----said by Iowa fans since: 01', 02', 03', 04', 05', 06', 07', 08', 09', 10', 11'
and soon to be 2012
First Steve Alford was a brilliant young coach ready to mold Iowa into the next Indiana Hoosier's, then Bruce Weber was ready to lead Illinois into their 1980's brilliance, the Tommy Amaker at Michigan was going to turn the Wolverines into the next Duke, then Tubby Smith was going to end Wisconsin's dominance over them, then Todd Lickliter was going to turn Iowa into "Butler on Steroids", then ........ fill in the blanks.
All but one of those coaches are now fired and coaching elsewhere and if Tubby Smith misses the tournament this year he is gone too.