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Here is a preseason preview of the Belmont Bruins-
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CollegeSportsMadness.com picks Drake to win The Valley, Belmont 2nd, Bradley 3rd, Indiana State 4th, Missouri State 5th
but they also pick Loyola 4th in the A-10 and rank them higher (#79) than Drake (#82) -
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Bradley #1, UNI a close 2nd, Drake #3Comment
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Loyola 4th? They finished 15th (last place) in the A-10 last season, and the A-10 had one of its weakest years in memory (only 1 NCAA bid). There appear to be modest improvements with this year's roster. 4 of their starters return, and 7 of the players on the roster are either seniors or grad students. They have decent guards, but little size and not much inside offense. They were 15th (dead last) in rebounding in the A-10 last year, 13th in scoring, and lead the A-10 in turnovers. I think they could move up out of the basement, but I don't see much chance they finish in the top half, let alone the top 4.Originally posted by yoda View Post
They are still relying on many of the same players that won the MVC Tournament 2 years ago under Porter Moser. I'm not too impressed with new coach Drew Valentine's recruiting.Comment
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Creighton to the Big East, I get it. But in my adult life ... Tulsa, Wichita, Loyola ... left the MVC never to be heard from again. That's why I'd never support BU to the A10 or the American Whatever Conference with ECU et al. Just stay put and make the conference better.Originally posted by Da Coach View PostComment
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Sorry, I thought it worked when I posted it.Originally posted by bradleyfan124 View Post
This link should work-
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Yes it did.Thank youOriginally posted by Da Coach View Post
Sorry, I thought it worked when I posted it.
This link should work-
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Evan Miya preseason analytics-
He rates Bradley the top MVC team-
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Another analytic site, BartTorvik.com had Bradley #2 in the MVC-
https://barttorvik.com/trank.php?year=2023&sort=&hteam=&t2value=&conlimit =MVC&state=All&begin=20221101&end=20230501&top=0&r evquad=0&quad=5&venue=All&type=All&mingames=0#
Note- this link is actually 2022-23 statistics. See below for the 2023-24 projections.Comment
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I still think that they have UNI to low. What with Born and company back I think they will be in the top 3Comment
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You are correct. The reason is because that BartTorvik grid I posted a link to is last year's statistics (2022-23).
Here is the correct 2023-24 projections. He has UNI 4th. Bradley is still #2, behind Drake #1-
https://barttorvik.com/trankpre.php?conlimit=MVC&state=All&year=2024&sort =Comment
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Ken Pomeroy preseason rankings for 2023-24- https://kenpom.com/
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80 Drake
98 UNI
99 Bradley
111 Indiana State
125 Murray State
142 Belmont
145 Missouri State
177 Illinois State
188 SIU
243 UIC
324 Valparaiso
332 EvansvilleComment
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