Basketball program destroyed - long 11 years

[Dawsonmsu]

Will our basketball team ever be relevant again?

[Joebob]

If Jans can recruit, it absolutely will.

[mparkerfd20]

Nope. Never.

[msstate7]

No.

Anytime we come close to turning a corner a team will come out and shoot 80% from 3 like tonight. This program is cursed, and im done investing my time and give-a-shit. Im out

[Dawg2003]

It's crazy to think how long ago it was that we were relevant. With NIL, you need a lot more money to get players, so I don't see us being relevant again anytime soon.

[Coach34]

Meanwhile Western Kentucky is 11-7 and 3-4 in Conference USA under the guy that destroyed the program

[Gutter Cobreh]

Meanwhile Western Kentucky is 11-7 and 3-4 in Conference USA under the guy that destroyed the program

Did he destroy it or did a current Colorado assistant coach??? Lots of blame to go around...

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Meanwhile Western Kentucky is 11-7 and 3-4 in Conference USA under the guy that destroyed the program

Agreed it was destroyed under Stans. When he let cancers like Dee Bost, Renardo Sidney, etc. do their destruction with no accountability, it all went down hill. When you have cancer, you cut it out or nuke it. It’s the only way.

[Coach34]

Did he destroy it or did a current Colorado assistant coach??? Lots of blame to go around...

Stands let it rot from within and then we made an absolute terrible hire behind it. So you can say it started with Stands and the Cheerleader helped kill it

Cant blame Ray- he never should have gotten the job

[PGHBulldogBG]

Not defending it, but our basketball history has been terrible overall since I remember being old enough to watch State which was in the mid 90s. 2 great seasons under Williams. A great season in 2004 under Stans. A nice tournament SEC tourney run under Stans in 2009. That’s basically the highlights of MSU basketball in my lifetime that I can remember. No matter who takes this job it’s difficult. This year is still less frustrating than the Howland years because we underachieved every year with him. This isn’t really an underachievement we just don’t have the players to compete with Bama or UT. We are going to be looking at a Rick Ray year though if we don’t beat UF Saturday. It’s a must win to keep our team bought in. The schedule gets lighter in February and we need to take advantage of that.

[EdwardDrayton]

Stands let it rot from within and then we made an absolute terrible hire behind it. So you can say it started with Stands and the Cheerleader helped kill it

Cant blame Ray- he never should have gotten the job

An excellent characterization of what transpired.

[EdwardDrayton]

The jury is still out on Jans. We'll see.

[maroonmania]

Not defending it, but our basketball history has been terrible overall since I remember being old enough to watch State which was in the mid 90s. 2 great seasons under Williams. A great season in 2004 under Stans. A nice tournament SEC tourney run under Stans in 2009. That’s basically the highlights of MSU basketball in my lifetime that I can remember. No matter who takes this job it’s difficult. This year is still less frustrating than the Howland years because we underachieved every year with him. This isn’t really an underachievement we just don’t have the players to compete with Bama or UT. We are going to be looking at a Rick Ray year though if we don’t beat UF Saturday. It’s a must win to keep our team bought in. The schedule gets lighter in February and we need to take advantage of that.

We got an SEC championship in 1991. That was a really nice year as well. I've quit watching this year though. A team that can't score has little to no hope in this day and age of basketball when playing a good team.

[PGHBulldogBG]

The jury is still out on Jans. We'll see.

I don’t doubt his coaching ability but we have to see how he recruits. I’m still 100 percent behind Jans. He seems to beat all the teams he is supposed to beat. We got dealt a bad first half SEC schedule. Even UGA is much improved at 3-1 and currently winning at Rupp arena

[BHildreth3]

Give the f'n guy a chance. It's its 1st f'n year. Ya'll suck as fans. No one is patient anymore. This is a program that is years away from being solid under him. Give him another year before you bitch about it.

[EdwardDrayton]

Give the f'n guy a chance. It's its 1st f'n year. Ya'll suck as fans. No one is patient anymore. This is a program that is years away from being solid under him. Give him another year before you bitch about it.

Don't see anyone here calling for Coach Jans ouster, Karen.

[confucius say]

Jans will be fine. Total faith in that guy.

Running stans off remains one of the dumbest moves in our history.

[tcdog70]

No.

Anytime we come close to turning a corner a team will come out and shoot 80% from 3 like tonight. This program is cursed, and im done investing my time and give-a-shit. Im out

Great does that mean you will quit posting your negative shit?

[msstate7]

Jans will be fine. Total faith in that guy.

Running stans off remains one of the dumbest moves in our history.

If we had a good class instead of one of the worst in the sec in recent years, I'd have more faith

[Dawsonmsu]

Jan’s is a good coach for sure. Just worried the long term damage incurred from Ray and Howland will carry over during his tenure. Hard to remove the demons.