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Message: [QUOTE="Littlemin, post: 3442116, member: 10363"] Surprised there seems to be little desire for any objective discussion on this board. Either a ton of excuses followed by excessive cheerleading or over the top criticism. As I see it this is a team with chemistry problems and players that are by and large are not used to “playing dirty.” The team consistently gets beat to 50/50 balls, by and large look to avoid contact going to the basket, and does not consistently prevent penetration on defense, which leads to layups or open 3’s. They are good enough to overcome these shortcomings relatively easily against most teams because they are so talented, so a good quarter or two gets it done but so far have by and large not responded well against the teams with comparable talent. Could that change, sure, but no one will know until the NCAAs. Each of the players on this team is talented but flawed, almost all teams are. Ideally, with team chemistry the collective diminishes flaws and accentuates strengths. Chemistry is an elusive, undefinable quality and this team teases around it but so far has obviously not gotten there. Maybe it will come but time is getting short. IMO, every player playing hard every minute on the court would be a good start. [/QUOTE]