Any Chances of NIT berth this year?

[gringo]

I think 15 wins is slightly on the upside, 10-3 OOC and 5-13 B1G. So if we can get 2 upsets during the season we are in the talk for NIT.

If I've feeling optimistic, I will say the TO's get cleaned up some as the team gels, but you also need to look at the rise in assists under Jordan. The turnover to assist ratio is my favorite team stat and we got the hard part (assists) going in the right direction. Smart play will follow and we'll be pretty good. I like how the new guys filled up the stat sheet too. Past years this didn't happen even against warm up club teams.

 

[RUChoppin]

I'm not getting my hopes up until we've had at least 6-8 games under our belts. This team is still too new to playing with each other to expect any sort of consistency yet - once I see them start to develop together, then I'll start to set some expectations. Until then? Nice that they've won two, and I hope they keep it up.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

We'd have to improve a ton, stay healthy, and have a few of our core players get hot from the perimeter.

Watching yesterday...one of the early possessions Lewis get the ball in the high post and the wing (Foreman?) cuts to the basket. Lewis throws a chest pass on the fly at the belt of the cutter and we don't convert. Another possession we hit Foreman in the high post and 1st thing he does is puts the ball on the floor...meaningless dribble.

We were 0-12 from 3 at one point. We had 17-18 turnovers. .

Holy crap those are BAD stats. I don't care who you're playing, or what time of year it is, wow.

 

[Mr_Twister]

Without a reliable 3-point game and subpar free throw shooting, upsets are unlikely. Very small or no margin for error. God help us if we don't stay healthy (knock on wood).

St. Johns ... Free throws 5-14. 35.7%. High school JV teams shoot better. 3-pointers 4-10. 40% Acceptable, good.