I keep hearing how hard it is to get ballers to Huntington. Really?!?! How did that App coach get that depth in a more rural location called Boone, NC? The kid they brought off the bench was a transfer player that we had absolutely no answer for last night. When they needed a bucket, they put the ball in his hands, he broke defenders down and either hit a shot or passed to a team mate.
Arkansas State was in the cellar of this conference last season. They went 4-14 in the Sun Belt. They canned their coach. They went out and got a hot recruiter from the University of Alabama. They scheduled tough early with games at Wisconsin, Iowa and Alabama. They took some L's early. But they have won 7 of their last 8 games with the only loss being a 4-point loss to JMU. They are 10-6 in the Sun Belt standings and passed us on the ladder as we were moving down & they were moving up. Is Jonesboro an easy place to get players to?
We for too long are told to swallow mediocrity and face some falsehood that where we are currently at is the best we can do. It is nonsense!