Maybe im just an optimist, but Im looking at that 17-5 record and the 8-3 conference record and #10 ranking in KenPom and Top 12-14 ranking in AP and am thinking "We have a pretty damn good team". Even with all the chaos surrounding our best player, we're still one of the 10-12 best teams in the country.
I get weary of statements like "If we play like this against X, we'll get blown out." But we didnt play X last night, we played Nebraska who shot really well from 3. and we beat them. Not all games are going to be Northwestern style 30 point blowouts. Good teams play rough stretches sometimes. And other teams lose, too. If we're struggling a bit at home, we're also winning B10 games on the road, something that's proven to be very hard to do this year. The only goal is to win the game, not win by 30. Let's just enjoy looking at the standings and seeing all those other teams below us, shall we? Instead ofwringing our hands when the wins aren't glamorous.
Thank you, needed to get that out.