To be fair, it WAS a 4-0 train wreck, and we should have been undefeated going into Creighton.
I think it is fair to expect to compete with, if not beat UMass this year.
To add to your comment, after the loss to Kent St., we followed up with an impressive win at Wake Forest and another nice win against USC. Realistically, we could have been 2-5 going into the Creighton game, so even though it may not have been pretty, we were still winning.