Texas gets another great recruit.

[Fightin Choke]

Texas has been on a roll this season but their recruiting has been great for a few years now. Aston just picked up a verbal commitment for Prospects Nation's 21st ranked player (4th PG) in Alecia Sutton (class of 2016) from the Missouri Phenom (same AAU team as Napheesa Collier): LINK Alecia is 11th ranked player in the nation on Hoopgurlz.

 

[Vowelguy]

Just more evidence that UT's pro-gay attitude and coaching staff is scaring all the good recruits away.

 

[hoophuskee]

Just more evidence that UT's pro-gay attitude and coaching staff is scaring all the good recruits away.

Huh???????????????????

 

[Vowelguy]

Huh???????????????????

Sarcasm.

 

[easttexastrash]

Sarcasm.

That wasn't obvious? That did not even need a winky face.

 

[easttexastrash]

Program on the rise. The rest of the Big 12 better get busy. OU getting walloped by Duke.

 

[alexrgct]

Just more evidence that UT's pro-gay attitude and coaching staff is scaring all the good recruits away.

And more evidence that you post this literally every time, like every single time, that Texas lands a recruit.

Hey, I was dead wrong in 2012. Texas has historically been a very homophobic state, and UT has a lesbian-friendly reputation that absolutely hurt them with recruiting. What's more, I wanted my alma mater to win. But negative recruiting either hasn't materialized with Karen Aston or it wouldn't matter. I think times have changed. We've hit a tipping point on a national level where homophobia just isn't that cool anymore. It used to be the last remaining socially accepted manifestation of bigotry. Now it generally isn't. The wave of same-sex marriage acceptance contributed to that tipping point. Meanwhile, Brittney Griner's courage after she graduated negatively impacted the perception of Baylor BECAUSE of its homophobia, in my opinion.

Yep, I couldn't have been more wrong. And if there's something to the notion that I was wrong because homophobia is dying, I couldn't be happier about it.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Texas is working on returning to their glory years. I see them as a top-5 program for the next few years. Maybe even top-3.

 

[John Glass]

Is Aston a good coach ?

 

[MilfordHusky]

Is Aston a good coach ?

She seems to be a great recruiter. Her teams at Charlotte and North Texas were successful. She won over 100 games in 5 seasons. UT thought she was a good enough coach to hire her. Her background includes a long stint at UT and 2 stints at Baylor as an assistant/associate.