[SIZE=6]bitter sweet[/SIZE]
There is no doubt in my mind, that if we had Wallace and Bird, we would have beat Hawaii going away
I think we would have still won if we had Bird
Singer got two early fouls and had to sit out a lot of the game. With Wallace it would have been no big deal. Instead, we were down to our 3rd string PG who barely plays
Wallace would have had a field day over the smaller Warrior players also
It was also very obvious that Hawaii packed it in and dared us to shoot. We got lots of wide-open looks, and if it was Bird who was catching and shooting, we'd have 15-18 more points
The other frustrating thing, is I think Cal was clearly better than Maryland if we had both Wallace and Bird. I watched their game, and Maryland's best player seemed to be their PG Trimble, and one of their post players. Wallace matched up really well with their PG and no way would have Trimble got 8 rebounds against Wallace, and I think our bigs could have handled Maryland's front court
I think we would have gotten to the Sweet Sixteen without the injuries