Funny you should ask Scottiedoug.They tackled him.

Just a memorable note but the last time MC lost a conference game, it ended up losing two and the conference final and still made it in to Dance. Not that there wasn't a lot of controversy over Huntingdon being left out after beating MC twice that year.

And as I'm sure Ralph would remind me, the Pool B slots are fewer and father between these days. Not that they were ever huge but its a 33 percent reduction then to now.

After watching the team live and on webcast I have to think at times the problem is too many guys feeling they can make "The Play" that turns a bucket into a run. Everyone out there seems to have the ability to drop in a long 3 or the quick cut at the right moment. BUT sometimes it looks as if they are expecting another guy to do it this trip down and sometimes like they're frustrated and taking it on themselves and forcing something that's not there this time. Seeing a few of those moments when it does click, they tend to come when they aren't trying to force anything and just executing on defense and running the ball inside then opening up everything else from there.

I'll leave that to the brain trust to discuss how you tweak something like that. Maybe there's more behind the scenes thats affecting it, but staggering into the conference tourney isn't a good look, don't believe, reread that first graph.

and a BTW as I've explained a few times this season, but have been negligent to note here: The Daily Times web site is now offering only snippets from game stories with the full versions available on a pay per view/subscription web site. Full columns however are still on the free site. I understand it has per story, per day and per whatever rates on the pay site but its a searchable database and pdf download of the paper, not a true news site. <sigh>