You do realize that with Rabb & Bird hurt they was missing 41% of their scoring, 42% of their rebounding, 25% of their blocks and 25% of their steals per game. Not to mention that team was not all recruited by him... That's a huge loss.
I'm not completely defending Martin, but that's a huge loss of production
I'm sure his team reading everywhere on the internet that he's a strong candidate at Illinois, Mizzou and NC State and then Martin issuing a non-denial doesn't help their motivation for an NIT game.