Louisville is far from a lesser team. They've underachieved relative to preseason expectations (were ranked top 10 to start the year), but they have a lottery pick in Mikel Brown and a team that no one is going to want to play in the tourney.
Brown was out. We lost because they were hot, we didn't guard them and they wanted it more down their best player. Very winnable home game heading into the post season and we did not get it done. Clawed back. Choked it away at the end.
Wonder if Brown will play in that one?
That is an area that's surprised me a bit. We're MUCH better on offense than I thought we'd be at season's start; not as good on D. And Defense is where Lucas made his reputation.
UConn just lost to Marquette, who had 11 wins coming in. Texas Tech lost to an Arizona State team that is about to fire their coach. These are top 10 teams. Very hard to go wire to wire, especially in conference
I said it yesterday. Based on what I saw from both UL & UVA when we played them. Both tight. I like both of those teams to make noise in March.
There are always these examples. It is also a pattern of not having the right energy level, Reneau picking up fouls early, and making bonehead plays down the stretch of a game. There is also the question of whether the team functions better at the end letting them play it out with momentum vs a set play. In the close losses, it seems like Jai calls a timeout, breaks the fast flow and the team can't get it done --- there could be some good examples that it worked, but fresh off a loss those stand out.
I don’t disagree and I am fully enjoying what happened. I was just saying we exceeded expectations and even had the chance to be even better than that which is of course something to be proud of.
I couldn't quite tell on tv but ... I do recall thinking "he's taking too much time" to let it fly.