I predict a little better than bubble. I am going 7 seed in NCAA tourney which would puts us just outside top 25. That seems realistic to me.
Were a bubble team last year, with Phil playing pg much of the time, with no Sanchez, with no offensive strategy and in a tougher conference. If Gift was not redshirted & Harrison not suspended, they make the tourney last season.
This coming season with a future NBA pg in Rysheed, an eligible Sanchez, a strategist in Whitesell and overall more experienced and developed, this team should spend the majority of the season ranked, and should be no lower than top-15 range when season ends.
Anything less than sweet-16 is underperforming for this team.
In fairness, we weren't a bubble team last year. We were a tournament team in early February, but, by the end of February we had collapsed so that weren't even being mentioned as a team that had a prayer outside of a run to the BE finals.
When I think of a bubble team, I think of a team with a legit shot to make it. A team that's 21-10, and throughout the season has produced a combination of impressive wins, mixed in w a few bad losses.
We had one good win last year. And several bad losses.