What level would you be happy with?

[Dwayne From Minden]

It should be viewed in a 3 year window -

Next year - being competitive hard nosed team and having a winning season overall and playing .500 ball in conference would be dramatic improvement and avoiding the conference play in game

Year two - building off year one and have winning season overall and winning season and upper half finish in conference and possibly winning to the semi's in the conference tourney

Year three - legit chance for conference title and NCAA birth

That's how far this program is down

The Techsters played some awful awful teams in El Paso and they took us very lightly and that's why they won two ballgames - UTEP was decent but literally could not buy a bucket in the first half and that kept us in striking distance

[RealityCheck]

And UTEP plays on...hosting the WNIT championship game vs Rutgers in a sold-out Don Haskins Center.

[96bulldog]

It should be viewed in a 3 year window -

Next year - being competitive hard nosed team and having a winning season overall and playing .500 ball in conference would be dramatic improvement and avoiding the conference play in game

Year two - building off year one and have winning season overall and winning season and upper half finish in conference and possibly winning to the semi's in the conference tourney

Year three - legit chance for conference title and NCAA birth

That's how far this program is down.

I completely agree. I expect it will take three or four years to get a good look at where Summitt and DeMoss will be taking the program.

[ESPNGuy]

According to The Times, Leon Barmore said this:

"We’re in a league where we finished 14th out of 16? Come on now. We’re in a C-USA conference we can definitely win and we can get back to the NCAA playoffs. I wouldn’t dare put pressure on Tyler and say we gotta be in the Final Four tomorrow. That may never happen again, but we can reach a level we would all be happy with."

So what level would you be happy with?

Good post. I had to think about it. My thought process is if you're regularly getting to the NCAA tournament (option 2), hopefully you will win games in the NCAA tournament on frequent basis (option 3), I had a hard time picking...think I went with winning ncaa tournament games on a frequent basis but hope we get back to top 25 on an annual basis.

[Beaver-Dog]

G) All of the above.

[Wade_Antley]

I voted for a national championship. I can hear the echos from that 25 year run that we had getting louder and louder now. It's time for our program to wake up. Within 3 years we should be the premier basketball school in the state. Possibly 2 years.

Another thing that would make me happy would be higher attendance. I don't have the numbers but I'd like to see what the Techsters annual attendance was throughout the 90's. I don't think it's too much of a stretch for us to have 100,000 annual for both men and women within 3 years either.

[champion110]

I voted for a national championship. I can hear the echos from that 25 year run that we had getting louder and louder now. It's time for our program to wake up. Within 3 years we should be the premier basketball school in the state. Possibly 2 years.

Another thing that would make me happy would be higher attendance. I don't have the numbers but I'd like to see what the Techsters annual attendance was throughout the 90's. I don't think it's too much of a stretch for us to have 100,000 annual for both men and women within 3 years either.

Believe me, it may take time but Tyler will be aiming for the very top. That is who he is.....

As for attendance, it will jump up some next year - then, if they are winning, it will continue to grow again. With more people attending, recruiting improves, and winning returns - it is a circle.

[BlindDog]

Build it, and they will come!

[markay714]

Believe me, it may take time but Tyler will be aiming for the very top. That is who he is.....

As for attendance, it will jump up some next year - then, if they are winning, it will continue to grow again. With more people attending, recruiting improves, and winning returns - it is a circle.

I've already called to order my season tickets for next year. I think people will come to watch him build it...think that will totally be part of the attraction!

[champion110]

I've already called to order my season tickets for next year. I think people will come to watch him build it...think that will totally be part of the attraction!

It would sure be fun to watch this process!

[96bulldog]

Well, after 5 days of voting I can say the results are in -- 81.7% of us would like to see the Lady Techsters getting into the NCAA on a regular basis, winning some games there, and being ranked in the top 25.

Thinking about it, the three top selections are pretty close to each other. If we are regularly getting in, then I would expect us to win a game or two every now and then. And if that is happening, then it would be a surprise if we are in the top 25 on a frequent (but maybe not perennial) basis.

I make these statements because I think C-USA is a stronger basketball conference than we have been involved in the past. There were six teams that won 20 or more games this year, and UTEP went all the way to the NIT championship. If we are consistently winning the C-USA championship, it seems that would be a better case for us having a strong team than it was in the Sunbelt or WAC where we really had only one other team challenge us (Western Kentucky and Fresno State) on a consistent basis.

PS -- I am also glad to see there were more fans that voted for another National Championship than fans that voted for simply competing for the conference title every year.

[champion110]

Well, after 5 days of voting I can say the results are in -- 81.7% of us would like to see the Lady Techsters getting into the NCAA on a regular basis, winning some games there, and being ranked in the top 25.

Thinking about it, the three top selections are pretty close to each other. If we are regularly getting in, then I would expect us to win a game or two every now and then. And if that is happening, then it would be a surprise if we are in the top 25 on a frequent (but maybe not perennial) basis.

I make these statements because I think C-USA is a stronger basketball conference than we have been involved in the past. There were six teams that won 20 or more games this year, and UTEP went all the way to the NIT championship. If we are consistently winning the C-USA championship, it seems that would be a better case for us having a strong team than it was in the Sunbelt or WAC where we really had only one other team challenge us (Western Kentucky and Fresno State) on a consistent basis.

PS -- I am also glad to see there were more fans that voted for another National Championship than fans that voted for simply competing for the conference title every year.

Like you say, I think some run together. If we win conference championships, we get in the NCAA's. If we get in the NCAA's, we hope we can win some. If we win some there, we should be top 25. If we are top 25, we have a chance at building toward National Championships again.

There is a flow up and I hope we can build it back and build it right.

[Dawg06]

I think Tyler (like Saban and other great coaches) would tell you that this is a process. We just need to get better everyday and see where that will take us. If we can do that, I think we'll all be happy.

[Cal&Ken]

I think Tyler (like Saban and other great coaches) would tell you that this is a process. We just need to get better everyday and see where that will take us. If we can do that, I think we'll all be happy.

I agree with this- and think most fans will as well.

[Beaver-Dog]

Yea, one step at a time. Double time.