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<blockquote data-quote="ESPNjacket" data-source="post: 548700" data-attributes="member: 2775"><p>The bubble is weak mostly because of the Pac-12. As a Big 6 conference it should have 5 or 6 legitimate tournament candidates at a minimum each year. Those extra 4 or so slots essentially move the top 4 bubble teams into the tournament. Add in a weak Mountain West and no depth in the American and it is more like the top 6-8 bubble teams are in, hence the soft bubble.</p><p></p><p>Regarding GT, the returning team's core of Alvarado, Devoe, Banks, and Usher with another year of experience looks like the core of a bubble team. Most of them having played together this year is a positive as well. Among the projects, we need at least two to step up to an average ACC 5th or 6th man level. I'd put the odds of this happening at about 25%. I'd like to put it higher but here are the things that need to improve for it to happen:</p><p></p><p>- A coherent offensive approach. The staff should know the players well enough next year to figure out what they can and can't do. Fiddling with different approaches during the season doesn't work at this level very well.</p><p></p><p>- If we stay a primarily zone defensive team, rebounding is going to remain a problem. In order to minimize that problem we must take better care of the ball. See above.</p><p></p><p>- No bad losses in the early games. A team with as much experience returning should not have a mid-major home game loss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ESPNjacket, post: 548700, member: 2775"] The bubble is weak mostly because of the Pac-12. As a Big 6 conference it should have 5 or 6 legitimate tournament candidates at a minimum each year. Those extra 4 or so slots essentially move the top 4 bubble teams into the tournament. Add in a weak Mountain West and no depth in the American and it is more like the top 6-8 bubble teams are in, hence the soft bubble. Regarding GT, the returning team's core of Alvarado, Devoe, Banks, and Usher with another year of experience looks like the core of a bubble team. Most of them having played together this year is a positive as well. Among the projects, we need at least two to step up to an average ACC 5th or 6th man level. I'd put the odds of this happening at about 25%. I'd like to put it higher but here are the things that need to improve for it to happen: - A coherent offensive approach. The staff should know the players well enough next year to figure out what they can and can't do. Fiddling with different approaches during the season doesn't work at this level very well. - If we stay a primarily zone defensive team, rebounding is going to remain a problem. In order to minimize that problem we must take better care of the ball. See above. - No bad losses in the early games. A team with as much experience returning should not have a mid-major home game loss. [/QUOTE]
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