Yeah, I was a bit over the top in the way I wrote that.

by Greg, seemingly ranch, Monday, March 07, 2011, 13:27 (5531 days ago) @ HumanRobot

I recall the conversation being something more like "make the NCAAs 8 of 10 years, make the 2nd round 7 of 8 years, make the Sweet 16 4 of 7 years, make the elite 8 1 of 4 years" and then gravy. Everybody knows that a team can get upset in the second round (or the first round if you're a bubble team) and everybody knows that once you get to the round of 8 you're looking at luck/momentum as much as you are who has the best team. And you have to build in not making the NCAAs because it is always a possibility--injuries, graduation, whatever--and nobody makes it all the time.

But I do think that some solid expectations for what a 10-year run would look like would not have included the first 7 featuring 4 misses, 2 first-round losses, and a 2nd-round blowout.

I don't know if anybody "always" makes it, but I do think there are teams that regularly perform well. And I don't think that we've been one of those. So I'm wary, but excited, because it'd be great to have a reason to tune in all of winter/spring 2011-12.