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It’s more important to me to weigh the results vs non biased outside opinion, and Shaka exceeded the expectations in that regard. This season has been a success no matter what lies ahead.
Finally get to bold the big one. NCAA in season 1 - no matter how we feel about the late season mini-swoon that's a major accomplishment.But now let's get some post-season success!Beware were still "close"to the bubble, COLEAlso - no Q3 or Q4 losses - as much as losing to DePaul (and Butler) on the road sucks - we didn't lay any eggs at home or trip up in any of the cupcakes. If we can do that every year we're probably on the bubble at a minimum. Also - despite the prognostications of 50 pt games, the O could sniff the top fifty if we really light things up in the tourneys - let's do it!
While it was team-wide, there was one repeated very questionable defensive lineup choice. When we played two of Kam & Elliott together, it was a defensive nightmare. And yet it kept happening down the stretch. It was even more baffling when Kam and Elliott stopped scoring.They checked in together at 13:03 of the UNC game and the score was 10-8. Both stayed in the game until the 7:38 mark and the score was 29-12. Our defense wasn't great down the stretch, but when you're outscored by 15 in less than 6 minutes with two guys that are habitually giving up big runs when they're on the court together, that's not good.
As I recall, they checked in together because they went an exceedingly long time between dead balls because Shaka usually "staggered" their rotation. But clearly they should not have played that long together, and even if they both came in at 13:03, one of them should have sat at the under-12 timeout.Or better yet, Stevie should have taken Greg's minutes toward the end of the season.
I think we would have been much more competitive v. Boise or SDSU (The other 8-seed was Seton Hall) though we likely lose to both. I don't care how good UNC was playing and how poor we were, losing by 30 in an 8/9 game is terrible.
Totally agree. For much of the season -- even before and immediately after the 8-1 stretch -- I thought one of Shaka's strengths as a coach was his apportionment of minutes and lineup-combination decisions.Starting with the second Georgetown game, he began making a lot of questionable decisions in that regard IMHO, and it really hurt the team.Still high on Shaka. But like his players, he needs to improve.
Poor end of the season, no doubt, but once again Marquette played a seed barely expected to win their first game who went onto the Final Four.The way we were playing at the end of the year we probably would have lost to most #8 seeds, but I don't think we get blown out. Just unlucky that we faced North Carolina and South Carolina in recent tourneys that were playing final four basketball.
Agreed. I wonder what changed. Do we know if FS1 had any of their “It” reporters covering the game. Could be their skimpy outfits distracted him and affected his decision making process. Who knows. 🤷♂️
Could be. You should investigate. Nice attempt to ruin another thread, though. You must be really bored today. Mom won't let you out of the basement?
Maybe add “Not get screwed by the crapshoot” as an accomplishment to achieve next year?
Ffs guys, let's not get this one locked too.Has anyone asked shaka about those line-ups? I dont recall seeing that in amy of the pressers.
Not sure if they distracted Shakaowski, but hey had an effect on me1
Great. Thread turning into MU was outed by a FF team so we all good npw.