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Message: [QUOTE="DogMania, post: 5191570, member: 21"] It's amazing the margin of error between being ranked high, ranked low and unranked. Just about all our losses could have gone the other way. But when you consider the eye test and results our trajectory has been downward, and another loss, this time with McNeeley back, albeit with rust, apparently sealed our fate. And you can add the reported PG issues as a contributing factor for the voters. As posted recently, I don't remember a UConn team that fits the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde description. One stretch in the first half they looked like a top 10 team. Then the wheels fell off where they looked more like an unranked and defeated team. Interesting that Marquette is in the throws of a 3 game losing streak that included a loss at home to UConn, at SJU and at Creighton they dropped a lot but not out of the top 25. They usually only drop a program so far, but it shows how the polls have a measure of subjectivity. Not to muddy this thread, but it seems our 2025 postseason destiny is likely tied to the mistep of failing to add a more appropriate cultural and skill fit for the PG position and what creative adjustments that the staff can deploy to offset that. Most of us remember the adjustment the staff did in 2023 using Ajax as a point forward right in the middle of the D. Can the staff apply some sort of wrinkle and give Diarra some time off to get healthy while getting some Ws till he returns? Regardless if they can rest him or not, they need to figure something out and hope Alex gets back on track. More close losses are not going to help our cause. [/QUOTE]

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