02-08-2020, 06:19 PM
(02-08-2020, 05:54 PM)chrisk Wrote: How many wins needed in the remaining 9 games to make the NIT?My guess is 19-13 would be good enough in most cases, but that would mean this team would have lost a ton of games to finish the season.
20-12 feels like a better NIT situation given how Stanford would end the season to get to 19-13.
22-11 or something in that range might be enough for the NCAA, but I am struggling to see how this team finishes with a 6-4 type final 10 games.
All of this sounds so familiar. Early in the season everyone claims the team is taking on the scrappy play style of Haase. Team shows some promise in close loses early in the season, with better results early than recent years. Despite that start the team struggles, especially on the road, in conference play. And by early March the faithful are claiming NEXT season will be the season it all comes together for Haase.
And we are not talking about Final Four or anything like that. Everything coming together merely means a trip to NCAA tournament in the #8-#11 seed range.
Injuries were not a key element to Stanford losing games to date, but will probably be a big factor in losing a lot of games for the rest of the season.
Time to swing to next year...yet again.

