Charleston Pony wrote:There are always plenty of early season upsets, but seems like more "no names" are involved this year and that makes it seem worse. There are some pretty good no names out there...just look at last year's tourney with teams like UMBC and Loyola-Chicago.
It is really going to have an impact on the NET ranking this year. Very interesting to see how it turns out.
The fact is that there are a lot better shooters across the board in youth basketball now than every before. If you go watch youth ball, there are a ton of players who grew up watching Steph and have figured out how to jack up quick shots and be very efficient from three. None of them can shoot free throws, but it is amazing what they can do from three and how far out their range is.
That breadth of shooters will allow a lot of teams to hang in against athletically superior teams. You will see more and more of these types of upsets and close scores as we move forward.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 3:20 pm