MVC Media Day - Preseason Poll

[tornado]

Bradley picked 8th

1 Wichita State (45) 459
2 UNI 411
3 Missouri State 338
4 Evansville 300
5 Illinois State (1) 287
6 Indiana State 219
7 Southern Illinois 191
8 Bradley 140
9 Drake 92
10 Loyola 91

http://cdn.streamlinetechnologies.com/mvc/53539AA2-BC37-492E-B5F3-44783420882F/2014-15%20Preseason%20Poll.pdf

Preseason 1st Team All MVC
Ron Baker
Fred Van Vleet - POY
Seth Tuttle
Tekele Cotton
DJ Balentine

Hon Mention - Anthony Beane, Milton Doyle, Egidijus Mockevicius, Marcus Marshall


Also revealed - a modest website upgrade for MVC Sports

http://mvc-sports.com/mbasketball/#.VE-wWvnF_U8

[tornado]

In the above link - it lists the preseason poll of every year since it's been done this way by the MVC - 30 years going back to 1985...

Here's how Bradley was rated in the past 30 seasons...
Last year in 2013, we were picked 5th but finished 7th
only three times have we ever been picked lower than 8th (1991, 2011, 2012)

1st - Four times
2nd - Four times
3rd - Four times
4th - never
5th - Four times
6th - Four times
7th - Three times
8th - Four times
9th - Once
10th - Twice

[Buesch N Chips]

Finishing lower than our predicted spot this year would be very disappointing.

[Da Coach]

Bradley picked 8th

1 Wichita State (45) 459
2 UNI 411
3 Missouri State 338
4 Evansville 300
5 Illinois State (1) 287
6 Indiana State 219
7 Southern Illinois 191
8 Bradley 140
9 Drake 92
10 Loyola 91
http://cdn.streamlinetechnologies.co...son%20Poll.pdf

Note that Wichita State got 45 out of 46 possible 1st place votes. Illinois State got the only other 1st place vote.
Guess who voted ISU #1?

https://twitter.com/Pg_Benson/status/527170052097712128

[Buesch N Chips]

Note that Wichita State got 45 out of 46 possible 1st place votes. Illinois State got the only other 1st place vote.
Guess who voted ISU #1?
https://twitter.com/Pg_Benson/status/527170052097712128

That won't go over well.

[Chico]

That won't go over well.

And it shouldn't. But this outfit doesn't care.

[Nacho]

http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/college/basketball/men/isu-s-muller-votes-his-team-no-in-missouri-valley/article_563f16d3-12ed-5988-be76-8af277145b86.html

???It??™s because I have confidence in my team,??? Muller said. ???Wichita State deserves to be preseason No. 1 in our league and Northern Iowa deserves to be No. 2 preseason in our league. Don??™t get me wrong, but I tried to rank teams as I saw them finishing in the end.???

[bigjimmy]

I guess it's okay to have confidence in your team but if memory serves didn't Wichita go through the MVC undefeated last season? I'm not sure but isn't that "finishing in the end"? Wichita and UNI are clear choices for #1 & #2. I think Drake and Loyola are clear choices for #9 & #10. #3 through #8 is going to be a crap shoot.

[LongTimeFan]

Finishing lower than our predicted spot this year would be very disappointing.

I think appearing in the Thursday's games would be disappointing.

[Buesch N Chips]

http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/col...277145b86.html

By that logic every coach should be voting for their own team, nulling the validity of the poll. Muller is a goof. As a BU fan, I hope he stays at ISU a long time.

[tornado]

The PJS column today says ISU's coach Dan Muller gave his own team a #1 vote over Wichita State!

also KW has a column where he seem to just be discovering that the big schools in NCAA are selfish & greedy and all they want is $$ and will step on anyone, cheat, lie, change the rules, and protect each other to get $$

http://www.pjstar.com/article/20141028/SPORTS/141029075/12701/SPORTS?rssfeed=true&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[tornado]

so if we are picked 8th, then...
...will a 4-5th place finish be hailed as a remarkable success and extension?
...will 9th or 10th simply be blamed on all the injuries as we are already kinda seeing?

[mexicobufan]

If we end up 8th or lower I will fly to Peoria and buy the beer for anyone that is a regular on here that drinks. If Bradley ends up 4th or higher then everyone chips in and pays for my air ticket to Peoria and buys me all the beer I can drink for the night. Everyone on board?

[BU212121]

so if we are picked 8th, then...
...will a 4-5th place finish be hailed as a remarkable success and extension?
...will 9th or 10th simply be blamed on all the injuries as we are already kinda seeing?

I don't see how any reasonable person could justify not making a change if this team plays Thursday for the 4th year in a row under this staff.

[Da Coach]

If we end up 8th or lower I will fly to Peoria and buy the beer for anyone that is a regular on here that drinks. If Bradley ends up 4th or higher then everyone chips in and pays for my air ticket to Peoria and buys me all the beer I can drink for the night. Everyone on board?

I think that is a fairly safe bet both ways. I can't see Bradley finishing 4th or higher, nor do I think they should be 8th or lower in year 4. So I am thinking about taking you up on the bet. But the flight can't be 1st class.
And since I don't drink beer, there isn't enough in it for me.