If you are always rebuilding, are you ever rebuilding?

There appears to be some scuttlebutt over in Iowa right now, with potentially four players leaving the program (not to mention a commitment opening up his recruitment). Of course, this comes on the heels of last season's MVP, Tony Freeman, taking his game to SIU for his senior season. Certainly, if the rumors are true, there's a reasonable and heartbreaking explanation for Jake Kelly's departure. But outside of him, there's also definitely a pattern here. By all accounts, Todd Lickliter is an all-around Good Guy, and pretty easy to get along with. Some of the explanation being given is Iowa's slow-paced style. But geez, if Lickliter Ball can't exist in the Big Ten, where exactly can it?

Whatever is going on, this kind of attrition is never good for a program's win column. Just ask Tom Crean.