Games of Interest, Wednesday 12/1

[shaunguth]

Bradley opponents coming into today.......

Non-Conference Opponents (Div I): 35-31

Texas A&M-Kingsville: 2-4

MVC: 30-20
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Akron (2-2) @ Detroit (4-3), 6:00pm CT

Drake (2-3) @ Colorado State (2-1), 7:00pm CT

Jackson State (1-5) @ Nebraska (4-2), 7:00pm CT

Iowa State (6-0) @ Northern Iowa (2-2), 7:00pm CT (ESPN3.com)

Prairie View A&M (1-7) @ TCU (5-2), 7:00pm CT

BYU (6-0) @ Creighton (4-2), 7:05pm CT

UNLV (6-0) @ illinois state (5-1), 7:05pm CT (WJBC Radio)

Arkansas-Little Rock (4-2) @ Missouri State (4-2), 7:05pm CT

New Mexico (4-1) @ Southern Illinois (3-3), 7:05pm CT

Chicago State (2-5) @ Wichita State (4-1), 7:05pm CT

Michigan State (5-1) @ Duke (6-0), 8:30pm CT (ESPN)

Loyola Marymount (3-4) @ UC Santa Barbara (2-3), 9:00pm CT

[shaunguth]

A big night for the Valley!

TWO undefeated Top 25 teams playing in MVC arenas and another undefeated BCS team going to Northern Iowa. Time to make a statement as a conference tonight!

[LittleBrave]

I'm going to venture to say that SIU is the only win for the Valley tonight in the MWC - MVC challenge. And that's even a stretch!

CU and ISU (red) are not even close to being ready to play well vs. good teams.
Hopefully UNI will pull out a win vs. Iowa St. and MSU wins too.

[TheAsianSensation]

UNI, Creighton, and MSU all face mandatory wins for their at-large chances.

[Da Coach]

7 games involving MVC teams- scoreboard-

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/scoreboard?d=2010-12-01&refresh=60&c=mvc

[AZ BU Fan]

A big night for the Valley!
Time to make a statement as a conference tonight!

I assume you are hoping for a POSITIVE statement as a conference tonight!

[shaunguth]

I assume you are hoping for a POSITIVE statement as a conference tonight!

That would be nice, but the Valley has some tough matchups tonight. As a conference, the teams need to win these games and even better if it happens on the same night.

[Da Coach]

Illinois State not looking good against UNLV in Normal tonight-
The Redbirds are 0-12 from three and getting outrebounded by UNLV 17-7, and losing 39-22 at halftime.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201012010269

4 of the 7 MVC teams in action are losing-

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/scoreboard?d=2010-12-01&refresh=60&c=mvc

[shaunguth]

Illinois State not looking good against UNLV in Normal tonight-
The Redbirds are 0-12 from three and getting outrebounded by UNLV 17-7, and losing 39-22 at halftime.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201012010269

It's painfully obvious that someone else scheduled this game for them.

[Da Coach]

Creighton is usually very tough at home. but tonight against BYU they are struggling. CU is trailing 34-28 at halftime, and they are shooting 32% from the floor, but only 1-11 from three. Preseason MVC POY Kenny Lawson has 2 points (1-4) and 0 rebounds at the half.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201012010133

The UNLV-ISU game is on channelsurfing.net-

http://channelsurfing.net/watch-illinois-state-basketball.html

BYU-Creighton-

http://channelsurfing.net/watch-ncaa-college-sports.php?w=39

Chicago State at Wichita State-

http://channelsurfing.net/watch-ncaa-college-sports.php?w=42

Arkansas-Little Rock at Missouri State-

http://channelsurfing.net/watch-ncaa-college-sports.php?w=40

[Da Coach]

Illinois State is now trailing 54-30 with about 14 minutes left in the game. jackie Carmichael, who had only 1 rebound in their last game, just got his first rebound of the game. ISU is now 1-16 from three after a miss by John Wilkins.

[shaunguth]

Didn't someone say isu's attendance is fairly even with BU's? I believe we would have more than 6400 show up for a Top 25 opponent. They even have 3000 student season ticket holders. I know.......this is one of those instances where many don't care about other teams, but that's just sad.

[TheAsianSensation]

UNLV is really good.

[TheAsianSensation]

Meanwhile, we're about to go 0-for-everyone in the MWC/MVC challenge.

At least the MWC is a conference better suited to use this to their advantage.

[Bravesfan]

Nice win for UNI giving Iowa St. their first loss of the year. Also kudos to Wichita St. and MSU for taking care of business. The rest.....forget it!

Three home teams losing to MWC teams (albeit all excellent teams) by a combined 58 points!

Not good!