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Originally Posted by lcarus
For whatever reason, I just wasn't that excited about our team this season. I felt that, outside of our 1-and-done players, the team was just pretty "meh". Hopefully next year they give me something to truly be excited about. I know a lot of fans felt the same way. Me and KC Connection for example...neither of us were surprised that we fell to an inferior Stanford squad today. I didn't feel that bad after the loss at all. Normally I'm just depressed as hell after a tournament loss. That loss to Michigan last season? I felt awful after that. Today I feel just fine. We'll be back here next season.
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I still think this team's peak level was better than every other team, but we never saw it that often. About halfway through the season it just became apparent this team was missing something. You kept expecting it to click, but it never did. Call it a consistent intensity/focus level or just that desire to be great, but it wasn't like other Self teams in that regard. And that was even with Embiid. It's a shame to lose to an inferior team, but I think everyone (OK, maybe not BL) had already braced themselves for this one a long time ago. It's not crushing in the least, at least not by our usual standards.
I'm just glad I got to see a little bit of Wiggins and Embiid's development before they go on to be great players for the next decade plus.