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[QUOTE="swish7, post: 4566416, member: 486"]
Interesting stuff. Accumulated blowout losses are definitely a sign of an overall lack of competitiveness.

It was the Great Alaska Shootout for me, that 40ish point loss to Kansas that felt like 60, that had me wondering what was happening on the hill these days? That was a long time ago though.

The 2nd golden age, from 2008-2014 was perhaps the last of JBs era. But, that could change if Mintz stays and a true big, a skilled and physically dominant center comes.

To me, a couple things qualify a season as great: Advancing to the sweet 16, and losing maybe 8 or less. On the other side, losing 9 or more, or failing to reach the NCAA sweet 16 is a bad to at best good season.

By this definition, JB has had 26 great seasons in 47 years.
* been to or past the Sweet 16 twenty times.
* lost 8 or less 6 times in seasons when they did not make it to the Sweet 16.

In the last 10, he will have had 3 great seasons (by my definition). So, yeah, times are tough.

Going back in time, 9+ loss seasons occurred 29 times. 7 of those were still great seasons bc we went to the sweet 16 or better.
[LIST=1]
[*]2023-2014 (9 seasons)
[*]2013-2012 (1 season)
[*]2009-2005 (4 seasons)
[*]2002-2000 (2 seasons)
[*]1999-1994 (5 seasons)
[*]1993-1991 (2 seasons)
[*]1988-1987 (1 season)
[*]1985-1980 (5 seasons)
[/LIST]
On the other side, the stretches (more than 1 season) of great (by my def) seasons were:
[LIST=1]
[*]2014-2008 (6 seasons)
[*]2004-2002 (2 seasons)
[*]1991-1988 (3 seasons)
[*]1987-1985 (2 seasons)
[*]1980-1976 (4 seasons)
[/LIST]
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