MVC Tournament matchups

[Da Coach]

Here are the most likely MVC Tournament matchups for Thursday & Friday*

Game 1- #9 Indiana State vs. #8 Evansville - 6:05 PM
Game 2- #10 Drake vs. #7 Bradley- 8:35 PM

Friday, March 3-
Game 3- Winner of Game 1 vs. #1 Illinois State- 12:05 PM
Game 4- #4 SIU vs. #5 Loyola- 2:35 PM

Game 5- Winner of Game 2 vs. #2 Wichita State- 6:05 PM
Game 6- #6 Missouri State vs. #3 UNI - 8:35 PM

* pending outcome of tonight's Loyola-SIU game, and pending final RPI tiebreaker determinations:
Loyola has a slight chance of moving above UNI with the RPI tiebreaker if they win
Bradley has a remote chance of moving ahead of Missouri State with the RPI tiebreaker
Wichita State has a remote chance of moving ahead of ISU with the RPI tiebreaker

[bigjimmy]

Looks like 3 back to back rematches between BU/Drake, Evansville/ISU Blue and Loyola/SIU. All 3 should be good games. Hope we can pull a rabbit out of the RPI hat and move up to the 6 seed as UNI is very beatable right now.

[tornado]

Just sayin'......
How the MVC would look if we only counted the past 7 games since Feb. 1

Wichita 7-0
ISU 6-1
Evansville 5-2
Bradley 4-3
UNI 4-3
Indiana State 3-4
Loyola 2-4 (game pending tonite)
SIU 2-4 (game pending tonite)
Missouri State 1-6
Drake 0-7

[Da Coach]

SIU beats Loyola 72-70 to lock up 4th seed. By virture of Loyola's loss, UNI essentially locks up the 3rd seed with an RPI about 10 slots higher than SIU's.
It looks like a long shot that any events related to the few remaining games tonight will create enough change in RPI to alter the seeding.

Here are the current RPI's-

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

Here are the most updated likely MVC Tournament matchups for Thursday & Friday

Game 1- #9 Indiana State vs. #8 Evansville - 6:05 PM
Game 2- #10 Drake vs. #7 Bradley- 8:35 PM

Friday, March 3-
Game 3- Winner of Game 1 vs. #1 Illinois State- 12:05 PM
Game 4- #4 SIU vs. #5 Loyola- 2:35 PM

Game 5- Winner of Game 2 vs. #2 Wichita State- 6:05 PM
Game 6- #6 Missouri State vs. #3 UNI - 8:35 PM

[Da Coach]

At the time of this post, there are only a few remaining D1 games tonight.
Most of them are being played out west. Games at Gonzaga, UC-Irvine, and Hawaii have not started yet.

Here the games in progress-

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/50/date/20170225

As noted, it seems highly unlikely that there will be any significant results that could affect the MVC Tournament seeding.


MVC RPI's-

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

[bigjimmy]

As long as we guard the 3 and Donte keeps attacking the boards we should be able to handle Drake while ISU Blue and Evansville should come down to the last shot for a 3rd time. Whoever wins that game will lose to ISU Red and I think Loyola pulls the upset against SIU. The last time we played Wichita we more than held our own for about 25 minutes. To have a chance to beat them it'll have to be a 40 minute effort but I think, while making a good showing, will come up a little short. I think Missouri State beats a struggling UNI. The semifinals will be competitive for awhile but the Redbirds and Shockers should make it to the championship game. I do think that if that happens then they will both go to the Big Dance. If ISU loses before the championship game I think their at large bid could be in trouble more so than if Wichita loses. With McIntosh back, he didn't play in Wichita's wipeout of the Redbirds, I think ISU can beat the Shockers. Can they? Right now I say no but ask me in a few hours and I could have changed my mind. Should be another fun time is St. Louis. Looking forward to it. Hope to see you there.

[Da Coach]

Here is the official RPI Report that the MVC will use this morning to seed the teams in the MVC Tournament-

http://rpiratings.com/mensrpi.php

MVC RPIs only -

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

There has not been any change in seeding from those that were projected yesterday.

Game 1- #9 Indiana State vs. #8 Evansville - 6:05 PM
Game 2- #10 Drake vs. #7 Bradley- 8:35 PM

Friday, March 3-
Game 3- Winner of Game 1 vs. #1 Illinois State- 12:05 PM
Game 4- #4 SIU vs. #5 Loyola- 2:35 PM

Game 5- Winner of Game 2 vs. #2 Wichita State- 6:05 PM
Game 6- #6 Missouri State vs. #3 UNI - 8:35 PM

[tornado]

Bradley finishes just 4 spots behind Missouri State

[Da Coach]

Bradley finishes just 4 spots behind Missouri State

Yes, just 1 more win in any game they lost this season would have placed Bradley in the 6th seed.

[Bradleyfan1]

A drubbing by a top 10 opponent might have done the trick also. Especially on the road.

[carter]

Bradley Section

Any information on what section we will be in at the tournament?

[Da Coach]

Any information on what section we will be in at the tournament?

No I have not seen where each fan group is assigned. In some recent years I recall it was section 118, but that could have changed.
You could call the Bradley ticket office which has tickets for sale in their section.