One MVC game Friday, Dec. 9

[Da Coach]

One MVC game Friday, Dec. 9- UNI hosts McNeese State-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/seasontype/2/group/18

[Da Coach]

MVC Standings- https://mvc-sports.com/standings.aspx?path=mbball

The official MVC standings shows Bradley with an 8-3 record, a 5-game win streak, and a 1-2 record on neutral court. In reality, Bradley is 7-3, with a 4-game win streak, and they are 0-2 on neutral courts. So is the MVC already giving Bradley a win against Arkansas (to be played on a neutral court in North Little Rock)?
This PDF version seems correct- https://mvc-sports.com/documents/202...Game_Stats.pdf

MVC stats- https://mvc-sports.com/stats.aspx?path=mbball&year=2022

Notable-
Bradley ranks 8th in offense (scoring), but 1st in defense
On the Individual Leaders page, Bradley has only 1 player in the top 25 scorers- Malevy Leon is #20 averaging 12.0 ppg.
Rienk Mast (13.0 ppg) and Ja'Shon Henry (13.0) have higher scoring averages, but have not played in enough games to qualify. (Players must play in 75% of teams' games to qualify)
Malevy Leons is also the only Bradley player in the top 25 rebounders (ranks 7th with 6.7 rpg). And Leons leads the MVC in blocks (1.5 per game)

[Da Coach]

Northern Iowa lost at home Friday night to McNeese State 52-49-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401489612

This is one of the worst losses in recent memory by an MVC team. McNeese State is currently #353 on Kenpom, and #354 in NET (out of 363 teams). UNI shot 29.1% on it's home court, and just 24% in the 2nd half. They lost despite 21 turnovers by McNeese State. UNI lead by 3 with about 5 minutes left, but then missed their last 11 shots, including 0-8 (0-6 from three) in the final 1:24 of the game. That allowed McNeese State pulled ahead and hold on to win. Bowen Born, who had been the leading scorer in the MVC (22.4 ppg prior to last night) had only 7 points on 2-12 shooting, and 1-8 from three. UNI is now 3-6.

[Dub]

UNI let them get confident and they took it.

I am noticing a disturbing trend in college Bball that happened at the end of this game. After the buzzer, Several mcneese players went over to the opposing crowd and sarcastically smiled and waved goodbye. I saw it earlier this yr at Redbird Arena as well. We don’t need that in college bball.

[Nashville Cat]

UNI let them get confident and they took it.

I am noticing a disturbing trend in college Bball that happened at the end of this game. After the buzzer, Several mcneese players went over to the opposing crowd and sarcastically smiled and waved goodbye. I saw it earlier this yr at Redbird Arena as well. We don’t need that in college bball.

This is happening in college football too. Coaches are allowing this behavior

[Da Coach]

Northern Iowa lost at home Friday night to McNeese State 52-49-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401489612

This is one of the worst losses in recent memory by an MVC team. McNeese State is currently #353 on Kenpom, and #354 in NET (out of 363 teams). UNI shot 29.1% on it's home court, and just 24% in the 2nd half. They lost despite 21 turnovers by McNeese State. UNI lead by 3 with about 5 minutes left, but then missed their last 11 shots, including 0-8 (0-6 from three) in the final 1:24 of the game. That allowed McNeese State pulled ahead and hold on to win. Bowen Born, who had been the leading scorer in the MVC (22.4 ppg prior to last night) had only 7 points on 2-12 shooting, and 1-8 from three. UNI is now 3-6.

UNI's NET rank fell 47 spots, from 255 to 302, just from this game. That is about as big of a drop as you'll see this far into the season.

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings

It knocked the MVC down to 16th in Conference RPI-

https://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2023/rpi-conference