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Not only a win, but a win in a tough conference game where we had to score on the final possession to keep the game alive.
It is well documented on here that this team has not figured out how to close out close games (although they did get it done vs Auburn and VCU despite their best efforts to give them away).
This time, they executed (with some luck & help from St. Johns).
When Sanogo went to the line they showed the bench and Polley and Hawkins couldn't watch. They both looked ready to cry. You can tell that each of these guys want to win and know that they have consistently come up short. It has to have weighed on them. Especially with such a tough competitor of a coach that Hurley is.
They came out in OT and blew St. John's wheels off with an 11-0 run (although they did let them hang around).
Hopefully that is the confidence boost every one of them needed to know they can get it done going forward. Could be the moment we all look back to the first week of April and say "wow, what a great break on that final possession. That changed the season."
2-2 with our 4 easiest conference games coming up looks a lot better than 1-3 and sitting in last place. 4 great opportunities to build on that confidence and blow some team's wheels off ahead of a tough & packed February slate.
It is well documented on here that this team has not figured out how to close out close games (although they did get it done vs Auburn and VCU despite their best efforts to give them away).
This time, they executed (with some luck & help from St. Johns).
When Sanogo went to the line they showed the bench and Polley and Hawkins couldn't watch. They both looked ready to cry. You can tell that each of these guys want to win and know that they have consistently come up short. It has to have weighed on them. Especially with such a tough competitor of a coach that Hurley is.
They came out in OT and blew St. John's wheels off with an 11-0 run (although they did let them hang around).
Hopefully that is the confidence boost every one of them needed to know they can get it done going forward. Could be the moment we all look back to the first week of April and say "wow, what a great break on that final possession. That changed the season."
2-2 with our 4 easiest conference games coming up looks a lot better than 1-3 and sitting in last place. 4 great opportunities to build on that confidence and blow some team's wheels off ahead of a tough & packed February slate.