From a talent perspective, I think Wisconsin is a pretty fair comparison. They have one lottery pick in Johnny Davis who is awesome but otherwise do not feature another all-conference player. Davidson is probably their second-best player and is experienced and solid but definitely not a top guard in the league. So my point is that I don't think they are much more "talented" than we are. And yet they are 17-3 (8-2 in conference) and ranked 11th in the county and we are 9-10 (2-8). The difference is that in games decided by six or less or overtime, Wisconsin is 10-1 and we are 2-8. And it's not like most of our losses were fake close games in which we cut a deficit of 10 to six in the final minute. It seems like in almost all of them we were winning, tied, or within two with two or three minutes left.
So we are a good example of so close and yet so far away. So we can say if we were better in close games, we'd be a pretty damn good team. But we also have four-plus years of evidence under Collins to say that if will never actually happen.
So we are a good example of so close and yet so far away. So we can say if we were better in close games, we'd be a pretty damn good team. But we also have four-plus years of evidence under Collins to say that if will never actually happen.