Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Best/Worst Starts (Wins/Losses) by Bandits as a Team

The Bandits' fast start in 2021-22 started the usual questions, along the lines of "When was the last time the team started a season with four straight wins?" It doesn't take much to figure that out. The team's 0-1 starts in the last two seasons did not earn a spot on the list.

Here are the best starts in team history:

8 wins - 1993 (finished 8-0)

7 wins - 1996 (finished 8-2) 

6 wins - 2021-22 (finished 14-4)

5 wins - 2009 (finished 10-6)

4 wins - 1994 (finished 6-2)

3 wins - 2001 (finished 8-6)

3 wins - 2003 (finished 12-4)

2 wins - 2006 (finished 11-5)

2 wins - 2012 (finished 7-9)

And of course, the worst starts need to go on here as well:

4 losses - 2010 (finished 8-8)

3 losses - 1992 (finished 5-3)

2 losses - 2017 (finished 6-12)

Updated on April 24, 2024

Bandits' Margin of Result by Year

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