Yes they fell apart for a while...but when Goodin had enough time with the crew they started to get better. Blueitt was always there. Then the lucky draw in the tourney didn't hurt of course.
That's why I said across the board. But this is dumb anyway.
Honestly, I don't know about lucky draw. If memory serves me correct, they beat Maryland (6), followed by Florida State (3) and then Arizona (2).
having a 6 seed thats 46 on kenpom and a 3 seed thats 26 is lucky. 11 seed kstate was 30. 11 seed wake was 36.
Good points.
What about Arizona though? The eye test just doesn't speak to luck if I'm honest.
arizona was good but the lowest 2 seed as well coming in at 18 on kenpom (where ucla finished 16).
Ok, lucky them I guess.
Hopefully we'll get an 11 seed this year.
its not normal for at larges that dont deserve to even make the tournament to be 6 seeds though.
its not normal for at larges that dont deserve to even make the tournament to be 6 seeds though.
Minnesota's 5 seed last year bugged me. They get a lot of love this year too. I just don't see it.
not sure what you're inferring to...Maryland last year???
maryland was 46 on kenpom before the tournament last year and got a 6 seed.
minnesota was 34 and got a 5.
not that kenpom is the end all be all, but ill take it over all the other stuff out there.
Understood. Kenpom by the end of the season seems to be a better gauge than RPI if you asked me. BIG 10 won't get any favors this year...they are awful.
maryland was 46 on kenpom before the tournament last year and got a 6 seed.
minnesota was 34 and got a 5.
not that kenpom is the end all be all, but ill take it over all the other stuff out there.
I believe in evidence and facts. We have the worst resume in our shitty conference.
I have yet to see UC put together a full 40 minute performance. So couple our on court play with our resume and I do feel the pressure is on.
I haven’t lost faith in this team but I also get annoyed by exaggerated optimism. People act like we’re entitled to a NCAA tourney birth. We’re not and we’ve not earned it yet. Like I said, I’ll feel a whole lot different once I see us play 5 or 6 conference games but until then, our conferences foes did more in the non conference and thus also Won’t be easy wins like last year.
I hope your right...again would love to see Clark and Evans on NBA roster but don't believe it will happen.
Regardless of what "draft boards" you may view, getting drafted and actually being placed on a roster are a big difference. Both are late 2nd round projections at best. Reality is, they may have better chance of landing on roster if they are NOT drafted.
BTW, I'm tired of Mick electing to play weak nonconference schedules. 6 of our 10 wins are versus teams with RPI's above 175. Not even enjoyable to go IMO. American looks improved over last year and at least we have Wichita St...hopefully they can get back into the top 10 when we play them.
I bitched about chemistry. And chemistry is something you do on the court together. It can improve and it has.
It’s still not there all the way but it will grow. I’d rather have a chemistry problem than a personnel problem.
Dude it being a chemistry problem has nothing to do with it being micks best team. Some of the best teams in the country have chemistry problems. They need to work it out. Look at Xavier, they figured it out at the right time. My talks about chemistry are not a reflection of the talent on the team.
And not making the tourney was mostly before the UCLA game. We needed that game to at least have something in the non conference. Everything I said has been realistic. I was going off the way the team performed at that snapshot in time and at the time we hadn’t earned a trip to the tourney based on what we had done. If it ended today we’d be in just not a good seed.
Being a realist is seeing what happens on paper doesn’t always translate To on court succces. I know this is micks most talented team. But our on court performance has not reflected that yet. This team has not even come close to hitting its ceiling yet. But until I see it done, I can only go by what I’ve seen.
I know we’re a great team and because of that I have high expectations, this team has not met my expectations on court yet. Doesn’t mean they won’t.
I mean seriously why can’t I say that this is micks best team and yet also say we have a chemistry issue and we haven’t looked as good as we should ?
to his side though we were horrible on offense vs xavier and florida.
nobody else we've played will make the tournament. mississippi state isn't any good and ucla likely isn't a tournament team.
