The 2019-2020 Texas Frontcourt

William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports I’m going to reuse the first sentence from last year’s preview, with a minor edit: “this is the first time in three four years Texas will be starting a season without a lottery-level freshman in the paint…”. Look Ma, all better. Kai Jones might make me eat these words, but I feel kinda (a bit) safe-ish in saying this is the year the Texas freshman bigs lottery streak ends. That’s not to say there’s a lack of talent on hand, just that the group lends itself more to the multi-year starter type of player than the transcendent teenager. It’s also the section of the team with the most variety in potential starting lineups. In the backcourt, Courtney Ramey, Matt Coleman, and Jase Febres can pretty much write their name in the starting lineups in pen; in the frontcourt, there’s a lot more parity at play. Whether that turns out to be a strength or a weakness will help define this season.

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