Bolton and Nixon both have a lot of Jekyll and Hyde in them.
Good Bolton is attacking the rim, drawing fouls, and sinking free throws.
Good Nixon is being a pest on defense and moving the ball on offense.
Bad Bolton is clanking shots. Bad Nixon is trying to create offense for himself.
Imagine this team if we had Wigginton and Horton-Tucker back -- or even just one of them to provide some more consistent half-court offense.
We are building up a sample size now to the point we kind of are who we are. This team is between the 2011 and 2018 bad teams but not as good as any of our past tournament teams, which were usually at least a few games above the bubble.
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Teams with a similar profile on efficiency ratings to ours...
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...were about 50-50 on making the tournament and, even if they did, did not tend to go very far. If we get a Ro64 out of this season, I will be pleasantly surprised.