2007 Nit

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

UMass/Alabama was a great game.

It was terrific, but I can't stay up to watch when the OT period starts at 11:40 pm.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

It was terrific, but I can't stay up to watch when the OT period starts at 11:40 pm.

Tivo, DVD recorder, VCR ???

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Tivo, DVD recorder, VCR ???

I was watching in bed, and don't have any of those in the bedroom.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

It was terrific, but I can't stay up to watch when the OT period starts at 11:40 pm.

You are old beyond your years......

You must be a Rangers fan.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

You are old beyond your years......

Don't I know it.

[Junker]

In these parts, the most entertaining thing has been Steve Alford whining in a press conference about Iowa being left out of the NIT. It's a pretty good clip. He begins by saying how he isn't going to make excuses and whine, then he spends the next 10 minutes making excuses and whining about how the 4th place team in the Big 10 has always been in the NIT. I guess there's a first time for everything.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Junker

In these parts, the most entertaining thing has been Steve Alford whining in a press conference about Iowa being left out of the NIT. It's a pretty good clip. He begins by saying how he isn't going to make excuses and whine, then he spends the next 10 minutes making excuses and whining about how the 4th place team in the Big 10 has always been in the NIT. I guess there's a first time for everything.

No one expected Iowa to be tied for 4th in the conference, and I don't think doing so really changed anyone's mind about how good they were. I think it's funny about how after not expecting this team to do much, people are all over Alford for not making the tournament. I was on the Alford bandwagon when they hired him, but have grown less and less enamored. His post season record is even worse than his conference record, though.

[Junker]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

No one expected Iowa to be tied for 4th in the conference, and I don't think doing so really changed anyone's mind about how good they were. I think it's funny about how after not expecting this team to do much, people are all over Alford for not making the tournament. I was on the Alford bandwagon when they hired him, but have grown less and less enamored. His post season record is even worse than his conference record, though.

I agree. He's just getting ripped because you don't often hear of a team from a big time conference crying about getting into the NIT. If he was complaining about the NCAA it wouldn't be a story. Alfor just never seems to make his players better. They look like the same player their freshman year that they look like their senior year. When they were hired, who'd have thought that Kirk would be the good hire?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Junker

I agree. He's just getting ripped because you don't often hear of a team from a big time conference crying about getting into the NIT. If he was complaining about the NCAA it wouldn't be a story. Alfor just never seems to make his players better. They look like the same player their freshman year that they look like their senior year. When they were hired, who'd have thought that Kirk would be the good hire?

I've noticed that, too. Glen Worley was a classic example. Great freshman who looked like he'd be all conference by the time he was a junior. By the time his senior year came along, he looked like a decent freshman.
I remember the hirings, too. They jumped at Alford because the impression across the state was he'd lost out on Stoops and had to settle for Ferentz. Not so incidentally, Ferentz' strength has been developing players over their time with him. Alford's weakness has been player development and retention.