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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2388430, member: 488"] I agree in part, but I think you're overstating the situation to suggest that people would be crazy to think we could be good off the bat. Did anybody expect us to beat #2 Michigan State and railroad Kentucky in 2010? I mean seriously, try to think back to that moment when a Husky team starting three freshman was taking on a group that returned four starters from a final four team. Yes we had Kemba, yes we had Calhoun, but those things only became clear in hindsight. At the time, the idea that we could hang with Michigan State, much less beat them, was the stuff of fantasy. Hell, it was the stuff of fantasy five years ago when we opened the season in Germany against the same Michigan State program. But now we need to get our head checks to think they should turn in a representative performance against Providence? They ranked 60th last season in KenPom, guys. They didn't make it to the round of 64 and they were missing two of their five starters - Lindsay and Holt - for this exhibition. They recruit from the same tree that we do and those same recruits, and I'm talking about the first and second year guys, put a clown suit on us. They shot 67%. Sixty seven percent. They led by 27 with 8 minutes left. I would argue that you need your head checked if you expected [I]that. [/I] It's not the end of the world and it would be foolish to draw too many conclusions from what amounted to a charity game. Things change quickly in college basketball for obvious reasons, but there is also variance. That was one game and if a few less shots fall for PC, it shouldn't dramatically alter the outlook. The same would be true if UConn won. I do think, though, that it is fair to be alarmed at this point, and I don't think that's because expectations were unrealistic. [/QUOTE]

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