hmmm wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 3:03 pm
Interesting how dismissive everyone seems to be of USC in both the Hopkins and Michigan schedule. They were 16-4 last year, won the Pac-12 and gave Denver a pretty tough game in first round of NCAAs.
I find myself automatically dismissing all the teams from the Pac 12 because of their meager showings in the NCAA's. The last time a rep from the Pac 12 made the 2nd round was 2019. You have to go back to 2017 the last time a team (USC) made the quarters.
Then I also find myself thinking maybe the team might be a little deflated/off kilter since they found out they were moving to the Big 10. (I'm not saying there's any basis for me to think this, mind--that's just what's in my head.) I'd
like to see them do well, or anyone from the Pac 12 for that matter--but they always seem to go away so quickly in the Tourney.
All to say--that's why I dismiss USC.