Tonight's announcers really summed up our basketball program

[Coach34]

In the last 13 basketball seasons- we have made the NCAA Tourney TWICE. 2 times- in the 13 years.

This program has more problems than just hiring Rick Ray- 2 times in 13 years.

[MaroonFlounder]

I hope Cohen is already secretly looking for HC replacements.

[DanDority]

I hope Cohen is already secretly looking for HC replacements.

Why?

[Ari Gold]

In the last 13 basketball seasons- we have made the NCAA Tourney TWICE. 2 times- in the 13 years.

This program has more problems than just hiring Rick Ray- 2 times in 13 years.

Oh no.. we were a powerhouse before RR got here.. ***
The majority of our fans basketball IQ is what’s embarrassing..

[Coach007]

Oh no.. we were a powerhouse before RR got here.. ***
The majority of our fans basketball IQ is what?s embarrassing..

Stansbury led his team to postseason tournament play 11 times in 14 seasons (six NCAA and five NIT tournaments), with five consecutive post-season tournament appearances, the first MSU basketball coach in history to accomplish this feat.

[Ari Gold]

Stansbury led his team to postseason tournament play 11 times in 14 seasons (six NCAA and five NIT tournaments), with five consecutive post-season tournament appearances, the first MSU basketball coach in history to accomplish this feat.

Well go watch him coach Western ky..

[Coach007]

Well go watch him coach Western ky..

Well... how about not calling fans low IQ'd when clearly.... they are not the ones with it.

[Ari Gold]

Well... how about not calling fans low IQ'd when clearly.... they are not the ones with it.

If you don’t think you are one of those then don’t worry about it..

[tcdog70]

Well go watch him coach Western ky..

Come On Ari I agree with most of your post. But this is what you have got. Weak. We can talk about our ex coaches, to compare our current coach with our most successful coach on a message board make perfect sense. And I will keep up with Stans and watch Him win his Conference.

[MarketingBully]

This is John Cohen baseball dejavu. Howland will get us to the tournament. We will get there in year 4.

[drunkernhelldawg]

Well go watch him coach Western ky..

I think he's a Mississippi State fan. I never heard of following a coach to another school.

[Coach34]

Stansbury led his team to postseason tournament play 11 times in 14 seasons (six NCAA and five NIT tournaments), with five consecutive post-season tournament appearances, the first MSU basketball coach in history to accomplish this feat.

aGAIN- We have made 2 NCAA?s in the last 13 seasons. Those numbers speak for themselves. Hell- we are likely an NIT team this year- yet that doesn?t seem to make anybody around here happy

[Jarius]

aGAIN- We have made 2 NCAA?s in the last 13 seasons. Those numbers speak for themselves. Hell- we are likely an NIT team this year- yet that doesn?t seem to make anybody around here happy

Because from 1991-2009 (most of my lifetime) we went to the NCAA tournament 9 times in 19 years. I was one who wanted Stans gone after we had people fighting in the stands and embarrassing the school, but what has happened since he left is completely unacceptable and our administration and coaches who have lead this shit show should be ashamed that they let it get this way.

[MarketingBully]

Because from 1991-2009 (most of my lifetime) we went to the NCAA tournament 9 times in 19 years. I was one who wanted Stans gone after we had people fighting in the stands and embarrassing the school, but what has happened since he left is completely unacceptable and our administration and coaches who have lead this shit show should be ashamed that they let it get this way.

The biggest elephant in the room and the biggest cautionary tale that I could tell anyone for basketball is when you fire a coach you damn well better upgrade the position or at least fire him when he has a shitty record and hasn’t left the cupboard bare. I agreed with letting Stansbury go at the time but you don’t fire him when A) we had just won 20+ games and made an NIT appearance and B) you don’t fire him when he left the cupboard bare. If Stricklin fires him a year earlier or a year later, we are in great shape to hire a new coach. We also saw a coaching search with Stricklin in selecting Ray that rivaled only Tennessee’s recent football coaching search in incompetence. You have to have a plan and a plan a, b, c, and d in place. Stricklin didn’t. If you want to know why our program was set back a decade look no further then the Florida AD Loafers and his self imposed three year death penalty. Ray’s three years of roster mismanagement, shitty recruiting, and shitty coaching is why it will take Coach Howland four years to get us back to the dance. Howland will get us back. Give him time.

[MarketingBully]

aGAIN- We have made 2 NCAA?s in the last 13 seasons. Those numbers speak for themselves. Hell- we are likely an NIT team this year- yet that doesn?t seem to make anybody around here happy

What is your point to this thread? It’s taken Pearl four years to get Auburn back to the dance and they haven’t been since 2003. It took Frank Martin 4+ years to get USC to the tournament. Thanks to Rick Ray’s three years of absolute shit, we were those kinds of rebuilds.

[War Machine Dawg]

aGAIN- We have made 2 NCAA?s in the last 13 seasons. Those numbers speak for themselves. Hell- we are likely an NIT team this year- yet that doesn?t seem to make anybody around here happy

I'd be shocked if this team makes any sort of postseason play. They're heartless and not good. SOS doesn't lie, and we played one of - it not the - worst schedules in the NCAA so far. That we're being exposed in SEC play is the least surprising part of this season. We hired the bootleg version of Stands. Postseason play this year or GTFO should be what Cohen tells Howland.

[MarketingBully]

I'd be shocked if this team makes any sort of postseason play. They're heartless and not good. SOS doesn't lie, and we played one of - it not the - worst schedules in the NCAA so far. That we're being exposed in SEC play is the least surprising part of this season. We hired the bootleg version of Stands. Postseason play this year or GTFO should be what Cohen tells Howland.

Nope. We will make the NIT this season if Howland starts our best five which we have stated ad nauseum. He gets four years to make the NCAA tournament which we will dance next year...

[tcdog70]

We were the third winning-est team in the SEC under Stans. Don't know what your definition of powerhouse is.

[Coach34]

We were the third winning-est team in the SEC under Stans. Don't know what your definition of powerhouse is.

2 NCAA Tourneys in the last 13 years. That means we were one of the best 68 teams in the country only twice in the 13 years. That shows our fans clearly think we were better than we actually were

[msugolf]

2 NCAA Tourneys in the last 13 years. That means we were one of the best 68 teams in the country only twice in the 13 years. That shows our fans clearly think we were better than we actually were

Hahaha I love how you've come out tonight and repeated this statement about 5 times already. Its like a preemptive strike before people can say "And how are we improving as a program again." Let me help you with those stats, we're actually 0 for the last 6 years in tourney appearances since the coaching change(s). The previous 7 we made it 2 times, under Stans. Now I'm sure if Howland turns around and makes it 2-3 times every 7 years you'll turn around and say that's about as good as we can expect.