CBS Sportsline grading new BB hires

[DWadle1983]

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9410169

Gave Iowa State an A for hiring McDermott, gave UNI a C for hiring Jacobson but should have been incomplete based on his reasoning.

I guess UNI has made the big-time since it was commented at the beginning of the article, "Alphabetically, here they are. And if your favorite school made a hire but didn't make this list, get a new favorite school. One that matters".

[Bier Guy '99]

There's a minute thirty of my life I won't get back. I'd have to agree with you. i don't think he had much reasoning...

[NJ Panther]

I love that UNI gets a C for hiring an assistant because of no head coaching experience, then several lines later he writes of the Rutgers hire
"Rutgers: Fred Hill is a recruiting genius, but he's never been a head coach. Then again, until this job, I'd never been a basketball columnist. See my point? Grade: A."
Doyle was VERY good to UNI all year and this was really just a fluff piece, but still its pretty illogical

[UNIChippewa]

IMO Doyel is a preening, mean-spirited jackass of a journalist and deserves to get his a$$ kicked.

You beat me to the punch. I was going to post that link, but now I obviously don't need to anymore. I agree with you. It would have made more sense to give us an incomplete.

[panther2317]

Doyell was pretty good to UNI. Hopefully he continues to see the Valley as a great conference.

[UWMPantherholic]

are you really surprised the national media has no clue about mid-major assistant coaches? i mean that would require work, something these people aren't really in favor of doing.

[Bier Guy '99]

Actually, I wouldn't have been surprised if he had not known which Ben Jacobson and wrote something like the following:

Northern Iowa - Ben Jacobson, who was the on the court leader over the last 4 seasons, has taken his leadership to the bench of his alma mater. Gutsy call by the NIU athletic department here. C.