In a moment of clarity as I look at some scores, I definitely appreciate what the ISU staff has done over the last 2 years after taking over a 2 win team.
I look at the the Sweet 16 run last year and this year’s 5th place Big 12 finish with a 6 seed in the Tourney. All with a tag tag group of players brought together to mesh and play as a team.
Then I look at Arkansas who beat Kansas but was only deemed worthy of an 8 seed, despite having 2 projected lottery picks and 2 more projected draft picks. So basically more of a future NBA roster under-coached to an underachieving regular season than a shocking 8 over 1 seed upset.
The Pitt game was beyond hard to watch, however TJ and crew have greatly exceeded expectations the first two years with less talent than his competition in conference.
I’d rather have gone through that than what Purdue or Arizona just had happen to them.
TJ is far ahead of expectations from the day he was hired to unf*ck Prohm’s mess.
Far ahead and with the best recruiting class in our history coming in.
And he’s not going to Chicago or an off campus apartment party in Columbia.
So we’re in a great place with TJ.
I look at the the Sweet 16 run last year and this year’s 5th place Big 12 finish with a 6 seed in the Tourney. All with a tag tag group of players brought together to mesh and play as a team.
Then I look at Arkansas who beat Kansas but was only deemed worthy of an 8 seed, despite having 2 projected lottery picks and 2 more projected draft picks. So basically more of a future NBA roster under-coached to an underachieving regular season than a shocking 8 over 1 seed upset.
The Pitt game was beyond hard to watch, however TJ and crew have greatly exceeded expectations the first two years with less talent than his competition in conference.
I’d rather have gone through that than what Purdue or Arizona just had happen to them.
TJ is far ahead of expectations from the day he was hired to unf*ck Prohm’s mess.
Far ahead and with the best recruiting class in our history coming in.
And he’s not going to Chicago or an off campus apartment party in Columbia.
So we’re in a great place with TJ.
