Yeah, yeah, yeah… lets all say it together. Ready?
“We’re young.”
Sick of it yet? Yeah, me too. That excuse is getting pretty tired and I think it’s time for a new revelation. We are underachieving. In two matchups against Stanford the Cougs built 20 and 18 point leads because they are actually that much better than Stanford. In both contests those leads evaporated because this team has failed to improve on its most glaring weakness… maintaining defensive intensity for a full 40 minutes. We first learned this lesson way, way, way back against Eastern Washington and continued to learn it through contests with Gonzaga, Oregon, Oregon State, Arizona, Stanford, Washington, and Stanford again. If I didn’t live 6 miles away from the Idaho Vandals I would say that we are the biggest chokers in all of basketball. Quite frankly, no lead, against any opponent is safe for us, because for some reason our team continues to be too comfortable once they build a lead. Amazing, considering they’ve never held onto one against an opponent with a pulse.
So I invite you, dear readers, to vent. Let it all out. The comments are now open…
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