Basketball Team

1941dawg

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I'm happy with the 8-2 start. However, do y'all think its a result of playing one of the weakest schedules in the country or is this team really improved? The Las Vegas tourney should tell us more
 

pmack65

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Sep 7, 2013
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It's a combo of both except wouldn't say they've "really" improved. Obviously Sword has gotten better, IJ is and will be a big help and the fact we have a bench to substitute has been a big plus. But there has been improvement is some areas. I believe turnovers are down, steals are up the defense is playing better, although at times they fall asleep on defense. Gavin probably has is best game last night which was good considering he's not been a factor at all, but its one game hopefully it will carry over. So even though the schedule is weak there are areas that seem to be getting better. Playing in this Vegas tournament could be a good barometer on how much they've really progressed.
 

Irondawg

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Dec 2, 2007
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Our upside is better than last year due to soem improvement from everyone and the addition of Ready. However our consistency is also down a tad b/c we have no reliable outside shooter yet and no depth inside. Ready's injury put us in a bit of a funk as well and we struggled against some teams that were simply not very good and even lost at home to TCU.

But if Ware can stay out of foul trouble and give us 25 hard minutes and thomas becomes a little more reliable from 3 pt range we can flirt with NIT this year.