New Valley Standings 2/14

[Da Coach]

BU all alone in 4th place.

________Valley___Total
(16)SIU...13-3......22-5
___CU.....12-4......18-8
___MS.....10-6.....19-8
___BU......9-7......18-10
___WS.....8-8......17-10
___UNI.....7-9......16-11
___UE......6-10.....13-14
___DU......5-11.....14-13
___isu......5-11.....13-14
___INS.....5-11.....12-14

[Big Mike]

RPI.......http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_mvc_Men.html

Congrats to the Braves for sitting in 4th at this time of year!

[houstontxbrave]

WSU and MSU play next Tuesday at WSU. We have UNI, really would like to see WSU win and of course us win. MSU closes with Drake at home we close with InState and WSU plays at Creighton.

Looks like if it stays the course we are locked into 4th and will play WSU.

[Da Coach]

MVC has slipped to #7 in RPI

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_conf_Men.html

[MacabreMob]

MVC has slipped to #7 in RPI

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_conf_Men.html

By hairs.

I hope we can have a big weekend as a conference and let EVERYONE know who the MVC is... it will reflect in Conference RPI.

[Da Coach]

Here is the list of the remaining games--
Bradley--
Wed, Feb 14 at Evansville WON
Sat, Feb 17 at VCU
Tue, Feb 20 Northern Iowa
Sat, Feb 24 Indiana St.

Missouri State--
Tue, Feb 13 (21) Southern Ill. - LOST
Fri, Feb 16 Winthrop
Tue, Feb 20 at Wichita St.
Sat, Feb 24 Drake


Wichita State--
Wed, Feb 14 at Drake LOST
Sat, Feb 17 Appalachian St.
Tue, Feb 20 Missouri St.
Sat, Feb 24 at Creighton

Northern Iowa--
Tue, Feb 13 at Creighton - LOST
Sat, Feb 17 at (12) Nevada
Tue, Feb 20 at Bradley
Sat, Feb 24 Illinois St.

SIU--
Tue, Feb 13 at Missouri St. - WON
Sat, Feb 17 at (10) Butler
Wed, Feb 21 at Indiana St.
Sat, Feb 24 Evansville

Creighton--
Tue, Feb 13 Northern Iowa - WON
Sat, Feb 17 Drexel 10:00 pm
Tue, Feb 20 at Illinois St.
Sat, Feb 24 Wichita St.

Indiana State--
Wed, Feb 14 Illinois St. LOST
Sat, Feb 17 Miami (OH)
Wed, Feb 21 (21) Southern Ill.
Sat, Feb 24 at Bradley

Evansville--
Wed, Feb 14 Bradley LOST
Sat, Feb 17 at Samford
Wed, Feb 21 at Drake
Sat, Feb 24 at (21) Southern Ill.

Drake--
Wed, Feb 14 Wichita St. WON
Sat, Feb 17 Wis. Milwaukee
Wed, Feb 21 Evansville
Sat, Feb 24 at Missouri St.

Illinois State--
Wed, Feb 14 at Indiana St. WON
Sat, Feb 17 Ball St.
Tue, Feb 20 Creighton
Sat, Feb 24 at Northern Iowa

[bucheer16]

i already claimed it but Drake is my second valentine of the day for beating WSU, makes me quite pleased, hats off to BU and their hard work all around this season

[OrangeandBlack74]

Re: New Valley Standings 2/14

BU all alone in 4th place.

________Valley___Total
(16)SIU...13-3......22-5
___CU.....12-4......18-8
___MS.....10-6.....19-8
___BU......9-7......18-10
___WS.....8-8......17-10
___UNI.....7-9......16-11
___UE......6-10.....13-14
___DU......5-11.....14-13
___isu......5-11.....13-14
___INS.....5-11.....12-14

BU has assured itself of not playing on Thursday in the Lou by winning tonight's game!

Looks like 3 of the play-in teams are set.....Drake, ISU and InSU. Can UE still escape the Thursday games? How did their season series with UNI finish?

[Big Mike]

BU moves up to 40 and the MVC moves back to 6th!

