The reason I initially included the criterion of not starting the season ranked, but then being ranked for a month, is because I feel like the fall from that is worse than starting the season ranked and then not getting invited. My thinking is that a team like Duke is always going to start the year ranked, even if they are actually terrible, so it might take a month to get them out of the AP top 25, whereas playing well enough to earn a spot in the top 25, then somehow just turning into garbage seems worse to me. Kind of like Notre Dame in football - they always start in the top 10, so they never fall below 60 despite how bad they are.
Either way, I'm very disappointed. As a 38 year (my whole life) season ticket holder, I'm mad that I didn't get to see the Michigan and Iowa games in person, and I'm upset by another wasted year.
Any opinions on John Belein as the next coach? Ryan Saunders? McDermott after Creighton cans him?