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After years of keeping in touch and talking ball, Lutz excited to be reunited with Hoiberg

He does remember the restaurant, though, where Hoiberg first put pen to, well, paper product, and drew up the five-out offense he had in mind to feature prized addition Royce White in Hoiberg’s second year at Iowa State. Lutz had been on Hoiberg’s staff in Year 1, but by this time, was an assistant at North Carolina State. The pair stayed in touch after Lutz returned to his home state to be near his father, who had suffered a heart attack, and had plenty to talk about at.

White ended up averaging 13.4 points (53.4 percent shooting), 9.