what do you grade the 2023-24 season

[Fan In Black]

I didn't vote because I have no opinion on seasons at this point. I'm sick of the career.

 

[SDHawkDoc]

C-

the goal is always to make the big dance, however, I had very low expectations so making the NIT was a bit of a surprise for me

They only slightly exceeded the low expectations I had for the season as well. The conference as a whole being unimpressive. Absent a significant quality win over a legit top 20 team. Add it all up and that earns a C-.

 

[Bulldogs1974]

Mostly agree. I do think we will see a lot of defensive improvement purely by subtraction. I don't think Harding was as bad defensively as we expected him to be, he can be very disruptive at times. Also, I'd rather have a strong combo guard who can guard 3 positions instead of a point. I really like Harding's game and I think Dix backs up the point well enough.

Harding wasn’t even top 4 worst defenders. You guys watch ball only and see a guy get backed down and think that’s the only place defense is played.

 

[HawkBall23]

For just the season as-is, a standalone, probably anywhere from mid-C to upper-D range. Met expectations, for the most part.


But its Year 14 and the "optimistic" expectations for the season were a B-/C+. Hoping to be near the bubble at the end of the season and/or high NIT seed.

^THAT is a failure in and of itself. Year 14 and the better expectations were for the effing NIT.

 

[Herky T Hawk]

Yeah, does anyone here think Tom Izzo lower's his expectations? HELL NO! He's working his team's ass off to improve. Not pampering them like their his children for F"Sake...

About that last sentence.

https://theathletic.com/5316254/2024/03/05/michigan-state-tom-izzo-steven-izzo/

Of course Tom wasn’t playing this kid huge minutes over more deserving players.

 

[blubberhawk]

we have two A grades?

Fran. Margaret

 

[hawkirugged17]

 

[SI_NYC]

C-

the goal is always to make the big dance, however, I had very low expectations so making the NIT was a bit of a surprise for me

I didn't expect much this year. I thought their ceiling was .500 in conference which they achieved. I awarded a B for the season because of their fizzle at the end of the year.