I think that it's very clear that we will ascend to a consistent 2nd place in the league, possibly challenging KU for the league title, as long as CFH is here.
Think about who we bring back next year - Niang, Morris, Thomas, Hogue, Threesus, plus McKay, Nader, SDW, Edozie, Custer, maybe Percy gets in shape and has a nice senior campaign. That's a nice roster, and we could still add more pieces. The best part is that almost everyone on next year's roster will be back the following year. Hogue is the only senior of note for next year.
We could really challenge for the title both of the next 2 years. Texas and WV are young and will be tough. Kruger is a good coach at OU and Weber seems to have found more success with K-State than at Illinois. We know that Drew and Ford are terrible coaches who will always underachieve, but they are dangerous at times. Tubby and Trent Johnson have bottom-feeder teams that going forward, will be tougher than any other bottom feeders in any league in the country - I think TCU could win 4-6 conference games next year with who they are bringing in.
This may seriously be the best time ever to be a Cyclone basketball fan. Best conference in the nation - and I think it could easily be again next year. Longest streak of consecutive winning conference record seasons - and I think we could easily extend that the next 2 years. It's only a matter of time before CFH brings in a blue-chipper or two and we challenge KU and make a run at the NC. Not drinking the Kool-Aid...as a realist, I actually do think it could happen.
Think about who we bring back next year - Niang, Morris, Thomas, Hogue, Threesus, plus McKay, Nader, SDW, Edozie, Custer, maybe Percy gets in shape and has a nice senior campaign. That's a nice roster, and we could still add more pieces. The best part is that almost everyone on next year's roster will be back the following year. Hogue is the only senior of note for next year.
We could really challenge for the title both of the next 2 years. Texas and WV are young and will be tough. Kruger is a good coach at OU and Weber seems to have found more success with K-State than at Illinois. We know that Drew and Ford are terrible coaches who will always underachieve, but they are dangerous at times. Tubby and Trent Johnson have bottom-feeder teams that going forward, will be tougher than any other bottom feeders in any league in the country - I think TCU could win 4-6 conference games next year with who they are bringing in.
This may seriously be the best time ever to be a Cyclone basketball fan. Best conference in the nation - and I think it could easily be again next year. Longest streak of consecutive winning conference record seasons - and I think we could easily extend that the next 2 years. It's only a matter of time before CFH brings in a blue-chipper or two and we challenge KU and make a run at the NC. Not drinking the Kool-Aid...as a realist, I actually do think it could happen.
