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Jordan Hamilton
Posted by Scipio Tex on October 9th, 2008 under Basketball, Recruiting
Is a Longhorn.
Hamilton is a five star recruit, ranked 5th in the nation overall and is the top rated small forward prospect in the 2009 class according to Rivals.com. He’s joining Avery Bradley, also a five star and the 8th rated prospect in the nation and Shawn Williams, a four star from Duncanville, ranked 64th in the nation. We already have a commitment in 2010 from Tristan Thompson, five star, currently considered to be one of the five best players in the ‘10 class.
Barnes is moving this program to the next level.
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Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
Don’t have time to address each and every comment now, but I wanted to say thanks to everyone for contributing to the site this season. It’s made it a lot of fun to follow a team that’s tough to watch at times.
Also, I wanted to thank you for the kind words as
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Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Big Dance: Day Two 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
And that’s all she wrote…relatively boring day so far. A&M out to a nice early lead.
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Art Vandelay commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
Trips,
Great work all year long. Love the passion. The fact that you kept writing these (even around the birth of a child), is fantastic, shows your commitment, and is a little freaky. :-)
I think you showed great restraint in this post. It would have been easier to “go off” on Barnes.
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ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
Second awesomest thing — Magnus gets his woman to go to Hooters with him.
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Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Big Dance: Day Two 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
Missouri going to hang on…
Sconsin clinging to a 2 point cushion
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BrickHorn commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
Are there any women who are not skanks at any place on 1960?
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Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Big Dance: Day Two 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
Make that a 1 point Wofford lead with 4+ to play…
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Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Big Dance: Day Two 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
Pitt rolling Oakland.
Purdue holds on against Siena…I missed it in my bracket, but I’m actually happy for them.
Missouri pulling away from Clemson (68-60) with 7 to play…knew I should have never bet on Oliver Purnell, even if it was against this Missouri team.
Amazingly, game of the day so far might be Wisco/Wofford – 2
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ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
I ain’t talking about the girls Brick.
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BrickHorn commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
The girls don’t wear jorts at Hooters. They dress like Richard Simmons.
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ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
That, by the way, was the best thing that’s come out of this basketball season. Knowledge of Magnus’ intimate familiarity with the service and cut-off threshold at Hooter’s as compared to BWW3. Hooter’s — worse food at a higher price than a titty bar, served with jean shorts, cheaper beer, and more stretch
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Blake Stansbery commented on the blog post Arkansas Razorback Football Spring Practice Preview: Running Backs 2 hours, 9 minutes ago
Who thinks that one back could step up and be the go to this year?
I still think it is going to be a by committee approach, but someone could separate themselves this spring. You just never know.
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Nickel Rover wrote a new blog post: Barnes worst team 3 hours, 4 minutes ago
Basketball:
Texas lost to Wake Forest in the first round last night. Trips Right somehow found the inner strength to do a final post-mortem where he also prescribes a month of defensive drills for baby 2010-11 Texas basketball in order to foster its development into a team that can at least dribble towards the basket.
PeterBean was
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Trips Right commented on the blog post Weekly Whispers 3/17/2010: Duke and Kentucky Do the Chomping 3 hours, 11 minutes ago
BigAaron, it’s what Ballerjunkie has been hearing in his circles. The information is certainly not an opinion, but what is out there at this time.
We’ll have more on a weekly basis.
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Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 3 hours, 26 minutes ago
BiH,
I actually agree with you. I think the charge and missing the two FTs earlier got in his head a bit. Also, he passed to Mason on the possession earlier which I didn’t think made sense. Mason had his pass knocked out of bounds, thankfully, but it seemed strange to me when
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P.Drez commented on the blog post Champions League Draw 3 hours, 29 minutes ago
Inter got the team everyone wanted, which will more than likely set up a great semifinal against Barcelona. I believe Mourinho will be putting everything into the Champs League now, even if it means sacrificing Serie A.
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Lucky 3 hours, 34 minutes ago
Great stuff, Ted.
Interesting discussion this has sparked about Calahan.
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gingerballs commented on the blog post Big Dance: Day Two 3 hours, 50 minutes ago
Hearing Murray Hewitt’s voice never gets old…even if the commercials could use his comedic talent much better.
Cornell is impressive, Temple got fucked with them as a 12.
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D W commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 3 hours, 51 minutes ago
Turn off the sound and watch the replay of Johnson’s setup and motion shooting the free throws. They never had a chance of going in. After the first one, he sighs heavily, looks up at the ceiling (?), moves his feet nervously and generally gives off the body language of wishing the earth
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Baylor v. Sam Houston State Preview 4 hours, 10 minutes ago
Memes by definition are to be shared.
Congrats. Udoh is a beast. Rooting for you guys, strangely.
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D W commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 4 hours, 46 minutes ago
Trips, thanks for all your posts this season. I don’t always agree with you but that is sort of the point of a blog isn’t it? Your assesments are usually well-written, informative and fair and where else can you find those qualities?
As for the team, I watched a loose, confident and
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texasengr commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 5 hours, 3 minutes ago
Why didn’t we call a time out after Wake hit the go ahead jumper?
