Less than a week ago, a putrid 1 SEC win Oklahoma team went to Nashville ... was up 15 at halftime and held on to beat Vandy. There's a reason you always play the games ... because you just never know. The better team on paper does not always win.
The Vandy game is a head-scratcher for sure. But the MSU and Gonzaga games were I think more wrong place, wrong time for us. The UK team that played in those games had no clue what it was doing and didn't seem to even want to compete. Gonzaga hasn't beaten a top-30 KenPom team all year and...
To take this even a step further ... the number of losses for the last 20 national champions ...
4, 3, 8, 6, 2, 3, 4, 7, 5, 4, 8, 5, 2, 9, 5, 4, 3, 5, 6, 4
The five teams we've beaten on our current win streak also have a combined 8 wins over Top-40 NET SEC teams. There is no dominant team in the SEC this season and everyone is beating everyone. Yes, we will be competitive.
I was thinking along the same lines earlier .... and did a little reading. That's not really the case. The damage was already done at the initial dislocation and just rest on its own historically does not reduce the likelihood of reinjuring it. Really needs surgery for that. The tissues in...