Kent State Basketball

Kent State mens basketball has won 20 games or more for 10 straight years. I have not done the research but there are very few (maybe none) other mid major Div. I teams that can say that. They are coached by one of my closest friends, Jim Christian. Jim and I were assistants together at Kent State in 2001-2002. We won 30 games that year and went on to the NCAA Elite Eight and eventually lost to Univ. of Indiana to go to the Final Four. I learned a lot from Jim that year and continue to as well. His strengths are; keeping things simple, motivating players to play hard, game management and adjustments and relating well to players during the recruiting process...to name just a few. I look forward to watching them the rest of the way and hopefully sitting behind their bench in the first round of the NCAA tournament!