I know a lot of you think 9-9 gets us in

[ChicosBailBonds]

It's all relative. How do you think MU's "best talent in over a decade" compares to the "best talent" at Georgetown, L'ville, Nova, Syracuse, Pitt, UConn, etc over that same time period?

Wait a second, since joining the Big East with the talent we've had prior to "our best talent in over a decade" haven't we performed second only to Pitt in the Big East?  I'd say the talent we've had most of this decade has been pretty good as have the results.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Actually, only one of the six 14 loss teams since 1985 made the finals of their conference tournament.  Here are the results of the six teams

Conference Tournament Results of 14 loss teams since 1985
1991 Villanova team lost in semifinals of Big East tournament
1990 Villanova team lost second round of Big East Tournament
2001 Georgia team lost to LSU by 1 in the first round of the SEC tournament
1990 Kansas State lost in first round of Big Eight tournament
2008 Arizona lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac 10 tournament to Stanford
1987 LSU lost in the finals of the SEC tournament to Alabama

Yup...I was thinking of Georgia Tech who had 13 wins and went to the ACC finals to get their bid.  I believe that was last year or the year prior.

[mugrad2006]

Yup...I was thinking of Georgia Tech who had 13 wins and went to the ACC finals to get their bid.  I believe that was last year or the year prior.

I was really surprised to see that only one team made the finals of their conference tournament here, would've guessed your earlier statement on conference finals to be correct.  I don't have the time nor the energy, but it would be interesting to see where each of those teams finished in the RPI and conference schedule that the made the dance with 14 losses and no conference tourney finals appearance.