{"id":837,"date":"2005-02-14T02:00:01","date_gmt":"2005-02-14T08:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/67.227.157.91\/~kenpom\/wp_blog\/the-lost-episode\/"},"modified":"2005-02-14T02:00:01","modified_gmt":"2005-02-14T08:00:01","slug":"the-lost-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/the-lost-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lost Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, there were two comebacks that will forever be remembered by fans of the teams involved in the games. UNLV’s was the most impressive<\/a> – an 11-1 run over the last 22 seconds against San Diego State to force overtime. But the most significant was Pacific’s 11-2 run in the final 27 ticks to win at Utah State<\/a>. It was only UoP’s second win in 32 tries in Logan, and would seem to give them control of their own destiny in the at-large race.<\/p>\n

Pat Forde has a nice (and free!) edition of Forde Minutes<\/a> on espn.com, giving additional details on both games (example: Steve Fisher’s teams are 1-11 in overtime). There are also some other nuggets using the AP poll to show that Cinderella is dead when it comes to Final Four access. Parity, schmarity.<\/p>\n

[Update: Reader Jeff reveals another amazing – but more drawn out – comeback on Saturday. Western Kentucky overcame a 30-5 deficit to beat North Texas on a last second heave, 93-92<\/a>. He provides <\/em>video<\/em><\/a> from his <\/em>WKU fan page<\/em><\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n

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I don’t know who the worst free throw shooter in America is, but among major college teams, Pitt’s Mark McCarroll has a good case. He’s made 19% of his attempts this season on 4 of 21 shooting. The bizarre thing about McCarroll, a senior, is that he was 55 of 95 (57.9%) in his first three seasons. That’s not exactly someone you would want at the line in crunch time, but also not someone you’re tempted to send to the locker room in the final minutes of a tight game, either. <\/p>\n

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Over the weekend, I discovered a half-started post from last April that I never published:<\/p>\n

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Air Force head coach Joe Scott has taken the head coaching job at Princeton. And so ends Air Force’s day in the college basketball sun. The ’04 campaign will be that fluky blip on the radar of AFA basketball history, kind of like the David Robinson years at Navy. <\/em><\/p>\n

The move surprises me because there is no chance of getting an at-large bid at Princeton, while Scott just did that with Air Force. Scott essentially has decided that he will be a lifer at Princeton. He could succeed Bill Carmody at Northwestern, assuming they become successful enough where they want to continue with the Princeton scheme. But that transition won’t take place for another 10 years. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For those who don’t keep tabs on the 14-game tournament that is the Ivy League regular season, Princeton is in dead last in the Ivy at the midway point, with a 2-5 record. <\/p>\n

In 49 seasons of the Ivy League’s existence, the Tigers have never<\/em> finished worse than .500 in conference play. It’s a stunning turnaround for Scott, who last season led Air Force to their first<\/em> winning conference record in it’s 24 seasons of participation in the WAC\/MWC.<\/p>\n

This was not supposed to be a rebuilding job for Scott. There were high pre-season expectations for Princeton, who won the Ivy last year and lost only one player off that team. While Joe Scott intends to be a lifer at Princeton, it will only take a couple more seasons like this to take that decision out of his hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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