storminspank
Justin VanLaere
Coach McCaffery's first season with Iowa and the Hawkeye's Pomeroy is 83. That's better than any year under Lickliter.
Coach McCaffery's first season with Iowa and the Hawkeye's Pomeroy is 83. That's better than any year under Lickliter.
We also had 3 wins over Pomeroy top 50 teams (Purdue, Michigan St., Alabama). I wonder how long it's been since that happened?
# of wins over Top 50 Pomeroy teams:
10-11: 3
09-10: 0
08-09: 2
07-08: 2
06-07: 4
05-06: 11
04-05: 7
03-04: 2
02-03: 3
Thanks, Spank. I was just looking at the teams we beat last year. Dear God... this year's list of wins wasn't exactly murderer's row, but it beats the heck of these luminaries:
Prairie View A&M, NC Central, SC State, Bowling Green, Drake, Tennessee St., Penn State, Indiana (2x), Northwestern.
Northwestern was the only squad in that group with a pulse. Obvious question: does Tom Crean have the potential to be an even worse coach than Lickliter?
Nope, check out his next few recruiting classes. He basically inherited a program that was on the death penalty. I don't think he returned any scholarship players his first year there.
So this year's team is no better than last years?
Just the style and enthusiasm alone is 100% improvement. Not sure where you get 2% from.
I assume you mean beating Purdue, not Illinois. What about thumping MSU by 20? Taking Wisconsin OT? Basabe all-freshman team, Cartwright leading the league in assists? Jarryd Cole improved drastically over last year.
What were your expectations this season?
I know his classes are ranked high, but I'll believe that he's a good coach when I see any sign of it on the court. Name a single guy on that team who was better this year than they were last year.
Hulls, Watford, Rivers
He was talking about Indiana.
Why is there such a difference between the RPI and Pomeroy ratings?