I too, believe the true barometer of your program is regular season success. I believe that if you build a solid program and dominate your conference, post season success will follow. I also see teams make the NCAA tournament with .500 records or worse. They got hot in their conference tournament and went to the dance to get killed by a 1 or 2 seed.
I'm with C4L, I'd be thrilled ( at this stage) with 3 NIT's out of 5 years. My only concern with your post and previous posts is that you constantly bring up the past and compare Marlin's tenure to the past to justify why we should believe Marlin when he says our program is the standard in the SBC.
Over the years we've put, supposedly, a lot more emphasis and resources into our athletic programs with facility construction or enhancements, much higher coaching pay and resources etc. to bring a better product to the stage but we really aren't doing that. Again, I don't see people wanting to bash Marlin but to many, there is a distinct lack of return from the money we are asked to donate and pay.
By building for regular season success, you bring in a culture of winning. That brings in better recruits and coaches and establishes expectations. It also builds for post season success. Teams that have more success in regular season and play good opponents in conference readies them for the tournament.
That is a loaded question. My whole point is built around that idea that if you are good enough to win the conference title 3 years in a row, your chances of going to the NCAA tournament or multiple NIT's is really high. The NCAA tournament is great but its one shining moment and that's if you win. Nobody but our fans remembers when we were last in the tournament nor do they care and recruits don't care when we last were there.
Does anyone think Ron Hunter will have Tulane wearing those obnoxious stockings? Just a thought?
Was watching the six pm news. They were going to do a little thing on Lamers new coach at ten. So much for local tv value.
If Bobby Big Fish had a history of his teams struggling during the regular season but then almost always seemingly finding a way to win the conference tournament and then head off the the NCAA where they made some noise, I could consider that a success. Has it happened? Of course not.
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