If we don’t make the real first round, I don’t even consider it making the tourney. It was stupid to expand the field to 68, and it’ll be stupid when they expand even more. So if we get shipped to Dayton and win, THEN it will be reason to feel like this season was a step forward. But if we don’t get in, or get bounced on Tuesday or Wednesday, that will be a wildly disappointing season. This roster isn’t good enough to compete with the top three teams in our league, but it is far too talented to be in this position. The pieces are there, but we crumbled, and injuries has very little to do with it.
But I’m like you. If we get in, I’ll be locked in and hoping we play our first good game in weeks.