The clock would have been reset to ~1.5 seconds. Wouldn’t the ball have been advanced to half-court? Or was that rule changed?
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Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 5 hours, 7 minutes ago
If AB can get inside the top 15 or so, he should go. If he can’t, then he should come back. He’s got a lot of warts on his game, but a lot to build on as well…..
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Blake Stansbery wrote a new blog post: Arkansas Razorback Football Spring Practice Preview: Running Backs 5 hours, 10 minutes ago
The Arkansas Razorbacks spring practices are creeping up and are officially set to begin Tuesday March 30th. This is a first part in a series of articles over the following days leading up to March 30th highlighting position battles to watch in the spring.
It is by now well known that the Razorbacks will be without
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ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 5 hours, 12 minutes ago
Trips, thanks for all of the post-mortems this year. It’s one thing when you’re 17 – 0, and it’s something else entirely when your year ends like our has. There is only one thing in this one will which I take issue. You said:
“In the plus column, I was happy with the
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Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest Open thread 5 hours, 18 minutes ago
Nordie,
Is that you being glib derived out of frustration (lord knows, I can empathize) or do you have actually have some source or evidence beyond the general media sources? Is that just conjecture that you’ve heard or do you know anything credible? Love to hear it if you do…..
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Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 5 hours, 29 minutes ago
“This may seem arrogant but I believe its true – if you are a coach in virtually any sport at UT, you will be a good recruiter. The state is loaded with athletes, including basketball players, UT as a university is top-notch by virtually any measure and just really doesn’t have any serious in-state competition.”
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skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 5 hours, 38 minutes ago
Trips, I love you man ! Of course its man Love and not like the love you have with Henry…..
You are the very best of all the talking heads on Texas Basketball, your knowledge is vast and your style is dynamic and you reach the crazies with your knowledge on hoops.
You are right about the
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GoHornsGo90 commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 5 hours, 42 minutes ago
It’s not Brown’s fault they made a bad call. It is Brown’s fault giving the ball up there. In his defense, he was in a pretty sick spot in the corner. Not in his defense, he is allowed to dribble and shouldn’t BE in the corner in the first place.
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Texastough commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 5 hours, 46 minutes ago
I started that post before any of the other comments. Didn’t know redundancy could be so long-winded.
Vasherized said:
October 9th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
It’s about goddamn time. Let us know when the next 5-star future lottery pick commits to Texas. This is getting tiresome.
Scipio Tex said:
October 9th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Ha.
Hamilton is likely a one and done guy.
Avery Bradley is a three or four year guy.
Shaun Williams is a four year guy.
Tristan Thompson comes in 2010 and he’s one or two year guy.
Intermixed with all of those dudes will be:
4 Dogus Balbay G 6-0 176 So
53 Clint Chapman F/C 6-10 235 So
21 Matt Hill F/C 6-10 241 So
1 Gary Johnson F 6-6 233 So
24 Justin Mason G 6-2 194 Jr
34 Dexter Pittman C 6-10 298 Jr
23 Harrison Smith G 6-2 195 Jr
20 Alexis Wangmene F/C 6-7 241 So
50 Varez Ward G 6-2 190 Fr
We’re going to mess some people up.
Vasherized said:
October 9th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
That is pretty sick. Great balance of one & done’s with 3-4 year guys. It’s a perfect recipe for cutting down the nets in 2009-10.
Josh Smith, your jersey awaits.
srr50 said:
October 9th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
It is Texas-OU week and we have not one – but two threads about a basketball recruit
My how times have changed.
Bob in Houston said:
October 9th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
This class provides the pieces for a NC run.
I dunno about Bradley being a three- or four-year guy, but I won’t quibble.
Scipio Tex said:
October 9th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
You’re probably right, Bob. More like 2-3.
OK Guy said:
October 9th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Russell Springman is the Tim Brewster of Texas Basketball recruiting.
Black Scholes said:
October 9th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
That’s a load of talent. It’s always fun to play around with matching current players with former stars for that perfect, although unattainable, team.
Could you imagine the ‘09 and ‘10 kids if you could plug in say Karl Willock, Jose Nasser or even Bill Wendlandt? Or perhaps Chick Zomlefer? Off the hook.
Ransom Stoddard said:
October 9th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
I heart Rick Barnes
Scipio Tex said:
October 9th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Who will be our Winn Shepard?
Shockthenation said:
October 10th, 2008 at 3:54 am
Rick Barnes recruits the way I wish Mack would.
Big Satan said:
October 10th, 2008 at 4:19 am
Sweet fucking christ. Barnes is Jesus.
Big Satan said:
October 10th, 2008 at 4:20 am
Also, I think Barnes would win 8 games on the gridiron due to Todd Wright alone.
Trips Right said:
October 10th, 2008 at 5:27 am
Hamilton is silky smooth. He and Bradley will make Shaun Williams very dangerous.
Kafka said:
October 10th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Next year looks pretty cool but what about this year?
