USF Men's bball getting back to the NCAA tournament?

[Brad]

 

There's always ebay...

[NewEnglandBull]

1 hour ago, Ned A Starr said:

If USF wants to get back to the NCAAs, then why did they hire Gregory?  He couldn't get there during his 5 year stint at GT.

 

Multiple reasons:

1. Who wants to coach a program with no fan support?

2. Who wants to coach a program that will get NCAA penalties?

3. Who wants to coach a program with little to none in tradition?

4. Who wants to coach in a program with limited  donor support?

5. Who wants to coach in a program that can't pay aggressively because they are still paying past coaches who were fired?

We did well getting this guy. 

Edited March 25, 2017 by NewEnglandBull

[Paisa el Toro]

On 3/25/2017 at 7:08 PM, Ned A Starr said:

How is Gregory's hire better than retaining Murry Bartow as HC.

Two is better than one?  We got both. 

[GaUSFBull]

On 3/24/2017 at 10:18 AM, Triple B said:

We should probably be predicting when we get to .500 again ... baby steps.

[Triple B]

2 hours ago, GaUSFBull said:

Every time I see the term "baby steps", I think of that movie .... that's powerful.

[bullsfan27]

We won't be in any tournament for the next couple of years. This year (2017-2018) we just need bodies to get through the year. Next year we can start to see how he is recruiting as he will have a full year and can start to bring in guys that we need. we won't get any 4 or 5 star guys until at least year 3 so for now we need to find guys that can do things that we need for them to do. For starters we need to find a PG that can run the new system as the PG is the engine to the offense. Then we need some SG/SF that can knock down shots and then We need to find a few bigs to get rebounds and post up for shots. Id like for us to run a motion style offense where all 4 guys without the ball are constantly screening and diving to the basket instead of watching 4 guys stand around doing nothing then jacking up some low percentage shot to beat the shot clock instead of getting the high percentage shots. we started to do a better job of this under Bartow but we need to get all guys moving.

The problem I saw with Antigua was he tried to get 4/5* guys to come here and never tried to get the guys that wanted to come here and try to coach them up. Had he coached up a bunch of 2* guys and had everyone believe in the system he would have done better but he learned under Cal who doesn't have much of a system as that is how Kentucky wins with the 1 and done players instead of guys that are there 3-4 years. 

[DELdaBull]

Ain't no 5 star basketball recruits coming here anytime soon. 

[Paisa el Toro]

20 hours ago, bullsfan27 said:

 we won't get any 4 or 5 star guys until at least year 3 so for now we need to find guys that can do things that we need for them to do.

I think we don't get to sniff "all-around quality" 4 or 5 star guys until we start winning consistently, which I think would take longer than year 3. If Gregory is able to land 4 or 5 star players (that are academically sound) by year 3, let's anoint him the miracle worker that has lifted the Sun Dome hex. Antigua swung on lots of 4 or 5 star kids that had academic issues and never made it on campus. 

[Paisa el Toro]

2 hours ago, Ned A Starr said:

Did we really?

http://www.gousfbulls.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=7700&SPID=2923&SPSID=36687

Still filling out the staff; I would not be surprised to see Bartow retained, as he's got another year under his USF contract. 

[NewEnglandBull]

3 minutes ago, Ned A Starr said:

He could be relegated to Special Projects for Judy Genshaft...ala Doug Woolard.