5 games in MVC Saturday 12/8

[Da Coach]

This will be the first weekend that Bradley does not play a game.
4 MVC teams are in action--

Ball State (0-7) at Indiana State (3-4) 6:00 pm CST

Southern Illinois (3-2) at Charlotte (5-2) 6:00 pm CST

Austin Peay (4-4) at Evansville (2-4) 7:05 pm CST

Cincinnati (4-3) at Illinois State (5-3) 7:05 CST

Valley RPIs--

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_mvc_Men.html

Sortable Valley stats--

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/stats/bycategory?cat=Fielding&conference_id=21

[DUBulldog]

Also add Drake vs UT-Pan American.

[Da Coach]

Thanks DUBulldog, I missed that game.

Texas Pan American (6-4) at Drake (7-1) 7:30pm CST

[Grassman]

Sycamores by 9 over Ball St.
SIU by 3 1/2 over Charlotte
ISU by a whopping 10 over Bearcats
E-Ville basically a pick em with Austin Peay
Surprisingly THE ILLINI by 2 1/2 over the Wildcats.
Nothing posted on Drake game, but I would take em.

[shaunguth]

My predictions:

62 - Ball State
66 - Indiana State

65 - SIU
66 - Charlotte

63 - Austin Peay
65 - Evansville

62 - Cincinnati
71 - Illinois State

67 - Texas-Pan American
76 - Drake

[Da Coach]

Final results, MVC goes 4-1:

SIU 56
Charlotte 71

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200712080395

Ball State 48
Indiana St. 59 Attendance: 4,075

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200712080274

Cincinnati 52
Ill. State 62 Attendance: 6,529

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200712080269

Austin Peay 62
Evansville 72 Attendance: 5,179

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200712080193

Texas Pan-Am 55
Drake 83 Attendance: 4,274

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200712080170

Bradley's RPI rose a little to 95. The MVC league RPI stayed #8--

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_mvc_Men.html

[OrangeandBlack74]

Final results, MVC goes 4-1:

SIU 56
Charlotte 71

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200712080395

What's up with SIU? Not that they're getting beat by the likes of USC and Charlotte, but the games aren't even competitive!

[Da Coach]

They can't shoot.
Josh Bone, supposedly their best outside shooter, was 4-19 from the field, and 1-8 from three. If their strategy was to have Bone keep shooting, it didn't work.

[Average Joe]

In the ISU game, I see Alex Rubin didn't play. Is he hurt?
Wasn't he supposed to be their PG of the future?
Why is he not getting any playing time.