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(03-21-2018 12:28 PM)jarr Wrote:  

(03-21-2018 12:23 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(03-21-2018 12:18 PM)jarr Wrote:  Mark, I feel like you dont really put stock into some of the human elements to the game, like confidence, momentum, basketball IQ, etc. There is absolutely a reason certain teams(in all sports), tend to have disappointing post season results while others always seem to exceed expectations on the big stage. I am not sure it can be quantified the way you are trying to do so. There is a reason Marvin is 0-7 in the playoffs, and it is more than bad luck. I also believe the same can be applied to our 0-7 record in advancing to weekend 2, with a top 4 seed. Luck plays into some of this, but not all of it.

Why did Huggs early teams (1992, 1993, 1996) not suffer from that same issue? Why has Huggs WVU teams not suffered from that same issue? 6 of those years were Huggins teams... a variety of odd stuff happened and again you aren't play slouches in round 2...you are playing teams that can beat you.

I'd put more stock in that if it was the same group of guys losing all the time, but it was not. There were some very different teams that lost each of those years. Teams change year to year.

Again... look at Nova

2010- Lost in Second Round
2011- Lost in First round
2012- Missed tournament
2013- Lost in First Round
2014- Lost in Second Round
2015- Lost in Second Round

That is six straight seasons they didn't get out of the first weekend.

2016- National Champions.... What happened? Suddenly those problems didn't exist?

2017- Lost n Second Round.

I'd have to go back and watch, but one trend I have seen more often with the teams that got bounced early, was the lack of a true PG. For whatever reason this has always been an issue with UC teams dating back to the Huggins years. 92,93,00,01,06 were the only years we had a true break the defense down type PG. Thsts 5 years in 29 years of the Huggs/AK/Mick era. I wish this position was emphasized more with recruiting than it is.

Also, Jay does get more slack because he has a team like this every year. So maybe you are right, that it is pretty much a crapshoot between being 2nd round and national champ. Then that means we need to expect to have more legit contenders. Villanova has one every year, I would hope.we could have one at least every other year.