Yes, we deserve to be in. But if we continue to play like this we won't be there long.

Now that the tourney field is set we can definitively say we beat 4 tourney teams and went 4-9 vs tourney entries inclusive of play in teams . I'm pretty confident one more loss and we'd have been out of the field but it was just enough. Two of the non conference losses to tourney teams were largely a product of the team simply hadn't gelled yet which is somewhat understandable considering almost all new players in first yr of a new system but it was what it was . No guarantee we beat UCF or SMU now vs then. Ditto Ok St.

Jmo, we are exactly what the tourney seeded us as, a borderline tourney team that did just enough. In yr 1 with a less than optimal group of players to aquire from the portal it was a pretty darned strong effort and may have been a couple of seed spots better with a healthy Mgbako but everyone has injury issues .

We exceeded expectations with what we have and any tourney win is a double bonus .