Kentucky Wesleyan Basketball

[WKYDave]

Fun Fact....Since the Niemans became co-coaches of the women's team in 2010-11 the women have made 5 NCAA tournaments....the men have made 4!!!

The women have won 1 conference tournament (but denied bid as GMAC was provisional conference) and played in 2 other championship games for chance at automatic bid. The men have won 2 conference tournaments and received the automatic bid and played in 2 other championship games with 1 for a chance at an automatic bid.

The record for the women since 2010-11: 258-112
The record for the men since 2010-11: 238-132

[kdubnation]

The record for the men since 2010-11: 238-132

Most of those wins came under Happy.

And our womens team is a perfect example of what having good coaches does for a program.

[KleShreen]

The record for the men since 2010-11: 238-132

Most of those wins came under Happy.

And our womens team is a perfect example of what having good coaches does for a program.

The women's team had a 13-point lead against GV in the first round and somehow GV came back to force OT and win. KWC had dominated all game until the last quarter.

[crazznewt]

Kentucky Wesleyan has a Jewell in the Niemanns. I believe they are headed toward a breakout season before long.

[WKYDave]

Kentucky Wesleyan has a Jewell in the Niemanns. I believe they are headed toward a breakout season before long.

Yes the Niemann's are very good, no there will be no break out season. KWC does not have the money to invest in the program. If you saw the women's budget you would flip. I know they are only allowed to get new uniforms every 5 years and the team privately fund raised to go on the FL trip a couple of years ago and stayed at a player's parent's home to save money. Too bad they couldn't get their first NCAA Tournament win yesterday. It would have been special for 3 of the 4 teams left to be GMAC and 2 of those to be original members.

[UFOILERFAN]

Yes the Niemann's are very good, no there will be no break out season. KWC does not have the money to invest in the program. If you saw the women's budget you would flip. I know they are only allowed to get new uniforms every 5 years and the team privately fund raised to go on the FL trip a couple of years ago and stayed at a player's parent's home to save money. Too bad they couldn't get their first NCAA Tournament win yesterday. It would have been special for 3 of the 4 teams left to be GMAC and 2 of those to be original members.

Is KWC in danger of dropping sports or worse???

[WKYDave]

Is KWC in danger of dropping sports or worse???

No...but they have the same issue now that they did when in the GLVC. KWC is not a rich school so the money they spend on sports is smaller than most schools. For example, I don't KNOW this, but I don't think the women's team has the full allotment of scholarships. For example, according to data Drury outspends KWC on Athletic student aid $4.2M v $3.1M, total athletic expenses of $8.9M v $5.6M and ave men Head coach salaries are $44,624 v $33,180 and ave women Head coach salaries are $42,257 v $22,704,

[kdubnation]

Eddie Jones has entered the transfer portal. Probably our best returning player, gone, after we've already lost our top 4 players to graduation.

[WKYDave]

According to this board, 5 years ago Drew Cooper and Tobin Anderson were finalists for the head coaching job. KWC felt Tobin would use KWC as stepping stone so they went with Cooper. For the record the next 4 years Tobin went 25-7 Region runner up, 25-5 NCAA canceled, 14-2 regional runner up, 28-5 regional runner up. He then left St. Thomas for DI where he went 19-14 in his first season including becoming the second man to coach a #16 seed over a #1 seed in NCAA....yes Tobin is the coach of Fairleigh Dickinson. Makes you wonder what might have been.....