UNI beats ISU

[Da Coach]

UNI beat ISU 61-55.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201002270418

[Braves4Life]

Igor is back and UNI is back. They are now a shoe-in for the NCAA Tourney, regardless of St. Louis. However, after their performance against ISU they are now once again my favorite to win the MVC Tourney................... But we can beat them IF we get the chance.

[BradleyJD]

Did you catch on the broadcast when they listed BU as a bad loss for UNI...that stunk!

[Braves4Life]

Did you catch on the broadcast when they listed BU as a bad loss for UNI...that stunk!

Yeah, but what else could it be? We finished 6th.

[Da Coach]

Yeah, but what else could it be? We finished 6th.

How could we have finished 6th when we are seeded 5th?

We finished tied for 5th.

[chitown fanatic]

How could we have finished 6th when we are seeded 5th?

We finished tied for 5th.

I'm pretty sure the point remains the same regardless....it's a bad loss for UNI, but they're still in

[Braves4Life]

How could we have finished 6th when we are seeded 5th?

We finished tied for 5th.

Guess I'm also considering overall record and how we're listed in standings on MVC website. Regardless, we were a bad loss for UNI....... and, hopefully, we will be again

[AZ BU Fan]

On a positive note, BU finished better than the 6th place MVC Pre Season Polls!

Interesting how the Valley played out vs the pre season predictions..

UNI #1........... predicted #1
WSU #2 ........ predicted #5
ISU Red #3..... predicted #3
CU #4 ........... predicted #2
BU #5 (t)........ predicted #6
ISU Blue #5 (t).. predicted #7
MSU #7 .......... predicted #9
Drake #8 ........ predicted #8
SIU #9 ........... predicted #4
EU #10 ............ predicted #10

For all the Kool Aid induced wishful thinking about UNI's lucky 2008-09 season, CU's lack of depth, ISU Red's lack of depth and weak scheduling, WSU's inexperience, and BU's depth and experienced talent, the season played out pretty close to predictions except for WSU exceeding expectations, and SIU tanking. CU slipped a little, but everyone else finished close to what pollsters thought.

What is interesting is teams with pretty good post play, UNI, WSU, ISU Red, and CU did pretty well in a guard oriented league. Before anyone questions WSU post play, their 4 bigs, Stutz, Blair, Ellis and Felter combined for 13 rpg and 18 ppg.

IMHO, BU will need to expect more and get a lot more from their bigs to step up in the MVC next year.. Hopefully JL can pull a rabbit out of his recruiting hat, BU gets progression from WE and AT, and JP turns out to be the steal of the 2009 MVC recruiting year.