Regardless if this team manages to slip into the dance, it's been a season of very poor play and poorer coaching. Our season this year was padded with the directional and religious affiliated schools and that shitty WVU team was the only ranked team we've beat all year. The offensive play, line-ups, ball security, rebounding, and shot selection has been consistently horrific.
We are seeing know, what should've / could've been the level of product on the court at the start of conference games.
This little upswing with a depleted roster has been a nice change, but I think it reflects the coaches being forced into lineups and a back against the wall mentality that should've present before the big-12 conference games started.
It's been a year of substandard coaching that you'd expect for the price of a mid-level high school coaches salary. I suspect Shaka will continue as coach next year if he makes the NCAA tournament and doesn't get humiliated in the first game. I'm not thrilled about, but that would be probably what the ceiling was for this team at the beginning of the season.
If he makes the NIT again, we need to take the $ hit and hand him his walking papers.
I'm a fan of the team regardless of who is wearing the colors or coaching, and I'd like to see the team win out, make the dance, and surprise the naysayers. I'd like to hope this streak of 3 wins has been a "come to Jesus" awakening for Shaka to be focused on what wins games and less focused on not hurting anybody's feelings. That said, I remain skeptical.