We hear all the time in college sports about how so-and-so program is back after a year or three or 30 of not being as good as it was that one time for a year or three or 30. If a program is not back, then it must still be some form of dead. I reject this nonsense. We can be more particular about these things.
For example: last season, Wisconsin had a losing record. It is more than three seasons removed from a trip to the Final Four. Wisconsin is much better this year, but is Wisconsin back?