SWC75
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People still poo poo the seasons we win 25 plus games and lose in the first or second round.
I don't think people remember great regular seasons as much as they say they do unless you deal when unfortunate circumstances in 2010 and 2012 due to injury and suspension.
Virtually nobody remembers the or says how good we were when we won BET in 2005 because we lost to Vermont. The same could be said for 2014 when we lost to Dayton.
Any way I think JB knows what he is doing when it comes to winning in the tournament the past 5 or 6 years. It's not luck as much as some people want to claim. Teams struggle significantly against our zone OOC.
I remember every team and every season. Maybe not every detail but I note and appreciate the achievements of every team, even if it's winning a big mid-season game or the excellence of a particular player. I look at continuing the winning season streak, winning a conference regular season or tournament title, even winning a regular season tournament as a worthy goal and enjoy it when we do these things. I like looking at rankings with Syracuse in the Top 10, Top 5 or even #1. Believe me, it's a heck of a lot more fun to have multiple goals than to have success in a single elimination tournament as your only goal. Each team should be appreciated for their successes, not remembered or ignored because of their failures.