The biggest thing is clear improvement on the court and 5 conference wins so far. I wouldn't compare overall records though. We actually played a pretty tough OOC schedule last year, while this year we had one of the weakest schedules in the country, so looking at year-over-year overall record is apples and oranges. We're also on track to move up almost 100 spots in KenPom from last year, which is a huge improvement.

It feels like we got blown out in every A10 game last year that we lost. This year even in the losses we're close (outside of the last losing streak w/ no Potter). We're getting there. Can't wait until the 2nd and 3rd years of Jamion. We'll be rocking!

This team is playing better than at the start of the year, but before we start planning a tickertape parade down G Street let´s remember that this team lost at home to AU and Morgan St and away to Fordham, UVM and Towson St. Sure, this is not a complete shitshow of a season but it is one that will (hopefully) fade quickly in to obscurity after a couple of banners get raised in future seasons.

Thank you, GW Alum Abroad. I couldn't agree more. Nice to see us improve over the course of the season, but we couldn't have started the season much worse. Got to move into the top of half of A-10 next season. Won't happen without a point guard as good or better than Potter.

The answers to "how do you feel about this season" are not necessarily the same as "how do you envision this team moving forward?"  The early season blunders do count towards one's analysis of the 2019-20 season (though I would definitely remove UVM off of GWAA's list of bad losses.  Absolutely no shame in losing at Vermont.  Losing at Towson might be debated either way.)  Given the weak out of conference schedule, the 6-7 mark can only be considered disappointing.  You can say all day long that the coaching staff was getting to know their personnel, tinkering with lineups, the players were learning a new style of play, etc., but any analysis must include wins and losses.

The 5-7 conference record (now 6-7) should inarguably be perceived as a strong accomplishment.  With three road conference wins, this team already has as many as MoJo's first year, and a win at either VCU or Dayton would tie Lonergan's NCAA team with 4 road conference wins.   The opening three losses to SBU, SLU and Duquesne were all respectable and competitive.  Even the three blowout losses to Richmond (fully expected after playing a 4 OT game), SBU and URI, each without the services of Armel, at least came against three of the better teams in the conference.  Only the Fordham loss represents the one you would desperately want to have back.

The vastly improved conference play portends well for this program's future.  Additional shooters coming in will help spread the floor and create better opportunities on offense.  The two most important keys next year will be whether there will be enough defense on the floor (not to say a shooter isn't capable of playing good defense but shooters are most interested in, well, shooting) and whether this team will receive solid and steady point guard play with Armel having departed.  Like this season, we will still likely be a bit thin at the 4/5 but the readiness of Noel Brown and Hunter Dean to be immediate contributors will have much to do with how flawed this team will be down low.

If after the UMKC loss you had told me this team would be 12-14 (6-7) with a road win over Duques, I would have laughed you out of the building. But I still am not ready to proclaim the future bright and shiny or JC a miracle worker or even to concede that concession hot dogs may be fit for human consumption. The team is much better than it was at the start of the year, but it is also a team that just this month equaled a John Keuster-era school record for worst home conference loss.