NIT game- Wisconsin 81 Bradley 62

[Stryker]

I appreciate your opinion, Stryker, and we're both BU fans and in the end, that's what matters. On this topic, our disagreement is more on a fundamental basis. When you talk about 'signature' wins, I have a fundamental disagreement with that term in and of itself. We can only win the games that are on our schedule and we won 25 of them, as well as winning our conference championship. I believe that is all we should be judged on when it comes to the post-season tournaments as we only had the opportunity to win the games that were put before us. I understand this is never going to happen, and I've accepted that. I just don't like the current system and never will understand why post-season tournaments want to include all the teams that had already lost in their respective tournaments/conference standings. Just seems like they get multiple chances at winning a title and as a mid-major we would have to win both our conference tournament, as well as any post-season tournament to take a title. That's a serious win streak for anyone to go on and seems like an unfair burden put on mid-majors that isn't extended to the power conference teams.

I don't understand your argument I guess. The entire thing I am saying is BU a terrible job this year against good teams. Yes they won the regular season champ, but that was mainly because the bottom 6 teams in the conference had a combined record of 36-84. The conference was pretty darn terrible this year. A last second 3 pt shot at SIU and holding court at home against a good team one time this year (Drake) is what secured the championship for BU.

I am precisely talking about the teams BU played this year. Despite winning 25 games, they went 1-7 against the teams on their schedule that are actually good. If they had gone 4-7 BU would have most likely secured an at-large bid IMO. Are you saying BU should just play bottom teams every year and get 25-30 wins and that should qualify them to be in the post season tournament they want? That would be as farcical as the structure the power conferences have put together.

[Bball31]

BU's performance last night just proved to the committees they are making the right choice. How can we keep saying BU is better than this when they lay an egg every time they play a decent team? If the only teams that can be beat are conference rivals and garbage teams it proves nothing. Poor play and talent discrepancy is exactly why the power teams are better than most mid-majors.

You are correct, and in my mind that doesn’t diminish the fine season we had. When you get a chance to play the big boys, like Auburn and Arkansas as we did this year, you have to win to get respect. The same holds true when you play good mid-majors such as Liberty, Drake and Belmont. We went 1-5 against them. With that being said, we still won the league for the first time in almost three decades. So all in all, it was a good year.

[algotrader]

You are correct, and in my mind that doesn’t diminish the fine season we had. When you get a chance to play the big boys, like Auburn and Arkansas as we did this year, you have to win to get respect. The same holds true when you play good mid-majors such as Liberty, Drake and Belmont. We went 1-5 against them. With that being said, we still won the league for the first time in almost three decades. So all in all, it was a good year.

Bradley had a great season but as I said earlier, the NCAA is killing mid major conferences. The transfer portal makes it ridiculously easy for the best Valley players to move up to bigger programs. Overall this robs our conference of talent. So while we did well and had a spectacular run this year. It was against a conference that is weaker as a whole. This leaves us less prepared for games against even the bottom 3rd of a big conference. You can say the Badgers had a great start, they were ranked high, etc etc. But at the end of the day all of that still left them in the bottom 3rd/4th of their conference.

Our team didn't fail us. I think to summarize my thoughts, the NCAA is giving us the short end of the stick and it is starting to show.

[Stryker]

Bradley had a great season but as I said earlier, the NCAA is killing mid major conferences. The transfer portal makes it ridiculously easy for the best Valley players to move up to bigger programs. Overall this robs our conference of talent. So while we did well and had a spectacular run this year. It was against a conference that is weaker as a whole. This leaves us less prepared for games against even the bottom 3rd of a big conference. You can say the Badgers had a great start, they were ranked high, etc etc. But at the end of the day all of that still left them in the bottom 3rd/4th of their conference.

Our team didn't fail us. I think to summarize my thoughts, the NCAA is giving us the short end of the stick and it is starting to show.

You aren't wrong there. However, at some point things have to equalize to a degree with the transfer rules, right? I mean the top teams can only fit so many talented people on their rosters...idk, I would expect it to stabilize out at some point, but with the recent rules shakeup the big boys definitely are taking advantage first.

[Big Mike]

We seem to be allergic to National TV. Loss at Drake, loss in tournament final, loss at Wisky.

Agree 100%....just makes me mad that almost every time the Braves are on national TV we lay an egg...

[BUBalum05]

You aren't wrong there. However, at some point things have to equalize to a degree with the transfer rules, right? I mean the top teams can only fit so many talented people on their rosters...idk, I would expect it to stabilize out at some point, but with the recent rules shakeup the big boys definitely are taking advantage first.

Hopefully there will be some balance, but just the same, mid majors are picking off low major talent too. Look no further than us getting Duke Dean from Troy.

[BradleyBiz]

The NCAA needs to move forward with a one transfer portal move per player’s career unless there are unique circumstances. IMO, there are too many players that use it too liberally. A move from a mid major to P5 or D2 to mid major? Fine. But this nonsense of some players being in the portal 2 and 3 times without any concern for eligibility has to stop.

[Da Coach]

The NCAA needs to move forward with a one transfer portal move per player’s career unless there are unique circumstances. IMO, there are too many players that use it too liberally. A move from a mid major to P5 or D2 to mid major? Fine. But this nonsense of some players being in the portal 2 and 3 times without any concern for eligibility has to stop.

The NCAA did make the immediate eligibility rule apply only to first time transfers, which was intended to dissuade players from multiple transfers. But that doesn't seem to be working as a lot of the names in the transfer portal have already transferred once or twice before. They need to get stricter about issuing waivers.

[egib52]

The NCAA did make the immediate eligibility rule apply only to first time transfers, which was intended to dissuade players from multiple transfers. But that doesn't seem to be working as a lot of the names in the transfer portal have already transferred once or twice before. They need to get stricter about issuing waivers.

Exactly, it is useless if the standard for getting waivers is so low.

[BradleyBiz]

The NCAA did make the immediate eligibility rule apply only to first time transfers, which was intended to dissuade players from multiple transfers. But that doesn't seem to be working as a lot of the names in the transfer portal have already transferred once or twice before. They need to get stricter about issuing waivers.

They must be issuing waivers for everyone. I don’t know if I have heard about players who have more than one transfer and are not immediately eligible out of the portal. But maybe I’m not paying close enough attention.