I'd suggest that we could be a MUCH better team, but possibly not see significant improvement in the final won-loss record. Hope that is not the case, but it's a reality given the schedule and the strength of the league.
18 wins overall and a 7-9 record in conference play is the absolute minimum that it would take for an at large tourney bid consideration. Our non conference isn't too daunting though, so I'd say we need 20 wins.
I'm afraid I have to agree. The next 3-4 wins wouldn't be too tough but after that it gets a lot harder. Over half the conference was ranked in the Top 25 at some point last year so you basically have to be a Top 25 team to be .500 in the conference. I'd love to be wrong but I don't think we're there yet.
No, we probably are not there yet. Miles is an amazing coach, but one can only do so much with what they have. The top 5 teams in the conference finished ranked, so it's a very tough conference. 6th place Iowa didn't make it with a .500 conference record, but Illinois and Minnesota both made it a 8-10 with good non conference wins. If we take care of business in the non conference and then go .500 in conference we'd be a tourney team, but that might be a bit of a challenge for this team.
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