This is the only thing bothering me, too, but I guess it's bothering me more than I thought it would. I figured in these last 2 games we'd get shellacked in one, but be at least semi-respectable in one of them. Not get boat raced like we did in both.
I think of 2017 and how we were a clear-cut step ahead of the middle of the pack teams, while being about a half step behind the top 4 teams that year. These last 2 games make it clear we're a ful step, if not more, behind the top teams. How we do Satuday with URI should tell us more about if Saturday against VCU was as bad as it looked, or was only half as bad as it looked, and just a perfect storm of shit going wrong.
Another way to say it is, if we're that full step behind, how capable are we really of making that stride between now and next year? That's the angst-producing question for me.