Fully agree. I said starting in November and have repeated since, 18 wins and a good showing in the Big 12 tournament gets us in. Depending on what other teams do now until the end of the season, possibly even less. But this is the time of the year, teams either rise to meet the challenge or fall apart.
They just can only take so many injuries. No shame in dropping these games as the season progresses shorthanded. I’d certainly like to see some more wins, but I think DeVries has proven his worth thus far and it can still be easy to sell recruits our success despite the injuries and lack of depth.
There’s definitely a blueprint now on how to stop us. Devries is a great coach. He will adjust. 🤞
Can adjust all we want but still need to get the ball through the hoop.
Great coaches have their teams prepared for the tipoff. That didn't happen. He's still got a long ways.
They play with 8 but whose counting. Obviously they can win with this depth due to beating top teams in conference including #2 Iowa State.
Were they "shorthanded" when they won at Kansas? Or beat Iowa State? That excuse didn't seem to be brought up then. Instead it was "Devries is a genius". Now that we've lost to two bottom-feeders, it's suddenly "we just are shorthanded". Amazing how that works, isn't it?
Other coaches adjust too. I would smother Smalls too. He has to be exhausted after every game.
So, our legs were good at Kansas and home with Iowa State, but we "lost our legs" against ASU and Kansas State?
