2/18/13 Valley Standings

[shaunguth]

__________________Valley___Home___Away_____All___
Wichita State_____11-4______7-1____4-3____22-5___
Creighton_________10-5______7-1____3-4____21-6___
Indiana State______9-6______7-0____2-6____16-10__
Northern Iowa______9-6______6-2____3-4____16-11__
illinois state_____7-8______4-4____3-4____16-11__
Bradley____________7-8______6-2____1-6____15-12__
Evansville_________7-8______6-1____1-7____14-13__
Missouri State_____6-9______5-2____1-7_____8-19__
Drake______________5-10_____3-4____2-6____11-15__
Southern Illinois__4-11_____4-4____0-7____11-15__

Tuesday, February 19
Wichita State @ Indiana State, 6:00pm CT (ESPN3)
Northern Iowa @ Missouri State, 7:00pm CT
Southern Illinois @ Creighton, 7:05pm CT (ESPN3)

Wednesday, February 20
illinois state @ Evansville, 7:05pm CT
Bradley @ Drake, 7:05pm CT (WMBD Radio)

[bigjimmy]

Who has the toughest road to hoe in the last 3 Valley games? BU plays at Drake, home with Creighton and at Missouri St. ISU Red plays at Evansville, home with MSU and at UNI. Evansville is home to ISU Red, at Wichita at home with ISU Blue. MSU is home with UNI, at ISU Red at home with BU. Evansville play the toughest teams but have 2 at home. ISU plays 2 tough road games. We've only won 1 game on the road in the Valley and we arguable have the toughest home game. The loser of the Evanville/ISU Red game will be the team we'll be fighting over 6th place for.

[shaunguth]

Remaining Schedules


Here's the way I see things....with highlighted games being the key games.


illinois state
@ Evansville
Missouri State (W)
@ Northern Iowa (L)

Bradley
@ Drake
Creighton (L)
@ Missouri State (W)

Evansville
illinois state
@ Wichita State (L)
Indiana State

Missouri State
Northern Iowa (L)
@ Illinois state (L)
Bradley (L)

Drake
Bradley
@ Indiana State (L)
Southern Illinois (W)

Southern Illinois
@ Creighton (L)
Northern Iowa (L)
@ Drake (L)

Northern Iowa
@ Missouri State (W)
@ Southern Illinois (W)
Illinois state (W)

Indiana State
Wichita State
Drake (W)
@ Evansville

Creighton
Southern Illinois (W)
@ Bradley (W)
Wichita State (W)

Wichita State
@ Indiana State
Evansville (W)
@ Creighton (L)

[tornado]

we lose the tiebreaker to just about everyone (after the head-to-head record)...

[jeffsu]

Am I nuts for hoping we settle at the 6th seed instead of getting the 5? Assuming UNI ends up with the 4-seed and ISUblue ends up at the 3-seed...

I'd just rather play ISUblue than UNI again. We don't appear to match up too well with Northern Iowa this year. Does that mean I need to cheer for ISUred for the next two games?! Oh man, that would be tough.

[tornado]

no jeffsu - I feel we match up better with Indiana State

[LittleBrave]

no jeffsu - I feel we match up better with Indiana State

I agree with you guys. I think we match up better with Da Trees than half tge other MVC teams.

The good thing about this year is we have a legit shot at winning on Friday...that's IF we don't play on Thurs.
I wouldn't chalk up a loss to ISU-red either, as I believe we match up better with them than in the past 3-4 seasons.
I fear UNI and Wichita St. the most...and I wouldn't want to face SIU again...tough to beat any team 3x in a season, and the way the Salukis are playing, they present one of the toughest #10 seeds in some time.

[shaunguth]

Tuesday, February 19
Wichita State @ Indiana State, 6:00pm CT (ESPN3)
Northern Iowa @ Missouri State, 7:00pm CT
Southern Illinois @ Creighton, 7:05pm CT (ESPN3)

Wednesday, February 20
illinois state @ Evansville, 7:05pm CT
Bradley @ Drake, 7:05pm CT (WMBD Radio)

Predictions:

66 - Wichita State
65 - Indiana State

63 - Southern Illinois
71 - Creighton

63 - Northern Iowa
59 - Missouri State

70 - Bradley
72 - Drake

71 - illinois state
69 - Evansville