Is it just me, or does this team remind you of the 1998 team? I'm not saying they're as good but how they are quietly getting it right and just keep coming back.
98 team
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Oh man, if this team had a Wayne Turner, we'd be good to go
Yes! I said the same thing to the missus. This team is playing as well as any team in the country. I'd hate to see us on our side of the bracket if I'm a UConn, Zona, Houston etc
If you added a future NBA All-Star (Jamaal Magloire) and seven other guys who played as rotation players in at least one final four, I can see it.
You should work on your reading comprehension. I like you, but sometimes you're just a turd.
98 team was much more of a front court dominated bunch, very different composition, but similar flawed but tough team, fought their way to the Elite 8
Yea it’s like a poor man’s 98. Wish a lane would open wide open for us in the tournament. Maybe it’ll happen.
That is the biggest advantage 98 had. Multiple guys with FF experience. Hell, multiple guys with multiple FF experience. Hard to shake a squad like that.
Hell, lol multiple guys with Final game experience. And 1 guy who, at the time, had played in the most NCAA games ever.
I should have known that this would get conflated - I'm not actually comparing the two teams head to head. I'm looking at the circumstances of the season. Disappointing early and largely forgotten on the national landscape. Conference play rolls around and the team starts to gel and stack wins, showing great resiliency in some of those wins. Then before you know it, it's become a dangerous team.
The 98 team won a natty. It had Mohammed and Magloire. Shep and Evans. This team doesn't and I'm not saying it does. We have no idea how it ends but the season reminds me of the run that team made. That's all I'm saying.
The 98 team won a natty. It had Mohammed and Magloire. Shep and Evans. This team doesn't and I'm not saying it does. We have no idea how it ends but the season reminds me of the run that team made. That's all I'm saying.
One thing both team share beyond the story arc you seen in common is this: Both teams have a coach who excels at in-game adjustments. I've always thought that was a significant part of why Tubby won a title with a team less talented than the previous year's team that Pitino came up just short with. RP is undeniably one of great CBB coaches, but making major adjustments when the original plan isn't working was probably the weakest aspect of his resume, and arguably the strongest of Smith's. Pope obviously knows how to "improvise, adapt, overcome" as well.
When I’m feeling down, I’ll occasionally turn on the comeback vs Duke in 98. Turner absolutely cooked them in the second half