Disappointing Season

[AlumKCof93]

With the regular season now over, I'd have to say I'm disappointed with how we played as a whole.  Yes, we beat Wisconsin and ND and we didn't lose to a terrible team, but I expected a lot more.  I know we don't have a big guy, but I think this team has more talent than to finish 6th in this league.  With all guys coming back from last year and aside from Mbakwe, we didn't incur any significant injuries this year.
We came out flat too many times and today's game was awful.  If Crean can't get this team turned around in the tourney's, I'll be very frustrated.  Too many late season flameouts. Todays game was a disgrace.

[downtown85]

i share the sentiment about today's game.  however, the season ain't over yet.  i will wait how to see how they do in the BET and in the NCAAs before i am dissapointed. i had them at 23-7 at the end of the regular season.  22-8 is a bit of a disappointment but not too far off.  if they wind 2 in the BET and 2 in the NCAAs i would consider the season a success.

[CTWarrior]

I predicted 22-8 before the season started, but somehow I am still disappointed.  I guess it's because the last two losses were so frustrating.  We were a top 20-25 team all year last year.  With every significant contributor back, plus a few newcomers like Acker and Mbakwe, I thought top 15 should have been well within our reach.  I think Acker has actually hurt the team.  He is not as good as Cubillan was last year and because of the minutes he lost, Cubillan isn't as good as Cubillan was last year.  There's one too many guards in the rotation.

[jt92]

Once again the losing continues in the month of March!  FGCU doesn't count!

[ChuckyChip]

My biggest disappointment was our play agianst the top tier BE teams.  A 1-6 record against the top five teams with a number of blowouts.  Besides Wisconsin and maybe Pitt and Villanova, not very many marquee victories.

[bananahammock]

UW and ND were the only marque wins.  pitt and nova were solid wins.

[4everwarriors]

I doubt very much that they beat UW again if they meet in the tourney. That December game was eons ago and one team has improved and the other "made their season" with a win.

[AlumKCof93]

Pitt and Nova are not that good and we have more talent than WVU - we should not have finished behind them in the standings - or lost to them the way we did.  The 1-6 record is particularly disappointing b/c these are not dominant teams we lost to.  Maybe I should come to the realization that my fandom makes me believe this team is actually better than it is.

[Aughnanure]

ok now, comon.  We are already labeling this a dissapointing season?? I thought 23-7 would have a been a successful year coming in, but 22-8 is nearly as good, take away some stupidity in both GT and ND games.  But how now some of you are labeling this disspaointment need to relax.  We lost to a team that needed it more, so what when it really doesnt matter? And did people expect us to really win, i mean maybe top 4 (and i still dont know how nobody else in the BE hasnt figured out how to beat ND), we lost mbakwe and it was at one of the hardest places to play...let alone come back.  Wait for the real games to start, 1-2 wins in the BE tourney and 2 in the NCAA O(depending on who we play) would be successful....who cares what the badgers do, they're not winning anything this year

[scooter]

Okay - let's put this in perspective.  When the season started we all had expectations.  Some too high, some too low.  But as the season unfolds, you adjust those expectations.  So just because the team finished with the same record or close to the same record you thought they were capable of reaching at the beginning of the year, doesn't mean you can't be disappointed.  yes, 22-8 sounded pretty good at the beginning of the season, but when we saw flashes of a team in the UW game and ND game that made us believe that perhaps 22-8 wouldn't be considered a success - or a "disappointment"

[ecompt]

If we showed any inclination in the past three years to do anything in the postseason, I might agree. But this team didn't show me anything since the Pitt game to indicate that they're capable of a run. They played hard against Gtown and came up short. They didn't even try today, and when that happens and you don't have overwhelming talent, you have no chance.

[Bling]

Showing flashes of being an awesome team is just that.  It's simple.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

It's a blessing that we don't get a bye in the first round of the Big East tourney. Hopefully, the squad can erase that ugliness from their minds before a tough second round matchup.

