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I'd argue we're about where I'd expect for a team that was projected to finish 9th and had a lot of lengthy mid-season injuries. I had hopes we'd be better, more like a 5th/6th-place team, but it's hard to outpace expectations (and easy to underperform) when your top 2 players go down for long...

We were picked 9th, not 8th. Definitely not a bubble team in a weak year for the ACC, a likely (but not guaranteed) NIT team. And that was with a healthy team. https://theacc.com/news/2019/10/10/mens-basketball-duke-tabbed-as-preseason-acc-favorite.aspx We're currently tied for 11th, not 12th...

Leonard Hamilton begs to differ as to your first point. And if we're being realistic, Larranaga's record is decent for a power 5 school. Put our last 9 years up against Wake Forest, Clemson, BC, Pitt, VT, and GT, and tell me who's done better. You're trying to compare us to upper-echelon...

Larranaga has been at UM for 9 years now. In that time, we've had more success than we had under any other coach during UM basketball history. I'm totally OK with a 60-yr old coach who can build on that. So age is not the greatest factor for me.