[Crafter Artisan]

This team is shaping up to be a second-half team at home and a first-half team on the road, and I think at halftime of the USC game it might have started to get ahead of itself, and is rutted mentally as a result.  The best thing for them might be to stop worrying about NCAA berth, NIT berths, NET rankings, none of which truly come into play until more than a month from now, and simply focus on playing offense at a passable level, without their defense immolating when the offense does play at a good level.  You won't win very often when your opponent scores 59 points and goes 8/8 from three in a half.  There are no gimmies, no get-well games, remaining on the schedule.

[Crafter Artisan]

This team is shaping up to be a second-half team at home and a first-half team on the road, and I think at halftime of the USC game it might have started to get ahead of itself, and is rutted mentally as a result.  The best thing for them might be to stop worrying about NCAA berth, NIT berths, NET rankings, none of which truly come into play until more than a month from now, and simply focus on playing offense at a passable level, without their defense immolating when the offense does play at a good level.  You won't win very often when your opponent scores 59 points and goes 8/8 from three in a half.  There are no gimmies, no get-well games, remaining on the schedule.