You know his point. Our metrics look good because the bar isn't overly high. With the Big Ten not having any headliners outside of Purdue, we're getting the Q1/Q2 beating teams like Ohio State(barely hanging on in the top 75), Florida Atlantic(looked like a high quality win at the time), Michigan State, Maryland(barely hanging on to the top 75, Northwestern at home, etc.Well, as of today, we are 8-7 in Q1/Q2 games with no Q3/Q4 losses. That‘s a 4 seed, but still have to finish the year strong to lock that in.
We haven't beaten one ranked team....maybe Florida Atlantic is hanging on?
You don't look at any game and see a "wow" win. We've successfully worked the system. Beating decent teams have helped and what has really helped is blowing out bad teams. Why that means so much...no clue.
Winning at Tennessee would have been a wow win, winning at Purdue would have been a wow win and Marquette would have been a wow. We were 0-3. Wisconsin had lost 5 of 6 and the metrics separation wasn't there because they beat a couple of really good teams in the preconference.
Purdue at home and @ Wisconsin would be great feather, while not losing to the likes of Iowa and Minnesota.
It's not a stretch to say that we're a borderline top 20 team. These next 5 games can change that.