Leaving Manhattan on Feb. 16, we were either tied or a half of a game out from first place in the conference. All we had to do was win out (against the bottom half of the conference), or could've possibly gotten away with a loss, and had something fall in place. But instead, we proceeded to lose 5 out of 6 of those games, including by 15 to the last place team.
Also, this whole conference tournament championship is not a good measure of a successful season, at all. Especially when you don't do anything to show for it the week after.
Yep and you don't know what happened to make that February lull happen. Sounds like things were OK at that point and then they weren't. If players had one foot out the door, then I guess don't play them? And then things get worse with less talent?
Was the 14-15 season a success? I mean, ISU was just LOADED with fringe NBA and overseas players and they just had to win at Texas Tech, and hold a lead vs. Baylor in Hilton, and win at 8th place KSU and they win the conference title going away.
Because the B12 tournament and NCAA tourney berth were not good measures of success, right?