Also... the entire college basketball landscape is different from when Orr was coaching. Transfers had to sit a year and didn't get it back. Couldn't jump from team to team every year like they do now. And the athletes couldn't get paid unless they went to Duke, Kansas, North Carolina, or Kentucky.
I meant that as popular a coach as Orr was and the team he had returning, BF being fired has happened before. And Orr was way more beloved than BF.
The mega-conferences are ********. Just have them for football only and regional conferences for every other sport.
From what I have read, the biggest difference versus MBB is that average ticket price is low so even when attendance is good, it just doesn’t bring in much revenue. For instance, recently Iowa WBB has had bigger crowds than MBB, but brings in far lower revenue as tickets are cheaper. It’s obviously harder to get the data but when fans throw around attendance numbers, we really should take into account average ticket cost if possible or else it’s comparing apples to oranges.
I agree that Audi is not that mobile on defense and teams have taken advantage many times. The bolded part is the most important, if they are throwing multiple players at her, our other players must be hitting their shots or we are in trouble. This year it seems we are either hot or cold on our outside shooting example last game.
Yeah, I posted before that this team will go as far as Bill coaches them and that's proving true unfortunately.
We have a couple of players that look to have put on weight since they joined the team and are less able to be effective defensive players. Conditioning does not seem to be big priority.
I hope and pray they don't try to turn her into a "stand in the corner and shoot" player.
Can you also do the same stats for the 20+ years at ISU before BF came to coach?
Audi is Audi and as noted by acoustimac, she has added muscle. It is possible for her to trim down more, and that may help her balance (falling) and mobility, I accept her as she is as one of the best centers in the country. Additionally, when she is doubled and tripled we have a helpful offensive switch to take advantage of concentrated defense on her.
No doubt that we were bad prior to BF. I'm just providing evidence that we have badly underperformed in the NCAA tournament for pretty much a quarter of a century. Also, we have had a Big 12 POY candidate for the past 12 years or so (Carleton, A Joens, Crooks) and have not really come close to winning a regular season conference crown.
