For fans of the Michigan State Spartans, the 2020-2021 basketball season was full of highs and lows. Beating Duke in Cameron Indoor Arena and beating three top-10 teams, including rival Michigan, in the span of two weeks were clearly highs. Losing heartbreakers to Purdue, and later to UCLA in the First Four, were clearly lows.
As with most things sports related, I wonder whether the thrills and pain of these highs and lows can actually be quantified. I am especially curious about the events that are less likely, and therefore more thrilling...or more painful.