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[QUOTE="moqui, post: 181986, member: 214"]
at the end of the day, after looking at all the tournament losses over the years, other than the man in the HC chair,  there is no common theme to be found in the failures.  They have lost to higher seeded teams, to lower seeded teams; they have lost up tempo games, they have lost low tempo games; they have been blown out, they have lost nail biters.  You can't find one or two things and conclude "they always do this, and it ends up costing them."
 
on the other hand, I can look at the 4 times that they have made it beyond the sweet 16 and I find three common elements:
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[*]there has always been a versatile, star forward on the roster*
[*]there have been at least three consistent scoring threats
[*]there has been a dependable low post scorer.
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*it is arguable that 1987 didn't really have the versatile forward - DC as a frosh was a star, but was really just a finisher at that point.   maybe I am stretching this point, but the other teams featured  Billy (1989), Wallace (1996) and Melo (2003).
 
This years squad has Joseph for point 1, although I think we would all agree he is nowhere near the level of Owens, Wallace or Anthony.
 
For #2, even if the individual scoring averages aren't eye popping, that is because this team has offensive weapons all over the place.  I think there are more than three scoring threats. 
 
#3 is the big question.  Will Fab become a consistent double digit scorer over the last 8 games of the regular season (one down) and into the post season?   It is on that, I think, that a deep run most depends.
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