MVC Hoops: 2018-19

[valpopal]

Positively shameful and embarrassing stuff from Bradley... Wardle really might be the thin skinned douche so many on here believe him to be.

https://www.pjstar.com/sports/20190315/cleve-in-eve-bu-disgraces-itself-telling-longtime-pjs-beat-writer-you-dont-promote-bradley-brand

I guess that this type of stuff happens at other (and probably larger) schools, with coverage by individuals in the media not allowed to cover a team if they are perceived as negative. Still, I agree that Wardle and the Bradley athletic department are complete thin-skinned jerks for restricting access of any reporter from an established media source.

It's a product and reflection of our current times. 

I don't have a problem with Bradley objecting about a journalist if they could present persuasive evidence of a clear pattern with news stories that are false, inaccurate, misleading, or uniformly negative. Journalists should be held accountable. However, even then, the timing is not particularly smart. The closing of the editorial sums up the situation for me:



"What a disgrace. There is Bradley, in what should be a glorious time, coming off as oh-so-fragile and petty. Hype is the media relations job at BU, not the media's.


Safe spaces are the rage on campus around the country. It seems Bradley is trying to create one for itself in the media, too."

[valpotx]

Wardle has been and will always be a d-bag

[NativeCheesehead]

I would like to announce I'm banning Paul Oren from covering my fantasy football league next season.

[may know]

I'm a crime junkie, and there's something about Wardle's insatiable need for total control, insecurity, paranoia, and narcissism that reminds me of...ah, I won't say it.

[NativeCheesehead]

Let's not forget who really started this. Who is really to blame for the divide amongst us on the board?

Brian F&$@ing Wardle.

Let's keep the anger where it belongs. 

[VUGrad1314]

The team throwing up back to back stinkers after an unsatisfying close to Peters tenure hasn't helped either.

[FieldGoodie05]

Looks like Utah State just won the MW Tournament for the first time in program history.  Bradley first time since '88?  Time and place for everything I suppose...

[VUGrad1314]

Wardle is getting it with both barrels from all over. It's brutal. I feel bad for Bradley's players having to deal with this.

https://twitter.com/RobDauster/status/1 ... 6721700864

https://twitter.com/boblutz/status/1107000106858020866

https://twitter.com/CoachingChanges/sta ... 6295275520

https://twitter.com/StlVUFan/status/1106936059915575296

https://twitter.com/MJJCollins/status/1 ... 4721038341

https://twitter.com/TribStarTodd/status ... 9175086083

https://twitter.com/NWIOren/status/1106803443585482752

I'm rooting for Bradley but Wardle just made himself very hard to root for.

[valpo84]

And Shannon Ryan from Tribune with the line of March so far: "when you're trying to be Cinderella, don't behave like an evil step-Sister."

http://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/html5/mobile/production/default.aspx?pubid=3e7227b1-e3b7-4fac-aa07-5f943e58b4c5

[VULB#62]

Going into Selection Sunday bracket projections abound. I looked at the one in USAToday. Bradley was a #15 facing #2 Michigan. But what got me was that both the OVC and WCC were cited as two bid leagues. Both are conferences with two good top teams and then a big drop off to a woeful supporting cast of lesser teams. It's all about wins baby. A deep mid-major conference that beats up on itself like the MVC may have some great teams but will not get that elusive at-large bid.

I also noticed that, unlike previous years, the A-10 is projected to have only 2 bids not the customary 3. 

[VUGrad1314]

WCC only has 2 because SMC won the auto bid. OVC won't get 2. Belmont's resume has serious holes. Don't worry.

[VUGrad1314]

This might be the best response to Wardle's tyrannical power play I've ever seen:

https://twitter.com/CBB_Central/status/1107299575063298048

Brian Wardle: The anti-Sister Jean.

[VUGrad1314]

Mullins top target for SIU

https://twitter.com/kfvsnews/status/1107116744706064384

[VUGrad1314]

WCC only has 2 because SMC won the auto bid. OVC won't get 2. Belmont's resume has serious holes. Don't worry.

Great take here... Wouldn't have seen an OVC at large if we had only been smart and added Murray State when they were literally begging to join...

[VUGrad1314]

Between their recruiting:

http://www.mvcfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5278

And the transfer market:

https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1112439809023320069

Missouri State is setting up to be a real problem next year. Them Bradley Evansville Loyola and UNI will be pretty good next year I think.

[VU2014]

https://twitter.com/Andrew__Slater/status/1117990679735672832

[ValpoDad89]

If Moser takes the Johnnie gig, yes it hurts the MVC brand but to be expected. With Mullins taking SIU Loyola is hurt immensely. I saw Mullins being the heir apparent and had he known I wonder if he takes SIU. I know that's where he went but he's a Chicago guy and his dad runs a very successful AAU program locally.

Emmanuel Dildy come on down?

[NativeCheesehead]

So it looks like Moser took that offer back to Loyola and got yet another new deal. Good on him and good on the school for being willing to pony up.

That being said, how the hell do we, with our unwillingness to truly commit to athletics, expect to compete in a conference that now has two coaches at or near a million dollars a year?

[FWalum]

So it looks like Moser took that offer back to Loyola and got yet another new deal. Good on him and good on the school for being willing to pony up.

That being said, how the hell do we, with our unwillingness to truly commit to athletics, expect to compete in a conference that now has two coaches at or near a million dollars a year?

Citation on new post St. John's offer deal?

[NativeCheesehead]

Wasn't confirmed but they did a segment on it in ESPN 1000 as I was driving. Mentioned Moser and his agent came back to Chicago and met with Loyola after meeting with St Johns. Soon afterward he announced he was staying.

[FieldGoodie05]

Wasn't confirmed but they did a segment on it in ESPN 1000 as I was driving. Mentioned Moser and his agent came back to Chicago and met with Loyola after meeting with St Johns. Soon afterward he announced he was staying.

I like the guy, glad he's in the MVC for another year.

[Just Sayin]

Moser turns down St. John's

https://www.newsday.com/amp/sports/college/st-johns/porter-moser-st-johns-coaching-search-1.29883354

[JD24]

NY Post reported that Moser went back to Loyola and told them he was staying. There is no reworked deal although there is an agreement to look at it in the future. Again, all according to the NYPost.

[wh]

So it looks like Moser took that offer back to Loyola and got yet another new deal. Good on him and good on the school for being willing to pony up.

That being said, how the hell do we, with our unwillingness to truly commit to athletics, expect to compete in a conference that now has two coaches at or near a million dollars a year?

Another reminder that other programs aren't sitting idly by, waiting for us to catch up. It starts to feel a little overwhelming when you think about where the program is right now and the challenges that lie ahead. That said, the situation seems more manageable if you break it down into bite-sized chunks, beginning with assembling a group of players that can win consistently beginning next year. I think it's possible that we're in the process of doing that. I'm especially encouraged that we have assembled a legitimate freshman recruiting class instead of going for the quick fix.

[FieldGoodie05]

So tomorrow marks the start of NLI, seems a good chance at least one guy signs on the dotted line this week?