10 Years Ago.....

[gofurman]

Kool Aid and Fetenayl is not a good combination

Agreed. Neither is NIL and the portal -

[gofurman]

The past ten years have been great! Just imagine all we accomplish in another ten years!!!!!

Trying to imagine what is realistically possible, considering what I know and considering what is stated by the posters after you in this thread other than the one (you again) that just entered a big "100" whatever that means.

We celebrate our past and we look forward to our future...
Regardless of what is considered most 'realistically' possible ect., the only mindset worth having is that there is no limit to what can be achieved...

The only mindset worth having is that we just do the best we can.
That does not mean we abandon having goals that a realistic.
It is vitally important to have goals that are realistic.
What is realistic IS an important and valid question.
So, considering everything known and expected, including the impact of NIL and of conference alignments and likely power conference consolidations, what realistically the best can we can do?
Are we left to just dream and wonder, with no realism inserted into what is predictable for the coming 10 years?
Yes?
No?
I really want to know what people think - not about the fact that I am asking these question, but what, if any, considered answers to these questions there may be, beyond trite sayings and platitudes.

Right. With NIL and portal stealing future Pegues from the SoCon ( equally from each team like Achor Achor)… best can hope is win SoCon and get to dance. MAYBE win a madness game every 10 years at best?

Just my thought. Goal every year is win SoCon weekend. Get in March madness

Winning. Conference stays same as NIL doesn’t affect it. Or affects everyone equally. It’s us vs the big boys where we get hurt w NIL

[apaladin]

Not to be technical but really only 7 of the last 10:season have been good/great. One season, 2015 we lost two thirds of the games. 2016 and 2024 were barely .500. As for the upcoming season I think 20 regular season wins would be outstanding but probably not realistic.

[Choir Boy]

Kool Aid and Fetenayl is not a good combination

Agreed. Neither is NIL and the portal -

Kool Aid is your tremendous enthusiasm
Commendable, but misguided and highly unlikely

Fentanyl is the NCAAA…raping college sports. FU BBall is morphing into Auburn’s JV team. Anytime we get a good player or two we are going to get poached $$ is the new name of the game And we are a bunch of broke back Paladins with a lack of leadership at the top.

[soconjohn]

As long as Furman has the best coach in the league, they'll be good year-in and year-out...I'm still waiting for some of those Bob McKillop coached Davidson teams to be bad...It's not going to happen lol...The degree of good, however, is dependent on important details, but the coach is good enough to put you close to the top of the mountain each season...Getting back to the peak of it is the inexact science, however....That's all players, and in basketball at our level, it usually has everything to do with how you defend.

[FU Hoopla]

Not to be technical but really only 7 of the last 10:season have been good/great. One season, 2015 we lost two thirds of the games. 2016 and 2024 were barely .500. As for the upcoming season I think 20 regular season wins would be outstanding.

I basically used '10 years ago' because that is when we had that awful record and then made the surprise run to the SoCon Championship game which kinda sparked the program moving forward...

Here is each final record for the past 9 seasons:
2016 19-16
2017 23-12
2018 23-10
2019 25-8
2020 25-7
2021 16-9
2022 22-12
2023 28-8
2024 17-16

[FurmanFan23]

It will be interesting to see if a newly renovated Timmons will improve the performance of the team. Part of me likes that the arena got a much needed renovation while the other part of me wishes it all went to NIL.

10 years will surely tell!

[gofurman]

As long as Furman has the best coach in the league, they'll be good year-in and year-out...I'm still waiting for some of those Bob McKillop coached Davidson teams to be bad...It's not going to happen lol...The degree of good, however, is dependent on important details, but the coach is good enough to put you close to the top of the mountain each season...Getting back to the peak of it is the inexact science, however....That's all players, and in basketball at our level, it usually has everything to do with how you defend.

Sure - but Bob McKillop's BEST Davidson team.. the one with Steph Curry - would have been poached a year or two earlier (Steph woulda gone to Duke or UNC or UK wherever for $$) in all likelihood and never made that run to the elite eight.

[FU Hoopla]

As long as Furman has the best coach in the league, they'll be good year-in and year-out...I'm still waiting for some of those Bob McKillop coached Davidson teams to be bad...It's not going to happen lol...The degree of good, however, is dependent on important details, but the coach is good enough to put you close to the top of the mountain each season...Getting back to the peak of it is the inexact science, however....That's all players, and in basketball at our level, it usually has everything to do with how you defend.

Sure - but Bob McKillop's BEST Davidson team.. the one with Steph Curry - would have been poached a year or two earlier (Steph woulda gone to Duke or UNC or UK wherever for $$) in all likelihood and never made that run to the elite eight.

