re: End Of Season Wrap up Thread for Basketball

This season was a possession or 2 from being a 24-15 win team and a 6 seed in the NCAA.

@U Mass should have been a win. The team was struggling to find an identity then.

Memphis was on the ropes and we just got outshot and rebounded by a legit team. We didn't lose ugly. That game showed me what I THOUGHT was to come. When we stomped UAB, who beat UNC, I just knew we'd be a force similar to the 2000 and 2006 teams.

Rhode Island should have been a win and that loss came back to really bite us. If we score on our last possession, we win. Paint defense was awful in the game and we let one of their skinny guards get wide open 3 looks.

Tennessee was a legit loss and could have been our first. Tennessee is only matched by other deep, athletic teams. Now, we see how good the Vols are.

@Ole Miss was a heartbreaker and went into OT due to our second half sleep walking. Ole Miss is also a legit team and beating them on the road is not an easy task. Overtime loss.

@Alabama is the one SEC game that should not have been lost. We were out of sync, Johnny O in foul trouble, and cut it to two.

@ Texas A&M was a travesty. We proved later in the season how much better we were than the Aggies. We played poorly and gave them too many looks. Still, this was a winnable game.

@Georgia was a legit loss. WE just never matched up well with the Dawgs and they were longer than us.

@Arkansas saw us lay 2nd game vs. a much better team. Not many win on their court.

@Kentucky could have very well been a win. Look how that looks now. UK is a team with SEVEN guys who are NBA ready tomorrow. We have two at tops, but ultimately Johnny O is the only one ready to get a look tomorrow. This game, on a neutral court, easily goes our way. UK was much better than their record or NCAAt seed. NO team in America has as much raw talent.

@Florida...no explanation needed.

Georgia at home saw a very flat and tired team play with UGA most of the game until the end. With a deafening crowd and shots falling, we would have won.

Kentucky in the SEC tourney was bad timing, We caught a hot team and lost momentum in the 2nd half.


If we win 7 of those 10 games, we would have had 26 wins and with exception of Tennessee, Florida, and maybe a Georgia and the UK tourney loss, we were never blown out by the others. What a difference a possession or two makes.

We thought UAB and Butler would be better than they were. A road win at Texas Tech and a solid win over A 10 St. Joseph's that made the 64 and nearly the round of 32 proved. That game, we were real.

We beat teams that at the time were good/NCAAt caliber:

Butler
St. Joe's
Texas Tech
UAB
Mizzou
Kentucky
Arkansas
Texas A&M
Vandy twice

Yeah only two made the tournament, but at the time they were solid wins. Our only real ugly losses were to Rhode Island and at Bama. If we in at least those two, the bubble watch would have had us.

I see it was a 7 game swing that could have gone in our favor...5 at the least.
Hopefully, all non-seniors return and make this team a preseason top 25.