Lute Olson is a compassionate, compassionate man
God bless Lute Olson. Honestly. Out of the kindness in his heart, he decided to schedule a few games against mid-majors. As most know, hoops teams from major conferences have very little to gain from playing mid-majors seeing as they look stupid just for doing it and if they lose they'll watch their RPI get hit harder than Steve Nash.
Does anyone else find it bizarre that a team is under more pressure playing in Dahlberg Arena than Cameron Indoor Stadium? Seriously, if you're on the line, down by two with a FT percentage floating somewhere near 50% would you rather be facing Duke or UM?
I wonder how long it'll be before a Stanford-calibre team finds its way into the Zoo again. Can someone sign the Griz up for the Lute Olson Sympath Tour?
The Wildcats will have its own mid-major outreach program by playing Cal State Fullerton, San Diego State and UNLV this upcoming season. (Three teams, incidentally, that yours truly follows the most.) Arizona also will play Fresno State, too. The Titans and the Big West are a long-shot for an at-large bid, but UNLV and San Diego State (and maybe Fresno) certainly are. So Arizona should be applauded for helping outIt's sad that its gotten to the point that it's probably gutsy-er to schedule a mid-major than a major opponent. You'd think coaches would have enough confidence in their teams to go out and play teams with much lower talent levels. If you're an elite team, you really don't lose much from a defeat at the hands of a fellow major hoops team. However, it looks awful when you lose to, say, Oral Roberts.
Does anyone else find it bizarre that a team is under more pressure playing in Dahlberg Arena than Cameron Indoor Stadium? Seriously, if you're on the line, down by two with a FT percentage floating somewhere near 50% would you rather be facing Duke or UM?
I wonder how long it'll be before a Stanford-calibre team finds its way into the Zoo again. Can someone sign the Griz up for the Lute Olson Sympath Tour?
