Big Ten Just Went By The Valley...

[MacabreMob]

The next time College Gamenight is on MacabreMob and the "leprechaun" shows up and spouts how his precious Notre Dame should be one of the ten teams that deserves bids out of the Big East, and then he turns around and says the Valley deserves two bids, if they're lucky, then you will see what I mean.

Well, in JPalm's most recent bracket on Friday, UND was in with a #7 seed.

The MVC had 4 in:
#6 Mo St
#8 SIU
#10 UNI (to play UND)
#11 Creighton

Note:
#3 Butler
#4 Nevada

[Bravesfan]

The next time College Gamenight is on MacabreMob and the "leprechaun" shows up and spouts how his precious Notre Dame should be one of the ten teams that deserves bids out of the Big East, and then he turns around and says the Valley deserves two bids, if they're lucky, then you will see what I mean.

Well, in JPalm's most recent bracket on Friday, UND was in with a #7 seed.

The MVC had 4 in:
#6 Mo St
#8 SIU
#10 UNI (to play UND)
#11 Creighton

Note:
#3 Butler
#4 Nevada

Well, that's not much better than last year, and that was before Creighton's loss to SIU. And with MSU in a dogfight with Evansville right now, a loss would be damaging for them. I'd expect SIU with no higher than a #7 seed since they are lacking a real meaty non-confernce win. We'll see what happens between now and Arch Madness time. Quite a lot of storylines left to be written.

As far as Butler and Nevada are concerned, they both have stellar wins, especially Butler, and are dominating their respective conferences. A gaudy conference record, even in a so-so conference looks better than a decent record in a tough conference. I'll say this though. If the Valley can't get any decent seeds, I'd love to see Butler and Nevada get great seeds. That would be a great nod to the "mid-majors" to see these two teams rewarded for a great season and therefore have a great chance to go deep into the tournament.

[Grassman]

The next time College Gamenight is on MacabreMob and the "leprechaun" shows up and spouts how his precious Notre Dame should be one of the ten teams that deserves bids out of the Big East, and then he turns around and says the Valley deserves two bids, if they're lucky, then you will see what I mean.

Well, in JPalm's most recent bracket on Friday, UND was in with a #7 seed.

The MVC had 4 in:
#6 Mo St
#8 SIU
#10 UNI (to play UND)



Note:
#3 Butler
#4 Nevada

Well, that's not much better than last year, and that was before Creighton's loss to SIU. And with MSU in a dogfight with Evansville right now, a loss would be damaging for them. I'd expect SIU with no higher than a #7 seed since they are lacking a real meaty non-confernce win. We'll see what happens between now and Arch Madness time. Quite a lot of storylines left to be written.

As far as Butler and Nevada are concerned, they both have stellar wins, especially Butler, and are dominating their respective conferences. A gaudy conference record, even in a so-so conference looks better than a decent record in a tough conference. I'll say this though. If the Valley can't get any decent seeds, I'd love to see Butler and Nevada get great seeds. That would be a great nod to the "mid-majors" to see these two teams rewarded for a great season and therefore have a great chance to go deep into the tournament.

SIU beat Virginia Tech, who beat North Carolina and Duke. That is kinda "meaty."

[MacabreMob]

I am not overly impressed by any wins from Nevada.

Their profile looks like this:

RPI 31
SOS 133

Wins
RPI - Date - Opponent - Score
43 Dec 3 vs California 77-71
57 Dec 30 vs Gonzaga 82-74
73 Nov 25 @ Santa Clara 78-70
104 Jan 8 Boise St 90-86
109 Dec 22 @ Akron 73-71
111 Jan 18 Fresno St 85-75
130 Jan 13 @ Hawaii 68-66 OT
139 Dec 12 St. Mary's 76-58
171 Nov 21 UC Irvine 83-64
182 Nov 15 @ Oregon St 75-47
205 Dec 16 Pacific 60-53
224 Dec 28 Maine 89-69
226 Jan 11 @ San Jose St 72-63
283 Jan 6 Idaho 81-55
292 Nov 29 @ UL Lafayette 86-74
295 Nov 18 Ark-Pine Bluff 82-63

Losses
Rank - Date - Opponent - Score
18 Dec 9 UNLV 49-58
71 Jan 20 @ New Mexico St 73-80

[Bravesfan]

SIU beat Virginia Tech, who beat North Carolina and Duke. That is kinda "meaty."

Ooops! I did forget about that win, and I did not know Virigina Tech beat North Carolina and Duke. And Virginia Tech is ranked 23rd as well.

You're right Grassman. That is a meaty win!

[Bravesfan]

I am not overly impressed by any wins from Nevada.

Their profile looks like this:

RPI 31
SOS 133

Wins
RPI - Date - Opponent - Score
43 Dec 3 vs California 77-71
57 Dec 30 vs Gonzaga 82-74
73 Nov 25 @ Santa Clara 78-70
104 Jan 8 Boise St 90-86
109 Dec 22 @ Akron 73-71
111 Jan 18 Fresno St 85-75
130 Jan 13 @ Hawaii 68-66 OT
139 Dec 12 St. Mary's 76-58
171 Nov 21 UC Irvine 83-64
182 Nov 15 @ Oregon St 75-47
205 Dec 16 Pacific 60-53
224 Dec 28 Maine 89-69
226 Jan 11 @ San Jose St 72-63
283 Jan 6 Idaho 81-55
292 Nov 29 @ UL Lafayette 86-74
295 Nov 18 Ark-Pine Bluff 82-63

Losses
Rank - Date - Opponent - Score
18 Dec 9 UNLV 49-58
71 Jan 20 @ New Mexico St 73-80

They still do have two wins against the Pac-10, and wins against some decent mid-majors. At least they don't have any bad losses, and that will factor into the seeding. If they runaway with their conference, they will get a fairly high seed even if they don't win their conference tournament.