RacerDeac
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Let's not pretend we were Duke or UNC.
Lots of self-pity on this thread. Even sounds LOWF to me.
We finished in the AP top 25 only 9 nines during that time period, averaging outside the top 10 in those 9 years. We were ranked at some point of the season 15 of those years but fell out 6 of them (and much lower rankings at the end from the peak in another 6) because of the classic late season Wake Forest collapse that also defined that era...historically. You pining away for that too? That's about the same pattern as the Tacy years and more like a consistent top 50...tourney NCAA bubble team...averaging outside the top 25.
So, on one hand, we're not Duke or UNC. On the other hand, we shouldn't be "pining away" for the 20 years of sustained success we had under Odom, Prosser and Dino because it wasn't good enough? We finished in the top 25 only 9 times? You say that like it's a bad thing. How many other teams do you think finished in the top 25 9 times over that period? And somehow anyone who wants to have that success again is LOWF? But didn't you just say we're not Carolina or Duke? You're an extremely confused man.
Here's the data I posted near the end of the [Redacted] error:
Despite the Buzz error, since Odom started in 1989, Wake is still ranked #22 in Top 25 appearances, #23 in Top 10 appearances, #25 in Top 5 appearances, and #23 in #1 appearances. For the more recent years during which Skip and Dino coached, Wake was #15 in Top 25, #15 in the Top 10, #17 in Top 5, and #15 in #1 appearances.