Hoopville's MVC Preview

[tornado]

These guys generally have the most up to date info to make their assessments, but they still make some mistakes.

They start right off with the ridculous....(sorry to the Drake and UE fans) by saying
"As if the upper half of the Missouri Valley Conference weren't crowded enough. This season, two more teams, the Drake Bulldogs and Evansville Aces, will compete with the perennial contenders."

They pick Creighton to be 1st and BU 9th with Illinois State 10th!

Hoopville's Missouri Valley Predictions
1. Creighton Bluejays
2. Wichita State Shockers
3. Southern Illinois Salukis
4. Missouri State Bears
5. Northern Iowa Panthers
6. Drake Bulldogs
7. Evansville Aces
8. Indiana State Sycamores
9. Bradley Braves
10. Illinois State Redbirds

They also pick 3 MVC teams to "go deep into the NCAA Tournament."....CU to go to the Sweet Sixteen and SIU to make it to the Elite Eight!!

The places I think they have not done their homework,
--they talk as if Creighton will have Josh Dotzler at full strength all year.
--Jeremy Crouch is not a sophomore.
--they make absolutely no mention of two of the obvious starters for ISU, Boo and Slack.

http://www.hoopville.net/conferences/29.asp?EntryID=16075

[BradleyBrave]

Barring injuries to the entire starting lineup, BU is not finishing 9th.

[OrangeandBlack74]

Barring injuries to the entire starting lineup, BU is not finishing 9th.

Or even 8th, as many of the other publications have predicted.

[BradleyBrave]

Despite how well they played Washington, I am still not a believer in UNI. I just don't think their guards are going to be able to get it done. Right now, I think we're a 5th place team if we can stay healthy. We're too fast and too disciplined IMO. Of course, a couple of injuries change that in a hurry.