Of the 96 wins over 4 straight seasons that you cite, I doubt (but I would welcome being told a truthful number by anyone who would research the matter) that many of the 96 wins came AGAINST teams that WERE THEMSELVES (in the same season or even in the following season) participants in any “HIGH-VISIBILITY” early-season basketball tournament (i.e., how many of the 96 wins over 4 years came against teams with solid reasonably-competitive NCAA reputations?). And how many teams participate in an average year in high-profile early-season tournaments? And how many teams have been ranked in the top 25 more weeks than we have over 4 years? (We were ranked in the top 25? When? What poll(s)? Who knew?!)apaladin wrote: ↑Fri Oct 22, 2021 12:00 amFour straight seasons of 23, 23, 25 and 25 wins, a top 25 ranking and consistent rankings in the top 100 and sometimes top 50 in kenpom and ncaa net rankings beg to differ. IMHO you can’t base said non solidarity on one failure.affirm wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:16 pmThe team has not “solidified a reasonably competitive NCAA reputation”. Have to beat more name opponents first and/or win a SoCon championship plus at least a first round NCAA tourney game before the word “solidified” would be appropriate,furpop16 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:20 pmAs the team has solidified a reasonably competitive NCAA reputation, are there any future plans to pursue an invitation to a high-visibility early-season basketball tournament? Assuming Coach Richey would support such, are there steps JD plans to take along such lines?
… I am just saying that - though we have had good seasons for which I am grateful (and seasons which may be good enough to allow our coach to move to a significantly higher-paying school) - we still have, evidently, more work to do, and more accomplishments to achieve, to have a reputation good enough to be invited to those high-visibility early-season tournaments.
