There is bad, and then there is BAD (awful). This team is not awful. In previous years, it has been hard to identify why we couldn’t play up to expectations; last year for example. This year, our areas of deficiency are much more identifiable, and hopefully, fixable at some level. The GT game (which we did WIN by the way) showed that we can play good zone defense up until the point where we need to rebound, we continue to shoot free throws poorly, and our freshman point guard does not need to be shooting 3’s right now. If we just “fix” those three problems, or improve a little bit, we win that game by ten points easily.
Last year, we all complained about some hard-to-define lack of chemistry. I think this year’s squad works well together. They are just young. Yesterday they were two points better than GT, and that’s good enough for me right now.
