I think SJS1 is the only guy on this board that predicted this team would be in this type of situation....yes, he predicted we'd go to the (can't say it since the jinx might be put in place)
A ton more games to play, but his prediction looks pretty good right (he took a lot of crap for it as well)
I like Benny's approach, taking the season in chunks.
First 4 - 4-0
Old Spice - 2-1 (one team goes 3-0 (Michigan seems to be the favorite), one team goes 0-3 (probably Iona), three teams go 2-1, three teams go 1-2.
NC State - Freshmen - 2-0
at Rodents - unfortunately loss
Next 2 non-conference - wins
10-2 non-conference
Big East play
Seems to me like a lot of cut-and-dry projections in January and early February
Road games at WVU, nova, cuse and UConn - Probably will find a way to win one of them, but when projecting have to say 0-4
Need to split the first 2 home games against nova and Gtown 1-1
Home games against DePaul, PC, USF, Rutgers - 4-0, like above they could easily go 3-1 in that stretch, but when projecting you figure 4-0
The more I read about PC and DePaul, I think they sweep them on the road, too - 2-0
Leaves MU 7-5, 17-7 into the final six games of the regular season, all of which are against teams who could finish in a similar 6-12 range in the league. 3 home games, Pitt, U of L and ND, and three road games, at Cincy, at SJU, at S Hall. Could easily split the 6 games, which would be a reasonable projecton, but I think just 1 of the 3 between Cincy, SJU and S Hall will put it together this year, and that two of them will slide. So I'll say 4-2 in that 6-game stretch.
11-7 Big East
1-1 BET
0-1 NC2As
22-11 overall
I'd take that projection
Sorry Chicos, couldn't let that go without a response. I think someone took me to relative task for pulling a Wisconsin-Madison and underplaying expectations for the purpose of feeling good with a 9-9 type season, but I recall now that was on the other board.