At times I don't think this is a great team, and yet other times--I think there is a higher upside when I see progress with the bigs.

The coach can only do so much. Altman's teams have established the norm of being one of the best teams in the country at this time of the season. This team has played very well, 11 of 13 is impressive. But they were so bad early that this 85% run still has them on the bubble.

On 2/15/2022 at 1:34 PM, Charles Fischer said:

At times I don't think this is a great team, and yet other times--I think there is a higher upside when I see progress with the bigs.

I'm with you; it's a puzzling team. What concerns me most about this particular bunch is that I don't see that killer instinct in them as a group. And, I don't see a particular guy--with maybe the exception of Jacob Young--who will take command of the team at the end of a game when they are protecting a lead. They continue to be very shaky at the end of games when they have a relatively slim lead. That doesn't bode well for PAC-12 tournament time.