The result of this is about the most mundane, unspectacular looking 19-4 that you could almost ever be.
Could not be a more true statement. Amazing how different 20-3 with just one win over Toledo looks. I'm not complaining at all (especially with the Preston, Wilson, McDay developments), but this is a fair and smart take.
I'm not sure there's any world where Ohio basketball fans have a right to feel blase about a 19-4 record, no matter how it was compiled. Even after Toledo asserted its dominance over Ohio, we should all be doing backflips over 19-4 any year - and probably more so this year.
Think of where we were when Preston declared for the draft. Sears was promising but largely unproven. No Carter. No Schmock. No assurance that incoming freshmen would contribute at all. A team approaching 20 wins before Valentine's Day is something we'd all have taken.
The mission is clear until Cleveland: Hold the two seed like grim death and hope you catch fire for three games. More or less the same as it ever was.