Correct. League play is really, really hard.Teams shouldn't be judged on one game.
Correct. League play is really, really hard.Teams shouldn't be judged on one game.
That is when we hit the turnaround in the conference, teams figured out our D and that if you push IZB right that we had nearly no offense.In the first week of February last season is when they really hit a lull and looked like they were playing under water in a few games.
There's depth and hopefully a good plan to manage that this season.
I like the gap of days between @ Tech and hosting KU.
I watched 2 Houston games this year and came away unimpressed. Have they beaten any good teams this year other than Virginia?How Houston didn't drop more than 8-10 spots after LOSING at HOME to a poor Temple team is unreal. No way they should be in the Top 10 after that fiasco is beyond me.
Remember this was supposed to be the filler year where we thought just maybe we could get on the bubble....now there's no reason why we shouldn't be gunning for the Big 12 title.
Last yr and this yr both someday people will have to admit we have a hell of a staff and players who buy in and want to be at ISU.
Can someone please link Surly's new ranking thread this morning? Can't seem to find it.
The AAC is garbage. That probably hurts Houston in way though, because their motivation has to really be fabricated on a game by game basis. It would be hard to consistently get up for games against the Temple, Tulane, Tulsa's of the world.Correct. League play is really, really hard.
Yeah....another poster corrected to "rock" and that is correct.Pillow fight? The big 10 west in football is a pillow fight. The big 12 bball schedule is more like a royal rumble (if wrestling were real).
Too bad Randy can’t do something interesting like write an article about interviewing JVG on his thoughts on the Iowa State program.Jeff Van Gundy comes to Ames for home games now, that’s the ultimate compliment to a college basketball venue
A donor would be even better, like maybe Cardinal and money for NIL's? At first I thought it was John Lovitz in disguise.He’s always welcome to join as an advisor if he wants
And 2 total, count them 2, 2 years ago.We had 2 big 12 wins this time last year
I do want to see how this squad responds to being hunted. In previous years the dark horse seemed like ISU's security blanket
I'm an optimist and my hope for last year was simply to establish an identity and generate some excitement, and maybe finish above .500. My hope (at the start of last year, for this year) was to contend for a tournament berth.Remember this was supposed to be the filler year where we thought just maybe we could get on the bubble....now there's no reason why we shouldn't be gunning for the Big 12 title.
Why does he have to do that? He’s going to do it but the transfer portal is here and wide open for us now.I think we still want to proceed carefully in this space. TJ has been absolutely amazing so far, but he still has one major hurdle to clear starting next year and that is proving he can win with young, high level talent. That is a different position than he has been in so far and is going to be key to the program continuing to improve going forward. And it will require additional skills as far as managing egos and more teaching and development.
Consider this my trauma from the McDermott era. The guy had clearly shown he could coach at UNI and later at Creighton, but just couldn't manage the high talent guys he had at ISU. TJ hasn't had the chance to show that yet. For me it is the last big question mark.
I think we still want to proceed carefully in this space. TJ has been absolutely amazing so far, but he still has one major hurdle to clear starting next year and that is proving he can win with young, high level talent. That is a different position than he has been in so far and is going to be key to the program continuing to improve going forward. And it will require additional skills as far as managing egos and more teaching and development.
Consider this my trauma from the McDermott era. The guy had clearly shown he could coach at UNI and later at Creighton, but just couldn't manage the high talent guys he had at ISU. TJ hasn't had the chance to show that yet. For me it is the last big question mark.