Instilling a winning culture doesn’t happen overnight, not at a school whose Division I basketball team has been stuck in mediocrity for the better part of 43 years. Not for a program who has only been to the big dance twice, with the last time coming at the dawn of the new millennium. Not for a team that hasn’t won a conference title since 2010 and hasn’t won more than 16 games this decade. No, it takes time to to learn how to win. It takes losing to learn what it’s like to taste victory.
Head coach Jim Fox’s team is learning that right now, stuck in the midst of a 6-19 season and still looking for their first win in the month of February.