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Assuming Evansville loses what scenario would put us on Thursday
I see 2 scenarios where Bradley could still play on Thursday:
One scenario-
If Evansville wins their last 3, and Bradley loses their final 2, that would jump Evansville ahead of Bradley into 6th place, and Bradley would get the 7th seed.
Another possible scenario-
Below are the RPI numbers as of this morning. Bradley's RPI dropped from 101 to 109 with last night's loss, and Evansville's RPI is currently 124.
If Evansville wins just 2 of their final three (e.g. losing to Loyola, then winning their final 2 against INSU & SIU), while Bradley loses both their remaining games, or if Bradley goes 1-1, while Evansville goes 3-0, then Bradley and Evansville would end up in a tie for 6th place. With the right set of circumstances, it is still possible for Evansville's RPI to rise enough to jump ahead of Bradley, and Bradley could get the 7th seed by losing the tiebreaker to them.
So, if they beat Loyola today, Evansville will keep their chances alive of finishing 6th.
Even if Evansville loses to Loyola today, they could still tie Bradley for 6th place, and then it would come down to the tiebreaker, and there are enough unpredictable variables that we cannot rule out the possibility they could win the tiebreaker with Bradley.
2018 College Basketball Missouri Valley Conference Standings: Conference RPI rank, conference and division standings, conference record, games back, overall record, team rpi, and streak.
So then, we should root for Loyola to beat Evansville today, then hope for one of these 3 options- Bradley wins at least 1 more game, or Evanville loses at least 1 more game, or if neither of those happen, that Bradley's RPI stays better than UE's.
One other note- different websites report RPI numbers, but they can sometimes have subtle differences in the way they calculate the numbers.
This is the version of the RPI that the MVC uses to determine the tiebreaker- The RPI Report, which is updated daily-
Fortunately for MSU, the 6 players ejected were mostly bench players who probably woundn't have gotten into the game anyway. And it was late in the game, so the guys on the floow were able to finish out the game.
When the ejections happened, MSU was in the midst of an 11-1 run that put them ahead of Drake after trailing nearly the entire game. Drake regained a 1 point lead with 14.6 seconds left, MSU tied it on a free throw with 8 seconds, then Drake's Reed Timmer hit a 3-pointer and was fouled on the final shot to give Drake the 67-63 win.
Box score for the Loyola Chicago Ramblers vs. Evansville Purple Aces NCAAM game from February 18, 2018 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.
Thanks Chico. It was actually posted on here by someone a while back. Would love to have heard the conversation amongst those 3.
Jim probably told Wardle don’t make it to the sweet 16 and have 10,000 butts in the seats like his team did, you might get fired or don’t have a 32-3 record like Coach Versace did or you might get fired.
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