Bracketology 2024/2025

[cornfed24-7]

18 hours ago, Handy Johnson said:

At this point, if we went 4-10 down the Stretch it wouldn’t surprise me. 

Yeeeeah. This isn't a tournament team. Can't lie to my eyeballs any longer

[hskr4life]

26 minutes ago, cornfed24-7 said:

Yeeeeah. This isn't a tournament team. Can't lie to my eyeballs any longer

Idk that I’m ready to make this statement already. We’re playing in one of the toughest (top 2) conferences in the country. A conference that will likely send more than half of its teams to the dance. A conference that will likely make up about 1/6 of the entire tournament field. Every game is going to be a grind.

 

This team has a road win over Creighton, beaten UCLA, taken St Mary’s to the wire, and fumbled two very winnable conference games. We’re as close to 4-2 as we are 2-4. Our “worst” loss is to a team with 2 top 10 draft picks.

 

We just need to get back to what got us to this point. Hard nosed D. Make teams uncomfortable. Make teams play OUR game. No shootout 80’s scores.

 

It’s tough, but we can’t let the last three games overshadow our overall body of work. We can completely play ourselves out for sure. We’ve seen this movie before. But maybe this team is different.

[HuskerFever]

41 minutes ago, cornfed24-7 said:

Yeeeeah. This isn't a tournament team. Can't lie to my eyeballs any longer

 

This is why we can't have nice things.

[cornfed24-7]

1 hour ago, hskr4life said:

Idk that I’m ready to make this statement already. We’re playing in one of the toughest (top 2) conferences in the country. A conference that will likely send more than half of its teams to the dance. A conference that will likely make up about 1/6 of the entire tournament field. Every game is going to be a grind.

 

This team has a road win over Creighton, beaten UCLA, taken St Mary’s to the wire, and fumbled two very winnable conference games. We’re as close to 4-2 as we are 2-4. Our “worst” loss is to a team with 2 top 10 draft picks.

 

We just need to get back to what got us to this point. Hard nosed D. Make teams uncomfortable. Make teams play OUR game. No shootout 80’s scores.

 

It’s tough, but we can’t let the last three games overshadow our overall body of work. We can completely play ourselves out for sure. We’ve seen this movie before. But maybe this team is different.

All valid. I just don't see it this year. Something is slightly off. And I've felt this way from the beginning. I thought this team was probably about as good as last year in Norms poll. And I don't know that much of that perception has changed for me. We're about as good. Maybe a little less. We're close. Just not quite there. 

[GhostOfJoeMcCray]

2 hours ago, cornfed24-7 said:

Yeeeeah. This isn't a tournament team. Can't lie to my eyeballs any longer

lots of ball to play. A road win at Maryland followed by a home win over USC can flip the mood around here 180 degrees. 
 

Our team needs to stop making it seem so hard to go win on the road. Creighton just won at UConn. We handled Creighton on their home floor in front of a sold out crowd. Tomorrow will be a sparse sleepy Maryland crowd at Noon ET on a Sunday. No excuses, go out and physically dominate like we did at Creighton. 

[Handy Johnson]

2 hours ago, cornfed24-7 said:

All valid. I just don't see it this year. Something is slightly off. And I've felt this way from the beginning. I thought this team was probably about as good as last year in Norms poll. And I don't know that much of that perception has changed for me. We're about as good. Maybe a little less. We're close. Just not quite there. 

I’ll reference “No Country for Old Men” you’ve seen the same Team play that I have, & it’s certainly left an impression. I’m NOT giving up on the Team or the Season, but I haven’t seen anything they makes me believe we can rattle off a string of Wins, not with that schedule.