02-10-2022, 02:31 PM
(02-10-2022, 01:54 PM)winflop Wrote: This is a win they need to get after losing at home to Wazzu. Can't afford more than a couple losses the rest of the season to have any chance at the dance.
Agree that this would be an "over the hump" type of win.
More realistically, I see a loss here and a loss to Arizona. Winning the other 5 (all definitely winnable) games puts us at "need to win a couple games or the whole Pac-12 tournament to get in" territory. Unfortunately my gut tells me that neither of those two things - winning all 5 winnable games, and/or winning multiple rounds of the tournament - will happen, and we're NIT-bound.
When the above happens, we'll have a "should Haase be fired" discussion, Haase won't be fired regardless so there's no real point in the discussion, and nearly the entire team will return for next season. The pivotal question will be if a) Ingram returns as well (my suspicion is he will), and b) to a lesser extent Delaire. If a) or a) and b), there's considerable hype. If b), more NIT. If neither a) nor b), yikes.