Bradley ranked as 11th out of 263 midmajors over past 6 years

[Chico]

I guess being 11th in this poll thing is great for tooting a horn and putting out to a potential recruit.

Bottom line for me though is the actual out come of those last 6 years:

04-05

13-15 record
6-12 in conference
Lost in play in to ISUblue
Lost 10 of last 12 games

05-06

22-11 record
11-7 in conference
2 NCAA Tournament wins.
Won 9 of last 11
Lost in MVC Championship tourney game

06-07

22-13 record
10-8 in conference
1 NIT win
2pt lose to SIU in Semis of MVC tourney

07-08

21-17 record
17-15 without the 4-2 record in CBI
9-9 in conference
Lost in first round of MVC tourney
2nd place in CBI

08-09

21-15 record
18-14 without the 3-1 record in CIT
10-8 in conference
Lost by 14 to UNI in Semis of MVC tourney
2nd CIT

09-10

16-15 record
9-9 in conference
Lost by 17 to UNI in Semis of MVC tourney
10-8 in conference

Total last 6 Bradley University Basketball seasons:

Overall record
115-86

Conference record
55-53

MVC Tourney
5-5

NCAA
2-1

NIT
1-1

CBI
4-2

CIT
3-1

Make your own conclusions about the success of Bradley Basketball in the last 6 years. My conclusion is even with the NCAA and the overall 29 games over .500 the conference record and the lack of success in the MVC tourny make it hard not to say the last 6 years have been average.

06 and 07 can not be ignored, but neither can 05 and 10. The other two were "successful" because we fell into two made up tournys that inflated the overall record for those two years.

Evidently you have a lot of respect, as we all do, for the coach in your avatar, but what was his MVC record?

 

[Da Coach]

Northern Iowa appears in the Midmajority.com ranking at #8-
http://twitter.com/midmajority/status/28592736035

Here is the ranking so far, with 7 teams remaining-
100. IUPUI, Badlands Conference (29 points)
99. Boise State, Western Athletic (29 points)
98. James Madison, Colonial (29 points)
97. Valparaiso, Horizon League (29 points)
96. Morehead State, Ohio Valley (30 points)
95. Toledo, Mid-American (30 points)
94. Boston University, America East (31 points)
93. Long Beach State, Big West (31 points)
92. Hawaii, Western Athletic (31 points)
91. Cal State Northridge, Big West (32 points)
90. Rider, Metro Atlantic (32 points)
89. College of Charleston, Southern (32 points)
88. Houston, Conference USA (32 points)
87. Central Connecticut State, Northeast (33 points)
86. Northern Arizona, Big Sky (33 points)
85. North Dakota State, Badlands Conference (33 points)
84. Miami (Oh.), Mid-American (33 points)
83. Northern Illinois, Mid-American (33 points)
82. Wright State, Horizon League (33 points)
81. Northeastern, Colonial (34 points)
80. Denver, Sun Belt (35 points)
79. Bowling Green, Mid-American (35 points)
78. Portland, West Coast (35 points)
77. Alabama State, SWAC (36 points)
76. Cal State Fullerton, Big West (36 points)
75. Louisiana Tech, Western Athletic (36 points)
74. Wofford, Southern (36 points)
73. Arkansas-Little Rock, Sun Belt (37 points)
72. Lamar, Southland (38 points)
71. Illinois-Chicago, Horizon League (38 points)
70. California-Santa Barbara, Big West (39 points)
69. Jackson State, SWAC (40 points)
68. Oakland, Badlands Conference (41 points)
67. New Orleans, Independents (41 points)
66. Northwestern State, Southland (42 points)
65. Charlotte, Atlantic 14 (42 points)
64. Robert Morris, Northeast (43 points)
63. Holy Cross, Patriot League (43 points)
62. Cleveland State, Horizon League (44 points)
61. Stephen F. Austin, Southland (45 points)
60. Austin Peay, Ohio Valley (45 points)
59. American, Patriot League (45 points)
58. Pennsylvania, Ivy League (46 points)
57. North Texas, Sun Belt (46 points)
56. Marist, Metro Atlantic (46 points)
55. Richmond, Atlantic 14 (47 points)
54. Weber State, Big Sky (48 points)
53. Hofstra, Colonial (48 points)
52. Texas-El Paso, Conference USA (48 points)
51. Portland State, Big Sky (49 points)
50. Buffalo, Mid-American (49 points)
49. North Carolina-Wilmington, Colonial (49 points)
48. Montana, Big Sky (50 points)
47. Delaware State, MEAC (50 points)
46. Illinois State, Missouri Valley (50 points)
45. George Washington, Atlantic 14 (50 points)
44. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Southland (51 points)
43. Niagara, Metro Atlantic (52 points)
42. Ohio, Mid-American (53 points)
41. Murray State, Ohio Valley (54 points)
40. Appalachian State, Southern (54 points)
39. Drake, Missouri Valley (54 points)
38. Pacific, Big West (56 points)
37. UAB, Conference USA (57 points)
36. Belmont, Atlantic Sun (58 points)
35. Bucknell, Patriot League (58 points)
34. New Mexico State, Western Athletic (58 points)
33. Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Horizon League (60 points)
32. San Diego, West Coast (61 points)
31. East Tennessee State, Atlantic Sun (65 points)
30. Saint Joseph`s, Atlantic 14 (66 points)
29. Sam Houston State, Southland (67 points)
28. Akron, Mid-American (70 points)
27. Rhode Island, Atlantic 14 (72 points)
26. Cornell, Ivy League (73 points)
25. Kent State, Mid-American (73 points)
24. Massachusetts, Atlantic 14 (73 points)
23. Vermont, America East (76 points)
22. Morgan State, MEAC (77 points)
21. Missouri State, Missouri Valley (79 points)
20. Creighton, Missouri Valley (80 points)
19. Temple, Atlantic 14 (80 points)
18. South Alabama, Sun Belt (83 points)
17. Siena, Metro Atlantic (84 points)
16. George Mason, Colonial (90 points)
15. Wichita State, Missouri Valley (92 points)
14. Southern Illinois, Missouri Valley (92 points)
13. Dayton, Atlantic 14 (97 points)
12. Utah State, Western Athletic (99 points)
11. Bradley, Missouri Valley (100 points)
10. Winthrop, Big South (109 points)
9. Saint Mary`s, West Coast (111 points)
8. Northern Iowa, Missouri Valley (112 points)