Valley Standings, 1/13

[shaunguth]

__________________Valley___Home___Away____All____
Bradley____________5-1______2-1____3-0____11-6___
Drake______________4-1______3-0____1-1____13-4___
Northern Iowa______4-1______2-1____2-0____10-6___
illinois state_____3-2______2-0____1-2____14-2___
Creighton__________3-2______1-1____2-1____13-4___
Evansville_________3-2______2-0____1-2____11-4___
Southern Illinois__2-3______1-2____1-1_____7-9___
Indiana State______2-4______1-3____1-1_____4-13__
Wichita State______0-5______0-2____0-3_____6-10__
Missouri State_____0-5______0-2____0-3_____7-9___

[dogsrus]

__________________Valley___Home___Away____All____
Bradley____________5-1______2-1____3-0____11-6___
Drake______________4-1______3-0____1-1____13-4___
Northern Iowa______4-1______2-1____2-0____10-6___
illinois state_____3-2______2-0____1-2____14-2___
Creighton__________3-2______1-1____2-1____13-4___
Evansville_________3-2______2-0____1-2____11-4___
Southern Illinois__2-3______1-2____1-1_____7-9___
Indiana State______2-4______1-3____1-1_____4-13__
Wichita State______0-5______0-2____0-3_____6-10__
Missouri State_____0-5______0-2____0-3_____7-9___

OK..the 3-0 MIGHT be against the bottom 3 but like some have said...those are the ones you HAVE to win.

Now steal one of the next 2 (actually can take both if you like) and I think we'll all be happy.

2 more total road wins and you have reached a good goal of winning over half your road games.

[shaunguth]

OK..the 3-0 MIGHT be against the bottom 3 but like some have said...those are the ones you HAVE to win.

Now steal one of the next 2 (actually can take both if you like) and I think we'll all be happy.

2 more total road wins and you have reached a good goal of winning over half your road games.

And let's not forget that isu has already lost to one of those bottom teams!

[shaunguth]

__________________Valley___Home___Away____All____
Bradley____________5-1______2-1____3-0____11-6___
Northern Iowa______5-1______2-1____3-0____11-6___
Drake______________4-1______3-0____1-1____13-4___
illinois state_____3-2______2-0____1-2____14-2___
Creighton__________3-2______1-1____2-1____13-4___
Evansville_________3-3______2-1____1-2____11-5___
Southern Illinois__2-3______1-2____1-1_____7-9___
Indiana State______2-4______1-3____1-1_____4-13__
Wichita State______0-5______0-2____0-3_____6-10__
Missouri State_____0-5______0-2____0-3_____7-9___

[BUBraves2006]

Just to be devil's advocate here ...

If you're looking for at-large consideration, then beating the bad teams is great.

But, if you're looking for tie-breaker advantages for the Valley, you actually want to beat the better teams. One thing I'm pretty familiar with is the points system (I'll roll out my copy in a couple games) and you get a lot more credit for beating the good teams than the bad ones.

So, for instance, Creighton's win AT Bradley (19 points) is worth more than actually all three of Bradley's road wins combined (12 points). Of course, you win more games than the team chasing you, and it doesn't matter.

Just something to keep in mind ... hopefully we won't have to worry about this and we'll just keep posting wins at home and on the road.