Games of Interest 11/29

[shaunguth]

Coming into today.......

Non-Conference Opponents (Div I): 22-21

SIU-Edwardsville: 2-4

MVC Opponents: 21-14
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Wisconsin-Milwaukee @ Wisconsin, 11:00am CT

Evansville @ Butler, 1:00pm CT

Indiana State @ DePaul, 1:00pm CT

Southeast Missouri State vs. Oakland, 4:00pm CT

Northern Iowa vs. Auburn, 4:30pm CT

Winston-Salem State @ Illinois State, 6:00pm CT

Central Michigan @ Illinois-Chicago, 7:00pm CT

Creighton @ Nebraska, 7:00pm CT

Drake vs. Vanderbilt, 7:30pm CT
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Eureka High School vs. St. Anne, 7:30pm CT (Eureka College)

[shaunguth]

My Valley Picks:

57 - Evansville
59 - Butler

69 - Indiana State
77 - DePaul

62 - Northern Iowa
71 - Auburn

55 - Winston-Salem State
75 - illinois state

62 - Creighton
68 - Nebraska

67 - East Tennessee State
70 - Bradley

64 - Drake
68 - Vanderbilt

[BUBraves2006]

I will be at the UNI game up in Chicago, so I'll be sure to give a full report about how they look against Auburn.

[shaunguth]

Unfortunately, I don't see the Valley having a very good day. There are a couple games that could go either way, but I see the conference going 2-5 today. Thank goodness for isu!

[Da Coach]

Here are all the MVC games on Rivals updating scoreboard for anyone who wants to track the games-

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/scoreboard?d=2008-11-29&refresh=60&c=mvc

[BUBraves2006]

I really think Creighton beats Nebraska. The 'Huskers have no size whatsoever so Creighton will beat them on the glass.

Outside of that, who knows. Northern Iowa might give Auburn a game. If Auburn lost even though Dayton missed all 24 three-point attempts, why can't Northern Iowa play with them?

[Da Coach]

I really think Creighton beats Nebraska. The 'Huskers have no size whatsoever so Creighton will beat them on the glass.

I don't know, Creighton has been a very poor rebounding team so far. They average 30.8 rpg, and give up 38.5 rpg. That ranks them 9th in both rebounding offense and defense among MVC teams, and their -7.7 is the worst in the MVC.

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/confldrs.htm

[BUBraves2006]

It'd be really disappointing if the preseason MVC champ can't beat a middle of the road Big XII team. Especially since Nebraska plays a 4-guard offense...

Is the Valley really THAT down?

[shaunguth]

FINAL

46 - Wisconsin-Milwaukee
67 - Wisconsin

[bugregshu]

E-Ville - 11
Butler - 10

Butler already has 7 fouls with 14 minutes to go in the first half

[shaunguth]

Current lines:

Indiana State
DePaul -13.5

Evansville
Butler -9

Auburn -2
Northern Iowa

Creighton
Nebraska -6

Drake
Vanderbilt -4

[shaunguth]

1st, 7:58

17 - Evansville
23 - Butler


1st, 6:00

9 - Indiana State
29 - DePaul

[shaunguth]

Halftime
30 - Evansville
35 - Butler

2nd, 15:08
35 - Indiana State
43 - DePaul

[bugregshu]

Indiana State was down 39-19 at halftime, but started the second half on a 18-4 run

[shaunguth]

2nd, 16:22
34 - Evansville
40 - Butler

2nd, 11:40
40 - Indiana State
49 - DePaul