astoria26
01-28-2008, 12:11 PM
Been thinking about it for awhile, but how eerie are the similarities of this year’s team to the 2001 title team?
1. Another poster noted this, but on the exact same day, we go down by 9 at halftime to Maryland at home (Coach K probably threw that technical in there to make sure of the score, right?), but needed no miracle in 54 seconds to push it into OT and win – we won outright.
2. In both years: we win the Maui championship. A tall, skilled blond kid from Oregon wins tournament MVP.
3. We lose a heartbreaker in December to a ranked team – by 1 – the first December loss this decade since Stanford in 2001.
4. We have a senior who steps up big with leadership and iron will (Battier, Nelson), a sophomore super-athlete who can drive into traffic or pull up for the jumper all day long (JayWill, G), a long, versatile small forward who can play all 5 positions – and loves to stroke it from deep (Dunleavy, Singler), and a freshman jet who plays pivotal minutes (Duhon, Nolan).
All we’re missing is Carlos Boozer. Well, Josh bailed, so maybe we can have a Boozer by committee (Boozer, Z + LT + Scheyer’s nose for boards + McClure). Let’s see how this all works out! :)
1. Another poster noted this, but on the exact same day, we go down by 9 at halftime to Maryland at home (Coach K probably threw that technical in there to make sure of the score, right?), but needed no miracle in 54 seconds to push it into OT and win – we won outright.
2. In both years: we win the Maui championship. A tall, skilled blond kid from Oregon wins tournament MVP.
3. We lose a heartbreaker in December to a ranked team – by 1 – the first December loss this decade since Stanford in 2001.
4. We have a senior who steps up big with leadership and iron will (Battier, Nelson), a sophomore super-athlete who can drive into traffic or pull up for the jumper all day long (JayWill, G), a long, versatile small forward who can play all 5 positions – and loves to stroke it from deep (Dunleavy, Singler), and a freshman jet who plays pivotal minutes (Duhon, Nolan).
All we’re missing is Carlos Boozer. Well, Josh bailed, so maybe we can have a Boozer by committee (Boozer, Z + LT + Scheyer’s nose for boards + McClure). Let’s see how this all works out! :)