01-12-2018, 12:35 PM
Hard to figure how the season will end up going. We have to keep in mind that Kezie did NOT play at all during the preseason. We had injuries that lasted multiple games among other players. It wasn't until the conference season started that we finally were able to field the team we expected to field in November. The team will continue to improve simply because they are now getting used to playing with each other.Â
If you had told me that we could basically have an night on the road where Humphrey and Travis didn't even score 10 points between them, I would have said that we would lose the game for sure.Â
It is a lot to ask of this very young team to win a lot of big games on the road as freshmen and make the tournament, but I don't think they are counting themselves out at all. A win Saturday night would be brobdingnagian. Teams used to figure that if they shut down Travis and Humphrey, it wouldn't make any difference if Pickens went off on them, as there was no one else who could score. Now we actually have 5 people whom we can put on the floor at the same time who can score, and play defense. It has been awhile since that has been the case.
If you had told me that we could basically have an night on the road where Humphrey and Travis didn't even score 10 points between them, I would have said that we would lose the game for sure.Â
It is a lot to ask of this very young team to win a lot of big games on the road as freshmen and make the tournament, but I don't think they are counting themselves out at all. A win Saturday night would be brobdingnagian. Teams used to figure that if they shut down Travis and Humphrey, it wouldn't make any difference if Pickens went off on them, as there was no one else who could score. Now we actually have 5 people whom we can put on the floor at the same time who can score, and play defense. It has been awhile since that has been the case.
