Postgame: UE 56 BU 49

[thefish7]

Those TV markets are a little sketchy too. Why, for example do they conglomerate Champaign, Springfield, and Decatur? They aren't exactly close, and looking at the detail on that site it looks like there's at least two affiliates for each network there...?

[lefty]

DC played Evansville well when they were in Peoria.imo I wasn't able to see the game last night so I will ask this question. Was DC's game last night a result of DC matching up well with Evansville's bigs?

Evansville big man isn't good and their back is a little better but only about 6'7". I don't know if that gives DC more confidence or what but he was more active around the basket.

[Tone Bone]

I absolutely do, yes. Particularly ISU could be an annual game on a given date to drive the rivalry and get it some attention. I'd be just as happy with a similar arrangement with SIU. Reason for them and the other state schools from the MVC being out of my "dream" conference is because I think those guys would like to play some FBS football at some point along the way.

For the foreseeable future, SIU will not be making any attempt to jump to 1-A football. In spite of six straight playoff appearances, we can't consistently pack McAndrew Stadium. SIU is a basketball school. Football takes a backseat to the majority of our fans. We have nowhere near the support necessary to even contemplate a move upwards in football.

Unless/until the Big East splits up, and the trickle down effects that could potentially have, I don't see the MVC losing or adding any schools.

[thefish7]

Tone Bone, all sounds reasonable to me. Incidentally, a Big East (and A10 for that matter) split is something I also feel is just over the horizon.

[Tone Bone]

Tone Bone, all sounds reasonable to me. Incidentally, a Big East (and A10 for that matter) split is something I also feel is just over the horizon.

I agree with you. Both those leagues have too many teams. A shakeup is coming. I just don't know if it will actually impact Valley membership. As a whole, this is a fairly stable conference. Unless a school is looking to drop down in competition, I don't see anything changing.

[Grassman]

Good post. I agree. BU needs to worry about itself. It's not like we are winning the league every year going away. Heck, we can't finish higher than 4th lately. First, BU needs to become like Creighton. After that, Butler. After that, Gonzaga. After that, Memphis. In other words, the Best Team in its league year after year. None of those schools are looking elsewhere to my knowledge, so why should BU? Let's be the best team in the MVC first. We aren't close to doing that yet!

Yikes I should live so long as to see this happen

[real fan]

Once again we had trouble scoring and I believe some of it had to do with our substitutions, why didn"t Norris get more minutes last night as he rimmed ot his 1st 3 point shot and then made his 2nd 3 point shot, he should be getting more shots especially when Dodie was injured and McCain was shooting so poorly, I have said it before that I think our coaching staff has done a great job on both offense and defense overall considering all of our injuries but I also believe that coach Les"s biggest weakness is his in game substituions as it just does not appear he realizes who is hot on a particuliar night and should be getting more minutes and who is not having a good night and should be getting less minutes. D.Collins had his best night of his career and hopefully will continue to perform like this the rest of the season.
(It"s all about effort.)

[Beninator]

Personally I thought he played hard from tip to buzzer. He controled the lane, played with purpose and went after both shots and rebounds like he wanted to own both.

Evansville big man isn't good and their back is a little better but only about 6'7". I don't know if that gives DC more confidence or what but he was more active around the basket.

Thanks guys...

[SFP]

Once again we had trouble scoring and I believe some of it had to do with our substitutions, why didn"t Norris get more minutes last night as he rimmed ot his 1st 3 point shot and then made his 2nd 3 point shot, he should be getting more shots especially when Dodie was injured and McCain was shooting so poorly, I have said it before that I think our coaching staff has done a great job on both offense and defense overall considering all of our injuries but I also believe that coach Les"s biggest weakness is his in game substituions as it just does not appear he realizes who is hot on a particuliar night and should be getting more minutes and who is not having a good night and should be getting less minutes. D.Collins had his best night of his career and hopefully will continue to perform like this the rest of the season.
(It"s all about effort.)

I agree with this post. I also saw no reason except to rest him to have DC on the bench. He also needs to sit TW down a bit early in the count when he picks up that first foul. It always seems he'll pick up the second one minutes after. They also must have talked to CR at 1/2 not to dribble so much.

[UnbiasPerspective1]

Once again we had trouble scoring and I believe some of it had to do with our substitutions, why didn"t Norris get more minutes last night as he rimmed ot his 1st 3 point shot and then made his 2nd 3 point shot, he should be getting more shots especially when Dodie was injured and McCain was shooting so poorly, I have said it before that I think our coaching staff has done a great job on both offense and defense overall considering all of our injuries but I also believe that coach Les"s biggest weakness is his in game substituions as it just does not appear he realizes who is hot on a particuliar night and should be getting more minutes and who is not having a good night and should be getting less minutes. D.Collins had his best night of his career and hopefully will continue to perform like this the rest of the season.
(It"s all about effort.)

Weeks ago I said they needed to get DN going, this may prove to be a fatal mistake now that DD is hurt. DN hasn't been aggressive offensively since early on in the season, and it really doesn't appear Coach Les wants him to.

CR/EM didn't have the best games last night, but at least they were aggressive. The coaches need to encourage DN to be aggressive.