(01-21-2018 11:36 AM)WM Beancounter Wrote:  

(01-21-2018 11:01 AM)TribeInTheBurg Wrote:  

(01-21-2018 07:07 AM)TribePride91 Wrote:  We aren't better than anybody in the league. There isn't a game we can win merely by showing up with Tribe on our jerseys. But, if our guys play with great effort and heart, there isn't any team they cannot beat.

I'll clarify: given three states of play (good, normal, bad) for each team, I count us as better if our normal has a good chance to beat their good. With the caveat that we have not yet played Charleston or UNCW, I think that we are better than Elon, JMU, Drexel, and Delaware, and that only Towson is better than us. I think Northeastern is better than Hofstra, but that we're effectively in the same "tier" of the conference as both of them.

I don't know how anyone could have watched our home game against Northeastern and come away with the idea that we belong in the same gym with those guys. We got absolutely routed, and at no point during the game did I think we had a shot, or did I think that a little adjustment here or there would have made a bit of difference.

But I'll have some of whatever you're drinking, especially if it helps us in March. We all better hope that the Huskies are on the opposite side of the draw in Charleston.

I get the pain. I also think that game was a freak. They shot over 70%!

And despite that during the 1st H, I still felt we had a decent shot to win at halftime being down only 13. It felt like we should have down 30. And I didn't believe NU would come out on the 2H and shoot that clip again.

It was just their night. Thankfully, it only counts one loss. I would bet the odds on us in next match-up.