It's his last rivalry game. So maybe there's some emotion. And we can beat SC. But this team isn't good. It's not nearly as talented as some thought. It's a pieced together roster with no chemistry and little coaching.
Basketball, more than any other sport I think, is about having the best high end talent on the floor. You're generally better off having two really good players and 3 marginal ones than having 5 solid to pretty good players.
Everybody got excited about the talent on this team, but we are talented because we go ten deep. We don't have really high end talent at any one position. Molinar is the closest, and he could be the best player on the team if the 2nd player was about as good as him and it was solid everywhere else. But he really needs to be the second best player on a good team. Tolu is a really strong role player. You're #1 would have to be really good for Tolu to be your second guy and the team be good. I think Jeffries and Brooks ar ethe same. They look like they have everything they need to be a #1 guy, but I don't think they're ever good #2's. Brooks lost time at UNC and Jeffries, while it's hard to say because of injuries, didn't do anything to make you think he was going to be what people thought at Memphis.
We have a team with a strong #2 and then 9 deep of guys that range from solid #3's to weak #2's. It would have taken incredible coaching or just luck with chemistry developing to really translate all that deep talent into a really good team. Doesn't look like i'ts going to happen. Looks like we are a borderline bubble team. Good enough to consistently be discussed as far as getting into the tournament, but probably consistently as a team that doesn't quite make the cut.
