3/12: #1 East, #1 overall, as expected. We face the #16 seed, Illinois ST, 17-18.
3/16: 84-76. We were awful. 11 lead changes, 8 ties, and we didn’t put them away until the last few minutes. Up 5 at the half.
22, 3 for Arms, 18, 2, 3, 5 for Barr, 15, 7 for Long. They actually out rebounded us. +36 in the paint saved us.
Not a good way to start and I let the players know I’m not happy.
#8 seed Tennessee, 23-10, in the 2nd round.
They’re very good PG is playing sick, flu or something. 3-3 vs. the top 25. They’re good inside and out. If we’re not sharp we could be in trouble.
3/18: 88-72. We started slow yet again. They led by 8 and we got it to 4 at halftime. We were much better in the 2nd. 28, 4 for Arms, who we’re REALLY going to miss, 21, 6, 2, 4 for Barr, 14, 6 for Dark, who’s back at 100%. +30 in the paint.
Post game press conference (excerpts): “Luke Bows, EPSN. Coach Wynn, two easy wins to start the tournament.”
“Yes, but both of those teams were over matched and frankly, we weren’t sharp in either game.”
“Are you concerned?”
“Very much so. Nothing but really good teams ahead. We’re not going to beat any of them unless we up our game.”