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Message: [QUOTE="pj, post: 2504003, member: 2524"] If a loss is a loss, why isn't a "win" a win? You could argue that luck favored us against Columbia and disfavored us against Tulsa. But if you count those as equivalent game outcomes, we did as well against kenpom (now) #104 Tulsa as we did against #234 Columbia. That's improvement. I've said this before but it bears repeating: We don't have a point guard (sans Gilbert), we don't have a center, we have freshman forwards and only two guys have played together prior to this season. You don't win in college basketball with such a roster -- it takes experience to build chemistry, big men take time to develop, and you need distributors and shooters and rim protection because the efficient shots are at the rim, 3 pointers, and after breaking down the defense or in transition. Given those roster deficiencies, what we can hope for is to see steady progress in both team execution and player capabilities. We're seeing that. If it continues, next year's team which will have a much more complete roster will be much improved. [/QUOTE]