Nah they cookedSuch high expectations after the last 2 years, and the losses continue to mount. Hope Coach L can turn this year around
Completely agree. But I don’t think going from the elite 8 and final 4 to the NIT is common.There are no dynasties in modern CBB.
It's virtually impossible to replicate repeated success at that rate. Even teams like Gonzaga who are always in it every year have an extremely difficult time getting over the hump.
Going back the last 5 years, these are the Final Four teams:
2023 - UCONN, San Diego ST, Miami & FAU
2022 - Kansas, UNC, Duke & Villanova
2021 - Baylor, Gonzaga, Houston & UCLA
2019 - UVA, TTech, Auburn & Mich ST
2018 - Villanova, Michigan, Kansas & Loyola Chicago
Point being, in today's day & age, making it to an Elite 8 & following it up with a F4 is as impressive as it can get for a non-traditional Blueblood school.
Seasons nowadays are pretty much one-offs & most of the time unpredictable, even moreso now with massive Portal transfers taking place.
Yes agree. What I find to be frustrating about this season is that there have been quite a few games that we no doubt could have and should have won (Louisville, FSU, Syracuse, Wake). This team doesn't need to repeat last year, but it would be nice if we could eliminate these bad losses or at least minimize them.There are no dynasties in modern CBB.
It's virtually impossible to replicate repeated success at that rate. Even teams like Gonzaga who are always in it every year have an extremely difficult time getting over the hump.
Going back the last 5 years, these are the Final Four teams:
2023 - UCONN, San Diego ST, Miami & FAU
2022 - Kansas, UNC, Duke & Villanova
2021 - Baylor, Gonzaga, Houston & UCLA
2019 - UVA, TTech, Auburn & Mich ST
2018 - Villanova, Michigan, Kansas & Loyola Chicago
Point being, in today's day & age, making it to an Elite 8 & following it up with a F4 is as impressive as it can get for a non-traditional Blueblood school.
Seasons nowadays are pretty much one-offs & most of the time unpredictable, even moreso now with massive Portal transfers taking place.
We're in the NIT?Completely agree. But I don’t think going from the elite 8 and final 4 to the NIT is common.
Villanova won the national championship in 2016 and 2018 and then went back to the Final Four in 2022. They went 17-17 and lost in the first round of the NIT a season ago.Completely agree. But I don’t think going from the elite 8 and final 4 to the NIT is common.
I’ve said before we’re not as good as many thought (myself included) but we’re not as bad either. We can still do ok.
That being said, I still don’t think the team is listening at times or giving maximum effort. I just don’t see the on court presence I did last year. Maybe it’s me.
There’s obviously still time to turn it around, but if the season ended today, we certainly would be.We're in the NIT?
Unfortunately, it's more than losing certain guys or not addressing 'xyx' need.I dont see it with this squad. Thinking NIT for sure. Just dont have the juice we did last year, its obvious wong was a HUGE piece to this team and i hated not addressing another big man that can run in the portal.