Jerry on Willard
- Thread starter Halldan1
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Good luck to Kevin the rest of the way. I think his team will need to be much better against Florida.
Also looking forward to seeing his Bball practice facility on Wednesday. I believe the blueprint was primarily his vision.
Also looking forward to seeing his Bball practice facility on Wednesday. I believe the blueprint was primarily his vision.
Willard did a good job at SHU and did the right thing in leaving for Maryland.
He clearly appreciated his time at SHU. i will always appreciate what he did sans the TCU disaster. Quick synopsis of his tournaments:
'16 - We got screwed in our seeding. This was Sweet 16 and/or Elite 8 team
'17 - Should have beaten Arkansas. I thought we had no chance against UNC, but Arkansas had them beat (until they didn't). UNC won title. Can you imagine this team if Whitehead came back?
'18 - If not for some bad play mid-season, we would not have been an 8 seed. This team was at least a Sweet 16 team
'19 - Disappointing finish against Wooford.
'20 - What could have been? You never know what could have happened, but this was FF team.
'21 - Close to tournament. If Aiken did not get hurt, it would have been interesting in BET.
'22 - Can you imagine if Aiken didn't get the concussion. This was Elite 8 team.
'16 - We got screwed in our seeding. This was Sweet 16 and/or Elite 8 team
'17 - Should have beaten Arkansas. I thought we had no chance against UNC, but Arkansas had them beat (until they didn't). UNC won title. Can you imagine this team if Whitehead came back?
'18 - If not for some bad play mid-season, we would not have been an 8 seed. This team was at least a Sweet 16 team
'19 - Disappointing finish against Wooford.
'20 - What could have been? You never know what could have happened, but this was FF team.
'21 - Close to tournament. If Aiken did not get hurt, it would have been interesting in BET.
'22 - Can you imagine if Aiken didn't get the concussion. This was Elite 8 team.
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Aiken burnt us in both seasons. We had to rely on Shavar after Aiken went down the first year which contributed to our collapse. Fortunately we had Kadary the second.
That 2021-22 team was real good to start the year. Then got completely derailed by the COVID issue and having to start the BE season short handed before finding its way late to get to 11-8 in the BE.
That 2021-22 team was real good to start the year. Then got completely derailed by the COVID issue and having to start the BE season short handed before finding its way late to get to 11-8 in the BE.
One challenge Willard had here is similar to what the BE faced this year: NCAAT seeding. Very tough to advance when you’re a perennial #8-#10. We got blown out too much for my liking (Gonzaga, Wofford, TCU) and that’s on him but still the point remains.
He was 1-5 in the NCAAT here and is already 3-1 at Maryland bc he got a good seed this year.
The month of January did him in (and us) every year.
Win an additional couple of games and it’s a 5/6/7 seed instead of 8/9.
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What an enigma he was/is. Hopefully he’s putting his Harvard degree to good use.
Between Covid and Bryce's injuries those were frustrating years. But for the short time he was healthy he was really good.
He was such a contrast to Kadary's style, he really was tough for teams to handle off the bench. Helped us get some big OOC wins at Michigan, vs Texas and Rutgers then became a starter in the BE games. He was lighting it up in BE play averaging an efficient 20 & 4 per game before the injury.
