[donkey687]

The standard for Stanford MBB needs to be the NCAA tournament and contending for a conference title - more often than not.

In the era of one and dones, how did you decide on this standard? My sense is that we are rarely in contention for 90% of the best MBB recruits because for them, the 40-year decision is irrelevant. That leaves us with needing to have a really sound system in place the way Wright at Villanova and Bennett at UVA do. But aside from Monty, is there any strong historical evidence that Stanford should be competing for conference titles year in, year out? Stanford coaches not named Monty have won one conference title since WWII happened, and even Monty didn't win his first conference title until over a decade on the job. Believe me, I'd LOVE for that to be the case, but I guess I think the long-term trendline suggests regularly competing for conference titles is not realistic for Stanford men's basketball apart from landing a really special coach who's an excellent fit for our program.

Because that is the Stanford standard and just about every Stanford sport does it. WBB does it. MBB did it for more than a decade under Monty. We can do it again. Accepting mediocrity and whining about admissions standards is not acceptable.

[donkey687]

The standard for Stanford MBB needs to be the NCAA tournament and contending for a conference title - more often than not.

In the era of one and dones, how did you decide on this standard? My sense is that we are rarely in contention for 90% of the best MBB recruits because for them, the 40-year decision is irrelevant. That leaves us with needing to have a really sound system in place the way Wright at Villanova and Bennett at UVA do. But aside from Monty, is there any strong historical evidence that Stanford should be competing for conference titles year in, year out? Stanford coaches not named Monty have won one conference title since WWII happened, and even Monty didn't win his first conference title until over a decade on the job. Believe me, I'd LOVE for that to be the case, but I guess I think the long-term trendline suggests regularly competing for conference titles is not realistic for Stanford men's basketball apart from landing a really special coach who's an excellent fit for our program.

Because that is the Stanford standard and just about every Stanford sport does it. WBB does it. MBB did it for more than a decade under Monty. We can do it again. Accepting mediocrity and whining about admissions standards is not acceptable.