Way to early to get hyped up about next years prediction. We still have a few weeks of the signing period, plus who knows what a player will want to do and summer. These predictions have little value IMO. If BU gets that big and he can rebound and make bunnies we'll be fine. Forget about MSU's predicted finish, I really do not see where Creighton surpasses us. Did we not beat them down in St Louis?
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Pantagraph beat writer predicts the 2010-2011 Valley finish
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mrcoachdude
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....it was sacasticly presented by someone..if I remember right....and then bandied about for a few threads....but with my memory who knows
houstontxbrave
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I think it is pretty obvious that WSU is your favorite and Eville will struggle to not finish 10th.
Beyond that no one has any idea, including this writer.
BTW with the amount experienced talent returning Bradley sure better be better then 5th. I dont care if we dont sign anyone else, there is no excuse to be muddling along again this year.
Beyond that no one has any idea, including this writer.
BTW with the amount experienced talent returning Bradley sure better be better then 5th. I dont care if we dont sign anyone else, there is no excuse to be muddling along again this year.
AZ BU Fan
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Of course, one fan's "he is the best coach to take Bradley into the future" is another fan's "BU hasn't won a MVC Championship or MVC title under JL in 8 years"...
BU MBB hasn't been below average during JL's tenure, but mostly mediocre: "of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; adequate."
BU has won some big games they shouldn't have during JL's coaching career, but has also lost too many games they shouldn't have during the same time.
Of course, past performance is no indication of future returns in the financial world. Lets hope this also applies to BU MBB.
If BU's players/recruits are as good as posters keep saying they are vs other MVC teams, and JL is as good a coach as many believe, with CU, SIU, and ISU possibly all having down years in 2010-11, next season should be BU's best chance to win the MVC, or MVC Tourney, under JL. No more excuses.
Let's hope the "10's" becomes the decade of BU MBB.
Future Walk-On
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Some teams have transition years or a transition couple years. Bradley is in a transition decade...
I will not be satisfied with anything but a close race for the title. (i.e. 1 or 2 games out at most)
I will not be satisfied with anything but a close race for the title. (i.e. 1 or 2 games out at most)
I would be "satisfied" with another Sweet 16, but then that would just be another fluke and more than likely because of Platt. I'd still be satisfied with it.
No way, I wouldn't be satisfied with just another Sweet Sixteen! Final Four or bust! :lol:
It will happen this year, barring key injuries.
I agree, barring a lot of unfortunate injuries, I see no way Bradley does not finish at least top 3.
Braves4Life
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I agree. I've said it before -- if BU is not top 3 we will have a new coach in 2011-12. I'm confident (and hopeful) that Les will be at BU for a long time.
Future Walk-On
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Have we been so bad that 3rd is good enough?
3rd in the MVC is lame. No offense to the MVC. COME ON GUYS.
3rd in the MVC is lame. No offense to the MVC. COME ON GUYS.
Year in and year out the MVC is a top ten league that should be sending multiple bids to the NCAA tourny. Come on man you sound like a BCS guy dragging down the Valley. 3rd in the Valley is a very good basketball team on most years. That being said, I think this team has the talent to be top 1 or 2.
Future Walk-On
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I feel, like many others, that this year IS THE YEAR. Why is the acceptable cut-off 3rd place?
Ok I still might think 3rd place is lame. ESPECIALLY when you have a team that is looking to have as much upside as any in JL's tenure.
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"Oh ok JL is good. We got 3rd in our most hyped year in awhile" :roll:
LittleBrave
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Though soom teams appear to be down next season, 3rd place in this league is pretty good (if you win 11 games or more).
Creighton may still contend next year if they don't lose some of their best players - like Young, Lawson, Wragge. I'm kind of unsure if McDermott will improve on last year or if it will take time to adjust to CU.
We may need to finish ahead of I.S.U. (red), CU, and UNI next season to be at least 3rd - those are some pretty good programs (though on paper it seems we are much better than all of them)
chitown fanatic
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No, not below average...just plain average, and while 5 straight top half fisnishes sounds good, when the best place is 4th in that top half...the record speaks for itself...it's not horrible, but it's not where we should be either. and please don't make me vomit on the postseason nonsense again when sub .500 teams are invited to participate- shams do not count toward success markers!
I think 3rd place is fine, so long as we are "actually" competing for the title well into February. Which may very well mean we end up in 3rd.
We have not played a game that had any league title implications late in Feb in a long time. I think you have to be in a position to win the title on a consistent basis before a title can be "expected."
First things first.
I was one of those who noted that we were picked 6th last year, and I said that because we had players who were playing their way back from injuries, a 5th place finish was probably about what was to be expected. However, anything other than a top 3 finish this next season will be unacceptable to me. We have a veteran group coming back, and a lot will depend on us aquiring a big man. But even without one we should be expected to finish higher with a junior and senior laden team.
Let"s face it, we handled Creighton in the tour; UNI lost 3 very good players, ISU also lost 3 very good players, with the players we have back to go a long with hopefully a true center I will not be happy finishing behind any of these 3 teams, we should be competing against Wichita St. for the championship.
LittleBrave
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This is true, but I think that UNI, CU, and ISU (red) will exceed a lot of people's expectations.
Though UNI lost 3 good starters, they have a style that guys buy into and works for them. Their freshmen are also really good and will only get better.
ISU (red) seems to step it up in league play and the new guys have come around in the Jank era.
CU will be solid as usual - maybe back to 20 wins. Though we won handily in the tourney, they beat us twice in the reg. season.
Being a 3rd place team or better will mean we need to beat these teams, which we've struggled to beat in the last 2 seasons, and it won't be easy next season - though I'm confident we will.
Though UNI lost 3 good starters, they have a style that guys buy into and works for them. Their freshmen are also really good and will only get better.
ISU (red) seems to step it up in league play and the new guys have come around in the Jank era.
CU will be solid as usual - maybe back to 20 wins. Though we won handily in the tourney, they beat us twice in the reg. season.
Being a 3rd place team or better will mean we need to beat these teams, which we've struggled to beat in the last 2 seasons, and it won't be easy next season - though I'm confident we will.
Lawson and Carmichael will be hard to stop without a true big to contain them and both teams have good enough players that no game will be a give me. Can we over come them? Sure, but if we get a big I can say our position players are better and we should win hands down. I'd like us to be a dominant team in the MVC and we can with a real big.:idea:
Have I said this before?:-o
Have I said this before?:-o