So we immediately moved everything into high gear in order to acquire Steve Lappas. Following Marcum at the podium, Lappas said he was excited by the opportunity. I have the opportunity now to coach at a state university school with a lot going for it academically and athletically. Flint was ousted despite the fact that his team posted a record above .500, so Lappas said he knows expectations are high at UMass. That's our goal, to be in the NCAA Tournament and the NIT as often as we can.
Expectations go with the turf.
That's the nature of college basketball, and those are the expectations people have and those are the expectations that I have. No one can put more pressure on me than me. I got into this to achieve excellence and when you don't, there's no amount of fan displeasure that's going to give me more displeasure than what I'm going to give myself. When you have that, the stuff on the outside doesn't really get to you. He was 174-110 in nine years at Villanova, with four trips to the NCAA Tournament, most recently in 1999.