Thank you for the clarification
Here read this. Have fun. But stop acting like you're the first to think of it and that everyone hasn't already discussed why it won't happen...
Thanks!
It’s kinda funny what the Hurley monster machine has built. We had fans (myself included) freaking out over barely beating Georgetown twice in the regular season. I’m not sure how our fanbase would handle a 12-8 Big East season.
Of course that doesn't mean I can't celebrate a great season like last year, but in all honesty, my expectation is that we are competing for a national championship every year. It doesn't mean that we will always get there, but that's still the expectation. That's the legacy that Calhoun and Hurley have built.
Nail on head BigErn
I'm old enough to remember when the dream was to get out of the 8/9 game in the big east tournament. Expecting more is a good thing.
It’s most likely going to be approved and sooner than later, however, all indications are it would not take effect until at least the upcoming school year, current JR class or later.
I don’t think any team is holding back money. The coaches and schools know that the chances of this year’s seniors gaining the extra eligibility is not going to happen.
And yet people here consistently think they’ll make the right decisions lol
Mara blocked a few of Tarris' shots early on, so Tarris took more jump hooks than I remember him taking in other games, and taking them farther away from the basket, thus probably contributing to his lower shooting percentage in that game.
More importantly, his presence forced Tarris to pass out of scoring situations more than once. You can't value a shot blocker like that on just blocks alone - you have to count all the shots that weren't taken because he's there.
This past year, fine. The league should be better next year. Marginally but still better.
That's an entire thread discussing the topic. And you keep saying you don't think we have a chance of we don't get taller or don't get to Reed. Reed doesn't get us taller. And you act like our professional course coaching staff hasn't done an assessment of the college landscape, and the bigs that were available. They brought in their guys. And they told us what their recruiting priorities are.
Not having Demery or Ball for most of the game and horrible three point shooting was a much bigger factor in the loss imo. We shot the exact same % from two against Illinois . We just made our threes that game.
We should give Michigan some credit - there was a reason most of the CBB world called them the best team in the sport last year. Their best player was playing on one leg and they missed their first 13 threes. We could have won that game, but let's not claim their 7'3" lottery pick wasn't a factor.
Mara definitely impacted UConn’s shooting.
You realized their star player was playing on one leg - Yaxel. Also Michigan missed their first 11 three point shots.
May depend on if that a/h ref gets the game again.
Best and most impactful player on the floor.
Donovan Clingan did that at Uconn, and still does that in the Pro's.
Rounding out 4/5 of our starting lineup meant 4 5ths of our starting lineup. Demary is the only real proven commodity. The other 4 are unproven and/or we need all to make a pretty big leap for us to contend.
The point was last year's team on paper was way more of a known/proven commodity going into the season than this year's team will be. We basically knew what we had going into last season at most positions and from our bench. Even if we had no improvement from the previous year, we'd still have been a top 10 team. Next year, we are hoping for and need massive leaps from 3 of our starters and hoping our freshman is starter quality to even think about contending. That's a huge difference. There is much less certainty going in with this year's roster. We could be very good, but many things will need to go right at many positions. Not having Solo on this roster is a big loss to our proven scoring capabilities
Competing for it is great. Thinking your season is a bust because you didn’t get it is something else.
Of course that doesn't mean I can't celebrate a great season like last year, but in all honesty, my expectation is that we are competing for a national championship every year. It doesn't mean that we will always get there, but that's still the expectation. That's the legacy that Calhoun and Hurley have built.
