The doors opened, and the stairs leading up to the suite of suited savants of Naismith's game beckoned. As he looked behind him, Fred Hoiberg saw in the reflection of a crumpled PBR can the silhouette of Monte Morris ascending, leaning back, right leg raised as he shot Iowa State into the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament with his buzzer beater against Texas.
He surveyed the beige walls covered with torn, wrinkly posters of scantily-clad women. He had hoped to replace those beauties with the cloth of championship banners, and the silky nets from Final Four wins.