Valley is 1-0

[Grassman]

Northern Iowa takes out the 1st. place Colonial team that beat Georgetown ,Old Dominion behind Ali Farokmanesh's 23 second 1/2 points. Actually The Panthers controlled the game througout.
Even though the Colonial refs made some dubious calls,
Remember tomorrows Bradley opponent Drexel is from the Colonial Conference.

[dan10]

I warned you in a different thread that our refs are terrible. The only consistency they have is being inconsistent. Either way good win for your conference so far, uni looked really solid against a big odu team.

[tornado]

that was without the potential Player of the Year, Eglseder...

[flipper]

that was without the potential Player of the Year, Eglseder...

you know when i see uni play without edlseder(creighton and 2nites game) i really see a good team without him. just different. one advantage they have when he is not is that it frees up alot of space. i just dont see him now as the conference player of the year. sammy is more deserving.

[Da Coach]

Box score-
ODU 62
UNI 71

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201002190418

[flipper]

still seems weird that we can beat uni and lose siu and a depleted indiana state.

[MacabreMob]

Colonial starts out 0-2 (William & Mary lost at Iona).

[dan10]

Colonial starts out 0-2 (William & Mary lost at Iona).

Yea not a good start to all of the tv games our conference got. Had a big chance for positive exposure. Either way the only game that matters is us tomorrow night.

[SaintLouBrave22]

Would be nice to have a lights out Farokhmanesh type shooter

[Da Coach]

Farokhmanesh is a good shooter, but his percentages are nowhere near the best in the MVC. He shoots 38.9% from three (35.2% in MVC games- which ranks 20th), and 40.4% overall this year, and averages just 9.5 ppg- not exactly "lights out". He has had almost half his games (12 games) this year in single digits.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/players/81940

By comparison, Bradley has Andrew Warren, who some say is having a disappointing season, shooting 40.6% from three (43.2% in MVC games), and averaging 14.3 ppg, and has only scored in single digits 5 times all year.
Chris Roberts is also shooting better than Farokhmanesh at 39.2%, and averaging 9.3 ppg.

[tornado]

yea...funny how a 6-5 guy that's a great defender that shoots 41% gets criticized all the time by some, then they turn around and wish they had a 5-10 guy who's unidimensional and shoots 39%??

still seems weird that we can beat uni and lose siu and a depleted indiana state.

parity within a good league

[Braves4Life]

....parity within a good league

I'd say GOOD is a bit strong this year tornado. Wouldn't you? This year and last year are down years for the Valley. I'd say we're nothing more than an average or mediocre league.

[tornado]

UNI is a good team, they are ranked and kicking everyone's butt..
we are several games out of 1st yet we have shown we can play them even...
I accept that as evidence of parity in a good league...

[Braves4Life]

UNI is a good team, they are ranked and kicking everyone's butt..
we are several games out of 1st yet we have shown we can play them even...
I accept that as evidence of parity in a good league...

No dispute here on parity. Just don't agree with good league this year (or last). The ACC is also mediocre this year.... as is the SEC, Pac-10 and a few others.

I'd be curious as to whether anyone else thinks the MVC is a good league this year..........

[Tulsa Brave]

Cornell is a good team. They were ranked and kicking everyone's butt. Penn is several games out of 1st yet they have shown they can more than play Cornell even.

By his own logic, tornado must accept that as evidence of parity in a good league.

I personally do not think there is much parity in the Ivy League, and believe that the league is not very good. I especially believe that Penn is one of the worst D-1 teams out there. But I guess that is just my opinion as tornado's logic says otherwise.