Define your idea of success for this season

With consideration to recent years' outcomes, I'd say above .500 in the SEC & make the tourney = success. Avoid 1 & done in the SECt. Making the round of 32 in the NCAAs would be great.

 

I agree with this, I'd also add:
hang on to top talent & improve recruiting.

 

10 conference wins. At least one NCAA win.

I withhold my right to adjust this expectation after 5 more games

 

Getting FT percentage respectable.
Kugel settling in and making shots.
Freshman keep wowing.
Pullin taking command like a boss.
Samuel and Handlogten building off each other.
Aberdeen progressimg into a great starting PG for next year.
Continue dominating the boards.
Richard hitting 40% from 3.
Playing good defense all game, including against the 3.

When all that happens, dominating the SEC tourney, 4 seed, final 4.

Pinch me I'm awake.

13-5 SEC. 6 Seed. Sweet 16.

 

Might as well put this here.

 

You're setting yourself up for unhappiness. You're saying that if we place 5th in a stacked SEC, we're a failure. If we're an 8-seed, we're a failure. If we lose in the round of 32, we're a failure, regardless of where we finish in the SEC. Those would be great, but I won't think of these young men as failures if we don't achieve each and every one of those things.
Enjoy the ride.

 

I'll be there.

 

Wins in exciting competitive games including all that we should and a couple as underdogs. Wins in SEC and move on in NCAA's. 12 seeds are fine.

 

getting into the NCAA's

 

second weekend NCAA

 

Getting back to NCAA tourney. Making it to the second weekend moves the needle to very successful.

It seems to me at this point that there is reason to have some hope that this is possible.

I'm impressed so far how Golden has built this team. Hopefully, we catch some breaks with injuries and reach our potential.

 

The #1 goal of all Gator sports programs is to win the SEC. This year that's probably not going to happen, but I would at least like for us to be competitively in the hunt and finish in the Top 5, then get a decent seed in the tournament and make it to the Sweet 16.

 

Making The Dance without having to worry on Selection Sunday.

 

After the dismal football season, it's a pretty basic goal. Show improvement evidenced by a -

Winning sec record, competitive against everyone,
make the ncaas.
Already have the fsu beatdown on the resume, so a good start.

 

Not sweating Selection Sunday + a win in the Dance would be splendid

 

do we have a good win? Michigan is 6-6. We have a bad loss WF. We will know quickly after our first 5 SEC games. We will be underdogs in all of them.

 

ESPN's matchup predictor has the Gators favored to win four of those five. Note, I'm not suggesting the Gators will win four of five; I'm responding to your suggestion the Gators will be dogs in all of them.

Opponent..........Prob of UF win
Kentucky.............64.4
at Ole Miss..........53.5
Arkansas.............81.1
at Tennessee.......16.6
at Missouri..........57.2

 

We have the talent to finish in the Top 5 of the conference, and that's my expectation for this squad. And please survive the 1st weekend of the NCAA tournament. It's been a while. lol