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(03-21-2019 11:43 PM)UABslant Wrote:  Some of us seem to have forgotten about losing Norton, Lavender, and Darling while having to replace HaHa and Cokley.
If any of you thought this was going to be an NCAA Tournament season, you have an incredibly short memory. This squad overachieved, especially with the loss of Will Butler during the season.

A team that lost so much and was depending on so many new and inexperienced players to carry this team was STILL a shot away from beating the SEC champions in the BJCC, beat the eventual CUSA champion, and was a few FTs away from playing for the championship against a team we had already beaten once.

In '19-'20 we have a very reasonable shot to win it all in CUSA and make the NCAA Tournament.

I was proud of how hard the team played down the stretch. Can't fault the effort at all. We played some good basketball, at times. I also like some of the guys we have returning but we are losing a lot of production. I have to see how we close this class before I'll believe that we might be improved.

I fear what's really being forgotten is our PROGRAM as our glory days slip further into the past. Every year the die-hard fans get grayer and the empty seats grow. Dwindling crowds speak to the real status of Blazer basketball.