mapei
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Post by mapei on Dec 30, 2011 22:12:42 GMT -5
Last year's team was actually playing well when Chris got hurt. He was maybe our most important player - certainly the most visible leader on the floor. People are acting like last year's team choked, when really they just became a different (and less impressive) team when we lost Chris.
This year's team may well end up with more wins and a more successful overall season than last year's. I'm certainly rooting for that. But, if we were to lose Jason, Hollis, or (especially) Henry at crunch time, the probability would go down.
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sleepy
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Post by sleepy on Dec 31, 2011 1:17:30 GMT -5
I agree with this, I think a large amount of us are waiting for the long midseason losing streak, the offensive collapse, the defensive collapse, the horrible injury to a key player, some bizarre mystery fight that probably didn't exist, the first round NCAA blow-out by a 13 seed. I'd be lying if I said that I didn't find myself at times bracing myself for these things. After the last three seasons I don't really think it's unfair either. I cant believe posters think we may tank this season. The Karma of the last 3 yers is completely gone when CW and AF and JB and crew left. I look at this season with a total clean slate. Sure we are going to lose games this year we are not stacked with NBA ready talent. Remember this was suppose to be a sort of rebuilding year. I for one am thankful this year... Of course we could. Anything could happen. We didn't have up and down Big East seasons the last three years because Freeman and Wright were cursed or because, as many here often allude to, didn't try hard. The major problem was the structural composition of the team, that has been corrected. The second problem seems to be lack of significant offensive contributions outside of the starting five, making us easier to stop offensively. That also seems to be corrected. However, this team is still young, meaning that offensive production off the bench could stagnate and even disappear for games at a time. In addition, injuries happen, sickness' happen, loss of focus happens, shooting slumps happen. Any of those thing could cause us to "choke" our season away. To think we are somehow out of the clear because Freeman and Wright, who were both great players for the program, are gone it on fair and just wrong. Just to keep a little perspective: Last time we finished the OOC schedule 10-1 with an a OOC overtime win against Memphis and started the Big East season with a road win over a top 5 Big East team was 2008-2009. That year we had a young team with a few senior/junior leaders and didn't make the NCAA tournament. Sound at all familiar? I'm not saying we should expect the same thing to happen, or even that it is a likely scenario, but just a reminder that anything can happen. Now that is not to say we shouldn't expect more, just to rule out the possibility of a downturn in play as impossible is a little silly in December.
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lichoya68
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Post by lichoya68 on Dec 31, 2011 7:32:31 GMT -5
agree with all your astute points sleepy HOWEVER the difference is that this year we have maybe the BEST fresh frosh five in a long long long time nuf said BEAT THE FRIARS UP.. need to win this game CRUCIAL GAME for the league position SEVEN TEAMS AFTER JUST A COUPLE OF GAMES HAVE ONE LOSS ALREADY win and stay on top GO HOYAS EAT THE BANNANNA VILLE OVER NOW TIME TO MOVE MOVE MOVE MOVE AND MOVE ON that was yesterday figuratively i quess GO HOYAS
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