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It's really the good, the bad, and the ugly -- or just the bad and the ugly. Five games (3 of them away) in ten days, most of them, it appears, without 2-3 starters. Even the "good" you mention -- that $¢ game being rescheduled -- really crowds the schedule and makes for one hell of a tough run, made worse by injuries. 

I'm still bullish on the team making the tourney, though, which may be more hope than anything. If they could win even five or six of the next 11, get back to near-full strength by the time of the P12 tourney, and then win two more games at least, an invitation seems likely, given the schedule and quality wins. Hoping, anyway.

The good news: The USC games have been rescheduled for Feb. 2nd (Maples) and Feb. 22nd (LA).  That's two chances for quality wins.

The bad news: We have 4 games in 8 days coming up: 1/28 @ Ariz, 1/30 @ ASU, 2/2 USC, 2/4 Cal

The worse news: Wills, Davis, and Williams are not traveling to Arizona and won't be available for either of those games.  No word beyond that.

I think the main thing during this period of attrition is to avoid bad losses.  Cal is like 173rd in the NET ratings.  ASU is 120.  Losing to Arizona (29th) or USC (23rd) won't hurt our Tourney chances, but losing to Cal or ASU would be bad.  The injuries excuse will only help so much.

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It's really the good, the bad, and the ugly -- or just the bad and the ugly. Five games (3 of them away) in ten days, most of them, it appears, without 2-3 starters. Even the "good" you mention -- that $¢ game being rescheduled -- really crowds the schedule and makes for one hell of a tough run, made worse by injuries. 

I'm still bullish on the team making the tourney, though, which may be more hope than anything. If they could win even five or six of the next 11, get back to near-full strength by the time of the P12 tourney, and then win two more games at least, an invitation seems likely, given the schedule and quality wins. Hoping, anyway.

The good news: The USC games have been rescheduled for Feb. 2nd (Maples) and Feb. 22nd (LA).  That's two chances for quality wins.

The bad news: We have 4 games in 8 days coming up: 1/28 @ Ariz, 1/30 @ ASU, 2/2 USC, 2/4 Cal

The worse news: Wills, Davis, and Williams are not traveling to Arizona and won't be available for either of those games.  No word beyond that.

I think the main thing during this period of attrition is to avoid bad losses.  Cal is like 173rd in the NET ratings.  ASU is 120.  Losing to Arizona (29th) or USC (23rd) won't hurt our Tourney chances, but losing to Cal or ASU would be bad.  The injuries excuse will only help so much.