re: What’s the ceiling for this year’s basketball team?

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How much worse can it get?

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Really? You honestly believe this is rock bottom? They've lost 3 games, away from home, vs 3 potential/likely NCAAT teams by a combined 6 points and you think this is as bad as it can get? Wow!

The "ceiling" is probably an SEC championship. Is it likely? Of course not, but no one in the league has looked dominant thus far. Every team has holes

They are behind schedule relative to last year, but just barely. Last season LSU blew a lead vs. a good FSU team. They blew a big lead vs a really good Houston on the road. They laid a complete uninspired egg vs. a mediocre Oklahoma St. team.

This year they lost by two on the road to a good VCU team. They blew a big lead vs. a good Utah St. team. They laid an egg vs a good ETSU team (a better team than OSU last season). The only difference is that they beat a good St. Mary's team in Vegas right before Christmas while they lost to a good USC team this year.

Yes, they MUST shoot better from 3. Yes, the MUST get better defensively. Yes, the huge turnover numbers have to decrease. But we were essentially saying the EXACT same thing last year at this point. If you look at the numbers we are looking at virtually a mirror image of last years team: They play at a fast pace; Have turnover and defensive issues; Shoot a very good percentage from 2 point territory; are below average from 3; Score very efficiently and are a solid offensive rebounding team

The BIG question is can this team learn to win close games? They are going to be in a lot of them, just like last year's team (seven OT games!), because they have the same "problems". They don't defend well enough to close out games and they have a tendency to make poor decisions on offense in the final 6 minutes. Last year's group eventually figured out how to win them. Will this one?