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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 5644786, member: 40"]
In 2012-2013, we went to the final four.

In 2013-2014, we started out 25-0, but finished a disappointing 28-6 [3-6 record down the stretch], losing in the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament.

Since then, here are the records for each subsequent year:

2015   - 18-13     [ineligible to play in postseason, due to self-imposed sanctions with pending NCAA investigation]
2016    - 23-14    [*** this included an unexpected Final Four run]
2017   - 19-15     [NIT]
2018   - 23-14     [last four in]
2019   - 20-14     [first round loss]
2020   - 18-14     [COVID year, wouldn't have qualified for NCAAT anyway]
2021   - 18-10     [sweet 16]
2022   - 16-17     [first losing season in 40+ years]
2023   - 17-15     [no postseason]
2024   - 20-12     [no postseason]
2025   - 14-19     [worst season in 40+ years]
[LIST]
[*]Four [4] NCAA seasons in the last 11 years
[*]13+ losses in all but one of those 11 years
[*]Two losing seasons, which hadn't happened in 4+ decades
[*]Four [4] consecutive years of not making any postseason tournament
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And if all of that weren't bad enough, here are the conference records over that same span of time, all in the ACC:

2015   - 9-9
2016   - 9-9
2017   - 10-8
2018   - 8-10
2019   - 10-8
2020   - 10-10
2021   - 9-7
2022   - 9-11
2023   - 10-10
2024   - 11-9
2025   - 7-13
[LIST]
[*]Four [4] losing records in ACC conference play, out of 11 seasons
[*]Five [5] double digit loss conference seasons out of 11
[*]102 wins against 104 losses -- overall losing record in conference
[/LIST]

Really, the decline was not just steady, it was a precipitous dip in overall program performance that began in the 2014-2015 season, and we've been mired in that rut ever since.

The conference schedule failures alone should have been a massive red flag to the fanbase, a subset of whom seemed content to let JB continue for as long as he wanted to DESPITE the decline.

Hiring one of the architects of this decline to replace JB was a massive strategic blunder.
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