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I think 5th would be a great spot to be picked. It's nice to fly under the radar. If we end up finishing higher, then we have "overachieved". I believe something would have to go terribly wrong (either injury or chemistry) for us to finish lower than 5th. UNI would have to be the clear cut choice to win the Valley, and I agree that CU, ISU, and SIU will probably be picked ahead.
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I'm trying to take off my rose colored glasses for BU and I see no reason why any school besides UNI would be a consensus pick over us. Am I missing something? We lose TW and a center that we all complained about but we have players that can make up for them plus AW coming back and every other starter or role player a year older. This BU team will be better then last year's team and I do not see ISU improving, SIU was sub-par last year, CU will be good but they are lacking some bigs and are beatable. The only reason I'd pick BU 5th is due to the question marks of a healthy AW and WE."Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
??” Thomas Jefferson
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No, no SFP! Those ARE rose colored glasses you're wearing; I've got the same pairOriginally posted by SFP View Post
Bradley WILL finish Top-3 in the MVC! Book it!Comment
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SFP, agree 100%. The people that do the polls do not know what most of us here know. We've got two good players coming back from injury, we would have maybe won 24-26 games last year with them and we have a very good freshman class, so that's like adding 6 new players to a good group. We are a very deep team. I'm looking forward to an exciting season, I just hope we get off to a good start. I want to see us play Illinois and win. I see us finishing in first place and going back to the S16 or more
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I hope you're right about all of the above, but especially what I've bolded. I made reservations for the end of March in Vegas a couple weeks ago without realizing at the time that it's S16 weekend.....would love to be watching BU in Vegas!Originally posted by BU RICK View PostSFP, agree 100%. The people that do the polls do not know what most of us here know. We've got two good players coming back from injury, we would have maybe won 24-26 games last year with them and we have a very good freshman class, so that's like adding 6 new players to a good group. We are a very deep team. I'm looking forward to an exciting season, I just hope we get off to a good start. I want to see us play Illinois and win. I see us finishing in first place and going back to the S16 or more???People say, ???Forget last year', but I want our guys to remember that one, because that will not happen again. We will be much better.??? Geno Ford, 9/22/12Comment
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I completely agree about BU, we lost a very good player in Wilson and a tall center without awhole lot of production. We have a very experienced back court, Warren when healthy is equal to any other player in the conference, we return a decent amount of experience and talent in Roberts, Dunson and Brown. None of this is considering a 6th year from Singh a healthy Egolf or any freshman.
I understand UNI but even them we were playing any defense and a silly intentinal foul away from possibly sweeping them, we should have swept ISU last year, if we do anything at all in the first half at SIU we sweep them, I admit we struggle with CU but I just do not see where this Bradley team can be looked at as a possible play in team. Something like 7th will only happen if injuries destroy this team, but even then JL has found a way to win games.
Every single Valley game is a struggle and battle but I think our athletes, our experience and our basketball abilities are better then every team in this conference other then UNI and CU. And that is because UNI is reigning champs beat us 3 times and CU bet us 2 times everyone else we are better then.Comment
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UNI has won 6 of 8 vs. BU 2007-
CU has won 6 of 7 vs. BU 2007-
ISU has won 2 of 6 vs. BU 2007-Comment
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man this board sounds like a broken record sometimes..."BU WILL end up in the final 3 this year....BOOK IT" hahaha
don't get me wrong I think we've had the potential and the skill to be better than 4th every year since the sweet 16 but something has always happened to make that not a reality...
no more booking it and lets see what happens now...Comment
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You know I like the confidence and knowing we will be successful. If most of us didnt feel that way or believe it, then I guess we would be a bunch of Indiana State or Evansville fans and simply either not care or have quit and given up.Originally posted by Bradleyguy10 View Post
If we dont believe in our team, then I am certain no one else is going to believe in this team.
And not to make excuses but yes every year something has happened but that something has been an injury or more to key members of the team. If that can be avoided there is absolutely no reason to not think this current team is not capable of a high finish within the Valley.Comment
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"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
??” Thomas Jefferson
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#124 Radford
#125 James Madison
#126 Charlotte
#127 IUPUI
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#123 Iowa (last place in the Big Ten!)#144 Jackson State
#143 Fairfield
#142 South Carolina State
#141 Washington State
#140 Middle Tennessee
#139 South Florida
#138 Wofford
#137 Indiana State
#136 UC-Santa Barbara
#135 Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
#134 Rhode Island
#133 Vermont
#132 Murray State
#131 Holy Cross
#130 Texas Tech
#129 Wyoming
#128 Bowling Green
#127 IUPUI
#126 Charlotte
#125 James Madison
#124 Radford
#122 Mt. St. Mary's
#121 Santa Clara
#120 USC - 8th place in Pac-10
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#119 NC State (last in ACC)#144 Jackson State
#143 Fairfield
#142 South Carolina State
#141 Washington State
#140 Middle Tennessee
#139 South Florida
#138 Wofford
#137 Indiana State
#136 UC-Santa Barbara
#135 Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
#134 Rhode Island
#133 Vermont
#132 Murray State
#131 Holy Cross
#130 Texas Tech
#129 Wyoming
#128 Bowling Green
#127 IUPUI
#126 Charlotte
#125 James Madison
#124 Radford
#123 Iowa (last place in the Big Ten!)
#122 Mt. St. Mary's
#121 Santa Clara
#120 USC - 8th place in Pac-10
#118 Marshall
#117 Southern Illinois University 6th in MVC
Hey -- did you guys know Carlton Fay graduated?? That's what these guys say...
and somehow Tony Boyle found a way to get more eligibility!
as you read on, it is apparent the guy is really mixed up....!
"The frontcourt lost its best scorer in Carlton Fay. During his senior campaign,
Fay tallied 10.4 points per game and added 4.6 rebounds. Tony Boyle will be
the new go-to-guy in the paint. Boyle was the team’s most effective player
on the glass last season and could be again this year.
With Fay gone, Booker will have to step up ...
Replacing Fay is what could turn this team around. .........can this team be
that much better than they were last year without Bryan Mullins and Tony Boyle?"
btw-- last year he picked SIU to be 2nd in the MVC right behind Creighton and at #43 overall!
I guess he didn't want to get embarrassed again.Comment
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#116 Troy University (of course they're the Trojans)#144 Jackson State
#143 Fairfield
#142 South Carolina State
#141 Washington State
#140 Middle Tennessee
#139 South Florida
#138 Wofford
#137 Indiana State
#136 UC-Santa Barbara
#135 Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
#134 Rhode Island
#133 Vermont
#132 Murray State
#131 Holy Cross
#130 Texas Tech
#129 Wyoming
#128 Bowling Green
#127 IUPUI
#126 Charlotte
#125 James Madison
#124 Radford
#123 Iowa (last place in the Big Ten!)
#122 Mt. St. Mary's
#121 Santa Clara
#120 USC - 8th place in Pac-10
#119 NC State (last in ACC)
#118 Marshall
#117 Southern Illinois University
#115 Temple - 8th in the A-10
#114 Rutgers - 14th in the Big East
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