but realistically, this tournament turned out about as well as it could for UNLV.
My logic. In no way would we have battled Kansas right now. They are far, far better, one of the elite. It would have been a ditch stomp, especially without Stephen.
Beating an unranked UCLA (no matter how badly we wanted to on a personal level), stomped by Kansas, and then, say beating Wake ... I don't think that compares to losing to UCLA, beating a D2 team, and then beating a ranked (even though they just lost) Indiana team (and they had more riding on this game than UNLV)....
Learned some things: Ike was huge, but you expect way more from a 5th yr senior. At this point, cannot have him (nor GO, FT's) in at the end of games. If you cannot make relatively decent decisions and you can't hit crunch FT's, you shouldn't be on the floor in a tight game at the end IMO.
Great overall effort, huge win.
Still waiting for a couple of key guys to pay dividends.
Dwayne, Ben - warriors. The blue collar stuff that WINS GAMES. Stephen was worse off than most know, he was in bad shape. For him to come in and fight in his limited minutes, huge. Showed me a lot.
Seagears is gonna drive me nuts. When he's good, he's pretty good, when he's bad, he's awful. And that's a tough thing to rely upon.
Pat was a stud, again.
Just a great win, happy for the program, players, fans and coaches.
This defense is so much better than we've seen in recent years. IU can really score the ball. Great job.
My logic. In no way would we have battled Kansas right now. They are far, far better, one of the elite. It would have been a ditch stomp, especially without Stephen.
Beating an unranked UCLA (no matter how badly we wanted to on a personal level), stomped by Kansas, and then, say beating Wake ... I don't think that compares to losing to UCLA, beating a D2 team, and then beating a ranked (even though they just lost) Indiana team (and they had more riding on this game than UNLV)....
Learned some things: Ike was huge, but you expect way more from a 5th yr senior. At this point, cannot have him (nor GO, FT's) in at the end of games. If you cannot make relatively decent decisions and you can't hit crunch FT's, you shouldn't be on the floor in a tight game at the end IMO.
Great overall effort, huge win.
Still waiting for a couple of key guys to pay dividends.
Dwayne, Ben - warriors. The blue collar stuff that WINS GAMES. Stephen was worse off than most know, he was in bad shape. For him to come in and fight in his limited minutes, huge. Showed me a lot.
Seagears is gonna drive me nuts. When he's good, he's pretty good, when he's bad, he's awful. And that's a tough thing to rely upon.
Pat was a stud, again.
Just a great win, happy for the program, players, fans and coaches.
This defense is so much better than we've seen in recent years. IU can really score the ball. Great job.
