SoonerinNC
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I'm not satisfied even with 9-9 conference but I feel that the coaches got about all there was to get from this team. We played a lot of close games and won a few more than we lost but lost more than we won in conference. I do think that Kruger needs to ask himself why we do better out of conference than we do agianst teams that know us well.
We had a good sub top-25 team and generally did well against teams at that level, particularly out of conference. We were generally competitive against most of the top teams we played with some exception, most notably K-State.
We had a decent senior group but none that gave us that game after game solid performance. James the closest. Muni never reached the lofty predictions and his injury hurt us at least depth wise.
We lacked depth and usually suffered when we had to substitute as most mens teams have to do. The transfers and Freeman faded after the non-conference.
I am a big Kruger supporter but he has to bear the brunt. His seniors, with the possible exception of James didn't improve much. McGusty never learned to play five man basketball and is gone along with Shepard whose soph year was obliterated by Young. Generally he needed to recruit better than he did. And he has to figure why guys like Weber seem to play so well against us. Actually we did pretty well considering how undersized we were.
We have our three best returning (Doolittle, Manek and Bieniemy) along with Reeves. Good nucleus to build on. Aparently a good recruiting class coming in. Good opportunity for our Sooners to have a good 19-20.
We had a good sub top-25 team and generally did well against teams at that level, particularly out of conference. We were generally competitive against most of the top teams we played with some exception, most notably K-State.
We had a decent senior group but none that gave us that game after game solid performance. James the closest. Muni never reached the lofty predictions and his injury hurt us at least depth wise.
We lacked depth and usually suffered when we had to substitute as most mens teams have to do. The transfers and Freeman faded after the non-conference.
I am a big Kruger supporter but he has to bear the brunt. His seniors, with the possible exception of James didn't improve much. McGusty never learned to play five man basketball and is gone along with Shepard whose soph year was obliterated by Young. Generally he needed to recruit better than he did. And he has to figure why guys like Weber seem to play so well against us. Actually we did pretty well considering how undersized we were.
We have our three best returning (Doolittle, Manek and Bieniemy) along with Reeves. Good nucleus to build on. Aparently a good recruiting class coming in. Good opportunity for our Sooners to have a good 19-20.