Just my uneducated opinion, this team has over achieved.
* We are undersized, disu was supposed to help but he has not probably because he has not recovered from his injury.
* We do NOT have a go to player when we need a basket. Carr and Allen are our best choices and they lack the athletic ability to beat the person guarding them on a regular basis. We really could have used one in this game.
* We do NOT have a true point guard and this has been true since the first year of Smart when he inherited one left by Barnes. Coleman was a combo guard, not a true point. A quick check of his assist to turn over ratio will tell you why I have this opinion. Barnes seemed to always have a good point. On a side note for all the mourners from this game, the 2003 final 4 team lost to ttu in the first round. No, I do not expect to go to the final four. I do expect to win one.
* Generally, we are a good FT shooting team but have missed FTs at crunch time in several games we would have won. That bothers me.
This team plays hard and I think that Beard knows the best way to win with his personnel and not our board resident experts.
Last edited: Mar 11, 2022