Just for the record, K had two in a three year stretch just like Cal did. Since 2012 they both had two first round upset losses, one title, another Final Four each, and an awful Covid season where they missed the tournament.
I challenge the fact that they got better. The got hype because of Dybantsa, but the win loss record is basically exactly where Pope had them and where they’ve been as a program for the last 15 years. There not a great team and were carried by Dybantsa and Saunders. And now without Saunders...
With the exception of some stupid mistakes we made giving Klavzar space, that's kind of exactly what we did. We let Fland shoot any outside shot he wanted and he airballed most of them. Lee is a 25% 3 point shooter and we let him shoot and he just luckily started 4/4 from 3 and not one of those...
I absolutely hate threads like this. The "we should play zone" crew always forgets that you have to work a ton on a zone defense for it to actually be good. A matchup zone even more so. It's not as simple as just switching to a zone midway through a game.
We play better without Lowe because the coaching staff had time to figure out how to win with the group we have. We’re not better without Lowe just because we are.
Lowe was never at full strength and when he was playing there was no clarity on who’d be available for any given game. That makes...
The talent at BYU has probably gotten better, but the results are pretty similar. They had a lot of hype preseason because of Dybantsa, but unless they win the B12 tournament they'll probably have 10 losses again which is exactly where they've been for the last 15 years.
The revisionist history surrounding this game drives me absolutely nuts. We never had a decent lead in that game. We started 5-0 but after that the biggest lead we had the entire game was four points with six and a half minutes left in the game.
They're a top 10 team right now at minimum. #5 on Kenpom with a top 15 defense and top 5 offense with the 4th hardest schedule in the country. #4 on Barttorvik with a top 12 offense and top 5 defense. #5 on EvanMiya. Currently #1 in the SEC. Margin of victory of 25 points per game over the last...