NCAA tournament wins are what we SHOULD be expecting when we hire a new coach. Otherwise, why hire him? Will it happen? That remains to be seen, but if we want to move forward as a program, we should be setting our sights higher.
Do we know that is the case? It sounds like UTC has already made an offer and is in negotiations. Akron isn't that far along in their search. Paris may just be moving forward on an offer that has been made rather than something that might come from Akron.
The thing that I find interesting about the bottom of the list is that 328th place is still double that of 348th place.
328) Northwestern State University of Louisiana 1,023,827
348) Mississippi Valley State University 505,795
Was that the lady in the red sweater? She was on her feet a lot during the game. Too bad no one else in the crowd was into it enough to stand up and cheer.