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I saw that. This is why the Bracketbuster is more important than ever, and maybe a reason why the Valley should not be too quick to drop out of it.Comment
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I watched a game between two sunbelt conf. teams So. Ala. and W. Ky. the other day, and believe me either of themth would kill any valley team. Sun belt is the no 17 conf. and I cannot understand how the valley could possibally be ranked ahead of them. Go figure...Comment
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Originally posted by BUFAN View Post
South Alabama is horrid this year...just horrid. They would have a shot against Indiana State...that's it. The only decent Sun Belt teams this season are Western Kentucky, Middle Tennessee, Troy, and Arkansas-Little Rock. None of the others would finish ahead of anyone in the MVC except possibly Indiana State. Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Denver, New Orleans, UL-Lafayette, and UL-Monroe would certainly finish behind even Indiana State.Comment
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Nov 26th (at W Ky)Originally posted by BUFAN View Post
Western Kentucky 79
SIU 70
Dec 13th (at E'Ville)
Western Kentucky 40
Evansville 72
Go figure...Comment
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Last season?Originally posted by BUFAN View Post
Try this season's games:
Ark-LR > Creighton 71-69
Evansville > W Ky 72-40
UNI > Denver 61-56
W Ky > SIU 77-70
M Tenn St > Mo St 63-51
Mo St > Ark St 52-47
Mo St > Ark-LR 59-37
N Texas > Indy St 80-69
Ark St > Indy St 56-54
So yea.... the Sun Belt "owns" the MVC with a 5-4 record this season.
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Sun BeltOriginally posted by BUFAN View Post
vs Top 25 RPI 1-6
vs 26-50 RPI 0-12
vs 51-100 RPI 3-20
vs 101-200 RPI 15-23
vs 201+ RPI 42-12
MVC
vs Top 25 RPI 0-10
vs 26-50 RPI 2-4
vs 51-100 RPI 7-7
vs 101-200 RPI 18-15
vs 201+ RPI 35-5
Go figure...Comment
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The bottom half of the Sun Belt is really, really bad.
The top level teams could be borderline play-in game teams in good years in the MVC.
WKU is the one program that could defintely contend in the MVC on a consistent basis.Comment
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You can't base an entire conference ranking based on two or three good teams. The West Coast Conference has two teams in the top 30 in Gonzaga and St. Mary's, but they rank behind the MVC because of three or four horrid teams in the bottom half of that conference. Ditto for the Sun Belt. Three or four decent teams with the rest being awful.Originally posted by BUFAN View PostComment
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Exactly.Originally posted by Bravesfan View Post
The MVC is ranked 10th. 4 teams - Northern Iowa, Creighton, ISU, and Evansville are in the Top 100 RPI.
Here's some Conferences behind the MVC with teams in the top 100 of the RPI. (the ranking is the Non-Conference Ranking, not Overall ranking)
Colonial - 14th
Northeastern
VCU
Geo Mason
Hofstra
Horizon - 11th
Butler
UW-BG
Cleve St
Metro Atlantic - 12th
Siena
Niagara
Fairfield
MAC - 18th
Buffalo
Mia-Oh
Patriot - 26th
American
Southern - 16th
Davidson
Southland - 23rd
Stephen F Austin
Summit - 24th
North Dakota St
Sun Belt - 21st
Western Kentucky
WAC - 15th
Utah St
Boise St
WCC - 13th
Gonzaga
St Mary'sComment
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Mac I love quantifing and you are providing some good stats. I have seen Middle tenn. St and North Texas (middle of the pack 8-4 and 6-6) as well as So. Ala and W. Ky and any of those teams would blow out NIU by at least 20 on any floor. It's time to face the facts the Sun Belt and many other conf. are better than the valley...Originally posted by MacabreMob View PostComment
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NIU? So, those teams would blow out Northern Illinois University by 20? OK, you are probably right...but what does that have to do with the Valley?Originally posted by BUFAN View PostComment
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Northern Iowa is winning the valley, Northern Illionos is in a different conf...Originally posted by ER3 View PostComment
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