And this is the proof of the true fact of the matter.
Posted on: August 6, 2019 at 12:12:56 CT
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That season started with a lot of questions and a lot of games that were won, but were won ugly. People were waiting for the thing to fall apart and it was a constant topic of debate on Tigerbored. But, as the season wore on, the team improved and attendance started to pick up. Because the team not only won, but they created an expectation of winning.
Jump to the next season, the consistency on the court went away, and although we were still a pretty decent team, we started losing games we should not have lost and the team no longer provided the fanbase with an expectation of a win each night. The inconsistency brought the fans back to the point of being fearful of a silly loss and therefore a refusal to pay money to go get disappointed.
The number one thing Mizzou has to do to fix it's attendance problem is not just win games. And it isn't schedule fancier opponents. The number one issue is that they need to have a high quality team that plays well, is consistent, wins more than 23-ish games......for TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
yes, schedule is a factor. # of wins is a factor.
But they are not the biggest factor. They must create an expectation of winning. And the single biggest thing they can do to achieve that is have to really good seasons in a row. Which is something that has not been done in over 25 years.
The mark of a really good season these days is not 20 wins or 23 wins. It is losing less than 10 games. If you finish the NCAA tournament with 9 or fewer losses, you've had a really good year.
If this team goes 25-8 and 26-7 in consecutive years, things will start to change with lasting effects.