Everyone is Terrible and Incredible: Scouting recruits through Youtube

Basketball season is drawing near, and I'm trying to get familiar with the incoming freshmen. In previous years, this process generally consisted of me watching a Youtube clip or two and texting friends who pay attention to players before they actually set foot on campus. I relied on their input and the fact that Longhorn fans don't realize there's a basketball team until January as a chance to ramp up on my own. (One of the perks of being a guy writing about a team that gets a minority of the fan attention is there are less people around to notice how incredibly wrong you are about a new player. Seriously, check out the shit I said about Zay before his freshman year. Or better yet, don't. Forget that link exists.) I'd say I was putting in a solid C+ level of effort, riding the waves of familiar Rick Barnes waters. Well, now everything's different. There's a new coach, a new staff, and a new offensive & defensive system to learn. I'm cajoled out of my peaceful August slumber as Shaka Smart pours water on my head, informing me that there's a kilo of Columbian bam-bam strapped to the bottom of my muscle car. I've gotta learn how to drive fast again. So here I am, putting in a spectacular B- level effort, watching clips of Kerwin Roach Jr., Eric Davis Jr., & Tevin Mack(probably also a Jr.), trying to break down film while sweating like Todd Wright's holding a kettlebell over my testicles and threatening to let go if I can't recite all 50 state capitals(NYC, NO BUFFALO WAIT IS TORONTO IN NEW YORK).

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