I fully expect this team to drop at least 3 to 5 more games this year just because the grind can be that rough sometimes, but once we get past the fact that we will never hold most teams to less than 50 points a game because of the new rules we can get excited about why this team can make a run to at least the Elite Eight.
Depth- In years past our rotation has been very thin so we are one or two injuries away from being very vulnerable.
LP misses time
MS isn't 100 percent
Tobey is playing like Tobey
And we haven't missed a beat. Certain guys are stepping up on different nights and has allowed Tony to experiment with different lineups that gives us a chance against basically any team in the country.
Schedule- He knew exactly what he was doing when he put this together. It's funny how I get crap for the George Washington loss when most people don't realize that team could be a sleeper to the Sweet 16 depending on match up. OSU is better than their record, WVU is a Sweet 16 team, Nova is Nova, Cal has talent, yet every style of play led to the same result of us being able to weather the storm and play our game.
Defense and Scoring- As I said above the new freedom of movement rules will never allow us to play defense the way we have the last couple seasons, but that doesn't mean this team isn't playing effective UVA defense. I'm really not bothered by this because we finally have the potential to put up 70 to 80 points. That is been our Achilles' heel when playing Michigan State, but I would love to actually see that matchup this year when we have so many more different scoring options than in years past.
Small Ball- TB NBA background and studying the Spurs and Warriors same ball game plan has come in handy with with group. Allowing Wilkins to start gives us different options moving forward. With the new rule changes small ball against a lot of teams may give us the edge because of our depth.
Fact of the matter is the staff has figured out the near-perfect ingredient for us to make noise in March. Now anything can happen between now and then where the plan gets corrupted a bit, but it feels good to just have a staff that truly makes it happen and players who buy in no matter what.
Depth- In years past our rotation has been very thin so we are one or two injuries away from being very vulnerable.
LP misses time
MS isn't 100 percent
Tobey is playing like Tobey
And we haven't missed a beat. Certain guys are stepping up on different nights and has allowed Tony to experiment with different lineups that gives us a chance against basically any team in the country.
Schedule- He knew exactly what he was doing when he put this together. It's funny how I get crap for the George Washington loss when most people don't realize that team could be a sleeper to the Sweet 16 depending on match up. OSU is better than their record, WVU is a Sweet 16 team, Nova is Nova, Cal has talent, yet every style of play led to the same result of us being able to weather the storm and play our game.
Defense and Scoring- As I said above the new freedom of movement rules will never allow us to play defense the way we have the last couple seasons, but that doesn't mean this team isn't playing effective UVA defense. I'm really not bothered by this because we finally have the potential to put up 70 to 80 points. That is been our Achilles' heel when playing Michigan State, but I would love to actually see that matchup this year when we have so many more different scoring options than in years past.
Small Ball- TB NBA background and studying the Spurs and Warriors same ball game plan has come in handy with with group. Allowing Wilkins to start gives us different options moving forward. With the new rule changes small ball against a lot of teams may give us the edge because of our depth.
Fact of the matter is the staff has figured out the near-perfect ingredient for us to make noise in March. Now anything can happen between now and then where the plan gets corrupted a bit, but it feels good to just have a staff that truly makes it happen and players who buy in no matter what.
