I know exactly how that team played. Those years coincide with my years as a student at State. I was in attendance at most every game (home and away) for the 89-90 and 90-91 seasons, from Shreveport to Syracuse and most points in between. We had been competitive for the most part when those guys were freshmen. Adding Cam and Tony Watts made us moreso when they were sophomores. But we didn't win until they were seniors. Well, we slipped into the NIT their junior year, but it was a little disappointing when we harbored NCAA hopes.
We haven't been nearly as consistent or as good under Ray unfortunately. The SEC was better then than it is now, and we are worse. Still, winning on the road against anybody is a baby step, and yes, we had fallen that far that it is cause for happiness. There's no blame being assigned with that statement of how far we'd fallen. Rick Ray is the head coach and it's his job to produce on the court and keep the off the court part in order as well. The question was asked (even though the answer was already known) about who our last win over a good team was. If your definition of good is, as you said, a ranked team, then you already knew the answer. What answer did you want to a question with no answer? I don't know what else to say. Auburn, Vandy and FSU are our best wins this year. None of them are even close to being good enough to be ranked.
