Good post supersteve. All that counts is tournament play.
However, you use games as a measuring stick to see where you are and what you need to work on. It is also easy to compare scores for common opponents. These only mean so much b/c of reasons mentioned in a previous post. But, the Bucs cant help but be encouraged by the McCallie games. They definitely know Temple won't be a cake walk. On the other hand, they know if they play with same intensity as they did in the second half of the McCallie game, they can beat anybody.
They know they are not where they need to be and they continue to work toward that for tournament time.