Today I’ll be looking at how Texas can shore up a glaring hole inside with the 2012 recruiting class. In case you missed the perimeter-oriented part of the preview, you can find that here. As I mentioned in that article, the 2012 national class is extrem Source: Burnt Orange Nation :: A Texas Longhorns Blog
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Texas Longhorns Basketball Recruiting 2012: Post Players
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“When he first got to Texas , he had always been more of an inside kind of player,” Barnes said. “But he’s worked really hard developing his perimeter skills defensively. He’s got good feet.” Johnson displayed them prominently against Baylor during the… Source: Austin American-Statesman
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UT’s Gary Johnson to get first crack at defending against Arizona’s star
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Saddle Up is our semi-daily preview of the night’s best basketball action. It would like you to know that, thanks in part to camera difficulties, the Wednesday Hoopsbag is coming later than usual today, but it is coming soon all the same. No. 9 Georgetown and No. 12 Connecticut , 7 p.m. ET, ESPN3: Georgetown has won eight straight games in the Big East. If you need someone to tell you just how hard it is to do that, you could probably ask Connecticut. From Jan. 8 to Jan. 25, Connecticut won six straight games
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Saddle Up: GU, UConn on opposite paths?
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Bjorklund made a variety of shots, hitting 4 of 8 3-pointers or driving at will. Her reverse dribble around the perimeter and burst along the baseline for a reverse layup put the Lady Vols up 38-29. Tennessee led by as many as nine points in the half… Source: San Antonio Express
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Bjorklund, Simmons pace No. 8 Lady Vols’ 92-77 win
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No. 1 for the first time in school history. But in Big 12 play, teams realized they didn’t need to defend Balbay or fellow guard Justin Mason on the perimeter. As Barnes observed more than once, the Longhorns were often playing 3-on-5 on offense. Then Balbay… Source: Dallas Morning News
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It’s easy to point to problem for slumping Longhorns
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The Morning After is our semi-daily recap of the night’s best basketball action. Try not to make it awkward. No. 8 West Virginia 81, No. 20 Georgetown 68 : A few things either learned or observed while watching last night’s relatively easy West Virginia win over Georgetown: 1. Da’Sean Butler is a Mountaineer through and through.
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TMA: Da’Sean Butler leaves in style
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Before beating Tech, they’d lost six of their last nine, and will likely turn to freshman J’Covan Brown the rest of the way. Because if Texas can use this disappointment to finally figure out how to get consistent heady play and scoring from the perimeter,… Source: MSNBC Sports
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Tech on Tuesday night. “That’s part of playing defense on a big guy, to have ball pressure, to make the perimeter guys have a harder time passing it in.” “That’s what (Baylor) did, they pressured our guards and they couldn’t pass it in, even if (Robert Lewandowski)… Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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Posts could lead Tech against UT
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