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Message: [QUOTE="Billy Jack, post: 4507513, member: 4173"] I understand and was aware of that when I posted. But injuries are part of the game and there are always various reasons for a skid. Let’s look more closely. At Creighton, for example, Their slide started with Kalkbrenner in the lineup for the first 3 games of that losing streak. And if you look only at games in which he played, they lost 5 out of 8. Regardless of his absence, it was a complete reversal of fortune. And I could have listed other examples. Iowa, for example, opened the season with a 5 game win streak, ranked in the top 25. They then lost 6 of their next 9 and 5 of 7 at one point. They’re now back on track, riding a 4 game winning streak. My point was that these things are not out of the ordinary. Things happen. College kids are going through growing pains. Sometimes injuries are a factor. But those are the injuries we know about. Kids can be banged up and we don’t know anything about it. These are not professional athletes. They are teenagers and 20 year olds who are also full time students. There are other things going on in their lives. What’s normal and ordinary in a season actually is to have ups and downs.What will be the test is whether the kids can figure it out when they face challenges and use those experiences to get better. We’ll see. [/QUOTE]