Last weekend, as his team convened to dissect a frustrating defeat at East Carolina, Jeff Scott went to the board and wrote down the remainder of the Bulls' schedule.
No. 20 Houston
No. 2 Cincinnati
At Tulane
At Central Florida
"What do you see when you see this schedule?'' Scott asked his players. "People on the outside may see more of the same, more struggles. But what do you see?''
Scott paused.
"Personally, I see opportunity,'' he said. "I see an opportunity for this team to get a lot of the big-time wins we've been building for.