re: Coach Johnny Jones has rebuilt this team in 3 weeks. (update end of pg.5)

This provides immediate help and more athleticism on the roster than we had in a few years. Losing Hamilton is still going to hurt, but with these additions, we'll actually have a shot to make some noise last year.

As Adam Banks said earlier, the two guys in Hammink and Coleman had all year to commit or make their intentions known, but they didn't. In the course of a week JJ had them locked up. And then we add a guy that is can be a legit post-player and actually did some nice things on the court at Iowa St. Our last Iowa St. transfer worked out well, and I'm really happy to have Godfrey coming in.

All in all, this has gone about as well as I could hope in a short amount of time. And more importantly, we have some legit recruiters on this staff that will make it easier to keep kids instate and for us to go out and attract some of the top talent in the southeast and Texas. The basketball program is looking up right now, plain and simple.