As part of the offseason, we like to look back and analytically noodle on what came before, think about what's coming in the future, and start setting the framework for what we think about as "success" next season.
For St. John's, the team that finished 8-24 in Chris Mullin's rookie year, things can only go up. The incoming recruiting class is strong. Fans generally gave Mullin a pass, since he was returning about 8% of the previous year's team, one of the lowest figures in the last six years.
But things NEED to go up, for the fans have been impressively patient through some thunderous beatings.