@CL 82 you always bring an informed and unemotional take. Enjoy reading your musings on the Conn. So refreshing after reading the yahoo's on the Boneyard. The three peat has everyone's expectations far too high for essentially a new team. They have a lot of high profile dudes who aren't cohesive right now. The pressure that Hurley has put on himself is manifesting in guys being far too uptight. Afraid to make a mistake and get PT pulled. Needs to shorten the rotation (not unlike our guy Sha). The three loses in Maui don't help especially with three tough games. Need a quality win outside of the conference. The cupcakes filled with sprinkles from the first four tomatoe cans (plus Maryland Eastern Shore this weekend) aren't helping the NET. Leaves it up to quality wins in conference.
We've got a few more games coming up that will help our RPI, most notably Gonzaga in MSG. I'm not going to lie, I'm a little concerned about that game right now.
Our post season aspirations are going to be based on we do in the Big East. I don't love digging a hole in the preseason, but it is what it is. We have enough talent to be a NCAA tourney team. We just need to keep improving, especially on defense.
(For what it's worth, I think most of The Boneyard is in the same place that I am on this team. It has potential, but it also has work to do.)
