Here's a column, not an article, on the state of basketball down Fresno way:
Penance over, Cleveland starts anew
Matt James
The Fresno Bee
10/22/08
It's a good question, and Steve Cleveland has thought about it often.
Being the men's basketball coach at Fresno State will make a man go through extensive periods of self-evaluation.
We will not relive every shovel-full of dirt that got the program into this predicament, just start with the premise that there is a hole and the program is not observing it casually from above.
You could say it's climbing out. You could say it's at the bottom. Whatever. There's a hole.
So when Cleveland took the job three seasons ago, he had a choice. He could go get the best freshmen who were willing to be Bulldogs, playing along with the idea that incoming freshmen are innocent and naive and hard-working. Hot spinning clay, ready to be molded. Also, they study.
Or, he could go get the best basketball players available, which is to say Division I transfers and junior college transfers. And we will go along with the notion that these players are more risky, because that is the notion... Go here for the remainder.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
A little more Fresno State background
Posted by Kevin McCarthy at 10:59 AM
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