2008–09	Kent State	19–15	10–6	T-3rd	CIT 1st Round
2009–10	Kent State	24–10	13–3	1st	NIT 2nd Round
2010–11	Kent State	25–12	12–4	1st	NIT Quarterfinals
Kent State:		68–37	35–13

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 OT: ...anybody remember the suggestion that Rick Byrd should have been hired instead of Tim o"shea?

He's now 3 wins away from 600 wins at Belmont...six big dances.  What could have been.

 

They walked into a bare cupboard and a locker room full of "quitters" as Bruce Weber called his team. Groce has hit the recruiting trail hard and has lost a few big recruits to Kansas and Duke. 

That failing BIG program went 13-1 OOC and 11-2 OOC with some decent wins the first 2 years. Hard to say that they are failing because they had a tough in conference season against a BIG that put some pretty good teams in the NCAA and advanced them a few rounds. No doubt they were failing....otherwise Weber would not have been replaced. I think they are on the right track and continue to get it right. Really need a recruiting win in the PG category with a Conley like guard as we all know how  Groce's ultimate system depends on a PG that will run the show. 


I thnk we would al like to fail on the level that they have in the last 2 years. If we played that OOC schedule and did as well, made and advanced a round in the tourney like they did his first year and then advanced a couple of rounds in the NIT we would be content with the rebuild. 

Not going to get into the discussion ad nauseum of whether Groce is doing what he was hired to do as it is too early to tell and I know certain folks are trolling for a reaction anyway. 

All that said, I am not on the Dustin bandwagon and certainly do not think Geno even deserves a sniff.