The college basketball gods have a dark sense of humor, don’t they? One year they’re smashing you over the head with the worst season on record and the next they’re baiting you with Top 25 appearances, impactful road victories and legitimate tournament talk.
One catch — they give your team one of the toughest schedules in the country. Just for kicks. Just to see where their breaking point is.
It’s been a hell of a season so far, and we’ve barely gotten into the thick of things. In fact, we’ve probably met and exceeded the total amount of excitement from last season ten-fold, and we’re only seven games in to the conference season.