Rebel10 wrote:mustangxc wrote:The two losses we have so far were expected. It would have been nice to close out USC last night, but those of you saying we would have stomped them probably don't follow college basketball. Stanford last season was a Pac-12 bottom dweller, while USC was an NCAA tournament team last season and will be again this season. Last year's team may have beaten this USC team, but it would have been close.
You expected to lose to USC. Okay. So I guess we should expect to lose to all tournament teams we play. We should beat TCU right?
I'll answer that b/c I agree with XC....I penciled in 3 OOC losses and figured one would come in NYC, one on this road trip and another just because of who we are. That DOES NOT mean we'll lose to any tourney team we play. I've maintained all along that we will improve as the season goes on and we'll hit our stride some time in February. We need to stay healthy, work in the noobs and not burn out the starters.
As for leadership...I saw Sterling show signs in the second half yesterday. He carried the team for a stretch but the game was pretty much out of hand. He can't do it alone though. Get used to having no star, no alpha dog. This has to be a team thing.