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Message: [QUOTE="Gurleyman, post: 4849441, member: 175"] To be honest, Kemba took some hits in our regular season swoon. But obviously those thoughts disappeared starting in msg and have been forever lost to the planet of bad takes. Bazz‘s legacy was probably saved by the Brimah putback. He had been having a nightmare in regulation against St. Joes and dribbled off his leg out of bounds with 2 minutes to go and then missed the bunny that Brimah put back. Had we lost, he would have had two first round exits as the lead guard and been known as a good role player on a champion who underperformed in the lead role (but would have gotten credit for staying through the probation and keeping us relevant). But he played great in OT and kept that going for five more games and the rest is history. Similarly, El-Amin deservedly gets a world of credit for putting us over the top, but shot 0-12 in the Elite Eight and we won anyway thanks to Rip and Free. He then made big plays in the Final Four and is now considered the consummate winner, but his legacy would be way different if we lost the 0-12 game. Newton seems to have these lulls in the regular season this time of year. Last year, getting 10 points out of him was a big ask for a most of the Big East season before he started to figure it out in February. But we got a heck of a finishing stretch from him. [/QUOTE]