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Not sweating this season

Guapo said:
Pinot Gris. This was my first winter in Atlanta and it's already white wine season; love it.
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@8893 just sitting on my front porch, it’s almost 70 degrees; I heard y’all are getting snow.

Bless your hearts.

Cheers!
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Pudge said:
You are a Legend ... in your own mind.

I’m sure you think you’ve killed this career.
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see i told you.

btw this doesn’t make any sense
 
Many posters had the Annual T/F & why dead wrong. I personally thought we’d be on the bubble as a tournament team. It never crossed my mind we’d miss the NIT and be in 10th place. Why?

Hurley himself should be worth a couple wins over KO, if we got the guy we think we needed.

Jalen as a Senior should have been stellar.

Projected a mostly healthy AG. Huge to have a point guard vs last year.

The debut of Sid, who most here, were very sad he picked ST Johns. Could he have been freshman of the year. He needs work & a shot. Who knew?

No Mama or Yawke. Terrible luck. Mamas got glass knees & never delivered Hami. That’s the daily double.

This season stinks.

We have 3 very solid recruits. If Hurley can control his childlike temper & prove he’s not allergic to Centers, maybe next year brings the bubble talk.

Imagine a blood blue praying for a NCAA birth. We’ve hit hard times.
 
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RichZ said:
I gotta throw in with Fishy on this one. AG started to seriously show his leadership and a major set of 'nads in the 2nd half against Cincy and last night just cemented the deal. Can't wait to see him with a bunch more talent on the team.
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Is there a “resentful like” option?
 
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Stainmaster said:
How much of that do you suggest falls on him?
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We’ll know next year. Then I will say 20% if we say it yet again. In regards to ko I wish we had a chillious type before his one year as Miller was getting old and Moore was too green. A poor decision that may have had ko bummed to carry the recruiting load as well. There must be a book someday about that whole past regime. School Pres. Warde. Conference. Etc.
 
mauconnfan said:
All good but AAC might be “deeper “ but top isn’t close to being as good. Couldn’t touch SMU, WSU, Cincy last year yet have 2 wins and 3 other close calls in those 6. Lack of closing talent both years without Jalen.
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Yes. We’re in the cellar and that’s what makes it deeper. No more than 2 ranked teams once season started and Houston is 8 with best record in college. Any legit p5 will wax them in the tournament. It’s all Sampson who I hope gets some coach of the year love.
 
GemParty said:
Many posters had the Annual T/F & why dead wrong. I personally thought we’d be on the bubble as a tournament team. It never crossed my mind we’d miss the NIT and be in 10th place. Why?

Hurley himself should be worth a couple wins over KO, if we got the guy we think we needed.

Jalen as a Senior should have been stellar.

Projected a mostly healthy AG. Huge to have a point guard vs last year.

The debut of Sid, who most here, were very sad he picked ST Johns. Could he have been freshman of the year. He needs work & a shot. Who knew?

No Mama or Yawke. Terrible luck. Mamas got glass knees & never delivered Hami. That’s the daily double.

This season stinks.

We have 3 very solid recruits. If Hurley can control his childlike temper & prove he’s not allergic to Centers, maybe next year brings the bubble talk.

Imagine a blood blue praying for a NCAA birth. We’ve hit hard times.
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Good call on centers. Is Tristan the only one he has had?
 
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Things will get better. Will we ever get back to old standards? That's debatable. Hurley will get us competitive soon though. It will take patience though. I'm a Browns fan who waited 20 years to be respectable again so I understand patience more than most here perhaps. Sucks to eat it for a few years but it's a necessary evil. Year 3 or 4 will bear fruit. It's a total rebuild from a pogram builder. Overreacting to every bad loss is natural as a frustrated fan, but taking the long view is beneficial to your health. We are in better hands now. We just need to be patient and let it play out. Not easy sometimes I know.
 
