What are the most glaring differences?
One is that Lumpkin, allegedly the “heart and soul” is gone. Another is that Pat Baldwin is coaching at UW-Milwaukee. A third is this “quasi-home away from home” aka, Allstate Arena and no authentic home court. What else?
In terms of the difference in results, other than just the W-L record, our guys are getting left in the dust more often ... I count 6 losses by 15 or more points in 26 outings. Last year, in 36 games including the tournaments, we lost by 15 or more only 3 times. I suppose that’s a “product” of what’s different, more than a difference (as in a potential cause) per se. But to argue the other side, once you start realizing that such sizable losses can happen to you, maybe confidence is harder to come by than if you are losing by just a little when you don’t manage to win.
Observation: I have a feeling that this year’s Wildcat team has a kind of bipolar thing going on; whereas, last year the team projected a more “strong and steady” persona. But maybe that’s just me going over into psychobabble.
One is that Lumpkin, allegedly the “heart and soul” is gone. Another is that Pat Baldwin is coaching at UW-Milwaukee. A third is this “quasi-home away from home” aka, Allstate Arena and no authentic home court. What else?
In terms of the difference in results, other than just the W-L record, our guys are getting left in the dust more often ... I count 6 losses by 15 or more points in 26 outings. Last year, in 36 games including the tournaments, we lost by 15 or more only 3 times. I suppose that’s a “product” of what’s different, more than a difference (as in a potential cause) per se. But to argue the other side, once you start realizing that such sizable losses can happen to you, maybe confidence is harder to come by than if you are losing by just a little when you don’t manage to win.
Observation: I have a feeling that this year’s Wildcat team has a kind of bipolar thing going on; whereas, last year the team projected a more “strong and steady” persona. But maybe that’s just me going over into psychobabble.