Who wants to sit on our bench?
I'd hope no one. I'd hope every recruit that comes here would have enough confidence to come into their freshman year with the mindset of competing for playing time.
Who wants to sit on our bench?
I'd hope no one. I'd hope every recruit that comes here would have enough confidence to come into their freshman year with the mindset of competing for playing time.
That would be great and is the reason our program has always gone through cylcles. Check it out. Most of our great players start as freshmen and really don't have to beat out any outstanding players.
That's probably how it works most places outside of your top ten or so programs.
Most great Duke and UNC players started as freshmen and just replaced great players.
Why does this poll have Jack Murdock, who coached for only one season and went 8-18, as a choice but omits Murray Greason who coached for 23 seasons?
Skip never lost in the first round at Wake fwiw. Obviously he did not have the greatest record in the second round and beyond, but he never laid a complete egg and got blown out either, and I do think luck and circumstance explain at least a little bit of that.
Beyond that, I'll just say I agree with IAI and a few others on this thread that he would have gotten us to that point enough that he would have broken through a few times eventually.
I was talking about the NCAAs (and I'm sure you knew that) but fair enough.
keeper, rank your top 5.
Why does this poll have Jack Murdock, who coached for only one season and went 8-18, as a choice but omits Murray Greason who coached for 23 seasons?
Very difficult because of different eras. I voted for McKinney because he took us to the Final Four. However,UNC and NC State's programs were coming off probation and Duke was upset by Clemson in the ACC semis. We were a Yale made free throw away from being upset in the first round. Three wins got you in the Final Four back then. Carl Tacy probably did more with less....small budget, no home court, TREMENDOUS competetion. Few players left early then. David Odom was the best for the longest without question. Averaging 20 wins for 12 seasons is quite an accomplishment at Wake Forest. Skip was good but no better than Odom. Dino I thought was good but no better than Odom or Skip. Impossible to rank because of different eras.
Three wins got you in the Final Four back then. Carl Tacy probably did more with less....small budget, no home court, TREMENDOUS competetion.
I'm not familiar with what this word means.
Very difficult because of different eras. I voted for McKinney because he took us to the Final Four. However,UNC and NC State's programs were coming off probation and Duke was upset by Clemson in the ACC semis. We were a Yale made free throw away from being upset in the first round. Three wins got you in the Final Four back then. Carl Tacy probably did more with less....small budget, no home court, TREMENDOUS competetion. Few players left early then. David Odom was the best for the longest without question. Averaging 20 wins for 12 seasons is quite an accomplishment at Wake Forest. Skip was good but no better than Odom. Dino I thought was good but no better than Odom or Skip. Impossible to rank because of different eras.
It is similar to competition. That is how we spelled it before we admitted left wing liberal students....