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Absolutely perfectly said.

So you play Norchad game 1 if you know he can give you some good minutes but doing so will all but guarantee he’s not meaningfully available in game 2? The strength of this team (guard play and the ability to switch 1-5 against a smaller quicker mid major team) makes an upset by a mid major...

Obviously there was an issue because it’s not a one game season so you don’t just play Omier without considering how it will impact his availability for the next game where we will likely need him more. I said all this already and was responding to a post that said it’s a one game season -...

It’s six successive one game seasons, and the goal is to win all six.

Dammit I was typing my post when you dropped that and made me sound like a copycat lol.

If it were a one game season, I think there’s no question he would play. But his value increases in each successive game as the probability of winning without him drops precipitously. With that said - I don’t think any decision gets made today. I think they’re gonna evaluate how he feels...

You can see some pretty pronounced tightness in the ankle… but the videos are definitely super encouraging.

It’s pretty clearly a grade 1 sprain. If it were grade 2 he would have been in a boot Sunday. It still has to be managed just right…

Look of course I agree that we would probably not make it to the second weekend if Omier can’t play Sunday. But I DO think we should beat Drake even if Omier can’t go Friday. Of course we could lose (and the expected margin would be much smaller)… but I think we should win. There are also so...

Everyone knows how important he is to the team. But we did just watch Miami play 39 Norchad-less minutes against a Duke team that people are falling on themselves to fellate over. We’re also just a bad team overall according to our defensive metrics… which is why stats need to be interpreted...

You’re really a dunderhead. I’m not talking about analytic based win probabilities. I’m saying if I think team A is less likely to win (49% or less in my personal assessment of who is likely to win the one game to be played), then I don’t pick team A to win. If I think team B is more likely to...

Now I see why you can’t understand the deficiencies of metric based ranking systems. You just spent 3 paragraphs explaining how picking a team to win is apparently the same as saying an underdog has a chance of winning. And “comb through every piece of internet content, looking for slights”...

We can’t possibly be Final 4 contenders… KenPom said so himself. Also, if you can’t beat a 4 guard mid major team missing one big… you’re not a final 4 quality team. If Bilas really believes Drake is better than Miami without Omier, his talk of Miami being a final 4 quality team with Omier...

Bilas is the absolute worst. I remember his list of 10 best coaches in March released last year… a list that included Bruce Pearl and excluded Coach L. He’s a front-running sanctimonious windbag. This prediction is as good of an omen as anything.

I think Kent State is more dangerous than Drake… but they are even more vertically challenged than us. We could beat both Drake and Kent State without Omier. The biggest issue against Indiana would be on the boards. I do think Miller could defend TJD... but we’d have to outshoot the rebounding...

Really sad thing is the vast majority were not even close. It’s not like they look good but have just been a little off. Walker needs to spend the whole summer with Bob Rotella if he’s gonna come back next year.

Honestly Indiana is a team I would have loved to play in round 2 with Omier healthy. Even without Omier… TJD is dominant but only 6’9” - I could see us staying in the game if we shoot reasonably well. Lot of variables - and I really hope Omier is on the court Friday/Sunday… but there’s still...

They really don’t know… but he’s not ruled out for Friday (yet, at least).

Yeah I didn’t think there was a snowballs chance in south Florida of him playing this weekend… but it sounds better than I had feared.

That he’s able to walk on it. Scooter is to limit load and a steps while they’re trying to accelerate recovery. I believe Coach L was straight up in the interview. They’re hoping for him to play but nobody knows - and probably nobody will know - for sure until Thursday.