Seems to me that getting a new coach next year would preclude any optimism about winning a tournament game next year and commit the program to another 4 or 5 years of "rebuilding" until the new coach gets his own recruits in place. However, those who post here, including myself, often have a skewed viewpoint since we are not the typical NU basketball fans. This was brought home to me the other night when I had dinner with some fair weather fans who had attended the Mich State game(one of whom had never been to the Pinnacle before). The main dinner topics of the night among the men consisted of comments about football recruiting, golf, and how rude it was to see the crowd at the arena try to spoil the introduction of the opposing team and how badly it reflected on the state. But at least I did find out that Freddy Couples has one of the sweetest swings in golf.