Jerome Tang not getting good ROI for Hawkins
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2-1-25, 1pm, Hilton Coliseum, I'm sure the students will have something interesting planned up.
It saddens me that Jerome might be short in little Manhattan. I sort of hope he stays as long as he wants. Their BB program will fall into mediocrity, if not there already.
Already spending his money, huh?Once Purdy signs his quarter billionaire dollar deal we too can waste money one and done transfers
Just messin' with you. I'm sure Brock will be generous, but I assume you can never assume.
Win or lose, I'd miss him most because he's an amazing character. His antics and the way opposing fans respond reminds me of the old Big 8 days when I was in school in the early 90s. Every coach seemed to have a quirk all of Hilton would make fun of during the games." Sit Down Billy" was an all time favorite chant of mine.
We can hope (and I expect) that he'll be short in wins and NCAA tournament appearances, but I don't think he's going anywhere for awhile. I think his buyout is north of 20 mil.
COVID hitting when it did creates an interesting hypothetical for ISU basketball.
No COVID would have meant...
ISU plays a normal schedule and therefore wins far more than two non-con games. The out of conference slate the previous season was...
Cupcakes = MVSU, Northern Illinois, Southern Miss, UMKC, Purdue Fort Wayne, Florida A&M
P6 = Oregon St., Michigan, Alabama, Seton Hall (2x), Iowa
So, Prohm ends the non-con the next season with 6-7 wins against the cupcakes.
As you said, a home crowd at Hilton is enough to push them over the edge on a few Big 12 games.
The team has a traditional offseason to try and bond and gel into a cohesive unit (something is desperately needed with so many new faces and with Haliburton's departure). That team was never going to compete for championships, but it had some talent to threaten Big 12 teams...
Rasir Bolton = could be very good and a good piece for Gonzaga
Jalen Coleman-Lands = good kid and elite shooter/scorer
George Conditt = emerging big man who ended up making the D-League
Tyler Harris = tiny but quick and would occasionally not miss a three for a whole half
Javan Johnson = averaged 14.2 PPG on 41.2% shooting from three as a senior
Solomon Young = physically a shell of himself but at least an experienced big man
Plus guys like Tre Jackson (a good kid and good depth guard there) and Darlington Dubar (ended up a big-time scorer for Hofstra and now a bench guy for #1 Tennessee) and you've got a team that isn't stopping much of anybody but can score enough it might snap at you if you're not careful.
If that team wins 12-13 games, does Pollard give Prohm another chance?
We all know Pollard holds on to the bitter end before firing a coach. He ran Morgan and McCarney out but, once he had "his guys," he's only ever fired Rhoads and Prohm for catastrophic failure.
Rhoads was probably going to be back before that K-State debacle in 2015.
Things had to be *bad* for Pollard to fire Prohm after the financial hit from COVID, too, though maybe no COVID and more money means Pollard is more willing to make such a change.
What happens with TJ? Do we ever end up with him? Is he a UNLV lifer? Or does another P6/P5 program scoop him up at some point (e.g., Wisconsin) and we end up ruing the day?
Obviously a lot of moving pieces and while COVID was one of the worst tragedies in modern history, from the narrow perspective of ISU basketball, it is a big reason we are where we are now.
Kstate’s playing good defense now. Keeping the ball away from Stirtz. Drake has a couple guys on the floor that are allergic to touching the ball. Not even guarding Banks and Jackson. We’ll see if they can sub someone in.
