So You Think You Are A Mid Major?

[Ace Dad]

http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/page/ ... -mid-major

"Wichita State is a perfect place to start.

Gregg Marshall's team doesn't feel like a mid-major by any reasonable definition of the term. Its always packed 11,000-seat arena has a lot to do with this, but mostly it's because Wichita State is very, very good. Since last season's trip to the Final Four, the Shockers haven't lost a game. That run of success (which really stretches back to 2011-12, when the Shockers lost in the first round of the tournament, but were vastly better on paper than last year's team) owes as much to Marshall's trademark glass-obsessed influence as to the talent of stars Cleanthony Early, Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet. Early is a multitalented force of a forward. Baker is a lights-out wing. And Van Vleet, the least feted entering this season, has arguably been the Shockers' best player -- and a point guard good enough to rank among Marcus Smart and Shabazz Napier as the best in the country, period.

On Saturday, Wichita State pounded another conference opponent (Drake, this time, 78-61), which pushed its record to 21-0 overall. On Jan. 11, Wichita State was pushed to the limit at Missouri State, but rallied from a 17-point deficit to win in overtime. If the Shockers manage to get past upcoming road trips to Indiana State (Feb. 5) and Northern Iowa (Feb. 8), their odds of going into postseason play unbeaten will skyrocket into the realm of the probable. In addition to WSU's excellence, this is true because the Shockers, through no fault of their own, are members of a decidedly mid-major conference, the Missouri Valley. Their path to immortality is smoother, but their margin for error is slim. Maybe that's what defines a mid-major."

[ShoxNAwe]

Is Gonzaga mid-major?

[rlh04d]

Is Gonzaga mid-major?

You could just click the link. Gonzaga is the next team mentioned after us.