If you think 09-15 is the norm you will be miserable....yes, I am a super fan and enough basketball knowledge to know that Cal has the most NCAAT wins than any team in the past 11 years...I also know the 9 win season was a fluke...If we lose 10+ games this year then I'm out
Do I expect the final four every year? No
Do I expect 38-1 every year? No
Do I expect to win the title every year? No
On the flip side of that......
Do I expect to have a losing record to UT and Auburn in the last 6 years? No
Do I expect to lose to Evansville, Richmond and Utah like we have in the last 6 years? No
Do I expect to be 23-23 against top 25 teams in the last 6 years? No
Do I expect to lose 4 of the last 5 to Kansas? No
Do I expect to lose to a lower seeded team 5 years in a row in the tournament? No
For me it isn't just one or the other as I would be happy with results somewhere in the middle of the 2. I mean I don't expect to beat UT and Auburn every game but we are UK and shouldn't have a losing record to them. We also shouldn't drop early season games to Richmond, Evansville or to Duke by 34 points. I also think we should be able to at least split games with Kansas and not be owned by them. And dropping that many games to lower seeded teams in a row should be unacceptable for any fan.
As far as last year being a fluke, we have at least 4 guys who are supposedly future pros. Shouldn't a team with that much talent still manage to outclass more than 9 teams?