When's the last time...

[LittleBrave]

BU & ISU (red) have both started out 0-5 in conference?

When did BU finish last in the Valley? As long as I've been following the Braves' regularly (since '93-94), I don't think they have.

[JMM28]

BU & ISU (red) have both started out 0-5 in conference?

When did BU finish last in the Valley? As long as I've been following the Braves' regularly (since '93-94), I don't think they have.

91-92 season was the 3-15 season(mo's first year), good for tied for 9th. 78-79 looks to be the same scenario. A last place tie. Before that you have to go all the way back to the 1955 year for a season that bad.

I can't find a record in the old media guides that is good for a solo appearance in last place.

ISU has 3 or so last place finishes in the last 20 years.

[BradleyBrave]

I don't think BU has ever finished dead last in the MVC, but I could be mistaken.

[LittleBrave]

So has there ever been a year where both schools started 0-5 in league play?

[ph]

Sounds like its beem a loooooong time if/ since BU started 0-5. Well before ISU joined the MVC.

I'm fairly sure we've had some 5+ game MVC losing streaks (during JC's and PG's injury.

How many 0-5 starts would we get if we joined the Big East?

[squirrelgotdead]

Bradley Brave, you are correct that Bradley has never held last place all by itself.

There have been 3 occurrences where Bradley has tied for last place:

1955-56 w/ Detroit
1978-79 w/ West Texas State
1991-92 w/ Drake

As far as both ISU and BU starting 0-5 in the same year, I don't believe it has ever happened.

In 2003 BU started 0-3 while ISU started 0-8.

Edit: As a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. There were years in the ICC and IIAC when BU did finish last.

[bigdaddystuck]

so we have a chance for a first this year!?!....so we have that going for us

[ph]

so we have a chance for a first this year!?!....so we have that going for us

Shhhhh. You're going to jinx them

[LittleBrave]

Now that we're both 0-6 in the Valley, I was wondering when was the last time 2 Valley schools were 0-6 to start the season?
Probably within the last decade, but I can't remember.
Kinda' funny it's ISU (red) and BU - the most unlikely suspects if you asked me who it would be any time before this season.

[squirrelgotdead]

At least going back to 2003 there aren't any instances. The worst starts I could find were one from Evansville going 0-13 and another for Illinois State at 0-8, that did not coincide.

Indiana State had a pair of 1-10 starts.

[BradleyBrave]

At least going back to 2003 there aren't any instances. The worst starts I could find were one from Evansville going 0-13 and another for Illinois State at 0-8, that did not coincide.

Indiana State had a pair of 1-10 starts.

I believe BU also started 1-10 in league play the year Gilbert got hurt. They won the league opener, and proceeded to drop 10 straight.

[Da Coach]

I believe BU also started 1-10 in league play the year Gilbert got hurt. They won the league opener, and proceeded to drop 10 straight.

No, Bradley did not lose 10 straight that year (2003-2004), it was only 8 straight. And their MVC start was 1-8, not 1-10.
After Gilbert was hurt in the Pepperdine game, he missed the next 10 games. The first of those was at UNLV, BU lost. Then they won their MVC opener, and then lost 8 straight to start 1-8. But then they won their next 2.

[BradleyBrave]

No, Bradley did not lose 10 straight that year (2003-2004), it was only 8 straight. And their MVC start was 1-8, not 1-10.
After Gilbert was hurt in the Pepperdine game, he missed the next 10 games. The first of those was at UNLV, BU lost. Then they won their MVC opener, and then lost 8 straight to start 1-8. But then they won their next 2.

Ah thanks for the clarification. After I posted was doing the math in my head, and thinking that I don't remember us winning 6 of 7 to go 7-11 (our league record that year). I stand corrected.