(11-20-2019 09:50 PM)Ourland Wrote:  That's a good post. We need to see progress. The history of Rice basketball is dismal. I need to see progress. Basketball is the "great equalizer." We should be good in this sport. There are great basketball players everywhere, and it only takes fifteen bodies to make it happen. Get it together Rice!

It doesn't take 15 good bodies to make it happen. One really good player with a decent supporting cast can turn a program around. I got my MBA at UVa in 1966 and the basketball program was dismal. UNC, Duke, and Wake Forest ruled the ACC and UVa was the perennial bottom in the standings. When Barry Parkhill arrived, that changed. He was exciting to watch, took over at crunch time, and as the crowds grew, the enthusiasm and expectations also grew. The team caught the enthusiasm from the crowds and the funding for the athletic program did too, as did the recruiting possibilities for the future. I was hopeful that Marcus Evans was the Barry Parkhill for Rice, but it didn't work out.

Hopefully, one of the Rice MBB players is that guy or the team meshes so well as a team that the program grows by leaps and bounds. Pera seems to be able to develop a team that plays as a team, with no one being the "star of the season", rather the "star of the game". As long as this continues, the wins will come and the recruits will buy into the program.