Kewlswim
12-01-2007, 12:34 AM
Hi,
When the Men's BB team last won a championship they had a loss in the early part of the season at the Pete Newell Challenge (?) against Stanford. I was at the game and distraught when the Devils lost. However, a guy sitting next to me watching the second game (Cal and I think Georgia) was like, "What are you so upset about? A loss at the beginning of a season is a good thing for a good club." That made no sense to me. Then the Devils went on to win it all. I guess my point is that it is obviously better to lose now than in March, but is a loss early in the season really GOOD for a team? Carolina in their championship year (barf, gag, choke some more), I think had a loss at the beginning of the year too. Is there something to this?
GO DUKE!
When the Men's BB team last won a championship they had a loss in the early part of the season at the Pete Newell Challenge (?) against Stanford. I was at the game and distraught when the Devils lost. However, a guy sitting next to me watching the second game (Cal and I think Georgia) was like, "What are you so upset about? A loss at the beginning of a season is a good thing for a good club." That made no sense to me. Then the Devils went on to win it all. I guess my point is that it is obviously better to lose now than in March, but is a loss early in the season really GOOD for a team? Carolina in their championship year (barf, gag, choke some more), I think had a loss at the beginning of the year too. Is there something to this?
GO DUKE!