all-opponent team?

[flipper]

who do you think are the 5 best players that we have played against this season?

[MacabreMob]

There are so many GREAT players in the MVC - limiting it to just 5 is hard to do. Then looking at our Non-Con games... our Non-Conf SOS is 18 so there are also too many more to look at.

Maybe we need to look at ourselves... we have beaten ourselves at times.

[flipper]

There are so many GREAT players in the MVC - limiting it to just 5 is hard to do. Then looking at our Non-Con games... our Non-Conf SOS is 18 so there are also too many more to look at.

Maybe we need to look at ourselves... we have beaten ourselves at times.

well we have good sos. so we have played some good teams with some good players. who do you think are some of the best we have played against?

[flipper]

There are so many GREAT players in the MVC - limiting it to just 5 is hard to do. Then looking at our Non-Con games... our Non-Conf SOS is 18 so there are also too many more to look at.

Maybe we need to look at ourselves... we have beaten ourselves at times.

well we have good sos. so we have played some good teams with some good players. who do you think are some of the best we have played against?

[MacabreMob]

Ok....

I don't know... the list is too long, but I can tell you right now...

NOBODY on the Illini's team makes my Top50!

[BUBraves2006]

There are so many GREAT players in the MVC - limiting it to just 5 is hard to do. Then looking at our Non-Con games... our Non-Conf SOS is 18 so there are also too many more to look at.

Maybe we need to look at ourselves... we have beaten ourselves at times.

well we have good sos. so we have played some good teams with some good players. who do you think are some of the best we have played against?

I'll break this down two ways. First, these are my top five players, regardless of how they played against us and position:

Sammy Meijia - DePaul (One of the best players in the Big East)
Blake Schlib - Loyola (Had his worst game of the season against BU, very talented)
Nate Funk - Creighton (MVC Player of the Year, maybe?)
Blake Ahearn - Missouri State (Clutch, clutch shooter)
Eric Coleman - UNI (Two double-doubles and he flat out was unstoppable when we didn't double team him).

Honorable mentions
Anthony Tolliver - Creighton (Might surprise a few people, but he's killed us enough times in his 437-year career to get honored here).
B.A. Walker - VCU
Drew Neitzel - Michigan State
Randal Falker - SIU


Now if you want to say who were the five who played the best against us this year:

Rome Sanders - Florida A&M (9-10 shooting, 21 pts)
Matt Webster - Evansville (39 pts in 2 games)
Greg Dilligard - ISU (Did not miss once, 13-13 from the field in two games)
Randal Falker - SIU (Double-double in both games)
Nate Funk - Creighton (43 points, 2 games)

Honorable mentions:
Ajay Calvin - Drake (38 pts in 2 games)
Anthony Tolliver - Creighton (2 double doubles)
Karon Bradley - Wichita State (Just for the game at Wichita, where he went 8-10 from the field, 5-6 3 pt, 21 pts)
Eric Coleman - UNI

I'm sure many of you will disagree with these, but I had to throw out some names...

[Chucky T's]

I would also add Grant Stout to the list. He has also put up double-doubles against us in both games. He might not be as "flashy" as some other players but he still gets the job done.

[ballin245]

Going to a lot of Depaul games how can u not include Wilson Chandler. He is the best player on Depaul that is who the go to in the clutch. He also is a freakish athlete. He also maybe the best player in the big east talent wise.

[tornado]

Going only on this season.....I would select...

Tony Young...he made all the difference when we played SIU in Carbondale
Nate Funk...dare I have to say why...he engineered a season sweep by Creighton over BU.
Blake Ahearn...Blake did for MSU what Funk did for CU...help led them in scoring both games against BU.
Eric Coleman...a major force inside with 16 pt-14 reb in the first game and then 14 pt-10 reb in the 2nd game leading to the season sweep.
Drew Neitzel...if you saw the Michigan State game, then saw the game Neitzel had against Wisconsin, then you know what I mean.

Honorable Mention...as much as I hate to give him this award...I'd have to say Jamar Smith, for the offensive spurt he gave Illinois that was the full difference in that game.

[BUBraves06]

Nate Funk
Jamar Smith
Tony Young
Eric Coleman
Randal Falker

[ballin245]

Drew Neitzel
Nate Funk
Blake Ahearn
Wilson Chandler
Randal Faulker

[Dubl R 1]

Going to a lot of Depaul games how can u not include Wilson Chandler. He is the best player on Depaul that is who the go to in the clutch. He also is a freakish athlete. He also maybe the best player in the big east talent wise.

Wow, that isn't sayin much for the Big East. I wouldn't put him in the top 10 in the MVC.

[ballin245]

you obviously havent seen Depaul much. he has had only 2 bad games. and i said talent wise he is the best player in the big east. there are a lot of scouts that agree with this also.

[Dubl R 1]

you obviously havent seen Depaul much. he has had only 2 bad games. and i said talent wise he is the best player in the big east. there are a lot of scouts that agree with this also.

Again, that isn't saying much for the Big East.

[BUBraves2006]

you obviously havent seen Depaul much. he has had only 2 bad games. and i said talent wise he is the best player in the big east. there are a lot of scouts that agree with this also.

Chandler is a freakishly good athlete. He made about 5 alley-oops today against Cincinnati. I still think RIGHT NOW that Mejia is better, but Chandler has a great upside.

He and Meijia would both be in the top 10 players in the MVC in a minute. Their supporting cast is incredibly inconsistent, hence why DePaul knocks off ranked teams and then loses to St. Johns.