Obviously selfishly I'd love for Shead to come back but you're spot on about the draft. His stock won't get any better than right now and after all he did for the program he deserves to maximize his his pro prospects. We will be there again. Great season
LJ posted on his IG that UH has been his favorite team he’s ever been a part of. This dude came from Baylor and won a natty. Let that sink in
UH is a special program under KS. I know Sampson recruits different but these kids saying these things really helps
Cryer will come back Wade Taylor will transfer in TA will be healthy…as will JoJo Malik will leave to get PT that he can’t get at UH.
there's no way Wade Taylor is transferring to here lol if he does, he needs to have a better shot selection. also, having wade and cryer at the same time is a little redundant no?
Just telling what I’m hearing…also adding another scorer to UH doesn’t feel redundant. It feels needed. Especially losing Shead and Roberts
It's not like we have an over abundance of shooters and slashers or guys who want to control the ball. Taylor can get to the bucket. We need that badly.
