I titled the thread "Houston, and everyone else" before writing it out, as I believe Houston has proven the best and most consistent team all year. But even so, I don't think they're in a league of their own and seemingly untouchable like other dominant #1 ranked teams of recent years.
There is just little margin of error among most teams in the top 25 this year. Just this week:
Monday
With what we saw early in the year, and the talent we know exists on the roster, I still think we have plenty of life in us to roll into March as a serious contender--especially with the inconsistency and lack of elite teams at the top. The cream will eventually rise as conference play wears on, and hopefully we're counted therein.
To stoke some banter, what are the 2-3 key points of leverage that you think must be improved/fixed for us to be true contenders on Selection Sunday?
There is just little margin of error among most teams in the top 25 this year. Just this week:
Monday
- #1 Purdue lost to unranked (but KP #13) Rutgers
- We lost to Pitt
- #3 Kansas escaped unrakned TT (KP32) by 3
- Kansas St. (KP29) set a school record 116 points in beating #6 Texas at Texas
- #14 Wisconsin beat Minnesota (KP191) by 3 at home
- Fresno State (KP138) took down the last undefeated in #21 New Mexico
- #22 Auburn lost to Georgia (KP91). Georgia led for the final 24:17 of the game
- #12 Miami lost to GT (KP121) and didn't score a point in the last 4:50 of the game
- #16 Duke got rag-dolled by NC State (KP42)
- #25 Iowa State beat Oklahoma (KP37) by 3
- #4 UConn lost Providence (KP28) by 12 and didn't get within 5 rest of game after losing the lead with 14:10 left
- #1 Purdue nailed a 3 with 12 seconds left to win at #24 Ohio State
- #15 Indiana lost at Iowa (KP51) by 2
- #10 UCLA won at home by 2 against USC (KP64). After scoring 44 in the 1st half, UCLA put up 16 in the second, and scored 6 points from over 15 minutes (15:41-0:17) and had to hit a 3 with 0:17 left to reclaim the lead for good.
- #5 Arizona eeked out a 3 point home win vs Washington (KP108)
- #9 Gonzaga made a tip in with 9 seconds left to beat San Francisco (KP100) on the road. SF led for 35 of the 40 minutes.
With what we saw early in the year, and the talent we know exists on the roster, I still think we have plenty of life in us to roll into March as a serious contender--especially with the inconsistency and lack of elite teams at the top. The cream will eventually rise as conference play wears on, and hopefully we're counted therein.
To stoke some banter, what are the 2-3 key points of leverage that you think must be improved/fixed for us to be true contenders on Selection Sunday?
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