Arch Madness - Best 1st Rnd Match-up

[LittleBrave]

I wanted to see #4 ISU-Red and #5 UNI meet up again for Arch Madness.
This will be a game that goes down to the final seconds I believe.
The teams split in head-to-head battles in the regular season.
This to me will be the best game to watch on Friday.

#3 UE and #6 MSU are pretty evenly matched too.
Evansville swept the 2 games by narrow margin of 5 points in both contents. Would be hard to win 3 in a row with teams of same caliber. And Evansville doesn't seem to win much in the MVC tournament, though I wouldn't put much stock in the history.

Whoever comes out victorious would seem to have a realistic chance of knocking off Creighton in the next round, as both teams have faired well vs. the 'Jays.

I don't see Wichita or Creighton having much trouble in their opening round games.

[real fan]

This looks to be some very good matchups except for the Shockers, why there were so many teams with 9-9 records, if I had to pick a sleeper it would be Ill.St. as they have great post play,size and plenty of capable 3 point shooters. I know a lot of us do not like to say this about our arch rival but it is what it is, for me it is hard to believe they were 9-9 with this talent and have trouble drawing at home.

[LittleBrave]

This looks to be some very good matchups except for the Shockers, why there were so many teams with 9-9 records, if I had to pick a sleeper it would be Ill.St. as they have great post play,size and plenty of capable 3 point shooters. I know a lot of us do not like to say this about our arch rival but it is what it is, for me it is hard to believe they were 9-9 with this talent and have trouble drawing at home.

Well, after watching them last Saturday, I can see why they ended up 9-9.
Pretty inconsistent team. And they haven't seemed to play well away from Redbird arena the past few seasons. They were a missed free throw away from possibly just winning only 1 Valley road game all season.
For this reason, I don't give them much of a shot in Arch Madness. They are playing one of the better #5 seeds we've seen in the tournament since maybe the 2007 UNI team, who barely lost to BU.
Should be a fantastic 4-5 game to watch with 2 head coaches with pretty good success in Arch Madness.

[real fan]

Well, after watching them last Saturday, I can see why they ended up 9-9.
Pretty inconsistent team. And they haven't seemed to play well away from Redbird arena the past few seasons. They were a missed free throw away from possibly just winning only 1 Valley road game all season.
For this reason, I don't give them much of a shot in Arch Madness. They are playing one of the better #5 seeds we've seen in the tournament since maybe the 2007 UNI team, who barely lost to BU.
Should be a fantastic 4-5 game to watch with 2 head coaches with pretty good success in Arch Madness.

You are correct about them being inconsistent , kind of hard to figure out as they have so many guys that contribute at different times, had Brown not made those deep 3 pointers in the first half we probably beat them, watching them warmup I see a lot of guys that shoot the ball well and then they have great size, no doubt UNI and ISU should be a good game.