Is Dexter still pushing 300 pounds? Has Todd Wright finally met his match? I was really hoping that Dexter would get in great shape and turn into a monster big man.
It looks like we have two “new” guys coming in:
* Dogus Balbay (not really new but dnp last year)
* Varez Ward
Both are 3 star recruits. I hear that Dogus does not shoot too well outside. I don’t know much about Varez except that he is a shooting guard.
So who starts this year: James, Mason, Johnson, Atchley, and Abrams? Is there any way Barnes starts a 3 guard lineup again (since neither Mason nor Abrams is a true point guard)? Maybe Balbay (once he has completed his NCAA punishment) starts instead of Johnson. That would mean we have the same starting lineup as last season except replace Augustin with Balbay. Since Balbay is probably not going to be a big scorer, the other 4 guys will need to elevate their game quite a bit to make up for the loss of Augustin’s scoring.
Who plays a bunch off the bench?
The Big 12 media have selected OU as the preseason favorite to win the Big 12 basketball championship over UT and KU.
ATXHorn said:
October 10th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Winn Shepherd? What about a Tony Watson?
This is good. Texas-ousucks weekend and we are talking serious hoops. I can’t wait.
Scipio Tex said:
October 10th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Kafka:
Dexter is actually entry #1 in Wright’s book of body realignment. I think his body fat went from around 40% to 15% under Wright’s tutelage. He’ll play around 295, but it will be distributed a lot differently. I think he gives us 15-20 great minutes a game.
Dogus isn’t a great shooter, but he can score the basketball inside the lane. He’s very athletic and should be a mature influence given his international experience.
Varez Ward is a potentially great defender that Wright and Barnes will mold into a stopper and four year guy.
Barnes will always intermix his program with these guys and the superstuds. The four year guys provide stability and a blue collar ethos that Barnes wants. I applaud him for it.
I wouldn’t worry about who starts or comes off of the bench. We’re going to go 10 deep and everyone is going to play.
My only fear is that we have one big man too many and that could lead to a transfer. Next year, some pressure is relieved with Pittman and Atchley graduating. I don’t think that considering a shirt for the odd man out is a bad idea.
Hard to find minutes at 4 & 5 for Hill, Wangmene, Johnson, Chapman, Pittman and Atchley.
Some think Gary could play some 3. I don’t see that against a real opponent.
Nordberg said:
October 10th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Pittman’s just a junior, right Scipio?
I think we need one of the bigs to RS this year. Just don’t ask me which one, because I like them all. If forced, I’ll go with Chapman.
Scipio Tex said:
October 10th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Yep, good catch. Thanks for setting me straight.
Trips Right said:
October 11th, 2008 at 4:00 am
Quick note on Dogus. He’s the type of kid that will develop into a great long range shooter in time. He’s got a nice midrange game already. He’s certainly no Doug Gottlieb. The list of average college point guards developing into dangerous long range guys is long and distinguished. So is my johnson.
Hurley, Hardaway, Bruce Dalrymple ;), Sherman Douglass, etc. But it’s not 8 am. yet and I’m drunk.
Kafka said:
October 11th, 2008 at 7:06 am
Scipio:
“Dexter is actually entry #1 in Wright’s book of body realignment…He’ll play around 295, but it will be distributed a lot differently. I think he gives us 15-20 great minutes a game.”
The goal for Dexter was 270. Todd has not met that goal and it looks like he has given up on ever getting Dexter to 270. I saw what Dexter looked like last year at 298, he lacked explosion, speed and stamina. He pretty much had to be used in a zone on D because he lacked the speed to play man to man. Maybe this year he carries the weight better.
Dexter has a special talent and if he could get in good shape, he could be an outstanding player.
“Dogus isn’t a great shooter, but he can score the basketball inside the lane.”.
OK, but we already have guys who can score inside. Pittman and Johnson live inside, and Atchley, Mason, and James will probably focus quite a bit on improving their inside scoring. It really helps an offense when the guard shoot well outside and don’t have to clog up the middle to score.
If Dogus does not shoot well outside, his defender can sink back. This not only makes it tough for Dogus to drive but it also means that Dogus’s defender can provide help out D on other horns.
Trips:
I would not be surprised at all if Dogus develops a good shot down the road but does it happen in the next 6 months? Maybe, maybe not. Having said that, the college 3 is an easy shot and if Dogus can hit an uncontested 3, that is probably good enough. If he can’t, that’s a problem.
“I wouldn’t worry about who starts or comes off of the bench. We’re going to go 10 deep and everyone is going to play.”.
Ian Powers said:
October 12th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Say Scipio Tex. Hamilton is going to need at least 2 years. Shawn Williams is 3 years max, not 4.
Dteezy said:
October 20th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Now if only mack could get some 5 stars. Rick Barnes needs his own stadium. look at his recent stars.
T.j Ford
LaMarcus Aldrige
Kevin Durant
Dj Augustin (i know i spelled that wrong)
and with this 08-09 team who knows who might step up. We know Abrams is a 3-point monster.
but Damion James is also great.
I see alot of retierd jerseys in the future