I hope so, its just we have a coach (Ron Jirsa) in the seat. And no one can say anything. I think the jury is already out on Jirsa and the verdit and sentecing phase is about to start. Jirsa is starting his 3rd yr and is 21-42. Thats a 2-1 losing record. Marshalls basketball has been going down ever since Rick Huckaby was fired in 1988.
Somethings you may not know about Marshall basketball:
Coached by legendary coach Cam Henderson who is inventor of the zone and fast break. He is also co-inventor of the "Wing T option" with Pop Warner.
Won the NAIB (NAIA) championship in 47-48, went 30-0
Made the Final 4 NIT in 62
People who went to Marshall
Hal Greer (Top 50 player of all time)
Mike D'Antoni (Europes version of Micheal Jordan- Current Coach of the Phenoix Suns)
Russell Lee (NO. 1 Draft pick)
Tamar Slay (Charlotte Bobcats)
Records Marshall holds
*Charlie Slack still holds single-season NCAA record for rebounds per game average of 25.6 in l954-55 and is second in NCAA career rebounding avg. of something like 23 per game in 4 years.
*Artis Gilmore, in two years at Jacksonville, holds the NCAA career avg.
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Also from the Guiness Book of World Records
Quote:February 7, 1985 vs Appalachian State. Bruce Morris of Marshall University fires the "shot heard 'round the the world". At 89' 10" Bruce Morris fires a shot while standing out of bounds with 2 seconds Left on the clock and it goes in. Even though the shot was illegal, the refrees allow the shot to count because of crowd sentiment.
Cam Henderson Center
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