Greg Lansing has excelled in his first season as the head coach of Indiana State.

“It’s been unbelievable,” Lansing, a former Iowa assistant, said. “Everything that I expected it to be, it certainly is.

“I’m just having a lot of fun, really enjoying it and learning every day.”

The Sycamores (7-7, 2-1) are 5-0 at the Hulman Center this season.

Lansing was a member of Steve Alford’s staff at Iowa for seven years before he was let go in 2006.

“When you get fired, it throws your life into crises mode,” Lansing said. “I’m lucky enough I’ve got good people around me and my reputation is good in the college basketball world.

“I was confident I was going to get another job. I just didn’t know where.”