Agree that 20 wins should be a minimum goal/floor pretty much year in and year out, unless the team has a big hit in terms of several significant departures from a previous season's successful team. Certainly not the accomplishment it was, say, when Coach D. played and the regular season game limit was TWENTY-FOUR!! But still is a positive factor, IMO.
Many may have forgotten that last season was pretty darn successful as the HERD got 24 wins in regular play. All that was quickly forgotten, however, when the team laid a BIG WTF egg in the opening game of the SBC tournament. A win or two in that tourney and MU would have ended up with 26 wins, not counting any other potential post season tourney play!!
With a 26 win season, including tourney wins, in 2022-23, I believe a lot of HERD fans mindsets and outlooks for this season would have been quite different at this point, as well as more positive. Guys, 26 WINS in a Marshall men's basketball season is not an everyday, common occurrence. As a guy once said, "You can look it up"!!