(01-08-2018 10:52 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(01-08-2018 08:09 AM)69topper Wrote:  

(01-08-2018 05:59 AM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  

(01-07-2018 07:56 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(01-07-2018 03:25 PM)69topper Wrote:  I beg to differ. If Stansbury stays (which personally I think he will but u never know) I feel that we have a chance to see WKU possibly reach that level again. Maybe not for long periods but possibly brief flashes if only because of how college bb works these days. I was in school and went to see WKU play Villinova in the final four (8th row mid court) in Houston. Lost in OT but came but came back to beat Kansas for 3rd place.
If we had everyone that was supposed to b here this year we may have been there again this year. Oh well, for what might have been. Lol.
It can happen. Just look at Gonzaga or Wichita St.

Gonzaga?

They've missed the tournament twice since 1999.

Wichita State might be a little better comparison, but the Shockers, like the Zags don't play football and play in a better league than we do.

Further, I expect one time beyond the sweet sixteen, maybe even just two sweet sixteen appearances and Stans is probably gone.

Good or bad, I don't think he'll be in BG as long as Marshall has been in Wichita(11 seasons) and Marshall makes $3M+, there's zero chance he's in BG as long as Few has been in Spokane(nearly 30 years, total, nearly 20 as HC) and Few "only" makes about $1.5M, but if he was going somewhere, it would have already happened.

I'm sorry, but comparisons to Gonzaga or Wichita State are misguided at best.

I didn't read it as comparing wku to them. Just saying it can happen at a school like ours (Mtsu & wku)

Exactly. Thank u very much.

How is saying "it could happen at a school like ours" by citing Gonzaga and Wichita State, not a comparison?

They aren't like us.

At one time they were. Then they started winning and advancing deep into the tournament on a consistent basis and have now elevated their programs. There is nothing stopping any program from doing something on a similar level. I am not saying that WKU or MTSU or any other C-USA program are going to reach those heights any time soon, but it isn't impossible.