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RE: Game Day Thread: Cincy at Coog High
(02-29-2024 08:40 AM)OKIcat Wrote:  
(02-28-2024 08:03 PM)Bearcatbdub Wrote:  I thought John Newman was going to turn into Tre Scott. But he has been very meh on offense lately. We needed some of our guys to develop into goto basket getters- and unfortunately Newman and Lakhin went the other way down the stretch.

The stupid turnovers and dumb play have been the most irritating thing tho. Can’t decide whether we just got worse at protecting the ball or the other teams schemed to exploit it. Must of the turnovers just seemed like really bad unforced errors.

We definitely didn’t get better over the course of the season.

Well said. College basketball is strange in this way; teams ready to hang a banner in December collapse. Or teams emerge such as Chicago Loyola a few years ago and race to the Final Four. I still believe we'll see some better days before this campaign is over. Two winnable home games remain and that would certainly lift our spirits. A win or two in KC would as well. Add some NIT wins and we'd look back and call the inaugural Big 12 season a positive step forward for Wes and the team.

I'm going to borrow an expression from Mick and Wes...and I firmly agree with them here...
"NIT appearances" are really "for the fans." Seriously. They mean practically very little. They are "feel good" things. Once upon a time, the NIT was "the" premiere tournament. Then, when the NCAA Tournament ascended, it was still prestigious. Then, it was still a good "consolation" prize. Now? Now it's one step above the "Pay-to-Play" tournaments like the CBI but of little worth otherwise.

Honestly, for the third season in a row, I'm ready for the season to end. See what you can do in the Big XII Tournament, but don't make plans beyond that. And, honestly, the team is banged up and limping towards the end...might be in the best interest of the players to just get some rest rather than trying to pull a post-season tournament.
 
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Game Day Thread: Cincy at Coog High - eroc - 02-27-2024, 06:50 PM
RE: Game Day Thread: Cincy at Coog High - BearcatJerry - 02-29-2024 10:53 PM



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