DESTIN, Fla. — Everything Texas Longhorns’ basketball coach Sean Miller said at SEC Meetings – Part 1:
On if Miller needs to add a true point guard to the ball-handling guards currently on the roster (Tramon Mark, Jordan Pope and St. John’s transfe Simeon Wilcher):
“If you just watch the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Finals, I think that everybody recognizes the game has evolved and grown. And when you think of just point guard play, you used to think of that one guy who was the extension of the coach, and he passed more than he shot, and he ran the show. And that’s not to say that it still doesn’t exist, but I think the way the modern game is, and certainly the style that we play, you have a number of different players that are capable.
“And one of the things that I do like about our team, and, again, I haven’t had the opportunity to coach him at all, but Simeon, in particular, I think coming from St John’s, is capable. I have a lot of experience with him, because we competed directly against him in the Big East for two years, watched him in high school.
“And then, obviously, playing against Texas as the former coach at Xavier, I have a great feel for Jordan [Pope] and Tramon [Mark]. But I think the depth in the collection of those guys will all make us have a good group of point guards, guards that can make decisions and play a style that we want to play.
“Usually, when you watch us play, you’ll see three perimeter players that all have to use pick and rolls and make decisions and be able to push the ball with tempo on the break and sometimes maybe even more than three on the court at the same time.”
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