Current stats and MVC RPI...

[Big Mike]

Braves stats...note AW passes TB in scoring...

https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf4/663936.pdf?ATCLID=204833585&SPSID=19334&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400

Valley RPI.....

http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_mvc_Men.html

Valley team and individual stats....

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/CONFLDRS.HTM

[Da Coach]

I noticed with the games of last 3 days, the Missouri Valley jumped ahead of the CAA and CUSA into 9th place.

http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_conf_Men.html

Bradley's Strength of Schedule remains the best in the MVC, and their RPI is 4th best.

[Bravesfan]

I noticed with the games of last 3 days, the Missouri Valley jumped ahead of the CAA and CUSA into 9th place.

http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_conf_Men.html

Bradley's Strength of Schedule remains the best in the MVC, and their RPI is 4th best.

Looking good so far. We need the top teams in the Valley to keep winning (except when they play us of course), and hope that three or four teams minimum separate themselves from the rest of the pack. This and a strong showing in the Bracketbuster should get us at least two bids. Here's hoping Bradley is one of them!

[houstontxbrave]

Looking good so far. We need the top teams in the Valley to keep winning (except when they play us of course), and hope that three or four teams minimum separate themselves from the rest of the pack. This and a strong showing in the Bracketbuster should get us at least two bids. Here's hoping Bradley is one of them!

Only way the Valley gets two bids is if one team blows through the conference, close to undefeated, then losses in the Championship game of the conference tourney.

[srw]

The Valleys SOS is awful....

Its very clear that 5 schools ought to be ashamed of themselves.

ISU, WSU,SIU,UE, and DU ought be ashamed of themselves.

JL and KK did a good job of understanding how to schedule. If BU had 2 more wins as it should have, our RPI would probably be around MoST. (

[houstontxbrave]

The Valleys SOS is awful....

Its very clear that 5 schools ought to be ashamed of themselves.

ISU, WSU,SIU,UE, and DU ought be ashamed of themselves.

JL and KK did a good job of understanding how to schedule. If BU had 2 more wins as it should have, our RPI would probably be around MoST. (

They scheduled well, got real lucky with WCU and Loyola. But the lenght of time between games in December was absurd.

[doug shank's crossover]

ISU's RPI is steadily climbing...comes in at 104 according to Realtime....Is it possible for them to get an RPI of around 35 or 40 by season's end in spite of their easy pre-conf schedule if they play well in conf play? If so, all of the ridicule about their soft schedule will ring a bit hollow...

[cpacmel]

Updated RPI's:

http://warrennolan.com/basketball/20...souri%20Valley

[cpacmel]

Updated MVC RPI's:

http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2010/conference/Missouri%20Valley

UNI (20)

Mo State (41)

Wichita State (59)

Indiana State (77)

Illinois State (79)

SIU (93)

Bradley (95)

Creighton (195)

Evansville (271)

Drake (281)

7 teams under 100. Congrats to BU on joining the under 100 club!

[tornado]

the NCAA selection committee pays attention to the non-conference RPI and SOS, ISU's recent rise in RPI can be credited mostly to the fact that their conference mates, although not always strong, differ by LIGHT YEARS from the guys they were playing in the pre-conference portion of the schedule.
ISU could end the season with an RPI of 10 and likely still be passed over for an at-large bid.

[BradleyBrave]

If BU had 2 more wins as it should have, our RPI would probably be around MoST. (

Actually make that 3 wins...and REAL postseason talk (NCAA/NIT) wouldn't be foolish. We'd be in the 30's or 40's and have a great SOS to boot...hard to ignore....who'da thunk home games against mid to low major schools would be costing us...

[TheAsianSensation]

the NCAA selection committee pays attention to the non-conference RPI and SOS, ISU's recent rise in RPI can be credited mostly to the fact that their conference mates, although not always strong, differ by LIGHT YEARS from the guys they were playing in the pre-conference portion of the schedule.
ISU could end the season with an RPI of 10 and likely still be passed over for an at-large bid.

They'll be lucky to break top 50 by the end of the year, without a really, really gaudy record.

[doug shank's crossover]

ISU's extremely weak pre-conference scheduling doesn't appear to be hurting them. They're gradually climbing the RPI ladder with a strong conference showing. The theory that because they "hadn't played anybody" they wouldn't be prepared for conf. play, also appears incorrect. Not an ISU fan, but just saying...

[tornado]

Bradley is th eonly MVC team whose RPI and SOS are BOTH in the Top 100 and nobody else is even close to BU!!

http://bubravesblogger.blogspot.com/2010/01/bradleys-strength-of-schedule-is-now.html

BU's SOS is now Top 30!

[shaunguth]

The theory that because they "hadn't played anybody" they wouldn't be prepared for conf. play, also appears incorrect.

I have never believed in this kind of thing. It's just as pointless as saying a baseball player has a certain career batting average against a particular team. Unless he's facing those same pitchers in those same circumstances, it just doesn't matter!