In an attempt to make this look not quite so bad

[OrlandoCuse]

I would disagree on the "comparable talent" statement. In reality, that's all that matters.

 

[pearl31]

I would disagree on the "comparable talent" statement. In reality, that's all that matters.

Yep and I would disagree with that assessment :noidea:

 

[jncuse]

That team was 20-6 after that slumo and 7-6 in a loaded conference. They were almost a clear in even if they were sliding hard. Remember that an 8-10 record in the regular season would have got them in. The Storrs Thieves were 9-9 and got a 3 seed that year. I am not sure if this is the year Nova took the massive slide down the stretch but still got in as well.

Michigan/Michigan St wins were not much different than Texas AM / UConn, with no blemishes like St. John's (and of course 0-2 agaisnt G'Town and Wisconsin)

Overall, I just don't see the comparison - they were in really good shape after 26 games and we clearly will not be after 26 games.

Not to say we don't have a chance to make it (the season is more than 26 games)-- but if we make in we will be fighting and scratching right down to the end.

 

[pearl31]

That team was 20-6 after that slumo and 7-6 in a loaded conference. They were almost a clear in even if they were sliding hard. Remember that an 8-10 record in the regular season would have got them in. The Storrs Thieves were 9-9 and got a 3 seed that year. I am not sure if this is the year Nova took the massive slide down the stretch but still got in as well.

Michigan/Michigan St wins were not much different than Texas AM / UConn, with no blemishes like St. John's (and of course 0-2 agaisnt G'Town and Wisconsin)

Overall, I just don't see the comparison - they were in really good shape after 26 games and we clearly will not be after 26 games.

Not to say we don't have a chance to make it (the season is more than 26 games)-- but if we make in we will be fighting and scratching right down to the end.

oh I'm not saying overall resume - although (and there's certainly no way to prove it either way) I absolutely contend that A&M/uconn this year as OOC wins is much better than Mich/Mich St that year (Mich was awful that year)... mostly just trying to point out that there are historical examples of a JB team, with less than ideal personnel and in a really tough conference, going into a deep funk and then righting things by season's end.
I vividly remember the '10-'11 season, I attended the game @ Marquette, and that team flat out stunk during that 8-game span.

 

[Eric15]

That Hall game was an outlier though they started off ridiculous from 3.

I just read the recap for that game and found this line: "Seton Hall never allowed the Orange to get closer than 17 in the final 12 minutes as the Orange faithful began leaving early, a rarity in the Carrier Dome."

LOL, a rarity?

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Give me Scoop, Triche, Waiters ALL DAY LONG and TWICE ON SUNDAY. If we could have that backcourt we wouldn't be on the bubble come March.

We won't be on the bubble