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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 3793143, member: 9844"] As stated, neither of those two teams are as good as last year and we are better. But also true is we were not really that close to them last year. In fact the top three teams including Oregon were a significant notch above every one else, including us, so we have a fair amount of ground to make up. Baylor and South Carolina had graduation losses that were roughly similar to ours, but of course Oregon's losses were huge. Our recruiting class was the best of this group, with South Carolina following their great freshman class last year with a relatively weak one this year, returning to another big class next year. Baylor brought in a highly recruited duo in Andrews and Guster, which I would consider a pretty good recruiting year. The one think I am surprised by so far is South Carolina's great sophomore class hasn't made a big leap in their second year. Maybe that is because of the change at point guard. Harris might have made a bigger difference than I thought. We are better, but very young and our freshmen have no big game experience. Baylor and South Carolina are not as dominant as last year, so clearly we have made up significant ground against them, but there was a big spread to make up so who knows. Also our small ball lineup has so far not faced a team that could make us pay for it like Baylor or South Carolina. In many ways we may find out more about this team in those two big games than we do in the rest of the season that offers few challenges. The starting lineup debate may also be put to the test. Traditional big or small ball? Whatever strategy works best against the best teams, is the strategy I think should be continued for the rest of the season. [/QUOTE]

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