Nate is Back!

This was a post that I was going to make yesterday, but I decided to make sure that I was not jumping the gun before the biggest game of the season.

All I have to say is Nate Robinson is once again Nate Robinson.

When this season began, Nate had taken his game to another level. He was spotting up for threes from way down town, he was making moves that no one else could do, and he was just frankly playing the game at an incredibly high emotional level.

However, when the NC State game came, something happened, and he hadn't been the same since. He started forcing shots, and he just wasn't the same player that he used to be. Going into that game he was averaging 22.5 points per game and was shooting 53% from beyond the arc.

Against the Wolfpack though, he hit a wall. While the Huskies won, Nate chipped in only seven points including 0-5 from three-point range. He has averaged just 12.8 points and hit less points in those 17 games (18) than he did in the previous 8 (22). He no longer looked as confident as before and got stiffled on defense fairly easily. With the exception of a game here and there he was not the same Nate.

On Thursday, that all changed. He looked again like he had at the beginning of the year. There is a sense that anything is possible. He made shots that no one else makes. He was sinking threes again. He even dunked for just the second time all year.

It looked like he was back, but the question was whether he could keep it up for the biggest game of the year.

Today, he was there again. He made shots, got to the three point line, and bombed it from three-point range. He put the team on the back at the end and hit the crucial free throws. He would not be denied. You could tell that he did not want to lose to Arizona, and he did not let it happen.

If Nate keeps this up the rest of the year, then Final Four here they come. When he's on, the Huskies are nearly unbeatable.