It's Tough Being a Wolfpack Fan

It's tough being a Wolfpack Fan. Really tough.

After wondering around in the desert for what seems like 40 years - we hired Coach Mark Gottfried.

After 4 NCAA Tournament appearances including 2 Sweet 16s - you'd hope to be in a stable and steadily improving situation. Then - Trevor Lacey unexpectedly goes pro, Kyle Washington transfers (50/50 expected) and Terry Henderson gets very seriously injured. And just like that - you have your first losing season.

But - next year is looking good. Henderson will play, Toren Doren will play, 5 Star recruit Dennis Smith arrives, Abu is turning into a beast and the Martin Twins get better and better. Cat, of course, is phenomenal and certainly should, and does, enter the NBA draft.

Then - the Martin Twins decide to transfer.

Geez - is it last spring all over again?

Well, not really. It's too bad the Martins are transferring - but they do want to play as much as possible and have a potential pro career in Europe. With Doren and Smith coming in - their minutes would likely go down.

It's the day and age of the turn pro early and everybody transfers - even walk on's. So - here's a link to an article that is somewhat reassuring -

http://www.backingthepack.com/2016/3/25/11303948/step-off-the-ledge-folks-gottfried-has-earned-our-trust

As for Abu getting evaluated for the draft - he should do exactly that. Get evaluated - get some feedback - and he will spend next year turning even more beastly and working on whatever the pro's tell him he should work on improving. Next year - he could be a draft choice. Certainly by his senior year - he'll be NBA ready.

Haircut

By the way, does anybody know what this hair style is called?

There's a lot of kids with this hair in the NCAAT this year.

I want to know what it's called so I can tell my barber how to cut my hair next time.