This team goes to the final 8...

[HotMop]

If they play like tonight.

 

[anon1787432961]

Can we play each game at home?

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

If they play this hard the rest of the year and can clean up those dumb plays that seem to kill our runs theres certainly a chance. But i wanna see that intensity every game win or lose

 

[HotMop]

Agreed, and keep playing the freshman. Those guys brought it.

 

[mstateglfr]

Agreed, and keep playing the freshman. Those guys brought it.

Perry had a double double- that's awesome.
And Woodard made a 3 which is incredibly rare. Then he airmailed one a few feet over the hoop.

They have earned PT for sure. Not sure if both brought 'it' though.

 

[Dawgtruc]

As much as I'd like to believe this team could make a deep run in the NCAA tourney...I just don't see it. When compared to the other top teams in the country...ALL of them move and pass the ball better than we do. ALL of them.

Last night was an outlier, and all of you know it.

 

[DoggieDaddy13]

I don't believe last night was an outlier... I think it was progress - a step to something better. I don't necessarily think it translate to a Sweet 16 and certainly not a final 8, but it's all about getting hot at the right time, so all we can do is keeping pulling for the team and hoping they continue to get better.

 

[patdog]

I don't necessarily think it translate to a Sweet 16 and certainly not a final 8, but it's all about getting hot at the right time.

So much random stuff happens in the tournament, you just never know. We legitimately got some bad draws when we lost to Butler & Xavier (still no excuse to lose to Butler though). On the other hand, if there’s a big upset in your section of the bracket, you can get a pretty easy draw into the Elite 8. Best guess is this team wins 1, maybe 2 games in the NCAAT. Which is a heck of a lot better than anything we’ve done in a long time.

 

[Dawgtruc]

So much random stuff happens in the tournament, you just never know. We legitimately got some bad draws when we lost to Butler & Xavier (still no excuse to lose to Butler though). On the other hand, if there’s a big upset in your section of the bracket, you can get a pretty easy draw into the Elite 8. Best guess is this team wins 1, maybe 2 games in the NCAAT. Which is a heck of a lot better than anything we’ve done in a long time.

Stansbury never got past the round of 32. And his teams defended and rebounded SO much better than anything Howland has put on the floor in 4 years.

 

[ColoradoDawg]

We need to beat Bama on the road. I feel like that is hump we need to get over. Beating a decent team on road. That would do a lot for our confidence. This is an an emotional/streaky team that plays really well when they are feeling it. We live and die on the play of Lamar Peters and the 3. Hopefully we can find some more consistency. If we are hot heading into the tourney I think we can make some noise, but I could just as easily see us going cold from behind the arc and going out in the 1st round.

 

[Dawgzilla]

That just shows that defense and rebounding alone will not carry you very far in the tournament. You have to be able to score, too. This team scores well enough to beat the lower seeded teams....but you are right that poor defense and rebounding will limit their ability to beat higher seeds.

All that to say, I would be ecstatic with a Sweet Sixteen appearance. This team will need to hit its stride in the tournament, though, like it did last year at the end of the season.

 

[KentuckyDawg13]

Because Stans was not a good floor coach. He never adjusted properly, even after the half. Howland can/does.

 

[StarkVegas Steve]

The game Saturday night proved that we can beat anybody in the right building, now we have to prove to the country that we can beat anybody in any building and that starts this week.

 

[DawgInTheCold]

I still think we have the talent to go where we want to. Just have to play team basketball

 

[Joe Schmedlap]

I laughed