Loyola is 6-2 and RPI 40!

[Bravesfan]

Just saw that W. Carolina now has the #10 RPI. Regardless of the team's name, if you were to tell me that BU lost at home to the team ranked #10 in the RPI, there is no way I could possibly consider calling that a bad loss.

They are a much stronger team than Loyola.

Well you would think otherwise the way some here are reacting to that loss!

[real fan]

Just saw that W. Carolina now has the #10 RPI. Regardless of the team's name, if you were to tell me that BU lost at home to the team ranked #10 in the RPI, there is no way I could possibly consider calling that a bad loss.

They are a much stronger team than Loyola.

W.Carolina has a good team, the loss was a bad one because BU had a 10 point lead in the 2nd half at home and lost(this should not happen to a team with the talent that we have) , Loyola is not W.Carolina and we need to start putting teams away , a 15 to 20 point win would show that we have learned a valuable lesson in that you cannot let teams hang around or you may end up losing, hopefully our loss has taught us a valuable lesson.

[Out of Balance]

louisville got whacked by Charlotte by 22 the game before...they are a shell of what they were in recent years. The chuck a 3 and hope will work in Socon play so in the end, they'll have a gaudy W-L mark. As for Loyola, they have beaten no one and have zero depth returning from last year where WCU had juniors and seniors. a loss to Loyola and we might as well find some other sport to watch this winter.

WHAT I have season tickets What would I do with them If we lose, can't we just blame it on injuries -- JK We're NOT going to lose

[BradleyBrave]

louisville got whacked by Charlotte by 22 the game before...they are a shell of what they were in recent years. The chuck a 3 and hope will work in Socon play so in the end, they'll have a gaudy W-L mark. As for Loyola, they have beaten no one and have zero depth returning from last year where WCU had juniors and seniors. a loss to Loyola and we might as well find some other sport to watch this winter.

I am in agreement with this statement.

[SFP]

I just hope we win this one, regardless! An ex-GF use to go there when I was at BU and to this day I feel much happier when we beat them.

[Out of Balance]

I just hope we win this one, regardless! An ex-GF use to go there when I was at BU and to this day I feel much happier when we beat them.

Man, she must of done you wrong, for her to have such a lasting effect on you
Are those two girls the sameone's with the pointed ears but cover with hair Cheer up, 49er's are winning

[SFP]

Man, she must of done you wrong, for her to have such a lasting effect on you
Are those two girls the sameone's with the pointed ears but cover with hair Cheer up, 49er's are winning

I'm a Bear's fan ! BTW she did me right!

[Out of Balance]

I'm a Bear's fan ! BTW she did me right!:-P

Thats good to know because I once had a gf named Lawana. I would always ask her "do you wanta" and the answer was always the same, NO So I moved on and found one that did wanta It's getting late

[Tulsa Brave]

isn't this exactly what some people said about Western Carolina when they came into Peoria?
Now they have won at Louisville, are 10-1, and have an RPI of 14.

If they did, it was because they weren't very knowledgable fans and were basing it solely off the team name. WCU was co-champion of their half of the Southern Conference last season and returned all 5 starters this season. It was pretty obvious that they would be a tough foe. Loyola on the other hand was dreadful last year, and looked to be the same this year. As of mid-December, they still look like a bottom feeder Horizon League team to me and many others. In the eyes of the RPI, they are easily a top 2 Horizon League team...far better than the Green Bay team that already blew them out of the water.

Of course, the RPI also tells us that UNC is only 9th best in the ACC, Michigan State is only 6th best in the Big 10, and Michigan is quite a bit worse than the hapless Iowa Hawkeyes whom I have seen several times this season. Oh and those impressive narrow victories Southern Miss has over La-Lafayette and Montana State clearly makes them the team to beat in C-USA, ahead of Memphis and a loaded Tulsa team.

[tornado]

Southern Miss. has an RPI of 12.....

ER - you jinxed them....

although Southern Miss' RPI of 12 was a total charade since they had scheduled so incredibly softly - even worse than ISU, as Eustachy included four NAIA teams on his schedule.......

BUT -- karma abounds....and Larry Eustachy has gotten his comeuppance...

no sooner did they reach that lofty RPI then they've LOST their last FOUR games that they've played against D-I opponents....(they did win one in that interval against NAIA Dillard)..

so with four straight losses to the likes of Canisius, North Florida, Vandy (40-pt loss), and Marshall, they're gonna fall off the RPI chart into the abyss of 200+ RPI teams, where they belong.

[chitown fanatic]

And I'm afraid Loyola will also be heading in that direction, starting with their 17 point drubbing at home and 42 point performance to hapless Detroit

[squirrelgotdead]

Detroit is 10-5, not exactly hapless.

[BradleyBrave]

Loyola will win 20 games this year, which I think is amazing considering what Whitesell has to work with facilities-wise. Being a Chicago guy I wonder if this is his final stop, or if he has aspirations beyond Loyola. I just can't see anyone being able contend for a league title with what they have to work with there. DePaul seems to like local guys, maybe they'll give him a look after this season. It would be a major upgrade from the Jerry Wainwright circus, that's for sure.

[cpacmel]

Detroit is 10-5, not exactly hapless.

3 of their 5 losses are to DePaul, UIC and Tennessee State (3-12)

[tornado]

DePaul seems to like local guys, maybe they'll give him a look after this season. ...

nothing like a good belly laugh, BB...
are you really hinting you think DePaul will hire Whitesell, a marginally successful mid-major coach, to replace Wainwright, an ex-marginally successful mid-major coach?