MSU is never going to take the "next step" in basketball. You guys sound just like Ole Miss fans circa 2004. They, likewise, thought their coach had taken their program as far as he could and wanted to take the next step. Problem is the next step was a huge step backwards. They found out that hiring a coach as good as the consistent winner they had wasn't as easy as they thought it would be. We'll find out the same if we act as they did.
MSU basketball is not going to take a step beyond this one. Making 6 out of 8 NCAAs and competing for SEC and SEC West titles is as good as it gets. Every once in a while we'll be really good and perhaps will go on a good run in the Tourney, but what we have now is probably the best MSU will ever be in basketball. At this point you'll tell me I'm a MSU poor mouther. Let me beat you to the punch by saying I'm not. I believe MSU can be successful, but I also believe in a thing called reality. OM and MSU football will never be more than a 6-8 win team most years with the occasional 10 win season and the occasional 4-5 win season. That's the best either program will do. That's not poor mouthing, that is reality. OM and MSU basketball will never be more than what MSU is now, save we could have made a run or two in the NCAAs. MSU and OM baseball is the sport that we can both be consistently near the top of the pile.