it's going to be real important that we play in well out of conference games because league play is going to be a bitch
Gotta get to a position where 10-8 maybe 9-9 gets us in. Touch ooc this year but I am looking forward to it.
The team made a six game improvement from the year before in conference play. At one point during the season, many were lamenting those OCC losses because it may cost them a NIT bid.
Now, I do not expect an extra six wins in BE during the upcoming season, but I do expect another jump.
With the everyone familiar with each other (the transfers practiced with them) there is no reason this team should not finish 9-9 in conference.
Above all, the kids should have learned to not take an "inferior " opponent lightly. All those wins count in the end. Even Mullin improved from a freshman coach to a sophomore one.
Another reason for optimism is that more often than not, the team played very well at the Garden. Who knows, with an improved roster, they can even pad their win total in the BE tourney.
All things being equal (can't predict injuries), I am confident we will be sitting on pins and needles (needles and pins) next selection Sunday with this group being firmly in the tournament bubble (I am stopping short of predicting if they make it or not).
We are...
