Do I even know you?
Also my cat Herschel (also a rescue) is the GOAT
Rescue: was in 6th grade hooping at the park. Saw baby kitten and just took him home hahah
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Haha Frazier was my guy we moved across the country twice chasing that rugby dream.
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FWIW, Hoop Explorer is very down on this roster, has them at #67: hoop-explorer.com/TeamEditor?evalMode=false&gender=Men&team=Texas&year=2025%2F26&
They basically project Swain and Pope to be above average and everyone else to be kinda OK (or not very good in Wilcherās case). Makes some sense when you dig into how each player with significant college minutes graded out in RAPM on their previous teams relative to the other players on the team:
- Pope: 5th
- Weaver: 6th
- Swain: 4th
- Traore: 4th
- Vokietaitis: 6th
- Wilcher: 7th
- Heide: 8th
So their team is a lot of secondary players (in terms of impact); maybe they will do better in different roles, but I definitely see a downside case for them. Also, only having 3 guards and the 3rd guard being Wilcher seems like a problem for them.
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Iām still a buyer of Simeon Wilcher stock. If it doesnāt work out, and I canāt unload it, Iāll just put it in my metaphorical basement next to my Brandon Jennings (the elder) stock.
FWIW EvanMiya generally liked their Portal gets (though Iād say stopped short of āloveā):
Swain - #31 transfer - 5-star
Heide - #125 transfer - 4-star
Traore - #159 transfer - 4-star
Vokietaitis - #311 transfer - 3-star
Wilcher - #384 transfer - 3-star
Plus they do have a couple of solid returners in Pope (who wouldāve been a 4 or 5-star transfer) and others, whereas of course we have no proven returners to augment our transfer overhaul.
For comparison, EvanMiya had our haul as:
Hall - #35 - 5-star
Thomas - #36 - 5-star
Tillis - #52 - Four Star
White - #121 - 4-star
Onyenso - #371 - 3-star
Lewis - #451 - 3-star
In terms of incoming class rankings, Miya ranks our haul as 17th and Texas as 27th. Not that drastic a difference.
Anyways, long way of saying, I think itāll be a good matchup, Q1 on the resume and a game that the Hoos can win but in all likelihood will be a tossup depending upon which team comes together the quickest and how ready the Hoos are for a big road contest.
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Step backwards on the doxxing front, putting the name of the building in the video:
Though maybe they have a promotional deal with the building? Oh, also, Sam Lewis is here.
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Needed something to fill the cat/ukulele void, I guess.
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Can I get a borrow on your Wilcher stock?
Sold to you
Oh wow even knows the Go Hoos part
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Iām just a simple country lawyer, I donāt know what that means. 
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A bit of a weird spot. Things might have changed, but when I was there this building was probably 95%+ grad students. Makes some sense for athletes though
Only had one cat and that was a long, long time ago. Fierce badass he was; lived outdoors pretty much fulltime. Here he is telling me to GTF away from this rabbit heād just caught and was preparing to eat by my last Cāvlle place our Rt 20 north a few miles (no doubt he wouldāve eaten me, too, if one of us was either bigger or smaller). My ex-gf brought him out to Seattle which is where this photo of him on the roof of my old house was taken. Part of cloud-topped Mt Rainier in the lower right of the sunrise photo.
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I feel bad saying this, but I keep forgetting Sam Lewis exists.
Trying to remember all the new guys Iām usually just like:
- German umlaut dude
- Bucket getter (and cat man) from San Fran
- Nice passing pseudo-big from UCIrvine
- BYU fella
- Former Kentucky shot blocker
- Bald guy
- The Belgian pro (maybe)
- French beanpole
- Non-bouncy big from Virginia
- Chance Mallory
I need something distinctive to remember Sam Lewis by. Iāve watched his highlights several times and it all just fades into my mental background. Thatās not hating on his game I justā¦ donāt ever think of him, ha.
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The first cat pre-existed me with the fiance, but my uncle (huge hoo fan, big reason I went to UVa) found one that looked a lot like her in his church parking lot and dropped him off with my mom for us 
Now we have Ralph (you can guess the namesake) too. Heās not very well behaved, but he is entertaining.
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I thought you mightāve stolen this from meā¦
Pic from 2013, both long gone now but I had a very similar looking cat and bearded dragon 
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44.3% from 3 doesnāt stand out?
To be fair, it is a lot of new guys to try to keep track of.
But I feel like someone (probably @Cuts_from_The_Corner) called Sam Lewis a more athletic version of IMac.
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I think the issue with Lewis is he was the first guy to sign, and then we kind of got a deluge after + heās not a projected starter. Just kinda got lost in the shuffle.
Still excited for him though, those shooting numbers are legit and nice to theoretically have him for 2 years.
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Make Malik āCat man from San Franā
And Lewis can be āSam Sam the Bucket Manā
Or Sam the Butcher / Bringing Alice the Meats
Fresh had a Toledo one - Holy Toledo (if he likes to pray). Mud Hen if he doesnāt?
Cmon folks - we are one weekend away from workouts - we shouldāve settled this already!
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No on paper he seems great. Iām not saying anything about his game. I just keep forgetting him. I need him to like get a mohawk or have a pet lizard on his shoulder or something for my brain to retain him. Thereās too many new guys!
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Think he called Jacari that (and also more complete) but could be wrong
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