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It was one game, 9 more to play.
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01-30-2011, 09:19 AM | #13 |
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It's hard for THIS team to win when:
Bishop 1-9. Killa 3-9. Thomas 0-4. Gates 3-7 (Dear God: Please get Yancy more shots!) Dixon 3-12. Davis 1-5. These guys went 11-46. That's Charles Barkley "turrrrible." Cashmere was tremendous 9-14 for 24 points. |
01-30-2011, 09:24 AM | #14 | |
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However, as Villanova and Syracuse are showing this league is brutal on everyone. Again it's not a matter of if you'll hit a bad streak it's when and if you can limit it and maintain conference standing. Georgetown started 1-4. Syracuse has lost 4 straight. Nova has not played well since beating Syracuse. This league is brutal and people need to understand that. The teams in this league are very good. That's why everyone says it's the best, deepest league in America. If you have an off night physically you better be mentally prepared. If you aren't you're going to get beat. |
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01-30-2011, 09:44 AM | #16 |
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The bad thing is UC dropped to 43rd in the rpi (according to live-rpi.com).
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01-30-2011, 10:12 AM | #17 |
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Last night was such a disappointment for me. I thought for sure we'd win that game, and set ourselves up pretty favorably going forward.
I don't mean to make 1 loss sound like the end of the world, but that was a HUGE loss. It really changes a lot. And I'm struggling to find 5 wins in the remaining 9. I have a Depaul chalked up as a gimme but that's it. St. Johns would be the next closest. I'm not sure anyone could make a case for any other game being more than a toss up AT BEST. On the game itself, 30 3's is completely unacceptable. I'm not sure why our guys refuse to try to attack on the basket. That's why there's a FT disparity almost every game. Our perimeter players settle for jumpers, and our biggs play 10 ft out and/or fadeaway, or go straight up. And apparently this style is here to stay b/c 1.) it's nothing new 2.) guys like Thomas/Gates shoot 3's and don't get yanked. This is apparently what our kids are coached to do, or they'd be getting yanked, you'd see the offense evolve as the season goes on. But this is the same offense we saw last month, last year. We run the Pitino, shoot a minimum of 20 3's a game. Problem is we can't shoot all that well. And we'll shoot them with no one under the basket, early in the shot clock, with no ball movement, no kick out. (Anytime) I don't know, maybe a few days gives me more hope, but let's be honest, we haven't looked great for quite some time. 5-4 in the remaining 9 is less likely than 4-5, 3-6, ???. I thought we may be talking about seeding after yesterday, turns out we're (I'm) talking about being squarely back on the bubble
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I completely agree about not attacking. It killed them again Notre Dame. It killed them again Syracuse and it killed them last night. I chalk this up to a lack of mental toughness. When things aren't going your way you have to attack. You can't stand back and loft jump shots. We have to get some mid-range and close points from our sf, pf and C. Kilpatrick, Cash, and Dixon can't be expected to carry this team every night. |
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01-30-2011, 11:48 AM | #19 |
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I think if they dont finish 10-8 in conference, we are NIT bound.
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01-30-2011, 12:21 PM | #20 |
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I would agree in general, but think there are some opportunities to get in 9-9. Beat Pitt and no "bad losses". Beat UConn and no bad losses. Realistically I think if they can beat Georgetown and Louisville they'll have enough to get in with no bad losses. Have to win at home from here out.
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