This team will lose 3-5 head-scratchers and 2-4 "understandable" losses which were there for the winning. They will accumulate 20 wins. They will finish 2 or 3 in WCC play. They will be a bubble team that needs to win the conference tourney to get in. They will lose first round or go to NIT semifinals. They will be fun to watch when hot and painful beyond imagining when not.
That said, I secretly hope for a magical season too. I just don't have too high of hopes. Same as for football this year. I hoped for 11-1 but knew deep down it was likely to play out exactly the way it has.