Not a guarantee, Steph was only a Sophomore when they went to the elite eight...

What is more interesting is that Davidson is 0-11 in the other most recent 11 NCAA tourney games they have played outside of that elite eight season...

[gofurman]

As long as Furman has the best coach in the league, they'll be good year-in and year-out...I'm still waiting for some of those Bob McKillop coached Davidson teams to be bad...It's not going to happen lol...The degree of good, however, is dependent on important details, but the coach is good enough to put you close to the top of the mountain each season...Getting back to the peak of it is the inexact science, however....That's all players, and in basketball at our level, it usually has everything to do with how you defend.

Sure - but Bob McKillop's BEST Davidson team.. the one with Steph Curry - would have been poached a year or two earlier (Steph woulda gone to Duke or UNC or UK wherever for $$) in all likelihood and never made that run to the elite eight.

Not a guarantee, Steph was only a Sophomore when they went to the elite eight...

What is more interesting is that Davidson is 0-11 in the other most recent 11 NCAA tourney games they have played outside of that elite eight season...

valid point.

FUHoopla - what is the blue court above the FUrman court? probably showing my ignorance here

[FU Hoopla]

As long as Furman has the best coach in the league, they'll be good year-in and year-out...I'm still waiting for some of those Bob McKillop coached Davidson teams to be bad...It's not going to happen lol...The degree of good, however, is dependent on important details, but the coach is good enough to put you close to the top of the mountain each season...Getting back to the peak of it is the inexact science, however....That's all players, and in basketball at our level, it usually has everything to do with how you defend.

Sure - but Bob McKillop's BEST Davidson team.. the one with Steph Curry - would have been poached a year or two earlier (Steph woulda gone to Duke or UNC or UK wherever for $$) in all likelihood and never made that run to the elite eight.

Not a guarantee, Steph was only a Sophomore when they went to the elite eight...

What is more interesting is that Davidson is 0-11 in the other most recent 11 NCAA tourney games they have played outside of that elite eight season...

valid point.

FUHoopla - what is the blue court above the FUrman court? probably showing my ignorance here

That picture is from Furman vs. Wofford at Bon Secours Wellness Arena 2023 (6,000+ attendance)



This season that court will have Furman logos all over it...

[FU Hoopla]

If I would have told you 10 years ago Furman Basketball was on its way to:

- Beating #8 ranked Villanova and get ranked in the AP Top 25 poll
- Winning the SoCon Tournament and beating #10 ranked Virginia in the NCAA tournament
- Getting a player drafted into the NBA
- Getting the full renovation of Timmons Arena on track for completion in 12 months
- Keeping the head coach that has been apart of all of that (Bob Richey) on board

You would have thought I was crazy!

FU sends Jay Wright and Tony Bennett into retirement

[gofurman]

If I would have told you 10 years ago Furman Basketball was on its way to:

- Beating #8 ranked Villanova and get ranked in the AP Top 25 poll
- Winning the SoCon Tournament and beating #10 ranked Virginia in the NCAA tournament
- Getting a player drafted into the NBA
- Getting the full renovation of Timmons Arena on track for completion in 12 months
- Keeping the head coach that has been apart of all of that (Bob Richey) on board

You would have thought I was crazy!

FU sends Jay Wright and Tony Bennett into retirement

Funny but NOT funny. clearly Bennett left becuase he was sick of NIL; it won't be the last - "Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett explains his stunning retirement: "I don't think I'm equipped in this new way to coach"

[FU Hoopla]

If I would have told you 10 years ago Furman Basketball was on its way to:

- Beating #8 ranked Villanova and get ranked in the AP Top 25 poll
- Winning the SoCon Tournament and beating #10 ranked Virginia in the NCAA tournament
- Getting a player drafted into the NBA
- Getting the full renovation of Timmons Arena on track for completion in 12 months
- Keeping the head coach that has been apart of all of that (Bob Richey) on board

You would have thought I was crazy!

FU sends Jay Wright and Tony Bennett into retirement

Funny but NOT funny. clearly Bennett left becuase he was sick of NIL; it won't be the last - "Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett explains his stunning retirement: "I don't think I'm equipped in this new way to coach"

Let's send Bill Self off into retirement this year!

[gofurman]

Kool Aid and Fetenayl is not a good combination

Agreed. Neither is NIL and the portal -

Kool Aid is your tremendous enthusiasm
Commendable, but misguided and highly unlikely

Fentanyl is the NCAAA…raping college sports. FU BBall is morphing into Auburn’s JV team. Anytime we get a good player or two we are going to get poached $$ is the new name of the game And we are a bunch of broke back Paladins with a lack of leadership at the top.

Yup. Dam NCAA is stupids