Valley Standings/Schedule

[shaunguth]

__________________Valley___Home___Away____All____
Northern Iowa_____12-4______5-3____7-1____17-10__
Creighton_________12-4______6-2____6-2____23-6___
illinois state____11-5______7-1____4-4____22-6___
Bradley____________9-7______6-2____3-5____15-12__
Evansville_________7-9______5-3____2-6____14-11__
Wichita State______7-9______6-2____1-7____14-14__
Drake______________7-9______4-4____3-5____16-12__
Southern Illinois__6-10_____3-5____3-5____10-17__
Indiana State______6-10_____2-6____4-4_____9-19__
Missouri State_____3-13_____3-5____0-8____11-17__

Tiebreaker Points: http://bradleybasketball.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, February 24
Creighton @ Missouri State, 7:05pm CT
Northern Iowa @ illinois state, 7:05pm CT
Indiana State @ Wichita State, 7:05pm CT

Wednesday, February 25
Bradley @ Evansville, 7:05pm CT (Comcast)
Southern Illinois @ Drake, 7:35pm CT (MVC TV)

Saturday, February 28
Missouri State @ Indiana State, 1:00pm CT
illinois state @ Creighton, 1:05pm CT (ESPN2)
Drake @ Bradley, 7:05pm CT
Wichita State @ Southern Illinois, 7:05pm CT
Evansville @ Northern Iowa, 7:30pm CT (MVC TV)

[real fan]

My predictions:
1 Creighton 14-4
2 UNI 13-5
3 Ill.St. 12-6
4 BU 10-8
5 Evansville 8-10
6 Wichita St. 8-10
7 Drake 8-10
8 SIU 7-11
9 Ind. St. 7-11
10 Missouri ST. 3-15
If this plays out this way then Ill.St. and Wichita ST. could be a very good first rd. matchup.

[Rusty 54]

If BU goes 2-0 and isu goes 0-2, do we still lose the tiebreaker? I though I saw on the board that we would but I just wanted to ask.

[shaunguth]

If BU goes 2-0 and isu goes 0-2, do we still lose the tiebreaker? I though I saw on the board that we would but I just wanted to ask.

I think that's right, since they have a sizeable advantage in the tiebreaker points.

[Da Coach]

If BU goes 2-0 and isu goes 0-2, do we still lose the tiebreaker? I though I saw on the board that we would but I just wanted to ask.

Yes, there is no way Bradley can move ahead of Illinois State in a tiebreaker.

[shaunguth]

Also, we have all but locked up the Friday 2:30 game. I believe the only way we can drop to 6th is if we lose our final two games and Evansville/Wichita St./Drake win all of their remaining games. That would force a 4-way tiebreaker in which I'm sure we would end up 3rd out of the 4 teams.

Looking closer, we could end up in a 3-way tie with Evansville and Drake. That would also put us in 6th.

[patrick_o'brian]

I am very confident about this team now for some reason. Possibly the emergence of Chris Roberts and Taylor Brown. I say we win em both then play on Sunday in St. Louis, make a postseason tournament and win 20 games again. Thats my prediction.

[Grassman]

As the 4th seed we will be playing THE Shockers at 2:30 on Friday. see you there

[shaunguth]

As the 4th seed we will be playing THE Shockers at 2:30 on Friday. see you there

I happen to agree!

[BUSongwriter]

I also think it will be BU-WSU. My predictions for final standings:

CU 14-4
NIU 13-5
ISU 12-6
BU 10-8
WSU 9-9
EV 8-10
DU 8-10
InSU 7-11
SIU 6-12 (who'da thunk?!??!)
MSU 3-15

BU-WSU will be a great opening round match. I look forward to being in the Red Sea.

Also, in the lineup above, I predict Drake to get into the semifinals, beating Missouri State and then taking out slumping Northern Iowa again.

I love this time of year!!!!!!

[jeffsu]

I also think it will be BU-WSU. My predictions for final standings:

CU 14-4
NIU 13-5
ISU 12-6
BU 10-8
WSU 9-9
EV 8-10
DU 8-10
InSU 7-11
SIU 6-12 (who'da thunk?!??!)
MSU 3-15

Pet peeve, but Northern Illinois University (NIU) did NOT join our conference, and the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) will still be in the MVC.

[it's boogie time]

Kinda odd that Bradley and MSU are the only teams not playing for much this week (yes, I know that there is a slight chance that BU could fall to the 6th seed).