New Assistant - Dwayne Killings

[KampusFoods]

It's official

https://twitter.com/steve_wojo/status/984499303954731008

[MuMark]

https://twitter.com/steve_wojo/status/984499303954731008?s=21

[Marcus92]

http://www.gomarquette.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/041218aaa.html

[Marcus92]

Proof that UConn is a stepping stone relative to Marquette?

[We R Final Four]

#bluebloodmidmajor

[MU82]

I want to get one of those shirts!!

I mean, beams of light emanate from the giant MU logo - that's cool!!!!!!

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

#bluebloodmidmajor

Blue blood? Nah.

Mid major? Add long as they're in the AAC!

[monkeyman34]

Ugh, is this going to cause Dwyane to get spelled even more often now?

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Wojo just replaced a former ACC POY with a walk on! Huge blow to noon ball.

[Marcus92]

I mean, beams of light emanate from the giant MU logo - that's cool!!!!!!

[Marcus92]

Guess we're dealing with supernatural coaching ability here.

[D'Lo Brown]

Blue blood? Nah.

Mid major? Add long as they're in the AAC!

Definitely a lateral move for Hurley, at best

[WindyCityGoldenEagle]

Definitely a lateral move for Hurley, at best

Disagree. Also, I'm too lazy to look it up but I'd guess his paycheck says otherwise.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Definitely a lateral move for Hurley, at best

I don't think so, he went from a meh mid-major to one of the best mid-majors. Top 15 all time program IMHO.

[Marcus92]

I don't think so, he went from a meh mid-major to one of the best mid-majors. Top 15 all time program IMHO.

The decline of the UConn men's basketball program over the past four seasons has been precipitous. And it may be irreversible.

They went from winning their 4th national title in 15 years to missing the NCAA tournament altogether 3 out of the past 4 years. Average home attendance is down about 20% since 2013-14, a huge revenue hit. As a member of the AAC, UConn receives a fraction of the conference payout that it did when it belonged to the Big East. And after significant belt-tightening in recent years, the state is making even more cuts in an attempt to right its financial ship.

Can Hurley overcome all those trends? We'll see. The program's standing has certainly been significantly weakened. They're nowhere near a Top 15 program right now.

http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-rifkin-uconn-men-basketball-skid-0131-20180130-story.html

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attend/2014.pdf

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attend/2017.pdf

https://today.uconn.edu/2017/12/uconn-updates-fy18-budget-anticipates-even-tighter-year-ahead/

[GGGG]

Definitely a lateral move for Hurley, at best

Uh...no.

[LAMUfan]

everyone really needs the teal huh

[MuMark]

If you can win at RI you can win at UCONN.... ...

If Hurley thought it was a lateral move he wouldn't have taken the job.

[Marcus92]

Michigan St. made the NCAA tournament 21 out of 23 seasons after Jud Heathcote retired.
Kansas made 16 straight NCAA appearances after Roy Williams left.
Kentucky made 10 straight NCAA appearances after Rick Pitino left.
Louisville made the NCAA tournament 9 out of 11 seasons after Denny Crum retired.
Arizona made the NCAA tournament 9 out of 11 seasons after Lute Olsen retired.
UCLA made 6 straight NCAA appearances after John Wooden retired.
UNC made 4 straight NCAA appearances after Dean Smith retired.
Indiana made the NCAA tournament 5 out of 7 seasons after Bob Knight was fired.
Villanova made the NCAA tournament 4 out of 7 seasons after Rollie Massimino retired.

UConn has made just 1 NCAA appearance in the past 4 seasons. To me, that looks a lot more like UNLV post-Tarkanian than anything resembling a Top 15 program.

[Tums Festival]

It's official

https://twitter.com/steve_wojo/status/984499303954731008

Can he coach defense?

[D'Lo Brown]

Uh...no.

I'm a Uconn fan, not as much as MU but grew up following Uconn and still follow.

I just enjoy how they are (for whatever reason) continually ragged on or obsessed over by members of this board. I distinctly remember "blue blood" talk concerning Uconn on here just a few years ago and now they are challenged, mid-major, those kinds of things. Few bad years, sure, but the program is still in great shape and Hurley was an incredible hire. I'd think as an MU fan, I'd take a couple of national championships alongside some losing seasons any day. But I know we have higher standards than that 

I don't really want to get too far into the board's subconscious on this topic, but it was worthwhile throwing the (obviously sarcastic) bait out there to see the response.

[NorthernDancerColt]

I'm a Uconn fan, not as much as MU but grew up following Uconn and still follow.

I just enjoy how they are (for whatever reason) continually ragged on or obsessed over by members of this board. I distinctly remember "blue blood" talk concerning Uconn on here just a few years ago and now they are challenged, mid-major, those kinds of things. Few bad years, sure, but the program is still in great shape and Hurley was an incredible hire. I'd think as an MU fan, I'd take a couple of national championships alongside some losing seasons any day. But I know we have higher standards than that 

I don't really want to get too far into the board's subconscious on this topic, but it was worthwhile throwing the (obviously sarcastic) bait out there to see the response.

People do need to chill with the mid-major talk. Neither UW nor UConn is or will ever be saddled with this label. Regarding our conference affiliation, absent a pro-active TomCrean and an equally crafty Larry Williams (his one big "hit" among many glaring misses), MU may have suffered the application of that label.

However, you can be major and irrelevant in no time, and the Huskies are riding the precipice right now. Hard to believe they can't see what is so clear to everyone else. Their folly of football dreams is ruining a once proud hoops juggernaut. The BigEast does not need them at all. Sans a prenup precluding them from leaving to pursue pigskin ambitions, nobody here wants them.  I hope they have an epiphany soon...a reckoning where they realize where their proverbial bread is buttered.

[We R Final Four]

All it takes is a day.
UConn was a high major for decades-since 1979.
The day they left the Big East, they instantly became mid major.
One day they were a high major, overnight they became mid major. Cincy too.
Conversely, Marquette was apparently a mid major for most of its existence. But, MU joined the Big East one day and instantly became a high major.
I assume the similar conference affiliation paths of Notre Dame and Penn State are parallel to MU.

[Windyplayer]

Can he coach defense?

He can recruit it!

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

This seems to be a timely pick-up of an assistant, particularly since the risk seems to be rising that we are going to lose Stan or Nelson to a HC gig.