What level of accomplishment this season would satisfy you

[Wordbomar]

Minimum: Make the tournament. Don’t care if it’s an auto bid or at large. That’s my minimum.

Many of you saying your MINIMUM is sweet sixteen or top 3 AAC need to re-evaluate.

Final four or Sweet sixteen or top 3 AAC or win the league... those are good goals but that’s not what @whaler11 was asking.

 

[Towney007]

Step forward, I guess.

Be top-3 in the conference, be competitive, be in the mix for a tournament spot... that's what i'd hope for.

I just legitimately have no idea with this group. I mean the talent is clearly there for them to be good enough to get to the tournament. I think if *all the cards* fall the right way - they could be a sweet 16 team. I don't think that'll happen, but I think that could be the swing in the positive. I also could see this being a 12-15 win grade-A molten disaster.

 

[Stainmaster]

1A: tourney berth.

1B: no more than one loss to a team we outmatch on paper.

 

[CL82]

Be playing the second weekend preferred, but at least win one game. Just getting to the tournament isn't enough.

 

[Tenspro2002]

This year? Make the Tournament, garner a little national hype/buzz/relevance at some point during the year.

 

[Travelman6]

What level of accomplishment would satisfy me?

Short response: Whatever it takes to get some national exposure in late February and into at least Mid March and be seen as, once again, relevant.

I would guess that would require a Top 3 finish in the AAC, while being close to the top of the AAC until late, at least an appearance in the finals of the AAC, no awful losses OOC and a sweet 16 appearance. That is what I want as far as level of accomplishment. Is it too much to ask?

 

[whaler11]

What level of accomplishment would satisfy me?

Short response: Whatever it takes to get some national exposure in late February and into at least Mid March and be seen as, once again, relevant.

I would guess that would require a Top 3 finish in the AAC, while being close to the top of the AAC until late, at least an appearance in the finals of the AAC, no awful losses OOC and a sweet 16 appearance. That is what I want as far as level of accomplishment. Is it too much to ask?

You can define success anyway you want but if they go to the S16 do you really care if they had a bad OOC loss?

Or if they lose early in the AAC tourney?

It’s a lot of conditions where the only one that would seemingly matter is a trip to the Sweet Sixteen.

 

[sammydabiz]

After casually watching these two exhibition games...

A non-losing record would be my basement for satisfaction

 

[temery]

I think it would be an accomplishment if the people who used to show up only after a loss to spew their negativity, stops showing up after a win (which is fairly new) to point out why the win was a shallow victory because the team still sucks.

 

[UCDaveD]

At-large tournament bid (assuming we don't get the AAC auto-bid) is a success. 2nd weekend should merit a parade.

 

[Austin316]

Not even Anderson?

He’s graduating after this year so he doesn’t count. But I’m glad we got him.

When I say no transfers... I say that it would be an accomplishment for us as a program to keep all our current/future players on the roster. We need to keep these young bucks where they belong in Storrs. Grow them. Feed them. Give them skillz. Then turn em loose like hungry dawgs in Gampel/XL.

 

[TitleTown]

Dance or bust!

 

[willie99]

play solid basketball come January 20th and dancing

with entirely new rotations and little experience, November and December will be a crap shoot

 

[SubbaBub]

Second weekend is always the measure for non-title contending teams. The only excuse is getting matched up with a 1 or a 2 seed in the second round.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Making the NCAA tournament as an at large bid would have me feeling a lot better about the program.

If they have a mediocre but they win 3 in the AAC to get an auto bid I would feel happy to make it but it also makes our future that much more murky.

But hey, we're just fans can't expect anything, can't measure success, can't be critical. All were allowed to do is watch and nod our heads.

 

[John]

• Comfortably make tournament (no last minute shenanigans needed to get in).

• 1 win in NCAA tournament

• Top 3 in AAC

• Championship game of AAC tournament

• Have opponents become at least mildly intimidated that they have to play UConn.

• No Transfers at end of year

• Ollie jumping around on the sidelines like the good old days. Enough T’s to count off on one hand (at least)

• Resurrect national conversation on ‘why is UConn stuck in the AAC?” again.

 

[Wordbomar]

• Comfortably make tournament (no last minute shenanigans needed to get in).

• 1 win in NCAA tournament

• Top 3 in AAC

• Championship game of AAC tournament

• Have opponents become at least mildly intimidated that they have to play UConn.

• No Transfers at end of year

• Ollie jumping around on the sidelines like the good old days. Enough T’s to count off on one hand (at least)

• Resurrect national conversation on ‘why is UConn stuck in the AAC?” again.

This is your minimum? So if one of these doesn’t happen you consider the season a failure?

 

[John]

This is your minimum? So if one of these doesn’t happen you consider the season a failure?

This is UConn, expectations have become too low. In the old days, my list would have been standard fare to expect. Why do we expect less now?

Edit:
All I'm asking for is make the NCAA and 1(!) win
Be competitive in the conference (not exactly murderer's row here.....)
Have some sort of run in the conference tournament (see above)
No transfers means stability
Ollie being Ollie of old

There's nothing outrageous on this list.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Tourney and a solid recruiting class for 2019

 

[Penfield]

20+ Wins
A bye in the American tourney
NCAA berth

Any season we don't make these bench marks is a failure one way or another.

 

[Penfield]

I think we should all keep in mind that this is probably our most difficult schedule since 2014. Doesn't mean I won't be disappointed (and likely questioning the direction of this program) if we don't make the Tourney this year.

 

[SubbaBub]

Losing in the first round does nothing for this program. The narrative has to be that UConn is back (did they really ever leave, they won 2 titles this decade?) Parenthetical included.

Otherwise it becomes, Will UConn ever be good again.

The AAC means we are automatically dropped 2 seed lines including bubble spots. Just a fact.

 

[gampelcrazies]

Just make the dance

 

[Wordbomar]

This is UConn, expectations have become too low. In the old days, my list would have been standard fare to expect. Why do we expect less now?

Edit:
All I'm asking for is make the NCAA and 1(!) win
Be competitive in the conference (not exactly murderer's row here.....)
Have some sort of run in the conference tournament (see above)
No transfers means stability
Ollie being Ollie of old

There's nothing outrageous on this list.

I have no problem with that list I was just clarifying

 

[fgbrault]

Making it to the NCAA tournament and winning the 1st game.