The reality is that we should be beating middle-of-the-pack high major teams like Penn State. It wasn't a "bad loss," but if this team is for real, we need to handle those teams.
With the poor non-conf performance recently, I'm more concerned that the Big East is not a 5 bid conference. I was thinking that 11-3 non conference with 10-8 in conference plus a BET win is a lock. Now I'm not so sure.