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[AnotherSoonerInTX]

Why is Texas two? Money? Why are they viewed so highly? They’ve done nothing.

Money. Texas is one of a handful of schools that are big enough and rich enough to be decent in basketball without even trying. Which is what they've been. One Final Four in my lifetime, 2003. They're good but not great. Would Beard have taken them to the next level if not for his personal issue? We'll never know.

They have a nice new arena. It was designed to seat 16-18K for concerts, but with the curtain above the upper deck to reduce the capacity for basketball to 10K.

 

[hoopsaustin]

Money. Texas is one of a handful of schools that are big enough and rich enough to be decent in basketball without even trying. Which is what they've been. One Final Four in my lifetime, 2003. They're good but not great. Would Beard have taken them to the next level if not for his personal issue? We'll never know.

They have a nice new arena. It was designed to seat 16-18K for concerts, but with the curtain above the upper deck to reduce the capacity for basketball to 10K.

Wish we were doing that too, just in case and for future proofing. I like to ball out all the way tho

 

[BoulderSooner]

Money. Texas is one of a handful of schools that are big enough and rich enough to be decent in basketball without even trying. Which is what they've been. One Final Four in my lifetime, 2003. They're good but not great. Would Beard have taken them to the next level if not for his personal issue? We'll never know.

They have a nice new arena. It was designed to seat 16-18K for concerts, but with the curtain above the upper deck to reduce the capacity for basketball to 10K.

recruiting as well .. easy for texas ..

 

[AnotherSoonerInTX]

Wish we were doing that too, just in case and for future proofing. I like to ball out all the way tho

We're not in the same financial sphere as Texas. Ohio State and Michigan are, and that's about it.

It'd be nice to have that arena, but we don't need it. What we're doing is fine, though a couple thousand more seats would be nice. Smaller, nicer, with more amenities is the trend. That's what Baylor and Houston did.

Austin needs a big concert arena. That's why they built Moody Center so big. The Erwin Center was big enough for concerts, but too big for basketball. So, when they built Moody, they kept the size they need for concerts but downsized for hoops.

OKC already has a big arena and has a replacement on the way. The Norman arena can handle concerts that don't need the size of the OKC arena. If we ever need to sell 16,000 seats for a basketball game, that's an awesome problem to have. In the meantime, we'll have our nice small arena around 2030.

 

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[The_Banker]

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Hey big guy, good to see you around.

 

[TEvans4Three]

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Welcome back, my dude.