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<blockquote data-quote="RamblinRed" data-source="post: 697224" data-attributes="member: 1776"><p>in short the answer is yes to all of the above.</p><p>This year is the weakest the league has been in quite some time, but that doesn't mean its easy, almost the opposite. Unlike most of the power leagues this season, there aren't any easy victories. The #15 team right now is UNC at 5-13. #14 is Pitt at 6-13, Then Wake and Miami are both 6-12. Compare that to some of the other conferences. in the Big East you have 2-14 DePaul and 4-12 St. John's. in the Big 10 you have Nebraska and Northwestern both at 2-16 (and 7 wins overall). Big 12 has Kansas St at 2-14 and 9 wins overall. SEC has a 1-15 Vandy. Even the 'weaker' teams in the ACC aren't weak enough to give the middle tier teams easy wins.</p><p></p><p>We were missing players early. In particular, Jose Alvarado missed from the 2nd game of the season until the Hawaii trip. He is the best basketball player on the team. Jordan Usher was not eligible until after Dec 18th. Mike Devoe, the 2nd best player of the team, missed 3 games in Jan. That doesn't excuse some of the losses. But thinking losing Jose would have no negative effect on team performance is silly.</p><p></p><p>Pastner's team has definitely gotten better as the season has progressed and players have had more time to practice and play with each other. But it also helps that the ACC schedule was frontloaded so more of the tougher games were early on.</p><p></p><p>The OOC was not 'brutal', but it was the most difficult one GT has had in a very long time. At KenPom its OOC SOS is currently ranked #55. That may not sound like much, but realize that is the 7th toughest OOC SOS by a Power 6 conference team and the 2nd most difficult in the ACC behind UNC's. Most of the toughest are low and mid major programs who travel all over to play power 6 programs. </p><p></p><p>The other issue is this team until later in the season pretty much lost all the close games. If its current KenPom rating held it would be the highest of Pastner's tenure and the 3rd highest in the last 12 years (Behind Gregory's NIT team and Hewitt's last NCAA team).</p><p></p><p>Next year will be the last chance imo for Pastner to prove himself at GT. On paper he should return 7 of his 8 primary rotation players. in Conference play Jose and Mike both avg 35 mpg. Moses avg 32, James 31, Jordan 27. Off the bench Bubba avg 26, Cole and Moore 11. Only James is a Sr. </p><p>If he suffers no attrition among his rotation players we return 7 and then add in Sjolund who redshirted this season as well as 3 FR, Saba Gigiberia (7ft center), Jordan Meka (6'8 PF/C), Tristan Maxwell (6'2 shooting guard). While Gigberia is the highest rated of the newcomers my personal belief is that Maxwell is going to have the largest impact next season of the FR. He is the son of former NBA player Vernon 'Mad Max' Maxwell and while like Jose and Mike he is not a plus athlete, he is a crafty basketball player, especially on offense where he has been a really strong scorer at all 3 levels in HS. We've seen alot of 3-guard play later this season with Jose, Bubba and Mike. I think we are going to see even more next season with those 3 and Maxwell.</p><p></p><p>The other piece for next season is recruiting. Pastner will have at least 4 scholarships to give out. Who ultimately takes them? How highly regarded are they? The answer to those questions as well as if the team can get into the NCAA next season will likely determine whether Pastner gets a season 6.</p><p>IMO this year's team needed to show it is at least bubblee quality. I think late in the season we are starting to see that, but they lost too much early for it to matter. Next year it has to be an NCAA team, period. Otherwise imo it will be time to move on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RamblinRed, post: 697224, member: 1776"] in short the answer is yes to all of the above. This year is the weakest the league has been in quite some time, but that doesn't mean its easy, almost the opposite. Unlike most of the power leagues this season, there aren't any easy victories. The #15 team right now is UNC at 5-13. #14 is Pitt at 6-13, Then Wake and Miami are both 6-12. Compare that to some of the other conferences. in the Big East you have 2-14 DePaul and 4-12 St. John's. in the Big 10 you have Nebraska and Northwestern both at 2-16 (and 7 wins overall). Big 12 has Kansas St at 2-14 and 9 wins overall. SEC has a 1-15 Vandy. Even the 'weaker' teams in the ACC aren't weak enough to give the middle tier teams easy wins. We were missing players early. In particular, Jose Alvarado missed from the 2nd game of the season until the Hawaii trip. He is the best basketball player on the team. Jordan Usher was not eligible until after Dec 18th. Mike Devoe, the 2nd best player of the team, missed 3 games in Jan. That doesn't excuse some of the losses. But thinking losing Jose would have no negative effect on team performance is silly. Pastner's team has definitely gotten better as the season has progressed and players have had more time to practice and play with each other. But it also helps that the ACC schedule was frontloaded so more of the tougher games were early on. The OOC was not 'brutal', but it was the most difficult one GT has had in a very long time. At KenPom its OOC SOS is currently ranked #55. That may not sound like much, but realize that is the 7th toughest OOC SOS by a Power 6 conference team and the 2nd most difficult in the ACC behind UNC's. Most of the toughest are low and mid major programs who travel all over to play power 6 programs. The other issue is this team until later in the season pretty much lost all the close games. If its current KenPom rating held it would be the highest of Pastner's tenure and the 3rd highest in the last 12 years (Behind Gregory's NIT team and Hewitt's last NCAA team). Next year will be the last chance imo for Pastner to prove himself at GT. On paper he should return 7 of his 8 primary rotation players. in Conference play Jose and Mike both avg 35 mpg. Moses avg 32, James 31, Jordan 27. Off the bench Bubba avg 26, Cole and Moore 11. Only James is a Sr. If he suffers no attrition among his rotation players we return 7 and then add in Sjolund who redshirted this season as well as 3 FR, Saba Gigiberia (7ft center), Jordan Meka (6'8 PF/C), Tristan Maxwell (6'2 shooting guard). While Gigberia is the highest rated of the newcomers my personal belief is that Maxwell is going to have the largest impact next season of the FR. He is the son of former NBA player Vernon 'Mad Max' Maxwell and while like Jose and Mike he is not a plus athlete, he is a crafty basketball player, especially on offense where he has been a really strong scorer at all 3 levels in HS. We've seen alot of 3-guard play later this season with Jose, Bubba and Mike. I think we are going to see even more next season with those 3 and Maxwell. The other piece for next season is recruiting. Pastner will have at least 4 scholarships to give out. Who ultimately takes them? How highly regarded are they? The answer to those questions as well as if the team can get into the NCAA next season will likely determine whether Pastner gets a season 6. IMO this year's team needed to show it is at least bubblee quality. I think late in the season we are starting to see that, but they lost too much early for it to matter. Next year it has to be an NCAA team, period. Otherwise imo it will be time to move on. [/QUOTE]
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