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nustudent

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  1. But it's hard to weigh what ifs more than actual results ANd in principle...I agree. I wouldnt be scared at all to play MIzzou
  2. Impressive thing about us, both this game and for the season.....when we turn it on...we do it quickly. We can rally quickly and expand a lead quickly. Not slow and methodical, if at all like in years past
  3. I think the Big 10 would generally fare well with the Pac 12 and SEC, especially now. Unfortunately...actual results trump hypotheticals and the Big 10 fell flat on its face early on in the year
  4. We've had at least one every year so it doesnt seen to be too big of a deal
  5. He really wasn’t doing well. He was just not terrible
  6. This rings true. This wasn't a team getting hot at home. This was a team who just stepped up to a gut check when the deck was stacked against them.
  7. Fact of the matter is....we're unfortunately being dealt some bad luck. Nothing we can really do about it. It happens. It happens elsewhere. It's not exclusive to us. Every year there is a deserving team left out because their SOS or RPI isn't ideal. It just might be us. The bad luck stems in the fact that some teams we scheduled, just didn't pan out to be as good as expected. We have a few patsys....but every team does. It's not like we didn't make an effort. Gavitt Game, ACC/Big 10 challenge, Kansas, Creighton, Orlando Tourney is over 50% of our non-con. This isn't a deal where Doc scheduled the entire SWAC as his non-con and that was it. We made an attempt and it didn't work in our favor. Just as in last year, the non-con was probably a bit more difficult than expected. Minnesota and St. John's tanking hurts. Couldn't expect that. Can't fault our non-con schedule. It was strong enough, especially had we beaten UCF. To me..the UCF loss is the biggest killer. Kansas is better than we are. Even though we could have won, I can still accept that loss. Penn State is a quality team on the road. Creighton is a quality team on the road. Even St. John's at the time was a quality team on the road. UCF was a neutral site game against a team that we are better than. And the loss cost us a big difference in quality of opponents the next two games as well. That one haunts me more than any of the others.
  8. Not really. I think depending on who we play dictates how many minutes the 3-headed monster plays. But I'll take Borchardt all day long over the others. Borchardt at least knows his role and isn't going to hurt the team by trying to do too much. He knows he's a role player. I'll take that over a guy who forces 3 ugly hooks, 2 turnovers and has 3 fouls when his alarm clock goes off in the morning.
  9. Big to avoid the bad loss. Borchardt needs more time than Duby and Jordy
  10. Biggest thing about it from a resume standpoint is that it avoids the horrid loss. There can still be some other bad losses (illinois, iowa, rutgers) but 2 of those are at home.
  11. Time to find out if we are a good team or just a talented team. Easy to get up against good teams. Need to keep the focus with the lesser ones.
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