I'd say it appears likely this team is different from last year's team offensively, in a good way. It may also be different from last year's team defensively...in a bad way. Whether you lose games 95-85 or 75-65, the result is the same. Is this team better than any of the last three teams? NO ONE knows. At most, there is some level of encouraging signs to say they might be.

The issue is not having an opinion, per se. It's making snap decisions such as "this is a bad shooting team" or "this is the best team MM's ever had" without much objective evidence for those opinions is foolish.

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Posted by mmcgrath

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Posted on 11/14/25 at 9:34 pm to Alt26

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But 4 games in (counting the game vs. UCF) there are some encouraging signs of life.

On a related note, UCF just beat A&M by 12 at College Station.

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Posted by josh336

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Posted on 11/14/25 at 9:36 pm to mmcgrath

Also of note, uno just went on the road and smoked tulane, who was an 11 point favorite

This post was edited on 11/14/25 at 9:49 pm

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Posted by mmcgrath

Indianapolis

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Posted on 11/14/25 at 10:11 pm to josh336

I saw that too. These "cupcakes" could help us if they play strong.

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Posted by Stuckinthe90s

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Member since Apr 2013

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Posted on 11/17/25 at 3:12 pm to drizztiger

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What’s the reasoning here? Texas Tech is better than SMU.

Reasoning is that SMU has been a perennial bubble team. If you beat them you are looking good. If you lose you’re looking bad. Tech is a legit final 4 candidate, your just looking at shades of losses there.

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