[Big Mike]

http://www.mvc-sports.com/standings/Standings.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=7600&SPID=2901&DEF_FY=2006

The MVC site on standings is interesting......at the end of the column it shows the streaks......like SIU W8 and our last 2 home games against UNI-L4 & INS L3!

[BradleyBrave]

Anyone know how the tiebreaker falls between UNI and WSU? While WSU continues to be a trainwreck, I would rather play UNI in the 4-5 matinee. Either way though, not playing on Saturday would be a tremendous disappointment.

[Da Coach]

Anyone know how the tiebreaker falls between UNI and WSU? While WSU continues to be a trainwreck, I would rather play UNI in the 4-5 matinee. Either way though, not playing on Saturday would be a tremendous disappointment.

According to the MVC Tiebreaker formula--

http://www.mvc-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7600&KEY=&ATCLID=274386&SPID=2901&SPSID=41239

Since UNI and WSU each won on the other's floor, it would go to the Power Rating System. UNI has a total of 76 Power points right now, and Wichita State has 64. So if they were tied (and UNI is currently 1 game behind WSU), UNI has the tiebreaker if the season ended now.

However, even considering all the scenarios in the 2 games they have left, UNI would still have the tiebreaker if the 2 teams ended in a tie--
WSU has games against MSU at home and against Creighton on the road, and UNI has their 2 remaining games at Bradley and home against Illinois State. But in order for them to finish in a tie, either of these 2 scenarios would have to happen--
UNI would have to win 2 games, and Wichita State just 1 more. If that happened, UNI would pick up 14+3 more points. Wichita would pick up either 18 if they won at CU or 15 if they beat MSU. So there is no way they could overtake UNI in Power points.
Or UNI would have to win 1 game, and WSU none. In that case, WSU could not overtake UNI either.
So even with 2 games left, there is no way WSU could overtake UNI for the tiebreaker. So assuming they finish in 4th, Bradley will play Wichita if they finish in 5th alone, or they will play UNI if there is a tie or if UNI finishes 5th alone.

[Grassman]

Anyone know how the tiebreaker falls between UNI and WSU? While WSU continues to be a trainwreck, I would rather play UNI in the 4-5 matinee. Either way though, not playing on Saturday would be a tremendous disappointment.

According to the MVC Tiebreaker formula--

http://www.mvc-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7600&KEY=&ATCLID=274386&SPID=2901&SPSID=41239

Since UNI and WSU each won on the other's floor, it would go to the Power Rating System. UNI has a total of 76 Power points right now, and Wichita State has 64. So if they were tied (and UNI is currently 1 game behind WSU), UNI has the tiebreaker if the season ended now.

However, even considering all the scenarios in the 2 games they have left, UNI would still have the tiebreaker if the 2 teams ended in a tie--
WSU has games against MSU at home and against Creighton on the road, and UNI has their 2 remaining games at Bradley and home against Illinois State. But in order for them to finish in a tie, either of these 2 scenarios would have to happen--
UNI would have to win 2 games, and Wichita State just 1 more. If that happened, UNI would pick up 14+3 more points. Wichita would pick up either 18 if they won at CU or 15 if they beat MSU. So there is no way they could overtake UNI in Power points.
Or UNI would have to win 1 game, and WSU none. In that case, WSU could not overtake UNI either.
So even with 2 games left, there is no way WSU could overtake UNI for the tiebreaker. So assuming they finish in 4th, Bradley will play Wichita if they finish in 5th alone, or they will play UNI if there is a tie or if UNI finishes 5th alone.

Either way. It looks like a LOCK for us to be playing at 2:35 on Friday. This is a good thing for a team picked to finish "8 or 9".

[bucheer16]

According to Espn Bradley is currently 39 rpi and 24 SoS not to shabby and could get better after a possibly VCU victory

[tornado]

DePaul's big win over Marquette helps BU's RPI,
but a win on the road Saturday will really help!


And just to amplify how good 18 wins are at this point, 21 wins would tie for the 10th most among all of D-I and 20 would tie for 15th!