Interesting...Horns not projected as..

[Hornia]

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one of the top 25 schools over the next three years. HARVARD ranked 20th!!! Prove them wrong, HORNS!!!

 

[Horns11]

Outside of Turner, we don't have much to show for recruiting. In order for us to be consistently ranked over the next three seasons, we're banking on both the ideas that our current core group of guys will all stay that long, and that Barnes will recruit someone (particularly a guard or glue guy) who wasn't leaning towards Texas as of this week.

Couple that with the fact that no one knows how well our backcourt will do in 2014-15, and I could see why we're borderline at best. I still think we'll make some type of run to be ranked between #10-#20 this season, but I don't know if we'll be able to maintain that.

 

[TexasTower]

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[Horns11]

Davis would be a great start. He'd still be the only one in the class. We're not even on the radar for the state's top talent, like Elijah Thomas. The Plano West trio is all going to A&M. Let's hope that doesn't mean Soso Jamabo is also going there.

 

[caryhorn]

This does not surprise me. Horns have not finished that strong, nor recruited that well over the last few years. Play and coaching has been inconsistent and roundly criticized from basketball talking heads media types.

Horns need to be consistently one of the top 20 basketball programs in the country to earn back respect.

Maybe this year, with a top recruit, will turn things back in the right direction.

Getting to the sweet 16 4-5 years in a row would be a big help.

 

[Hornia]

Actually, I think Barnes has recruited quite nicely over the last 3 or 4 years. He just happened to recruit a few knuckleheads in the one class. With the players he has on board right now, most of them are at least sticking around for 3 or 4 years and building a strong foundation. You will see, Barnes will have his teams playing well for the next few years and going a lot further in the Big Dance. IMHO!!!

 

[caryhorn]

The results on the court and in the NCAA post season tourney the past 3-4 years would indicate that the Horns and Barnes have a ways to go before most basketball gurus would say the horns should be considered a perennial top program in the country.

I don't expect the new top recruit, Miles Turner, to stick around more than one or maybe two seasons. I would be shocked if he stayed 3 or 4 years. His admitted hero, Kevin Durant, was one and done. I fear Turner will be also.

Hope I'm wrong about his tenure on the team.

 

[Horns11]

"Getting to the sweet 16 4-5 years in a row would be a big help."

Yes, just like it helps the other 6 teams this description applies to. It's difficult to do this.

 

[georgecostanza]

I feel like Turner won't actually be good enough to be a one-and-done. Maybe it's the fact that Kabongo wasn't exactly as good as advertised, but until I see him dominate in Big12 play, I think he'll stay at least 2 years.

 

[Horns11]

Watching Turner clips, he reminds me of a "rich man's" Prince Ibeh. He's a lot smoother from 7-10 feet out. Not very smooth underneath but can get the job done against vastly inferior high school teams when he needs to. He's great at blocking shots and will probably need to build upon his strength in order to become a dominant rebounder. If he develops a Lamarcus Aldridge type of element to his game, like a combination of speed, outside shooting, and rebounding, he could develop into the type of player we haven't had since... well... Aldridge.

 

[Aces_Full]

He looks very similar to Aldridge to me as well. I hope that's true.