Aargh wrote:Can finishing 3rd in the Valley last year be considered "on the rise", or would it be more accurate to say "didn't drop as far as the rest"?
You can go ahead and write me off as just another arrogant WSU fan. I watched all the MVC games on Fox Sports and EPSN and watched more on ESPN3. There was a lot of bad basketball played on MVC courts last year.
I managed to get tickets to a few home games. They weren't very interesting. Fans pretty much knew the walkons would be coming into the game once the lead hit 30 points.
If it's arrogant to observe that there were only 2 programs that put teams with any amount of appreciable quality on the court last year, then I'm arrogant. If that's your position, then you are accepting mediocrity as the new norm.
You are exactly right. That was true last season.
As you know that doesn't mean those trends will continue. I at least hope not. Everyone at Bradley, from the President, to AD, to Coach, to fans, expects better and knows any fault BU has in basketball has nothing to do with who else is in the league, league affiliation, Wichita State or anyone...it lies with them. No one is "settling" for mediocrity there. It just hasn't been a good 15 year run sadly.
I do think SOME Shox fans think this is now the new norm for the WSU men's BBall program. I think that is dangerous thinking.
This is partly why I don't really buy into the angst over who replaces Wichita. It's up to the current nine MVC team members to be better. Take care of your own program and things take care of themselves. Blaming it on adding Loyola or UIC is a joke. It's like complaining about scheduling. And putting all kinds of "blame" and outside factors instead of just realizing your own program isn't good enough. Start there.
