[comet]

Well, if it was a good thing, we should have one heckuva recruiting class coming in. Do we?

[Purple Haize]

Well, if it was a good thing, we should have one heckuva recruiting class coming in. Do we?

We didn't make the tournament yet

[comet]

On the plus side, the next time we do get ESPN's attention, we will at least have a decent court to show the TV audience. Thank God we're now about 20 years removed from that awful "Basketball in Hell" court design. Possibly the worst design in the history of all court designs.

[Purple Haize]

On the plus side, the next time we do get ESPN's attention, we will at least have a decent court to show the TV audience. Thank God we're now about 20 years removed from that awful "Basketball in Hell" court design. Possibly the worst design in the history of all court designs.

Actually, it was more of a Burger King Crown thing and I used it as a pick up line reference for the now Mrs Purple

[VAGolf]

I wish we would have lost in the first round of that conference tournament. ESPN spent a whole week discussing how we were one of the worst teams to ever make the tournament. It was embarrassing. Then the next season, we ended up with a team full of prideful players that didn't know how to handle themselves after one small success. Being terrible all season and winning four straight games isn't getting it done, it's getting lucky. Personally, I'd rather have 10 straight 20 win seasons, be relevant and never make the tournament than go through that again.

If I was this bad at my job, for six consecutive years, I would have been fired. Getting lucky and landing one big account once in 5 years wouldn't cut it. Heck, it wouldn't cut if I only did that once every 5/6 months.

I don't care what we *think* his potential is with a healthy team. I've heard that BS for years now. I care about what we've seen every year he's been year, which is constant underperforming. There are coaches out there who not only could but would do better. Layer built a decent, not great, team at division 2. He had one good season at Colorado State and then they fell off the map. I have absolutely no reason to believe that anything with this team will change in the future. It's over.

And the Bolded is a BAD thing? You know 10 straight 20 win seasons with out a Tournament appearance will get you 0 days of coverage on ESPN. Or coming in consistently as a 16-14 seed.

Thanks for pointing that out

Um, it was a bad thing. Not all publicity is good publicity. We were essentially mocked for a week.

The thing about winning 20 games for 10 straight seasons and not making the tournament is that people will support you. You will gain regional support and become relevant. ODU may not make the tournament this year or next year but they are relevant now. People want to go watch them play. What's the attendance at our basketball games? What was our attendance midway through the post-tournament season? Phillip Rivers has never been to a Super Bowl, Rex Grossman has. Who do you want as your QB? I'll take consistently competing and being relevant over one lucky week.

[PAFlame]

I'd rather have a potential NIT qualifying 20 win season next year with Retic and Moller under a new coach than watch John Caleb Sanders make a fool of himself in the dance.

[Bigsouthking]

I would rather win 18-22 games consistently every year and finish as runner up or semi finalist, than win 7-12-11-14 and have 1 flash in the pan tournament.

consistency is the key in sports....

that hot 1 week stuff excites obviously the non athletic minded people that watch hoops just in March but that's not good for the school, community on a regular basis and obviously Liberty Basketball is THE example.