Iowa State just reloaded..
- Thread starter ketelmeister
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I think you have the story wrong. What happened was that when Johnny was asked how he felt about taking ISU into the Field House for the first time, he joked that when he was at Michigan, he thought of it as going on a picnic. So when he and the ISU team came out to warm up for the game, somebody had put a picnic basket in front of their bench. Johnny and Lute both got a huge kick out of it.
Here's Iowa State reloading...
I made an assumption about your post, that you were implying fans would be satisfied or pleased with 6-8 wins. They will not. You are correct that six would be an improvement over two.
They told me when I came here to teach that there would be no math.
I seem to remember Lute making a comment to the affect, "we will see what we can serve them". Hence, the picnic table. Iowa won big.
Yeah, I think the pep squad did it. But it was a good gag that didn't piss off anybody. Iowa did win big; Hawks were very good that season and ISU was horrid.
That wouldn't have flown with today's expanded television coverage. Orr didn't win that many games on the road, but could regularly get the team "up" for knocking off anyone at home. Thus, the fans "saw" a higher percentage win rate than what the overall statistics support, including many wins against highly ranked teams. If you didn't have to spend too much time around him drinking, he was a lot of fun to be around.
However, from the outside it kind of looks as if isu just wanted some new hoops ‘bodies’ in a hurry.
That's what the staff has said. They could be wrong but it's coming directly from them.
Hilton Magic? LOL. What are you, like 14 years old?
He was barely over .500 overall and won just over 40% of his conference games.
Late April and early May has been when isu basketball has done its best work for several years now. Too bad it hasn’t translated to winning games on the court.
But the isu dopes keep falling for it right up until Lucy pulls the ball away from them once again.
Not even close. Must be awesome to be better than Iowa at Women’s Cross-Country and Volleyball.
In the dictionary under little brother they have the I-State logo. Imagine that.
2-22 and winless at home in the conference is “magical”.
Back on topic.....
ISU got better today with Brockington transfer. TJ is doing exactly what he needs to do - acquire talent. Like I have said before, time will tell on the coaching + player development aspect - but getting players is the main thing. He is using the transfer portal to his advantage. Over time, I don't think they will rely on it as much, but this year it made a lot of sense to go this route.
I'm sure some (one in particular) will have a not-so-original comment about ISU -and that's fine. Fire away. Its obvious that TJ will get ISU bball competitive again sooner rather than later.
ISU got better today with Brockington transfer. TJ is doing exactly what he needs to do - acquire talent. Like I have said before, time will tell on the coaching + player development aspect - but getting players is the main thing. He is using the transfer portal to his advantage. Over time, I don't think they will rely on it as much, but this year it made a lot of sense to go this route.
I'm sure some (one in particular) will have a not-so-original comment about ISU -and that's fine. Fire away. Its obvious that TJ will get ISU bball competitive again sooner rather than later.
Let's cut through the fat here. Cyclone fans, no matter how good their teams are, get all lathered up in the off season. Always! Hell yeah they reloaded they do every year! They send dudes out, and bring more in. Hell, if they bring in a grad transfer, they call him a one and done. They have players come and go, forever a Cyclone. Hell, they want about 20 jerseys hung from the rafters, why, cause they liked them. Clone fans wonder why they're laughed at, go read your damn board!
I honestly don’t remember Brockington playing for Penn State. Did he have good game(s) vs Iowa?
Yeah...kind of reminds me of Nebraska football fans...always ‘winning’ the off-season.
Depends on your definition of “competitive”? If isu starts winning more than 2 games on an annual basis, then...yes, I agree they r competitive
Being the best 2 win team in the country has to count for something.Depends on your definition of “competitive”? If isu starts winning more than 2 games on an annual basis, then...yes, I agree they r competitive
He had 20+ in the game we played at The Palestra.
Another low efficiency guy. TJ has basically built his starting lineup with a bunch or guys that would be the 3rd or 4th options on a good team.
His offensive rating is higher than any player Iowa has returning other than JBo. He wasn't inefficient. Not a good shooter, sure, but he's just fine on an efficiency level.
When TJ was hired I said he needed to basically replace the entire roster. He's basically done it. Is it a perfect roster? Absolutely not, but they'll be competitive next year.
