It will be 20 and 12 years since...time to step up?

[Murph]

Great post Hunt, it's very surprising that BU hasn't had any conference success in that long of time.

[Double D]

Good post hunt. It is good to be "evaluative" that means we care alot about the sucesss of BU Hoops. Just be informed and fair, and I think you assessment was that.

Hey all we really want at BU is what they have at Creighton and SIU. If you make it to the dance 4 or 5 out of 6 years your chances go WAY up to experience what we did in 2006. Winning reg OR tourney titles will obviously do that for you.

The fans reacted the way we did because we were SCREAMING...

"THIS IS WHAT WE WANT!!!"

[squirrel]

People forget that Joe Stowell's assistant coaches had other duties aside from their assistant basketball coaching responsibilities and they were not full-time assistants meaning many of the administrative details he had to handle with little to no help. . .

During the 1970's college basketball was just emerging as big business since regular TV broadcasting was generally new, and Bradley did not allocate the appropriate resources to be competitive until it was too late to save his tenure.

And I think it was the lack of dedication to those resources that made Bradley the odd institution out during conference re-alignment in the 1980's, even though by the 3rd year or so of Versace's tenure it was adequate.

At any rate, I can appreciate where we are at as a program, and certainly JL gets some credit for that. But if you look at the years 2006 and 2007, you really see Chuck Buescher's imprint on the team.

But I continue to be extremely horrified at the continued poor rebounding and I see no development of the interior players this year. . .and I am left asking if we hired the right assistant coaches in the offseason?

[randy]

I have never heard anyone associated with this coaching staff make excuses. And from everything I have ever heard from them, they have the same expectations and goals that you listed.

Again, not to be an apologist, but if anyone thinks it is easy competing against bigger state schools with far more money, you are delusional. The number of midmajor, private schools who, like Bradley have 1 revenue-producing sport and don't benefit from BCS-type conference TV contracts, and who have had consistent success in Division I and in postseason can be counted on one hand.

We all share the same expectations. Success against the bcs is certainly attainable on a regular basis for mvc teams as Creighton and siu have shown. Looking at the current top 25 rpi teams is encouraging for Bradley-type schools too: St. Mary's, Dayton, Rhode Island, Butler, Drake (!), Winthrop, and Providence are all in the top 25 rpi.

[BU ICEMAN]

The program is currently hampered by poor facilities, and the university is raising and spending a large amount of $$$ to improve that. No amount of legal slick recruiting talk or magical coaching ability can erase that facility issue. You might be able to point to previous administrations/coaches for the facility issue today, but the current staff is doing well.

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but the rims are still 10', the balls are round, the lines on the practice courts are all accurate, and the weights are the correct poundage, right?

Don't get me wrong, facilities are an important component in any organization, but I see that as a convenient excuse for lack of basketball execution, which comes down to coaching. We did it before without the facilities, why can't it be done again? I also think the staff is doing well for its tenure, but is facing their toughest test this year because they are really having to coach and teach this group of guys. So far, this year's results aren't looking so good. To be honest, I think Big Bish meant more to this team (and especially the staff) than we ever might've thought......