Wade Lookingbill has no idea what a good basketball program looks like in 2023. Guy is living in the past and his comments always back it up.
Tough day for EIU hoops hopes
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I think Fran's athletes merely model his behavior just as TJ models for his athletes.
One thing he had right was that he thought the Hawks had almost no chance at getting into the tourney. He thought they had to win like the next 5 including last night before he'd even entertain it. I don't remember the details, but he thought the stretch of 6 games or so starting with Michigan were easy and if they couldn't go on a run during this stretch, it isn't happening.
That Indiana State coach is something special. He may get tempted leave in the not too distant future.
TBF, this describes 99.9% of all Boomer and Gen X Hok fans.
I think so too. I don't think Indiana would hire him yet but might be a really good hire. I agree with the others. If I'm an Indiana fan I want this year to be Woodson's last
While I don't disagree with you on Musselman's schtick, there are other rumors surrounding that program that make his departure even more likely if they are true. Supposedly there are a ton of issues between players on the team. Soap opera kind of stuff.
He's gone. The administration is a mess at Indiana State right now. The AD that hired him got fired by a lame duck president over the president's mistake. It's a bad situation.
Schertz was 337-69 at Lincoln Memorial (D2). Turns out that if you win 83% of your games at any level chances are good you're a pretty decent coach. His offensive mind is special. Everybody says we're only going to shoot 3s and layups, his team actually does. He actually runs the style the every Iowa fan says they want.
I'm pretty sure a good number of Iowa fans were unaware they played last night as well. This is a situation for Goetz for sure. Carver is going to be sparse on Friday night against OSU.
Fran has 4 NCAA wins in 14 years (won't get one this year).
TJ has 2 in 3 (this year not over yet, but at least one is pretty likely).
Prohm had 3 in 6 years.
Fred had 4 in 5.
9 wins vs 4 in the same amount of time is a huge gap...and I'd argue a LOT of ISU teams have underperformed in the tournament with only TJ's sweet 16 team outperforming expectations.
Fran's sole achievement is winning one B10 tournament in 14 years and ISU has four conference tournament titles in that time with the Big 12 being the radically tougher conference to win.
I'd have wanted Fran gone about 4-5 years in after it was clear he rebuilt but rebuilt to a permanently slightly below mediocre level.
Frank “The Embezzler” Garza Quickness Drills.
College basketball these days is the easiest thing in the world to rebuild if you are somewhat good. Not everyone will have the same success as TJ. However, you can build a pretty decent roster in one recruiting cycle now. Frank has a crap roster and still refuses to add any high level players in the portal.
So, Hawkeye millennials aren't living in the past either? Wade Lookingbill was only matched by Chris Street when it came to the art of the pump fake. Or the excessive use thereof. And being the jumping jack point man on the full court press.