Does Basketball Knowledge Skip certain siblings?

Let me start off with a quote:

“In the scrimmage I watched Jordan Hill traveled 6 times and we only played half a game because of widespread leg cramps on the team. If that doesn't say we turned into ASU i don't know what does. SIX!”

I am not going to say who wrote that (Tyler Tussey), but I watched UofA play some little school with a rank of 4 out of 342 and beat them on a neutral court (well somewhat neutral). Now I don’t remember seeing Jordan Hill travel 6 times, as a matter of fact, he wasn’t on the court long enough to travel 6 times, but he did have 22 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks. Perhaps UofA has adopted a new calf workout that within a month, these kids aren’t cramping up anymore but beating top 5 schools.

By tournament time, and yes UofA will be in it as long as zero injuries come their way, the team will have definitely raised its basketball IQ, specifically Horne…I hope. But to put it in perspective, if Horne’s IQ was a bit higher, we realistically would be undefeated and after this win, a top 10 ranked team. Now I dare you to find a better threesome in college right now with Hill, Wise, and Budinger. I haven’t felt this much confidence in a point guard at UofA since before the Mustafa age. Budinger is now in an offensive system that lets him score in the upper teens and shows life on the defensive end. Hill is just a freakish athlete that against big guys in college who aren’t as mobile as he is, has an advantage on the offensive side of the court while I believe giving up a little on the defensive side (as long as he stays out of foul trouble by not trying to block shots that he shouldn’t even try…once again experience).

I agree North Carolina can sure match their 3, but that’s a number 1 team in the nation. Some might argue that other teams are deeper and have five players on the court that are better than ours, but to that I say, does it really matter? You might say yes, then I say Carmelo Anthony and kick you in the junk. You don’t need all five in college, because if you have a couple that feel like they are playing against high school kids, then you will be just fine. Some exceptions are like Kansas, where their whole five are in the NBA with some bench guys joining them.

On to the Pac-10….has anybody seen UCLA? Now their defense is great and judging by last year’s performance, UofA thought it was great as well. However, UCLA’s offense is atrocious. Ive never seen a collection of more people that cant create for themselves. And Josh Ship is like 40 years old with a beer belly, so I actually do believe we will be much more competitive in those contests. Now, Im not trying to say we’re the best, I actually believe we will be around 3^rd or 4^th in the league, but once again, experience is what we’re collecting on the way. I think that Pac-10 is vastly underrated this year, take a look at UCLA, USC, ASU(and regardless of hatred for them, they’ll be a tourney team that can make it to the second round), Washington St. and maybe Stanford (?) and UofA. Im not so much sure about Cal, Wash., and the Oregons, but those top 6 teams I think all have a shot to make it to the tourney.

So now I ask how far or if you think UofA can make it to the tourney? I believe they can and they can be a Sweet 16 team if they are ranked 7 or above.

See you all in Vegas…go Indiana! Well actually UAB, their coach is deaf.