You can ask him tonight if you make it to the Woodlands for the ROAD SHOW.
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I know we got to the final four with the 2021/2022 team, but I donât think at the beginning of that season we thought they would be as good as they ended up being.
We lost Quentin, Dejon and Brison and replaced them with Edwards, Taze and Carlton, which on paper is a net loss.
Especially after Marcus and Tramon went down during Christmas, we really pulled some magic out and had the ball bounce our way a few times to make it to the F4
The team with Carlton, Taze and Edwards didnât make it to the final four (made it to elite 8).
Ah you are correct
CKS talked about all those guys and the question of how do we replace them at the ROAD SHOW. It is next man up with our culture of winning.
ON PAPER yes this looks like Sampsonâs best ever team.
Depth everywhere. 4 returning starters. Numerous players with NBA potential.
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Last time I heard Sampson brag about our team preseason was 2021-2022. He was talking about how we just absolutely killed Texas in the secret scrimmage. And how experienced and talented the team was
And then we had a great year. But we almost lost to Hofstra game 1⊠So this is a reminder that the season is long and just enjoy the ride. Because thereâll be ups and downs
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This team will win over 36 games. I am having a hard time seeing who can beat them. I mean every body is an draft prospect except maybe one or two players. That is if they do not improve. Houston worst players are starters.
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âWho can beat themâ?
Have you seen our conference? Iowa St? KU? Baylor? Arizona? Playing on the road in this conference isnât easy.
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It is his best team so far. They won 32 games last year. 4 or 5 more does not seem far fetched.
I think they can win 8 more. Put me down for 40. I dont see how anyone could beat them
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Loaded AF
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You a underestimating how important Shead was. I expect some growing pains from having a new Starting PG in his first year with the program. But a 30 win season is still doable
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Everyone has questions this season coming up even UConn. UH has as good of a great shot to win the chip as any other team on paper, viejo!!!
Kansas just lost their 6th man in Kugel and a stud frosh in Philbon. Any team who starts Hunter Dickinson at center ainât winning the championship!!! Timme was a better offense of player at center, had a unicorn like Chet on the frontcourt and Mark Few as coach and still didnât come close because his defense was bad!!!
i think the adjsutment period wont be that long or big ⊠shead was vital as he ran the entire offense, but i actually dont think the adjustment from shead will be that steepâŠ
especially cause we won games on defense and that will likely be elite from day 1⊠and the offense will imo only take a few games to adaptâŠ
for us defense is a scheme you have to learn, and that takes time⊠for our offense it s just about adapting and switching to new roles⊠our offense is fluid and not a set system, we just adapt to new players strengths
ie the elite 8 year⊠our offense started off as an iso offense, focused around sasser, mark and fabianâŠwhen sasser/mark went down its was initially bad for like 1.5 games but we adjusted moved carlton to starter over chaney, moved to an inside out offense with shead running the show⊠getting carlton the ball in 1on1s or finding the open man on shooters⊠the adjustment wasnt long becuase we didnt try to teach taze and edwards to become iso scorer, we changed the system not the player to better fit everyoneâs strength.
a few games to see what works (and who works best with who) is what im guessingâŠthe learning is in our defense not offense. we dont have a set offensive style like other teams
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If I was searching UHâs 2024-25 basketball schedule for losses, I would first look to see if UH has any back-to-back B12 road games.
But then again, itâs not my nature to see where and when UH may lose a game.
@pesik knows ball 
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There are going to be mostly close road games in conference and there is a chance they wonât all go our way.
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The Alltime Cougar win streak is 33 games. Started with winning the Third-Place Game at 1967 Final Four and ended during the semi-finals of 1968 Final Four.
This Team could beat that. Including The Big 12 Tournament we will play 34 games.
We seem to have a road game at Kansas. And Arizona. Extremely tough places to win a road game.
Do not predict that Sampson can go undefeated. Just that the talent and depth makes it possible.
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38 wins? 40 wins? UNDEFEATED?
Assuming those outlooks are sincereâŠ
Iâm very excited about our chances to do very well in the W/L department, but predicting our Coogs to have one of the winningest seasons of all time in college basketball seems a bit unlikely to me. Technically possible I suppose.
Just thinking that the season is long, surprises happen, the competition is very demanding, etcâŠ
I would think 6 losses and an appearance in the final (and I guess the trophy if Iâm being honest) would be plenty of a dream season to me.
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