[JeffInCorvallis]

Business types and Stanford basketball fans are familiar with the Gartner hype cycle - the Peak of Inflated Expectations followed by the Trough of Disillusionment. I have no reason to believe that we are not going there again in 2022-2023.

The season starts unevenly against inferior out of conference opponents. Then there is a string of wins. There's a game against a ranked opponent where we look surprisingly strong, lead by 2 at halftime and ultimately lose by 10 points, but it's a moral victory. More wins follow. We look decent in conference play, pull off a few upsets. You can start to see a path to where we might be a bubble team. By the time the middle of February rolls around we're in complete disarray, losing to bottom-dwellers and seemingly incapable of putting any kind of coherent offense on the floor. Talk of NIT fades as we crumble and make an early exit in the Pac 12 tourney.

Repeat.

[JeffInCorvallis]

Business types and Stanford basketball fans are familiar with the Gartner hype cycle - the Peak of Inflated Expectations followed by the Trough of Disillusionment. I have no reason to believe that we are not going there again in 2022-2023.

The season starts unevenly against inferior out of conference opponents. Then there is a string of wins. There's a game against a ranked opponent where we look surprisingly strong, lead by 2 at halftime and ultimately lose by 10 points, but it's a moral victory. More wins follow. We look decent in conference play, pull off a few upsets. You can start to see a path to where we might be a bubble team. By the time the middle of February rolls around we're in complete disarray, losing to bottom-dwellers and seemingly incapable of putting any kind of coherent offense on the floor. Talk of NIT fades as we crumble and make an early exit in the Pac 12 tourney.

Repeat.