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After getting disrespected with a 9 seed, UNI may have done all of us in the Valley the greatest favor ever! Congrats to UNI! No longer will the valley be treated as 2nd rate. Look for multiple bids next year based just off this win alone. I'm ecstatic right now!
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I wouldn't go that far. I'd say this year of upsets will result in no more than 5 mid-major at larges next year. The people in the room have a pretty clear agenda...Originally posted by chitown fanatic View Post -
Me too! With all the potential talent coming back next year, I saw multiple bids and potentially ranked teams anyway next year, including us. Now UNI has just given the Valley some national attention ahead of time.Originally posted by chitown fanatic View Post
With all the talent BU has coming back, if we get a guy or two in recruiting, and with our schedule potentially being very good next year, I really think everything is setting up for us and the Valley to have a great year next year.Comment
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Tonights win will help but the Valley will keep getting treated like all the other mids until the MVC starts backing up these big wins. The MVC needs to follow up UNI's performance with another run next year. Multiple bids needs to be the norm and not the exception. When we do get multiple teams in the big dance, the MVC needs to get some wins. Until this happens the MVC will still be just another mid-major to all the talking heads.
Congrats to UNI and I hope the Valley keeps getting stronger."Losers find an excuse...winners find a way" - Joe StowellComment
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The sports guy on local channel 3 in Phoenix just said that Northern Iowa is the first MVC team to reach the Sweet 16 since Larry Bird and Indiana St. Guess he didn't know about SIU, Bradley and Wichita.What part of illegal don't you understand?Comment
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or listening to the talking heads at CBS! It's so nice that the professional media can't do easy decent research before just copying a wrong answer.Originally posted by Chico View Post"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
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Hmmm, I don't know about that. Using that logic, the Horizon League and the WCC would get multiple bids every year, and that doesn't always happen unless someone other than Butler (last year) and Gonzaga (this year) win their respective conference tournaments.Originally posted by chitown fanatic View Post
I think the Valley will get multiple bids next year because we have several veteran teams coming back. But that will have less to do with a Sweet Sixteen or even Final Four run by UNI than by teams who earn their way in like the MWC and A-10 had this year.
Besides, Memphis's multi-year run of Sweet Sixteens and Final Fours did nothing to garner multiple bids by CUSA until ironically this year when Memphis fell to NIT status! More a little luck for CUSA this year than anything else.Comment
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The "agendas" that occur usually have more to do with the last couple of mid-major at-large bubble teams than anything else. Even if Utah St. and UTEP got left out, we would still have more mid-major at-large teams this year (6 vs. 4) than last year. Some years though, Utah St. and UTEP would be in, and in other years they would be left out. Maybe this year, last year's Creighton team would have made it in as well. It all depends on the selection chairman and his/her beliefs. But the ultimate number has more to do with qualifying teams than anything else, with those one or two teams on the edge anyone's guess year-in and year-out.Originally posted by amckillip View PostComment
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I have to agree. The valley failed to capitalize after the BU, WSU runs. Multiple teams need to get in and ADVANCE to get respect for the conference. All that this means is that UNI gets known nationally, just like SIU was from years ago.Originally posted by Bravesfan View PostJL are not respunsible foor the string of injunrys....Comment
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Sportscenter just said that UNI was the first MVC champion since Larry Bird's ISU team to make it to the Sweet 16.Originally posted by Chico View Post"How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal, and you have to be willing to work for it." - Jim ValvanoComment
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That is a true statement... Though misleading. The last few (BU, WSU, SIU) were NOT MVC champions.Originally posted by DeltaBrave03 View PostComment
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Actually WSU and SIU were regular season champions when they went to the Sweet 16. I guess they meant MVC Tournament Champions, in which case they would be correct.Originally posted by amckillip View PostOnward and Upward!
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No he wouldn't. They didn't win the MVC Tournament when they went to the Sweet 16 those years.Originally posted by it's boogie timeOnward and Upward!
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I'll chalk it up to the booze then. Sorry1996 & 2019Comment
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