DTL Report
Posted by
rollo
Jan 22 '21, 10:07
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Hartford TJ Patriots (12-5, #29) have been living in the top-25 for most of the season and look to have another bar-raising tournament. If they miss the NTT (I'm not sure about the at-large math) they will surely be a top seed in the PTT with high expectations to advance on the basis of a battle-tested (SOS #11) and experienced (5/2 recruiting class is now Juniors) squad capable of finishing with 16-19 wins on the year which would be their high water mark so far. And they get another year of POY candidate John Moore after that.
It's been a weird season for Starkville Cephalopods (13-4, #74) after whiffing on the last recruiting cycle (208/208) and entering the year without a good set of complements for Sr. stud Joe Harris. A poor SOS (#225) and a down year for the conference has masked some of the offensive weakness but tough sledding awaits in the NTT after winning the Conf. 11 regular season to qualify. 15 wins would be a high water mark for my coaching tenure but will likely end the year ranked below last year's #80.
Buffalo (9-8, #98) shows steady improvement from last year but their medium-success in recruiting (no ranking higher than 81) is proving to be a ceiling. They will likely be making a return trip to the PTT but should improve on last season's 13-seed a bit. Hopefully they are hitting the recruiting trails hard or next season will be flat to down. On the other hand with 2 Freshman shooting >50% they have a new core to build around if they can secure an influx of talent.
Not sure if Strongbad is still active so no writeup, but I will just point out that for a team whose height maxes out at 6'5, they're kinda hanging in there this year at 11-6, #126.
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