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[QUOTE="pfister1, post: 1820769, member: 285"]
I think the biggest thing you are seeing is a lot of optimism borne out of how much better we've gotten since the end of the season, just in terms of depth and options.   Things looked relatively bleh in April/May, especially with MR leaving a possibility.

Since then we've added what appears to be a pretty serviceable point guard, what appears to be a strong 3 point shooting threat and scorer and a backup power forward/center.   It is unusual for us to add that many pieces this late in the game.     Unless something really unexpected occurs there is no question we are better now going into the season than we looked like we were going to be just after the conclusion of the tournament last season.      And that will be the case without anyone having to show a huge improvement or acquisition of a skill set they didn't demonstrate last season.....if guys do that we may be really really good.

A lot needs to go right for this team to be a NC contender but the path to that type of team doesn't seem as implausible to me as  last season's team's path to the final four seemed.   We now have a greater margin of error for us being a strong competitor in the league and top 20 team because we have more ways that things can go right.      JB bought another basket or two to put next season's eggs in.
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