The Upside

[SWC75]

- We aren’t the 1976 Indiana team. Or the 1955 San Francisco team. Or the 1957 North Carolina team. Or the 1964, 1967, 1972 or 1973 UCLA teams. Did anyone think we were? Every real goal we had at the start of the season is still in tact.

- The 2009-2010 team won 13 in a row, lost and won another 11 in a row. The national champions lost their opener, won 11 in a row, lost 3 of 8, won 8 in a row, lost to UCONN in the BET and then went 6-0. Avoiding adversity is a fine goal but not a possible one. The big thing is how you respond to it. If this is truly a great team, they will respond strongly to it. If they aren’t, they won’t.

- James Southerland hit his first shot and that keyed a fine scoring night with 15 points. If that hadn’t happened we wouldn’t have simply lost: it would have been an embarrassing blow-out.

- The team didn’t play well but they kept playing and they still had a shot until the final minute or so.

- It’s the last loss that matters, not this one. And if there isn’t a last loss, nothing bad matters.
20-1 and 19 to go….. Impossible is nothing!!!!

LET’S GO ORANGE!!!

 

[cuseattle]

I actually started to believe we could run the table . Let's just have a six game winning streak to end the year. Let's go Orange!

 

[ljmilman]

As long as we win the last game we play, losing this one won't matter...

 

[OttoMets]

- We aren’t the 1976 Indiana team. Or the 1955 San Francisco team. Or the 1957 North Carolina team. Or the 1964, 1967, 1972 or 1973 UCLA teams. Did anyone think we were? Every real goal we had at the start of the season is still in tact.

- The 2009-2010 team won 13 in a row, lost and won another 11 in a row. The national champions lost their opener, won 11 in a row, lost 3 of 8, won 8 in a row, lost to UCONN in the BET and then went 6-0. Avoiding adversity is a fine goal but not a possible one. The big thing is how you respond to it. If this is truly a great team, they will respond strongly to it. If they aren’t, they won’t.

- James Southerland hit his first shot and that keyed a fine scoring night with 15 points. If that hadn’t happened we wouldn’t have simply lost: it would have been an embarrassing blow-out.

- The team didn’t play well but they kept playing and they still had a shot until the final minute or so.

- It’s the last loss that matters, not this one. And if there isn’t a last loss, nothing bad matters.
20-1 and 19 to go….. Impossible is nothing!!!!

LET’S GO ORANGE!!!

One further bit of upside:

For those who will be busy in March and unable to watch our season-ender, just remember last night's game. That's exactly how our final loss will be played.

(Sorry, couldn't resist.)

 

[CiscoCuse]

another upside......at least JB didn't do a Roy Williams and exit with the bench before the fans rushed the court.