That was just a tough game to watch. Anybody else think we were complaining a lot about no calls that seemed like correct calls? My goodness. I did like how Trevor played, though. He seems to be coming around, although Len Elmore seems to agree with me about the wisdom of tossing his red shirt in the garbage.

[21Jumpstreet]

I think the disappointment comes in how we lost.  We were blown out too many times and seemed to be out hustled too often.  All things considered we have a chance to win a couple in the tourney and we did see one of the loudest most exciting games at the BC (G'town).  If we don't win a game in the tourney call it a disappointment.

[chapman]

I would say I'm disappointed so far.  While the win @UW was nice, the 1-6 against the teams above us in the conference is really disappointing, as is finishing sixth.  The top two preseason teams battled it out for #1 today.  The third place preseason team will be playing Wednesday.  The blowouts are also painful and aren't confidence builders in March.  Two years ago we were able to beat three ranked teams on our home floor, including the #2 team in the country.  Last year we beat a very good Pitt team twice in the regular season.  If you want to dwell on beating then-ranked Pitt as a nice top 25 win or blowing out an overrated Notre Dame team on our home floor, go ahead, but the blowout losses stay in my head a little more.  I would call the season a success with two wins in the NCAAs, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see people complaining about our seed and a bad matchup in the first round in 8 days.

[AlumKCof93]

I think the disappointment comes in how we lost.  We were blown out too many times and seemed to be out hustled too often. 

That's exactly why this is a disappointment.  We got blown out too often and lacked energy and hustle to teams we should have beaten like Syracuse and WV.  Meanwhile, we didn't beat anyone we weren't supposed to beat in conference and weren't even competitive in many of those games.   That's not what I was expecting from a team with as much experience as MU had coming into the season.

[ecompt]

anyone notice a trend here? Third in BE, then fifth in BE, now sixth in BE. This is progress?

[ChicosBailBonds]

I doubt very much that they beat UW again if they meet in the tourney. That December game was eons ago and one team has improved and the other "made their season" with a win.

How would you know one team improved based on that joke of a schedule they play...serious question?  The Big Ten is so f'ing bad, how are you determining improvement...because they beat Michigan, Penn State and Northwestern?  Please

[scooter]

I agree Chicos that based on UW's schedule - how do we know they have improved.  But I will say this - based on how we played since then, I don't think we have improved.  In flashes - yes, but overall, no.

[ChicosBailBonds]

I agree Chicos that based on UW's schedule - how do we know they have improved.  But I will say this - based on how we played since then, I don't think we have improved.  In flashes - yes, but overall, no.

Would you have said that if Wallace missed one of those free throws last Saturday and we had won 7 of 8...instead we've won 7 of 9.

Just curious.

[AlumKCof93]

I think we've improved and I think we'd beat Wisconsin again as the Big 10 sucks.
But, my concern is the hangover effect from the Georgetown game.  After such a devastating loss, how would the team respond?  Judging by today, not well at all.

[scooter]

I agree Chicos that based on UW's schedule - how do we know they have improved.  But I will say this - based on how we played since then, I don't think we have improved.  In flashes - yes, but overall, no.

Would you have said that if Wallace missed one of those free throws last Saturday and we had won 7 of 8...instead we've won 7 of 9.

Just curious.

I guess not, but the fact remains we DID lose it and we got embarrassed today.  If we really improved, we win at home vs. GU and we find a way to win this one today or at least make it competitive.  This one was over way too early.

[unionssuck]

Who cares if UW is overrated or not.  The only thing that should matter to MU fans is that MU is overrated and folds like a tent every time they play a top 25 team.

[unionssuck]

Wow, and here I thought this was a family friendly site?

[ChicosBailBonds]

Wow, and here I thought this was a family friendly site?

You should know, you've been here often throughout the season...what is this...moniker number 6 for you?