How far has the Missouri Valley Conference fallen?

[Vent]

every one of these guys shot at least 50% from the FT line in high school- most shot 60-70%
so it's not lack of talent if we lose games simply because we miss our FTs

if we shot FT's better we'd be 7-4

Shooting 50% to 60% on free throws is not good. Especially from guards and forwards that play on the wing. Shooting 70% on free throws is good. If you lose games simply be missing free throws, it means you have players that can't shoot free throws. That is part of having talent. You're right...if we shot free throws better we'd be 7-4. It's also correct that the dog would have caught the rabbit if it didn't stop to go to the bathroom.

[Da Coach]

Even without playing any games yesterday, the MVC drops to 12th place in RPI (since RPI is partly dependent on the wins & losses of your opponents).

http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2017/conferencerpi

There are 5 conferences very close to one another, so the MVC could rise back to 10th or drop down as far as 14th very easily. It depends heavily on how the MVC teams do in these next couple weeks with their final non-conference games.
Once conference games start, there won't be as much chance of big changes, since for every win by an MVC team, there will also be a loss.

The MVC is starting today as the 11th ranked conference-

http://scores.nbcsports.msnbc.com/cbk/scoreboard.asp?conf=021&day=20161217

With several of today's MVC games against good opponents, the MVC probably will raise their RPI. But they could make a big jump with some key wins.

[Da Coach]

The MVC is starting today as the 11th ranked conference-

http://scores.nbcsports.msnbc.com/cbk/scoreboard.asp?conf=021&day=20161217

With several of today's MVC games against good opponents, the MVC probably will raise their RPI. But they could make a big jump with some key wins.

As expected, the MVC moved up a little to 10th place in Conference RPI after yesterday's games-

http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2017/conferencerpi

[Da Coach]

The non-conference schedule is almost complete.
The Illinois State -Tulsa game Sunday in the 3rd place game of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic is the only non-conference game left for MVC teams.
The MVC has fallen back to the 12th place Conference in RPI-

http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2017/conference/Missouri-Valley

I do not recall the last time the MVC had no teams in the top 70 in RPI, and 12th place is as low as I can recall the MVC has ranked in more than 20 years.

[AZ BU Fan]

How Far Has The MVC Conference Fallen???

THIS FAR...

[Bradleyfan1]

Did we think The Shock would be a top 10 team after Baker and Van Fleet were gone? I did not. Them and UNI have fallen the farthest but they were the highest with the biggest cliff to fall off of. ISU red has a lot of potential.

Loyola is as good as they have been since joining the conf . Tip of the cap to Porter.

We are headed in the right direction.

Missouri St is the real deal.... IMO

Rankings schmankings...... Come March. UNI, Shock , Loyola, MSU and the birds will all be fine and win some games in some post season tourneys.

I predict.

Shock , because they've earned to be the fav untill someone dethrones them
ISU Red,
Loyola
MSU
UNI
BU
Aces
ISU blue
SIU
Drake