I did some research and the last 25 years of men's basketball (starting in 1984-85 and including this year so far), we are 74-180 on the road in men's basketball. That averages out to 2.96 wins a year on the road and 7.2 losses per year on the road. If I went back even further I'm sure our record would be much worse because by 1984-85 Johnny had the program rolling a little bit. I did not post this to defend McDermott, I just thought it was interesting. To break it down by coaches in this time frame: Johnny Orr (29-76 .27 winning %) Tim Floyd (15-24 .38 winning % ) Larry Eustachy ( 30-33 .48 winning %) Wayne Morgan (8-23 .26 winning %) Greg McDermott (6-24 .20 winning %).
ISU men's basketball on the road the last 25 years
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Johnny's teams were know for winning at home and losing on the road. I would take winning at home, at this point.
Johnny seemed to build up the homecourt advantage so much that I think it helped make us dominant at home, but probably made it psychologically harder for them to win on the road.
I agree, we cannot continue to drop 3-5 games at home each season and expect to make the NCAA tournament. We must take care of business at home.
Right. When we lose to SDSU and hand a game to Drake at home, blathering about our road woes seems kind of silly.
We just need to win, period. Home, on the road, the moon...
