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May 02, 2006, 09:03:16 AM
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What are the immeasurables that factor in to our poor road records over the years?  I know the average winning % is lower for teams when they travel, but we've taken that to the extreme.  We lost to seemingly inferior "no name" teams from small conferences, when we would destroy them the year before on our home court.  What caused this?

May 02, 2006, 09:14:02 AM
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I think it was a mental block as much as anything.  Once an expectation sets in, it becomes more and more difficult to overcome it.

May 02, 2006, 09:15:39 AM
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May 02, 2006, 10:34:10 AM
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Our last 3 coaches have pretty much been equally bad on the road, and not really that good at home.  In conference games only, all 3 hovered  around .500 at home (which is not good enough) and around .200 on the road.  Wooly's deal was he was nearly equally mediocre every year, Altman and Asbury had a couple solid years (NCAA teams) and a couple horrid years (2 wins in the league) to even it out. 

A reasonable goal to be a contending team is .800 at home and at least .500 on the road.  That gets you around 10-6 every year in the league.

As far as the problem, I'd say its mainly the inability to maintain a consistent talent base to compete year in and year out in the Big 12.  Both Altman and Asbury were able to put together one season with a stud JUCO PG and transfer PF with reasonable talent mixed around it, but other than that their recruiting was actually worse than Wooly's IMO.  Wooly was never able to put that formula together to make a legit run in the league, but probably recruited consistently better talent (still not good enough) and was also plagued by the transfer issues.  None were Big 12 caliber coaches during their time here and only Altman has been able to find a niche to succeed in. 

May 02, 2006, 10:48:32 AM
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What are the immeasurables that factor in to our poor road records over the years?  I know the average winning % is lower for teams when they travel, but we've taken that to the extreme.  We lost to seemingly inferior "no name" teams from small conferences, when we would destroy them the year before on our home court.  What caused this?

Simple really, bottom-feeder teams (whether it's KSU/NU/CU/BU) win mildly at home...and never win on the road.
It is a tragedy because now, we have at least an extra month without Cat football until next year. I hate wasting my life away but I can hardly wait until next year.

May 02, 2006, 12:36:17 PM
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May 02, 2006, 04:43:00 PM
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no question---mental toughness/confidence

May 02, 2006, 05:27:08 PM
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Also, we are bad in close games.  In so many of the close games this last year when we had the ball and a chance to tie or win with a last shot we usually turned it over or shot one thats really poor.  It seems we need a 5 point lead in final minute at home and maybe 7 or 8 on the road to have a chance.  Huggins should change this, and I think this is why Woolridge couldn't get over the hump, poor plays in the last two minutes.  If Huggins was on our bench for only the last two minutes of every game last season, I think we could've added about four more wins. 

May 02, 2006, 06:51:13 PM
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i wonder if wooly ever once practiced an end of the game scenario cause it sure never looked like we were even remotely comfortable under any circumstances at the end of the game.  even in some of the close games we won over the years it looked like we were trying to lose.

May 02, 2006, 07:10:54 PM
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I think they were just lucky at home.


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