DENMARK – Despite the loss of three All-Conference First Teamers on offense and two First Teamers on defense, Denmark seemed primed to take another step up the ladder of success Tom Neuman put in place two seasons ago.

Neuman took a struggling program to the first round of the 2018 playoffs, then to the second round last season. Level 3 would certainly have been the logical – if lofty – ambition for 2020.