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Message: [QUOTE="wallman, post: 2431182, member: 1736"] Where do I start. I was hoping for so much more. It's not happening and I want to start with this years team compared to last years team. Last years team IMO was better and that is totally due to outside shooting. How can we compete at the top without any shooters? Teams that can scout now know we don't have any and if we cannot fast break, what do we have. My next concern is defense. Are you kidding me, how many times were we beat down the floor, giving up lay ups which wasn't due to a lack of athleticism, it was because of poor transition defense, a lack of communication and a lack of heart. The PAC will be another slug fest as I don't currently see a team including us who can simply walk in the gym and expect a win if they can execute their game plan. It seems to be the same old complaint and we were all hoping this was our year but unless Close finds some kind of consistency from the outside it's not happening. The most disappointing part for me personally was the missed opportunity against Uconn. I did not think you looked like the usual Uconn team on the offensive end which was expected. Even defensively, there were players we could have exploited, particularly on some of the lack of help side defense. That is coaching and some of our players not wanting the ball. Sure Uconn does that but if you can't take advantage now, no-one is going to have a snowballs chance when you are back at full strength. [/QUOTE]