Another upset

[SOSHU]

Xavier over Marquette- Can pirates make it a 3rd upset tonight

 

[CaptBob]

DP over Gtown, X over Market, & Cr8tn over Uconvicts ---who'd a thunk it??

 

[Hall84]

And Providence had a last second shot to win at Nova also. Could have been 4 for 4 for the dogs going into tonight.
Hopefully ends up a 4 for 5 underdog weekend!

 

[SHUSA]

man marquette screwed the pooch on the last play. gotta get a shot up.

 

[garyshu71]

It will be an upset if Pirates score 40 points tonight.

 

[CL82]

Missing McNeeley really hurts us. Plus, McDermott coached teams are always tough to beat. Still, losing at home stinks.

We are a decent team, but even with McNeely we're not the juggernaut that we have been the past two years.

 

[SOSHU]

Missing McNeeley really hurts us. Plus, McDermott coached teams are always tough to beat. Still, losing at home stinks.

We are a decent team, but even with McNeely we're not the juggernaut that we have been the past two years.

McDermott man-such a great coach. He schools us every time we play him.

 

[dehere23]

Missing McNeeley really hurts us. Plus, McDermott coached teams are always tough to beat. Still, losing at home stinks.

We are a decent team, but even with McNeely we're not the juggernaut that we have been the past two years.

No, but you still have "first world" problems. With McNeely, you are still the best team in the league IMO. Without McNeely, you are still in the top 3 when all is said and done.

 

[Burnsly]

You weren’t a juggernaut the past two seasons until Feb. Lots of time to mesh.

 

[dehere23]

You weren’t a juggernaut the past two seasons until Feb. Lots of time to mesh.

Two years ago that was definitely the case. Last year I forget about the timing b/c honestly I viewed them as a juggernaut the whole season (but I could be forgetting the context).

 

[nutterforthree]

This is shocking because I read on here that the only way possible for teams to play well is with bigger nil budgets than the other team. I’m completely shocked that there are still upsets in college basketball and teams don’t just lose because they have less NIL than other teams

 

[CL82]

You weren’t a juggernaut the past two seasons until Feb. Lots of time to mesh.

True, but some of the problems may not be able to be corrected. We are not great at guarding out to the three point line. That's a vulnerability that may lesson, but won't completely go away. We are a good team, and will get better, but I don't think we're good enough to win it all this year.

(Agree with you regarding the 2023 team, which really didn't shine until early figured out how to take advantage of Jackson's strengths while masking his weaknesses. That was some of the best coaching of ever seen. We went from a team that couldn't win to a team that didn't lose.)