Everyone loves to point to "no NCAA tourney" for JC as a failure without pointing out the failures Groce had with the same group. Did Groce take us into the tourney, he sure did. But what was his best conference season in the MAC? Were we ever higher than a 4 seed in Cleveland with him? Yes, JC took the Sweet 16 bunch and failed to make the NCAA tourney...but he was also 14-2 in the MAC. So we couldn't beat Akron, that was it. How often we forget that under Groce we only beat Akron in Cleveland by a single point. It's not like we were head-and-shoulders better, talent wise, than Akron in EITHER year. JC loses the Sweet 16 crew in his final year and still won 25 games and went 11-7 in the MAC. How were Groce's MAC records, again? 7-9, 9-7, 11-5. Yea, he dominated the MAC schedule. (<--sarcasm)

That Sweet 16 was the worst thing that has happened to Ohio basketball in some ways. Unrealistic expectations went through the roof, our coach leaves to cash in on the success, and we still have unrealistic fans who act like no NCAA tourney run=failure. In my opinion, that's pretty stupid.

You're being overly dramatic. There's plenty of room to be disappointed with JC's tenure without being painted as unrealistic. Let's start with going 1-5 vs Akron. Those 5 losses included blowing double digit leads multiple times and being out-toughed in every game, losing in OT twice on our home court. And its very reasonable to be upset that he didn't get us back to the tournament when we had the lead at halftime in the MACC and end up getting embarrassed 39-17 in the second half.

Or how about JC's 3-7 record vs OOC opponents on the road with 5 of those losses by double digits? The one thing JC did better than Groce was he avoided losing to teams he shouldn't lose to, mostly.