3 "mid-major" finalists in the last 8 years

[UKUGA]

2010 - Butler
2011 - Butler
2017 - Gonzaga

Still, no one has broken through.

Will it happen soon?

 

[Cole World]

Villanova?

 

[TheFolker]

The Big East is mid-major now?

 

[UKUGA]

Villanova?

Villanova is in the Big East. They are anything but a mid-major.

You don't have to be P5 to be a major program.

 

[Cole World]

The Big East is mid-major now?

How is it not?

 

[KA4Prez]

2014 Connecticut is a mid-major by this definition.

 

[Cole World]

Villanova is in the Big East. They are anything but a mid-major.

You don't have to be P5 to be a major program.

Paradox

 

[UKUGA]

2014 Connecticut is a mid-major by this definition.

By what definition?

UConn is a major basketball program and traditional power.

 

[JonathanW]

Yes, probably next 5-10 years.

There have been 5 mid-major F4 teams in those last 8 years.

 

[KA4Prez]

By what definition?

UConn is a major basketball program and traditional power.

To the guy that called Villanova a mid-major.

 

[KA4Prez]

Here's the question though...

If Gonzaga is a mid-major, is Rutgers or Boston College a major program?

 

[brian5562]

They will break through. They will continue to get to the final four every two years or so. Wichita State and VCU should both be very good next year.

 

[UKUGA]

Here's the question though...

If Gonzaga is a mid-major, is Rutgers or Boston College a major program?

They should be considered major programs due to their traditional conference affiliation.

The next question becomes whether or not joining a conference ups your status immediately. (Example: did moving to the Big East immediately up Butler's status? And would it up the status of a less successful mid major?)

I hate this thread already and I made the OP.

 

[ukalum]

Villanova is definitely not a mid major. Notre Dame football doesn't play in a P5 Conference. Wake Forest and Vandy could be considered mid majors if they weren't in a P5 conference. If Villanova had a FBS football program, even an AAC level program, it would be in the ACC instead of UL.

 

[TheFolker]

How is it not?

If it is then so is the SEC.