I believe the reason why a lot of fans liked it was because it was more than likely either being Duke's or UNC's 2 seed and UNC would be easier to face.
First we need to beat Houston. In 2017 everyone was saying the same thing. Oh we beat them in the regular season so we will definitely beat them in the NCAA Tourney which ended up not being true. In reality Monk had to have one of the best offensive performances ever by a UK player to win that...
I feel like with a healthy PJ UK needs to reach at least the Elite Elite for it to be considered a successful season. For it to be considered a great season UK needs to reach at least the Final Four. Then of course winning the whole thing would be the best case scenario possible.
I sent the wrong message to the wrong person my first post. I was also messaging on Reddit and texting a friend at the same time when I made my first post.