I blame Tuesday's -

Just one minor quibble, or perhaps it's a clarification on your end. When you say "just like the last three," I personally don't feel that the 2012-13 team should be lumped in with the last two and this year's squad. That team had Withey, Releford, Young, B-Mac, et al. The first three mentioned could play some serious D, and all were fighters who wore the name on the jersey with pride. And the team was one lucky Trey Burke bomb from the parking lot away from advancing to the Elite Eight. (Or a punch to the huevos or ability to get the ball across mid-court in time by Elijah...but I digress)

When I mentioned in a separate post that this is the third straight year of bad D, I meant the prior two teams plus this one (now halfway into its season).

The rules changes on handchecking is really no excuse when other teams are playing significantly better on D than our guys have these past few games. I believe that we all thought they had finally found their "D bone" in the games leading up to this really lousy string of games. And it seems we were wrong, which is both perplexing and disappointing.

I do *not* feel good about playing tu this Saturday, even with the game in AFH. Shaka will have them just as hopped as they were for WVU tonight. I hope our boys prove me wrong.

Concur on both of your points, HE.

PS: The writeup I saw on the UT-WVU game said that there was snow and ice in Morgantown, causing the Longhorns to arrive at the arena very late. Hmmmm, looks like that wasn't a factor in their ensuing performance.

I would add "Execution" to this list.

Before playing the Chiefs in the divisional playoffs last Saturday, Tom Brady was quoted as saying the key to the game was executing as close to flawlessly as possible. He said he and every other Patriot needed to do their job and execute effectively on every play. He and the Patriots then went out and did so.

Now, think about KU in the OU game versus KU in the WVU and OSU games.

Execution needs to be on this list.