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New Mexico State 74, Illinois 69 POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 631370" data-source="post: 1359511"><p>I was thinking about this last night. </p><p></p><p>This team + Egwu is probably 11-2 right now. Heck, this team + Tilmon is 11-2 at worst. </p><p></p><p>None of that matters, of course. All teams can pose various hypotheticals that make them much better than what they are. But it does illuminate what the root problem is -- and that root problem is the lack of a big man who can defend the rim.</p><p></p><p>The stuff about identity and learning the system and whatnot is still valid. There is typically a learning curve early, and we're experiencing it. But that's not the biggest obstacle we're trying to overcome. And unfortunately, our biggest obstacle isn't one we can overcome without recruiting more big guys.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime, we can try to limit the damage by executing better in other phases of the game. I suspect we'll do that over time. But it takes time. The problem is, even this team's best is going to fall short of where some here think we ought to be this season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 631370, post: 1359511"] I was thinking about this last night. This team + Egwu is probably 11-2 right now. Heck, this team + Tilmon is 11-2 at worst. None of that matters, of course. All teams can pose various hypotheticals that make them much better than what they are. But it does illuminate what the root problem is -- and that root problem is the lack of a big man who can defend the rim. The stuff about identity and learning the system and whatnot is still valid. There is typically a learning curve early, and we're experiencing it. But that's not the biggest obstacle we're trying to overcome. And unfortunately, our biggest obstacle isn't one we can overcome without recruiting more big guys. In the meantime, we can try to limit the damage by executing better in other phases of the game. I suspect we'll do that over time. But it takes time. The problem is, even this team's best is going to fall short of where some here think we ought to be this season. [/QUOTE]
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