Basketball-A Postscript

Bad luck seems to have followed Michael in basketball.  After the Jordan years it was mostly lean times for the Bulls until the past couple of seasons.

Mike finally decided to go to this school for college.

PC hasn't exactly set the world on fire since Mike was a freshman.  There have been a few upsets along the way but the basketball team has fallen on hard times and has mostly played near the bottom of the Big East.  Along the way the team {and Michael plus his friends} has endured the following:  {Highlights Mine}

"In 2008, the Friars hired Drake head coach Keno Davis, who won the National Coach of the Year Award in his first and only season as Drake's head coach. Davis' team posted a 19–14 record, including a win at home over top-ranked Pittsburgh, in 2008–09 en route to an NIT appearance.

In 2009–10, Davis' team lost their final eleven games to finish 15th in the Big East. The Friars averaged 82 points per game, the fourth highest in Division I, while also surrendering 85 points per conference game, the worst statistical performance in Big East history.

In Davis' third season, 2010–11, the Friars finished 14th in the conference despite having Division I's second-leading scorer in Marshon Brooks. Davis was fired after the 2010–11 season."


*Source:  Wikipedia {Which tactfully leaves out the issue of the sudden departure from the team of several players when Mike was a Sophomore.}

BTW the Friars are 0-2 in games I've personally seen.