That's probably up there as the most cliché saying in all of sports.
But I think that's where we're at as a program...and it fits our team and fanbase about as well as any I can remember.
When you look at our remaining 10 games...holy hell. I'm not sure I can pick out a single game I'd confidently pick that we'll win. So thinking ahead, where will IU finish, can they catch Purdouche, what do the tournaments end up looking like...yikes?! Who the heck knows?
But, can we beat Maryland at Maryland? Hell yes we can! UCLA curb stomped them in their gym. They look very similar to Illinois to me. We've actually played decent ball there a few times in the last decade. If we defend well, we're just better than them. PSU/Minny performance and they'll drill us though.
And then after that game, no matter how Maryland goes...can we beat Purdue in the Hall? Of course. Its actually a decent matchup for us. And its in the Hall.
And evidence that even a loss or two shouldn't crush our season dreams...who would have thought we'd have won 5 in a row after the late December/early January we had? No one has a clue how this team is going to respond to wins and losses. Rikki and the Pom Squad don't know. Big Red Buffalo and the Sky Fallers don't know.
So lets go play well at Maryland tomorrow night. And I don't know if its comforting or not, but whether we do or don't play well tomorrow night, likely isn't any sort of indicator on how we'll do Saturday.
But I think that's where we're at as a program...and it fits our team and fanbase about as well as any I can remember.
When you look at our remaining 10 games...holy hell. I'm not sure I can pick out a single game I'd confidently pick that we'll win. So thinking ahead, where will IU finish, can they catch Purdouche, what do the tournaments end up looking like...yikes?! Who the heck knows?
But, can we beat Maryland at Maryland? Hell yes we can! UCLA curb stomped them in their gym. They look very similar to Illinois to me. We've actually played decent ball there a few times in the last decade. If we defend well, we're just better than them. PSU/Minny performance and they'll drill us though.
And then after that game, no matter how Maryland goes...can we beat Purdue in the Hall? Of course. Its actually a decent matchup for us. And its in the Hall.
And evidence that even a loss or two shouldn't crush our season dreams...who would have thought we'd have won 5 in a row after the late December/early January we had? No one has a clue how this team is going to respond to wins and losses. Rikki and the Pom Squad don't know. Big Red Buffalo and the Sky Fallers don't know.
So lets go play well at Maryland tomorrow night. And I don't know if its comforting or not, but whether we do or don't play well tomorrow night, likely isn't any sort of indicator on how we'll do Saturday.