Even during the great comeback last night, in the back of mind I keep thinking...no way Western Carolina pulls this out.
After all...this is Larry Hunter and March.
Would be an interesting stat to dig up Coach Hunter's career record in MAC and SoCon tournaments.
Still....great effort by Larry's boys.
I believe that you are correct in saying it was a great effort by Coach Hunter and WCU...but I think sighting that Hunter chokes in March is a low-blow in this situation. He led his team to 4 victories in 4 days and took Davidson to the last shot in double overtime in the final with a team that entered the tournament with a sub .500 record. If 4's three goes through - its glass slipper time. That's not a bad March performance if you ask me. If WCU was the SOCON tourney favorite and lost in the final in double OT...that's a different story. This was a heroic run imho.
Again, it was a hell of an effort and I was rooting for Western Carolina to win. Yes..winning 5 games in a week is asking too much. I'm just saying that I never had the feeling they were going to win.
I do think it would be interesting to dig up what his career record is in March conference tournaments. When I was at OHIO, I witnessed 4 consecutive 1st round MAC tourney losses by Hunter led teams. Any die-hard Bobcat will tell you that he didn't get it done in March as well as he should have with the teams he had. The stat on this would not lie.
Last Edited: 3/6/2012 10:53:23 AM by FearLeon