More bad news for Iowa State....Wayne Morgan has been CANNED!
 

Just saw it on ESPN. Here's the story.

Without warning, Iowa State fires MorganBy Andy Katz
ESPN.com


Iowa State abruptly fired Wayne Morgan Thursday night, Morgan told ESPN.com.

Morgan was summoned to a meeting with athletic director Jamie Pollard and president Gregory Geoffroy at 10 p.m. Thursday night. Morgan said he was told at the meeting that he was fired, as was his staff.

Morgan, 55, had been the coach for three years after replacing Larry Eustachy on May 14, 2003.

Iowa State was 16-14 this season, including a 6-10 mark in the Big 12. The Cyclones were 19-12 (9-7 in the Big 12) a year ago, beating Minnesota in the first round and losing to North Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. In Morgan's first season, the Cyclones went to the NIT postseason final four, going 20-13 (7-9 in the Big 12) after losing to Rutgers in the NIT semifinals.

Morgan said his firing this week had nothing to do with a CBS Sportsline report on the Cyclones using a company called D1 scheduling for non-conference games in exchange for recruiting. Earlier this week, Iowa State's backcourt of Curtis Stinson and Will Blalock announced they would both declare for the NBA draft.

Morgan said he was told the basketball program should be the marquee of the athletic department but "we don't think you can do that."

Morgan said, "The only person who had a better first three years here was Tim Floyd."

Morgan was stunned with the news. So, too, was his staff.

Andy Katz is a senior writer for ESPN.com.

Right now Barry Collier looks pretty good to Nebraska fans, eh?

Sorry K-State fans, if I were Bob Huggins, I'd go to Iowa State before I went to K-State. Iowa State has been a good program far more recently than K-State.

Yeah, Iowa State is a much better fit for Huggins. Sorry, Saul.

GO Hawks :IA:

How is this bad news for ISU?

ROFL

Now that's a great response!

Yep
I work in an office full of ISU ticket holders and not one is upset about this.

Here's the question, is McDermott going to ISU or to Iowa at the end of the season?

i doubt that ... huggins is a problem child and iowa state had the issues with Eustachy not too long ago.

i doubt they go for huggins.


i have no idea whether huggins would want K-state or not... just saying they i doubt the ISU wants baggage right now.

I'm not sure Alford is leaving Iowa.
I know, I've been wishing he'd leave for 3 years now, but I don't think IU wants him that bad.

McDermott should stay where he's at.

The mens basketball program at ISU is a train wreck. Why would anyone want the job?

On the upside, ISU fans don't have to feel so bad about losing to Hampton in the tourney a few years back-they now have company.

ROFL

That loss to Hampton isn't the one that pisses me off, it's the one to Michigan State with the phantom charge/blocking foul on the same play.

Yep, I think that was the one that got Eustachy off the wagon.

Great game today, did you happen to catch it? :p