You know, I may catch some flack for this, and have sort of thought myself that a trip to the Elite 8 would be the best case scenario for this season, while either 1 win or a trip to the Sweet 16 are more realistic hopes for this team.
But...
Watching teams like Villanova along with 2 other Top Ten teams lost just last night, the theme most cbb fans have been talking about is how weak this year's field is, and how few really good teams there are out there. Louisville is 0-4 vs Top 25 rated teams, for one example. Butler is 5-0, but they've also lost to St Johns and some team rated in the 200s. And I think Villanova lost that game last night at home, and got swept by that team.
So all I am saying is, the word No, shouldn't be in our vocabulary. "Probably not" would be fine, and realistic, but no, is denying the reality that teams with worse seeds than we're going to get going up against stronger NCAA tourney fields have gone on to either make the Final Four or even to win it. I'm thinking of Villanova and UConn, among others.