The unpredictable dawn

[BM1090]

Past behavior?  What is that?  Accurately stating that the team has been playing poorly for a long stretch of time, which is 100% backed up by the stats others have posted here?

Other posters have taken the optimistic view, posting things like Shaka's record at MU over and over and over again as if that has anything at all to do with the team's performance in the prior game. Others,  myself included, correctly point out flaws based on our actual performances and are castigated for it, even though they are 100% correct.

I have no issue with your stance that we'd been playing poorly. You're not wrong.

But we were competitive in two tougher games back to back (@SJU, @CU) and I don't remember you being confident in the team. So why would it be different this time?

I'm happy to admit I'm wrong if I'm confusing you with someone else.

[ATL MU Warrior]

Thanks explaining your thinking.

My experience is that game to game momentum in sports is mostly something made up by fans. Marquette is still the team that dominated November and could play like that in their next game.  They are still the team that played like crap in February and could play like that in their next game.

All teams have ceilings and floors. I don't think playing a game yesterday near our ceiling has any meaningful impact on whether we'll play close to our ceiling or our floor in the next game.

This is probably correct. I'd like to think that stringing together some solid performances begets more confidence begets more solid performances. Certainly not a guarantee.

[ATL MU Warrior]

I have no issue with your stance that we'd been playing poorly. You're not wrong.

But we were competitive in two tougher games back to back (@SJU, @CU) and I don't remember you being confident in the team. So why would it be different this time?

I'm happy to admit I'm wrong if I'm confusing you with someone else.

I explained it a few posts prior.

[BM1090]

I explained it a few posts prior.

Just saw that and I think it's fair. We weren't exactly running through the weaker teams prior to those games. But I did think we played well and competed and if it hadn't come off at the end of a rough stretch it would have been seen differently.

[Newsdreams]

Yes seriously. Do you believe everything you read on the internet?

Of course he does...