This is where the haters pipe up and say, "No chance, because they're going to choke against (JMU/ Texas Tech/ Indiana) just like always."
But the beauty of sports is that they are about the possible, the intersection of hope, vision, sacrifice and the dream. Part of what makes Dan Lanning such a great coach is that he embraces that part.
He spends an enormous amount of his considerable intelligence and energy teaching his players how to believe, how to make and carry out a concrete plan for success. He's Ted Lasso in a scruffy beard, without the impeccably prepared shortbread and the sneaky pop culture references.