Edited by Blazer on December 16, 2025, 12:47:08
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The fact that we have been the upsettee much more often than the upsetter results in the fact that we don’t play many games as the lower seed. Previous Message
Hard to overachieve when that's the case.
Outside of two very notable flameouts (1987 and 2021) our tourney history is for the most part entirely chalk, give or take one round (occasionally one round above, more often one round below).
So yes, we rarely overachieve, and never done so in dramatic fashion, recently or historically. Previous Message
and underachieve a lot. As far as I can remember, we've never had a deep tourney run as a middle of the road seed. Previous Message
We are achieving.
Not underachieving not overachieving.
We are historically about #15 in wins, and that's about where we are in the polls.
We are very safely and comfortable in that range without much danger of moving.
Besides one very notable game, all of our tournament results have been fairly chalky
We are very good... but there are a handful of programs that either catch fire for a year or two or structurally remain above us Previous Message
We’ve reached the stage that happens with college football programs that leads to the prevailing sentiment that all fanbases are miserable, it just manifests itself in different ways.
We’re now at the Penn State football stage where a lot of people are only viewing a season as a success if we are as good as the likes of UConn and Duke. So when we make a totally irrelevant move but it happens right after a frustrating loss, people are looking for reasons to be upset.
All that being said, I do have a slight fear that going the Euro route even to just get a practice body could start to push this thing a little too far when it comes to the degree to which we are fully making it our program’s entire identity. It’s a great resource to be able to tap into, but we’re trending towards it being the only resource we can tap into for blue chip prospects. We’re mostly operating outside the top 100 for high school recruiting now, and the only transfer portal big fish we’ve reeled in across the last 3 offseasons (Stojakovic) was also due to the Euro connections. Previous Message
and play. Previous Message
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