One of Heath's biggest wins at South Florida, I am guessing.

(01-31-2010 03:45 PM)MICHAELSPAPPY Wrote:  One of Heath's biggest wins at South Florida, I am guessing.

Heath seems to be doing a nice job at USF- 14-7, 4-5 in the Big East. Doesn't get any easier with #7 Georgetown coming up. He seems to be slowly, but steadily improving the USF program. Kind of like what he was doing in NW Arkansas when he was run off after 2 straight NCAA bids and his best, senior laden squad coming back. I think they'll have a little more patience in Tampa, than they did in Fayetteville. Not sure anyone in Tampa expects USF to ever be a Big East power. But simply being competitive in the Big East may be good enough for a NCAA bid, and certainly an NIT bid every year.

(02-02-2010 03:33 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(01-31-2010 03:45 PM)MICHAELSPAPPY Wrote:  One of Heath's biggest wins at South Florida, I am guessing.

Heath seems to be doing a nice job at USF- 14-7, 4-5 in the Big East. Doesn't get any easier with #7 Georgetown coming up. He seems to be slowly, but steadily improving the USF program. Kind of like what he was doing in NW Arkansas when he was run off after 2 straight NCAA bids and his best, senior laden squad coming back. I think they'll have a little more patience in Tampa, than they did in Fayetteville. Not sure anyone in Tampa expects USF to ever be a Big East power. But simply being competitive in the Big East may be good enough for a NCAA bid, and certainly an NIT bid every year.

Would there be any talk of a coaching change at UALR if we had gone to the NCAA once and the NIT once or twice in the past six years? I doubt it. Heath was in an impossible position at Arkansas. He was following a Hall of Fame coach who had won a national championship and gone to the finals another time. That would be difficult for anyone to follow.