Wait till next year.....

[Bradleyguy10]

This WAS our year if we had a healthy team. There's no question about it now. League play is over halfway over and I am certain we'd be the champs this year had we had AW and WE....not to mention the if's about JW. The year we could win we don't because of injuries...it's ridiculous. Waiting till next year? I don't see much good in that. I think we will be a good team...a better one...but I don't see us winning the league next year with other teams also having young players and developing them. In general I think the valley will be better next year but it won't be just because Bradley's young team is now more experienced. It'll be even tougher to win the valley next year with the projected better team. What it will come down to is how our freshman shape up over the off-season, how AW and WE come back, how AT can play, how our seniors step up (DD and CR), and how much of an impact our freshmen make because I have a suspicion we will need it again next year to be successful. Once again (just like last off-season) there are a lot of question marks. The year after that though the MVC should be damage...especially Bradley.

[Murph]

Is that the only way this year is successful?

I'd like to see a conference championship every 5 years and an NCAA bid every other year.

Is that asking too much?

[Braves4Life]

I'd like to see a conference championship every 5 years and an NCAA bid every other year.

Is that asking too much?

I can live with that. And I'd also imagine if there's no conference championship in the next four years we'll have a new coach. It might not be my choice because I like Coach Les and the way he runs a clean and classy program with intelligent kids....But I also know how fickle some of the "powerful" alums can be.

[jeffsu]

I'd like to see a conference championship every 5 years and an NCAA bid every other year.

Is that asking too much?

I agree with you -- I'd love that, too. But not winning the conference championship this year doesn't make it a bust.

I look for improvement. I'd consider it a success and improvement (although maybe underachieved) if we end at 2nd or 3rd. With 4th or 5th we would simply be stagnant. Can't consider whether the Valley is up or down... it will change every year, never to be predicted.

[lefty]

I'd like to see a conference championship every 5 years and an NCAA bid every other year.

Is that asking too much?

the conf. champ every five is not too much but the NCAA every other probably is...close to every three or four...then once we get there shoot for every other year

I think our opportunity to get into the tourney this year is just about as good as it was the last time we went.Of course we have to win in the Lou but there are no dominant teams. Even UNI is not as dominant as Drake was last year IMO.
It won't be easy but somebody has to win 3 games down there...it may as well be us

[squirrel]

Any BU fan who rests their laurels on "next year" does themselves and the program a disservice.

[basketball nut]

I agree with you -- I'd love that, too. But not winning the conference championship this year doesn't make it a bust.

I look for improvement. I'd consider it a success and improvement (although maybe underachieved) if we end at 2nd or 3rd. With 4th or 5th we would simply be stagnant. Can't consider whether the Valley is up or down... it will change every year, never to be predicted.

So you think this team underachieved? I am one who would say they overachieved. Maybe w/ a healthy AW we would have won the MVC especailly since it does seem down some what this year. For whatever reason some of the better teams especially CU & ISU are seeming to have some difficulty winning although CU is probably playing as good right now as they have all year.
As for "next year" I will start to wonder about that more after we are done playing at the end of March. Unless we fall flat on our faces and embarras ourselves in StL we should be playing in another tournament.
As far as winning the league goes I want to see us win it all the time to but lets be realistic every coach is getting paid to also win it every year and only one team is going to get lucky enough (right now it is luck-just seen that w/ the last 2 games-would also be saying the same thing if BU had won both of them) to do that.

I want to see very good basketball every game, see improvement, and go to a tournament every year. Those are the 3 most important things for me. If we do that year in and year out we will be OK. I'm not talking mediocrity but I am say very good basketball every game, see improvement, and go to a tournament every year.

Am I saying the league championship isn't important? Not at all but I base a good season on the things I mentioned not on a championship. There are a lot of teams out there that win league chamionships that couldn't compete w/ us just as probably couldn't compete night in and night out w/ the best in the Big Ten or Big East.

"LET'S WORRY ABOUT NEXT YEAR AFTER THIS YEAR IS OVER"

[Murph]

Any BU fan who rests their laurels on "next year" does themselves and the program a disservice.

Talk about a disservice.....


When things are going good BU fans like you (the Jim Les haters) are no where to be found, then when things start going bad you show up and start your we're better than that crap.


Tornado is here good or bad.

[Out of Bounce]

Talk about a disservice.....


When things are going good BU fans (the Jim Les haters) are no where to be found, then when things start going bad you show up and start your we're better than that crap.


Tornado is here good or bad.

I'll LOL that Now you got one Murph

[squirrel]

Talk about a disservice.....


When things are going good BU fans like you (the Jim Les haters) are no where to be found, .
.

That's because I'm moderating and participating in the positive talks at the message board that shall remain nameless and that supposedly doesn't have BU fans moderating (even though there's 4 BU fans and 2 ISU fans). And is all negative and out to get BU.

But I digress.

[Murph]

That's because I'm moderating and participating in the positive talks at the message board that shall remain nameless and that supposedly doesn't have BU fans moderating (even though there's 4 BU fans and 2 ISU fans). And is all negative and out to get BU.

But I digress.

Two ISU fans moderating an all Bradley board?


Isn't that special.

[squirrel]

No. They moderate the generic college board.

The Bradley board is voluntarily moderated.