Bison137
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04-07-17 11:01 AM - Post#228625
In response to BisonRoadWarrior
Wow, I hadn't heard about Wichita State leaving the Missouri Valley Conference. That's terrible.
The MVC has tumbled considerably from its peak from 2005 to 2010. With the departure of Creighton and now Wichita State, it will likely be just a strong mid-major conference going forward. But from 2005 to 2008, it was the 7th best conference in the nation (Pomeroy) four years running - behind only the P6 and sometimes very close to 6th.
Its peak may have been in 2006 - the year the Bison played at Northern Iowa in Bracketbusters. That year they had six teams in Pomeroy's top 51 and got four teams into the NCAA tournament:
25 Bradley
28 Wichita State
30 Northern Iowa
35 Missouri State
48 Southern Illinois
51 Creighton
Those six all won between 20 and 26 games.
Bradley and Missouri State unfortunately have fallen a lot from their strength in this era.
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