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Excellent work on the variance analysis. That has been the by chicos bail bonds

theme with this team the past few years. Brey went all in with this group - depending on how long he sticks around, this could define the end of this career at ND. As you noted with Ryan, the challenge is that other than him, no one really does anything else all that well other than shoot. So if you are not shooting well, there isn't much else to benefit from. I wasn't able to watch yesterday. I did listen to a bit on the radio and was disappointed that we came out so slow.

The one thing I thought about this team after the first 5 games was that the experienced guys weren't overly excited about these games and were just going to grind out wins....almost like an NBA team that doesn't really do a lot for 82 games but kicks it into a higher gear once the playoffs begin. To some extent, I'm okay with that as long as you get the wins. I considered yesterday to be the first test of any significance as it was the first game away from home and a decent opponent. It would appear we came out flat although it's hard to tell without watching.

The ACC looks pretty bad again so we better do our work in some of these upcoming games. I still believe this team can do a lot of damage but they will have to find ways to win games win the perimeter shots are not falling. The MSU game might be UK last year in terms of a game we need to get.

Starling and Lubin become pretty critical. They can help in different ways in terms of scoring and protecting the rim. And I would say the area we might miss Wesley the most is disrupting passing lanes. He got his hands on a lot of passes because of his length. Starling, while also athletically gifted, does not have the same length and may not help as much defensively.

I try to not put too much stock into one game but we don't have a lot of margin for error outside of conference play. I think the mid-majors are going to get a record number of at large bids to the tournament due to the number of transfers.