Ozcat--your grades are probably more fair than mine are. While the season has come to what we thought it would come to--Cleveland in March--I think most of us expected no less than 11-3 or 12-2 at this juncture. My grading is probably unfair in that I took into consideration a Sweet 16 team, who despite getting a new coach kept it's entire roster intact. With those expectations beating a bunch of teams we should've beat at home, losing to every highlighted game on the OOC schedule (UMASS, Memphis and Oklahoma) and two really bad loses (Winthrop, Robert Morris) turn this into a C- start compared to what I hoped envisioned. I just think when you look at our schedule and the expectations, 9-5 just doesn't feel right.
Then again, unless it was 14-0, 13-1, or 12-2--it really doesn't matter as anything less didn't accomplish the outside chance of an At-Large Charge. 9-5 is as good as 8-6 or 7-7 realizing it's now MAC Tournament or bust.
Overall, I think we're fine. Hopefully we've worked out the kinks, the loses probably woke the troups up and like many expected--the season starts now.
Last Edited: 1/7/2013 11:11:29 PM by Chicken George