If we don’t get at least 1 more quality big to go with Carlton, next year will be the same as this, and 2 players would be better. We’re losing Jalen’s 18 points per game. Maybe Akok can play and score but can he battle inside?
 
Losing games with your “best” player out for the last 1/4 of the season only helps recruiting. If they couldn’t win with Adams the coaching is questioned a lot more. They will probably get 1 more decent recruit. That should be a good start but this will take some years to build.
 
Travelman32 said:
Not a lot of people predicted crazy things. Many were in the 18 to 20 wins range prior to the first game. Can anyone honestly state they predicted under .500 before the season started because I doubt that. Not trying to sound negative but the season has been a bit of a bummer. Hurley has changed the culture quickly but it has been another pretty rough season.
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I predicted low 20s wins. I still think that if Diarra came back in November as expected, Yawke, Gilbert and Adams stay healthy, and we caught a few breaks instead of everything going against us, it was possible.

We have two physical guys...both are out.
We have two PGs...both have been out part of the season.

Josh has been the one real bright spot. Polley has improved.
 
MervthePurvis said:
Yes. We’re in the cellar and that’s what makes it deeper. No more than 2 ranked teams once season started and Houston is 8 with best record in college. Any legit p5 will wax them in the tournament. It’s all Sampson who I hope gets some coach of the year love.
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Last year there were 5 teams in AAC worse than 150 in KenPom. This year there are 2. That's 4-5 easy wins turned into tossup games, which are especially more difficult on the road. When you're ranked ~100, you're favored on the road against a ~175 team and an underdog against a fellow ~100 team.

For us, specifically, it's the losses @USF (279 last year, 109 this year) and @Memphis (161 last year, 71 this year) that were much more difficult games because of the depth of the conference. You could even include the @Wichita game, which considering the flux of their roster, they don't have any business being even close to top 100 in KenPom (except Gregg Marshall and their home court are both so good).

KenPom has us favored in the last 3 games, putting us at 7-11 on the year in conference. We're not nearly as upset if we're 9-9 in conference with Jalen missing 10 games. That's the depth of the conference in a nutshell compared to past years (well that and our inability to win close games).

I'm not suggesting it's B1G or B12 or ACC deep, of course. But it's as deep as it's been since the AAC formed as far as # of teams in KenPom top 130. In fact, you can chart the conference's overall improvement by this metric. It's 10 teams this year, 7 the three years before, 6 before that, and 4 in the first year. The conference has gone from pretty top heavy to surprisingly competitive.
 
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Pretty much agree. This season, my expectations were low for the team. I mean if coach would have come out and the team caught fire and gone 20-7, that would have been sweet! But I am giving coach and the team a pass this year. Taking the losses and average season in stride. Now next season the expectations are higher. Being average is not in our DNA.
 
I think Hurley is the right coach for the job but he'll need another excellent recruiting class on top of this years class to get the program legit again. I'm guessing the Huskies will make a tourney next year. I'm doubtful it will be the one we prefer. #Debbie Downer
 
auror said:
Last year there were 5 teams in AAC worse than 150 in KenPom. This year there are 2. That's 4-5 easy wins turned into tossup games, which are especially more difficult on the road. When you're ranked ~100, you're favored on the road against a ~175 team and an underdog against a fellow ~100 team.

For us, specifically, it's the losses @USF (279 last year, 109 this year) and @Memphis (161 last year, 71 this year) that were much more difficult games because of the depth of the conference. You could even include the @Wichita game, which considering the flux of their roster, they don't have any business being even close to top 100 in KenPom (except Gregg Marshall and their home court are both so good).

KenPom has us favored in the last 3 games, putting us at 7-11 on the year in conference. We're not nearly as upset if we're 9-9 in conference with Jalen missing 10 games. That's the depth of the conference in a nutshell compared to past years (well that and our inability to win close games).

