Scholarship table
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
One of the bazillion things I really liked about last night's game is that it's not as if we went wild from beyond the arc to build that huge lead. We were only 6-for-16 (37.5%), and a couple of the misses were ugly. We built the lead through defense, turning D to O, slashing to the hoop and hard If we had built the lead by going something like 13-for-16 from the arc, it would be easy to say, "That'll never happen again." But a lot of what we did in the first half is repeatable and something we control. Now, other teams might not be as loose with the ball, but that's OK.In the second half, as Baylor tried to get back into the game, we did go 6-for-9 from 3 and that really helped keep Baylor at bay.
Nova has had a bad non-con but there is no shot they finish bottom 3 with DePaul and Georgetown. Too much pride.
Young team that will likely still have a lot of questionable losses.
We have fizzled out 10 seasons in a row.
Please feel free to define the highlighted terms. I'm sure they'll lose games that I think they "should" win. If that's what you're saying, I agree. They'll also win games I think they "should" lose (see, e.g., Baylor). But whether you and I really agree will depend entirely on how you're defining "a lot" and "questionable losses".Yeah...as optimistic as I'm feeling (in general and specifically on the heels of a fantastic win), it's going to be hard for me to really trust until I see an MU team finish the season strong. What's that old saying? "Fool me six times..."
Yeah...as optimistic as I'm feeling (in general and specifically on the heels of a fantastic win), it's going to be hard for me to really trust until I see an MU team finish the season strong. What's that old saying? "Fool me six times..."
I think we take one game at a time
And this team obviously has nothing to do with Buzz's last team or Wojo's teams.
I agree. And I was feeling this really strongly on February 3 - "this is Shaka's team and has nothing to do with Wojo's teams that collapsed down the stretch the last couple years." And then...well...you know what happened.Don't get me wrong...I'm extremely optimistic about this team. Unapologetically. But, I admit that I'll be relieved when we make it to the end of the season without a collapse.
Sustained excellence is critical. We have had big wins before. Villanova comes to mind, especially when we beat them in Philadelphia.We haven’t sustained it. We faded at some point along the road. Yesterday was great but it will mean far more if it is the foundation win on our team’s return to glory.Marquette has had too many false starts that I won’t say we are back. That’s for our coach and our team to say in the coming days and weeks.
WOJO-CISM: A banishment of the ingrained fear that your team will be revealed as far less than the sum of its parts; usually in late February/early March