Ok, I give you alot of credit then for not melting down and seeing the big picture. You were right, we made the tourney easily and took care of business in the 2nd half.
On flip side, nobody can really say for sure on Jan 31st that they knew this would happen. I mean, what if we wouldnt have beaten Kansas? Or we still had Bowie and Holden trying to stop Big 12 frontcourts?
Just because things turned out ok doesnt by any means things were ok on Jan 31st. We were most certainly a bubble team/NIT at that point in time. We had just gotten pretty much blown out in the 2nd half against both Vanderbilt and West Virginia, and our offense looked awful for much of the first half of the season.
And just for the record, Im very pleased with the way things have turned out, I dont think its fair to go back and criticize people for having serious doubts about our post-season hopes on Jan 31st though.
On Jan 31st I knew we would be a tourney team and even bet we wouldn't lose another game in Hilton the rest of the year (and won)