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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 3001384, member: 1414"] I had higher hopes coming in. Losing Diarra was blow, and then Yawke right when he started playing. I expected that Sid, with essentially a red shirt year, would be further along on the offensive end. I thought Jalen would be more consistently solid. Al has been as expected, and Vital, better than expected. Polley first half of the year looked good, and has become almost unplayable. Carlton has taken a step forward, and that's positive. I picked NIT because while everyone bitches about the roster, the problem is more about pieces that don't fit together well than about each guy not being capable. We have zero actual power forwards. Not one. The way Polley and Sid shoot of late, we have zero wings/SF who can score from outside. It's a huge handicap on the rest of the team. Our three best players are guards, so we run 3 guards at all times, which hurts us defensively and on the glass. So as dysfunctional as they are as a group, I still see signs that they are learning to play as a team. When they do, they compete against teams that are clearly tournament caliber. That should be enough to get them some wins, finish over .500 and land an NIT berth. We just took Cinci to overtime on the road, and should have won but for some bad calls late. We played Nova, FSU and UCF even for a half, and lost to Arizona due to poor FT shooting. This team can be dangerous at times. [/QUOTE]