Timbear said:
This team is so hard to figure out. Their identity seems to be great rebounding, especially O rebounds, teamwork and a never say die determination to never give up.
I agree. On paper, they should be getting destroyed on the boards. Not the case.
Plus, its just a totally new team from the 2017-2018 version. I had to look this up:
Our 4 Seniors (Manu, Jo Acul, Omot, & Maston) were our top 4 scorers.
Lindsey (jr) - retired due to injuries
Clark - missed half of this season
Jolly - transfers out
J Davis & Okeke - walk ons
This year's team has two hold-overs (Vital & McClure) from last year's squad, with King being injured for the past few weeks.
Last year's team went 19-15, 8-10 in conference, 6th place.
This year's team is currently 19-9, 10-5 in conference, tied for 3rd, 1 game out of first. Oh how I wish we had McClure & Mason for the KSU game a couple of weeks back.
This kind of turn around is simply incredible. Regardless how the season ends, this has been one of my favorite all time teams.