You must not be able to read, able to means have the skill. Having the ability does correlate with specifics. Actually winning does and I will give specific criteria for that, ISU must score more points than Kansas to win. What criteria do you think we lack to be ABLE to win.
I know what the word able means, do you know what the word imply means?
Here's the problem Sergeant Semantics, almost any team has the ability to win at Kansas (and therefore has the ability to reach the final four), but it's impossible to prove whether a team was able to win if they didn't do so. And that's a problem for you (or it would be for almost anyone else), because you implied that in order for coach Prohm to be a great coach and Iowa State to get to the final four, they need to win in Lawrence which as others have pointed out, isn't true. That should be a problem because that means you can't necessarily use the game in Lawrence as a test for if he's a great coach (which is you're goal), or to determine if we'll go to the final four. But, let's be honest, if we lose there you're going to whine and moan, and use it as a referendum on Prohm's coaching ability even though you shouldn't.