I'm not suggesting it's B1G or B12 or ACC deep, of course. But it's as deep as it's been since the AAC formed as far as # of teams in KenPom top 130. In fact, you can chart the conference's overall improvement by this metric. It's 10 teams this year, 7 the three years before, 6 before that, and 4 in the first year. The conference has gone from pretty top heavy to surprisingly competitive.
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good data. 'course, many of us aren't 'surprised.' at all. nope, not one bit.
Admit it. You're amped about the upcoming American Athletic Conference season and tournament. AAC!
 
auror said:
Last year there were 5 teams in AAC worse than 150 in KenPom. This year there are 2. That's 4-5 easy wins turned into tossup games, which are especially more difficult on the road. When you're ranked ~100, you're favored on the road against a ~175 team and an underdog against a fellow ~100 team.

For us, specifically, it's the losses @USF (279 last year, 109 this year) and @Memphis (161 last year, 71 this year) that were much more difficult games because of the depth of the conference. You could even include the @Wichita game, which considering the flux of their roster, they don't have any business being even close to top 100 in KenPom (except Gregg Marshall and their home court are both so good).

KenPom has us favored in the last 3 games, putting us at 7-11 on the year in conference. We're not nearly as upset if we're 9-9 in conference with Jalen missing 10 games. That's the depth of the conference in a nutshell compared to past years (well that and our inability to win close games).

I'm not suggesting it's B1G or B12 or ACC deep, of course. But it's as deep as it's been since the AAC formed as far as # of teams in KenPom top 130. In fact, you can chart the conference's overall improvement by this metric. It's 10 teams this year, 7 the three years before, 6 before that, and 4 in the first year. The conference has gone from pretty top heavy to surprisingly competitive.
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As of this morning, UConn has a Pomeroy ranking of #95, (surprisingly?) ahead of USF at #109, Wichita State at #110, and SMU at #119.
 
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SwingDog said:
As of this morning, UConn has a Pomeroy ranking of #95, (surprisingly?) ahead of USF at #109, Wichita State at #110, and SMU at #119.
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We're adjusting downward without Jalen (our high was #73). We're 348th/351st in KenPom's luck, which factors in projected record vs. game by game efficiency margin. Essentially we've lost a lot more close games and tossups than expected, so our record is a lot worse than those other teams (plus we've had a harder strength of schedule).
 
I think this is a 2 year endeavor in terms of a turnaround and returning to a top 25 caliber type team. Next year will be an improvement, but usually takes a couple of years (if not 3) before your recruits and your culture set in. I wish it were quicker but history shows otherwise.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I predicted low 20s wins. I still think that if Diarra came back in November as expected, Yawke, Gilbert and Adams stay healthy, and we caught a few breaks instead of everything going against us, it was possible.

We have two physical guys...both are out.
We have two PGs...both have been out part of the season.

Josh has been the one real bright spot. Polley has improved.
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In fairness, banking on everything falling our way, in the context of where we are/were, is probably a bad bet.
 
JellyBean said:
Taking the losses and average season in stride. Now next season the expectations are higher. Being average is not in our DNA.
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See below.

Jaker said:
We need to be cautiously optimistic a about next season as well.
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Yup. I think it's still going to be a bit of a slog. Better than this year probably, but we've got holes.
 
auror said:
We're adjusting downward without Jalen (our high was #73). We're 348th/351st in KenPom's luck, which factors in projected record vs. game by game efficiency margin. Essentially we've lost a lot more close games and tossups than expected, so our record is a lot worse than those other teams (plus we've had a harder strength of schedule).
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I thought Jalen was addition by subtraction!! WTF!?!??!?!?!?!?
 
SouthBayHusky said:
I think this is a 2 year endeavor in terms of a turnaround and returning to a top 25 caliber type team. Next year will be an improvement, but usually takes a couple of years (if not 3) before your recruits and your culture set in. I wish it were quicker but history shows otherwise.
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Three years. 2020. Hopefully Gilbert will still be around.
 
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