[76lsjumb]

Well, that's something at least.  Smiling and men's basketball are two things that only rarely coincided on The Farm this season...

You know what's crazy about this? We went 10-4 at home. And our 4 losses were by 5, 4, 1, and 5.

Had we gone 14-0 at home, you'd probably still make that comment, and I wouldn't even blame you!

I was at almost all of those games and, to be clear, the UCLA game [even with its extennnnnnnded halftime, since it allowed the Band to dig really deep into the folder] is probably one of the most fun games I've watched in decades [although not quite on a par with beating Steve Lavin by, what was it, 200 points or something].  No one played any defense; all the shots were dropping -- long-distance 3's and thunder dunks alike; and the refs more or less stayed out of the way for much of the game.

The problem [and lack of smiling] arose from just what you pointed out with those 4 losses -- they were by 5, 4, 1, and 5.  We could/should have won them all.  Close losses aren't near smiles...  [Oh, and there were all those stinkers on the road, too.]

[76lsjumb]

Well, that's something at least.  Smiling and men's basketball are two things that only rarely coincided on The Farm this season...

You know what's crazy about this? We went 10-4 at home. And our 4 losses were by 5, 4, 1, and 5.

Had we gone 14-0 at home, you'd probably still make that comment, and I wouldn't even blame you!

I was at almost all of those games and, to be clear, the UCLA game [even with its extennnnnnnded halftime, since it allowed the Band to dig really deep into the folder] is probably one of the most fun games I've watched in decades [although not quite on a par with beating Steve Lavin by, what was it, 200 points or something].  No one played any defense; all the shots were dropping -- long-distance 3's and thunder dunks alike; and the refs more or less stayed out of the way for much of the game.

The problem [and lack of smiling] arose from just what you pointed out with those 4 losses -- they were by 5, 4, 1, and 5.  We could/should have won them all.  Close losses aren't near smiles...  [Oh, and there were all those stinkers on the road, too.]