...is not very good. LSU beat their *** today. Glad we won that game but we really should have beaten UVA and Okie State. I hope the D and rebounding improves dramatically.
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DePaul did have a dominating win over Georgia Tech the night before. We need to dial down on our expectations for this season. This team is YOUNG and the mantra for college football and basketball these days is get old and stay old. I think we will be competitive in most Big Ten games, but I have no idea how many we will win. Doubt it will be enough to go dancing.
Agree. The team will be fun to watch grow over the course of the season. I think they are better than I expected coming into the season. Is there any other team in the conference with 5 Freshman? There will be some frustrating close loses where he analysis playing time etc, but I also think we need to recalibrate our expectations. If this team is dancing, the entire staff should get raises.
Collins is trying to do something nearly impossible: Develop a bunch of freshmen and sophomores and at the same time integrate several transfers, figuring out who can play together on the fly. It makes sense that our defense has been such a mess. I get CC’s strategy in scheduling a bunch of tough but winnable P5 games — you try to figure out what you have and hope you have some answers by January 1.
Beating DePaul and SC narrowly each hurt our KenPom about exactly as bad as losing to Virginia and OK St did.
He is basically playing with 4 first time starters for us. And most of the backups are new as well. As you say, all that is a lot to integrate at one time
Do you mean beating DePaul and SC helped our KenProm almost exactly as much as losing to Virginia and OK St hurt our Ken Prom?
So... Are we going to be snooty and turn down The Crown again, or are we going to use it as an opportunity to get these YOUNG players experience in a tournament setting?
The players decided not to play in the postseason. Their bodies had had enough. It has nothing to do with being snooty.
I think this team is better offensively than expected.
I also think they’re worse defensively than expected. Unfortunately quite a lot worse.
And it’s not just the obvious rebounding issues. Caught out of position a lot. Closing too hard, not closing at all, missing clean switches, etc. Probably will improve a lot during the season.
I also think they’re worse defensively than expected. Unfortunately quite a lot worse.
And it’s not just the obvious rebounding issues. Caught out of position a lot. Closing too hard, not closing at all, missing clean switches, etc. Probably will improve a lot during the season.
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They definitely play defense like a bunch of freshmen and transfers learning a new system and a new team.
I'll bet they would have "decided" to play in the NCAA Tournament if they had been invited.
Hopefully we’ll be snooty if invited to that joke ******** tournament any year we are invited.