by Ruckus on Sun Mar 06, 2016 8:11 pm
We had a losing record this year. That's all you really need to know.
I was never expecting this team to repeat and stand up to the level of success of the last few. I knew losing Skinner and Cochran would hurt us. I guess I am more disappointed in how we finished than anything. Losing 4 out of 5 in the last 2 weeks to UNCG, WCU (twice) and ETSU.
That being said, we lost a one point OT game at Mercer and of course the miracle tip-in finish/loss at FU without which would have put us right there. Yesterday was a toss up with WCU essentially having a home game.
In Spencer's defense, he played against every team's best defender each night. There's plenty of blame to go around: Gordon was too inconsistent, Gactia missed too many key shots, Fletcher, while a huge offensive threat, had trouble adjusting to playing defense in the SoCon, CJ while a stout post defender was never an offensive threat, and we got very few points off our bench.
In the end though, it was our inept defense (especially on the perimeter) that sunk us. I saw where MY had some strong remarks about that in his post game yesterday.
Our seniors played hard and led well. They all had great careers in their own way. Proud of their representation of Wofford and appreciate their sacrifice and effort.
Next year will be a big unknown. We may be another year or 2 away from a serious run assuming we get another dynamic PG to replace Garcia.