The number of cupcake December game upsets this year has to be some kind of record.
Lotta season left my good fellow. Let the chips fall where they may.The bubble is going to be super soft yet again. The people who think we'd be left out of the tournament with 23 or so wins are simply mistaken.
Much weaker year this year than last aside from UK.
UK looks very good (hate saying that)
Duke has a great starting five but serious depth issues. I would put serious money on last years UConn team over that team right now.
Wiscy looks solid again but slow at guard. Duke made them look slow and UConn made Duke look slow.
UL has a very good defense and maybe with their recruit becoming eligible their scoring will come around but man they seem to have chemistry issues.
Texas needs their PG back to be a contender but still Barnes...
Zona has a ton of talent and Miller gets a ton of good press but it just seems he should have made a FF by now with the talent on his team.
Very flat after that. Heck a mediocre Nova team is ranked seventh.
No team coached by Rick Barnes is ever a serious title contender.Texas needs their PG back to be a contender but still Barnes...
"Losing this game to 1-8 Texas Southern was a stroke of pure genius by Tom Izzo. He's always teaching." - ESPN.
I really want this quote to be real because it's perfect.
23-7? That would be 19-3 the rest of the way....love the optimism but realistically looking at maybe 21-9 (17-5 rest of way)...can't really expect better than 14-4 conference record and spilt with Fla/Stanford.The bubble is going to be super soft yet again. The people who think we'd be left out of the tournament with 23 or so wins are simply mistaken.
23-7? That would be 19-3 the rest of the way....love the optimism but realistically looking at maybe 21-9 (17-5 rest of way)...can't really expect better than 14-4 conference record and spilt with Fla/Stanford.
Best case....win AAC tourney & don't need at-large bid....think we are about 50/50 to do this...in Hartford, team should be better in March.
Best case at-large....23-7, (16-2), split FL/Stanford, 2-1 in AAC tourney....a lock for at-large.
Realistic at-large....21-9, (14-4), split FL/Stanford, 2-1 AAC tourney....probably good enough.
Worst case at-large...19-11, (12-6), split FL/Stanford, 1-1 AAC tourney....Bubble probably burst.
Obviously there is "space" between scenarios...I think we'll get in but need to play all the games first and our margin for error is shrinking.