But it doesn’t change the fact that he is largely correct in his assessment.
I don’t like it when my wife tells me I have grey hairs coming in either...doesn’t mean they aren’t there.
Finishing third in a three team league - which has only recently become a three team league - is nothing to be proud of, and that has become status quo.
Being the “best of the rest” after St Mary’s and Gonzaga is nothing to write home about. In fact it is pretty sad.