We are tired of losing.
Two seasons ago was beyond horrible. It was beyond painful. Last year showed promise, but we lost far too many games at home, then closed out the season by being Ohio State's ***** AGAIN.
Believe it or not, I actually enjoyed that year. I had low expectations going in and, well, they met them, but I have some good memories of that season nonetheless. We forget, but they won their preseason tournament and beat a few ranked/tournament teams (the big wins against Boise State, Texas Tech, WVU, and Oklahoma come to mind immediately) along the way. Sure, the overall result was underwhelming, but there were moments there.
The game that stung the most for me was Texas in Kansas City, actually. Not that they were really playing for much, but I wanted to see them win one more for DJax and his family.
Plus...
PG -- NWB v. Haliburton... Haliburton is a large improvement
SGs -- D. Jackson/Wigginton v. Bolton/Nixon... probably something of a push
Bigs -- Young/Lard v. Young/Jacobson... definite improvement, if only because Solomon is healthy, two years older, and Jacobson is much more reliable
Bench -- Beverly/a bunch of junk v. T. Jackson, Griffin, and Conditt... neither bench had much proven, but this year has much more talent, so improvement there
The team might not equal last year's win total, but I doubt it sinks like 2018 did.