[SkiBum80]

Duly noted and indeed, well said. To borrow your phrasing, what would/should LSJU's W/L record be right now, with a better "setup/coaching/team management," given our 4 months of observation of this group of players' size, athleticism, shooting and other basic basketball skills, and intangible feel for the game?

This board is wonderfully populated by giant-brain Stanford sports fans, and would anyone here vote for 24-4? 22-6? 20-8?

Opponents in Top-10: Duke, Louisville. We should go 0-2. Actual record 0-2.
Opponents in 11-25: UNC, Tennessee, NC St., Notre Dame. I think we should have gone 2-2, maybe even 3-1. Actual record 1-3.
Opponents in 26-50: Cal, Washington, Oregon, Syracuse, Cal, VaTech, UVA. I'd say 5-2. Actual record 3-4.
Opponents >50: The rest. Should have gone 15-0. Actual record 12-3.

Add it all up, and I'm at 22-6, which would have been around 4th in the ACC and a Top-25 team which were my stated expectations before the season started, taking into account who we had returning along with the talent coming in. Actual record 16-12. Massey has us ranked at 42. 

As others have observed, many of the losses weren't even competitive. There's bad losses, and there's being run out of the gym by teams you should have beaten. In our last 14, we are 4-10.

I'd bet a Starbucks Venti that we don't make the tournament unless winning the ACC tourney. 
Based on your games list, I think if you could reverse the 3 bad losses, and go 5-2 in the ranked 26-50 opponents like you suggested, which would have us at 21-7, that we'd have great chance to make NCAA.

[SkiBum80]

Duly noted and indeed, well said. To borrow your phrasing, what would/should LSJU's W/L record be right now, with a better "setup/coaching/team management," given our 4 months of observation of this group of players' size, athleticism, shooting and other basic basketball skills, and intangible feel for the game?

This board is wonderfully populated by giant-brain Stanford sports fans, and would anyone here vote for 24-4? 22-6? 20-8?

Opponents in Top-10: Duke, Louisville. We should go 0-2. Actual record 0-2.
Opponents in 11-25: UNC, Tennessee, NC St., Notre Dame. I think we should have gone 2-2, maybe even 3-1. Actual record 1-3.
Opponents in 26-50: Cal, Washington, Oregon, Syracuse, Cal, VaTech, UVA. I'd say 5-2. Actual record 3-4.
Opponents >50: The rest. Should have gone 15-0. Actual record 12-3.

Add it all up, and I'm at 22-6, which would have been around 4th in the ACC and a Top-25 team which were my stated expectations before the season started, taking into account who we had returning along with the talent coming in. Actual record 16-12. Massey has us ranked at 42. 

As others have observed, many of the losses weren't even competitive. There's bad losses, and there's being run out of the gym by teams you should have beaten. In our last 14, we are 4-10.

I'd bet a Starbucks Venti that we don't make the tournament unless winning the ACC tourney. 
Based on your games list, I think if you could reverse the 3 bad losses, and go 5-2 in the ranked 26-50 opponents like you suggested, which would have us at 21-7, that we'd have great chance to make NCAA.