4 MVC games tonight 12/10/08

[Da Coach]

There are 4 games tonight (12/10/08 ) involving MVC teams--

Butler at Bradley 7:05 pm CST
Eastern Illinois at Evansville 7:05 pm CST
Dayton at Creighton 7:05 pm CST
Missouri State at Tulsa 7:05 pm CST

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/scoreboard?d=2008-12-10&refresh=0&c=mvc

[Stryker]

I think the MVC has a good chance of going 3 out 4 tonight.

[tornado]

Maybe, but none of them are easy games...except possibly the UE/EIU game, but...
Eastern has lost 5 games that were reasonably close, 3 of them road games,
to
Ball State, IPFW, IUPUI, IPFW again , and Austin Peay.

with a good night (since Butler's RPI is 3), the Valley can move up into the top 5-6 conferences.

[tornado]

Dayton at Creighton 7:05 pm CST...

Dayton has one of their starters out with injury, and which P'Allen will show up?
So far, 7 games into the season, P'Allen's sophomore stats are no better, maybe slightly worse than his freshman stats.

last year 12.6 ppg, FG%=43% and 3-pt%=31.7%, rebs 3.4/gm
this year 12.7 ppg, FG%=40% and 3-pt%=28.0%, rebs 3.3/gm

[Bradleyguy10]

Wow..these are the games that are going to help out the valley

Here's hoping for 4/4 and at least 1/4 as long as the 1 is Bradley

[Da Coach]

Butler favored by 1 over Bradley-

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/teams/team-page.cfm/team/bradley

Creighton is a 6 point favorite over Dayton-

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/teams/team-page.cfm/team/creighton

Tulsa favored by 7 points over Missouri State-

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/teams/team-page.cfm/team/missouri-state

Evansville is a 15.5 point favorite over Eastern Illinois-

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/teams/team-page.cfm/team/evansville

[Valley Fan]

Dayton has one of their starters out with injury, and which P'Allen will show up?
So far, 7 games into the season, P'Allen's sophomore stats are no better, maybe slightly worse than his freshman stats.

last year 12.6 ppg, FG%=43% and 3-pt%=31.7%, rebs 3.4/gm
this year 12.7 ppg, FG%=40% and 3-pt%=28.0%, rebs 3.3/gm

He also sat out the entire Nebraska game, so his numbers this year are a bit worse, since there is one less game to adjust against.

[BUBraves2006]

Having seen them in Chicago, if Dayton plays anything like they did against Marquette, they will beat Creighton. I'm shocked they're getting six points in the spread. Injury or not, Dayton is deep and a really good team.

Considering the Valley's track record this season, I'd say Evansville is the only sure thing. I say we go 2-2, with Bradley being the other win.

[Valley Fan]

Wow..these are the games that are going to help out the valley

Here's hoping for 4/4 and at least 1/4 as long as the 1 is Bradley

The only reason they are getting 6 in because they shot very well on the road agains St. Joe's, and the game is at the Quest.

[SaintLouBrave22]

I say we go 2-2 tonight...

The Evansville and Tulsa games should be obvious wins for the home teams...


The other two are swing games that could go either way.

[Da Coach]

MVC goes 2-2 tonight-

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/scoreboard?d=2008-12-10&c=mvc&refresh=0

[tornado]

Missouri State had only FOUR turnovers.
but they got outrebounded 45-22.
Tulsa spent the whole evening on the FT line...28-37
Only 4898 at Tulsa...


As I thought, the Evansville - Eastern Illinois game was a very close game, 80-76,
ex-BU recruit TJ Marion had a career day for EIU.
10-18, 27 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.
Jason Holzinger 31 points....poss. the POW?


and to fan the flames near DePaul coach Jerry Wainwright's HOT SEAT...
DePaul loses AT HOME to Morgan State

WIU wins again. 71-66 over SEMO, to go 4-5 and stretch their winning streak to THREE straight games.


U of I beats Chicago State (Mike Tisdale 25 pt/10 reb).

[Braves4Life]

It looks like Creighton is going to be the cream of the crop this year. They totally dismantled a good Dayton team.

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/creighton-hands-dayton-first-loss-160442