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7 MVC games Saturday. 12/17

Indiana State at Vanderbilt will take a miracle
Bradley at Drexel and Drake at Iowa are winnable, but tough games

The other 4 should be gimmes-
SIU and winless NIU- SIU should handle the hapless Huskies
Houston Baptist at Creighton- CU subs and walkons should be in for a lot of playing time
Kennesaw State at Missouri State- ditto

Tennessee Tech at Evansville- should be a win for UE, but it won't be quite as easy as some of the other games. TTU (RPI 260) has some athletes, but they are not a very good team.
 
Da Coach said:
Indiana State at Vanderbilt will take a miracle
Bradley at Drexel and Drake at Iowa are winnable, but tough games

The other 4 should be gimmes-
SIU and winless NIU- SIU should handle the hapless Huskies
Houston Baptist at Creighton- CU subs and walkons should be in for a lot of playing time
Kennesaw State at Missouri State- ditto

Tennessee Tech at Evansville- should be a win for UE, but it won't be quite as easy as some of the other games. TTU (RPI 260) has some athletes, but they are not a very good team.
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Agreed with everything except SIU. SIU is almost as hapless as NIU, so that is not a gimme game by any means. Still, SIU is up 24-18 in the first half, so that's a good sign.

Also, TTech up 28-23 late in the first half at Evansville. Plenty of time to go there though.
 
Da Coach said:
SIU with a big win at NIU..
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ha, ha - the only shred of encouragement on the NIU boards is that one guy says at least they're beginning to play DEFENSE in allowing SIU only 62 points...
Little do they know that SIU hasn't been able to even hit 62 against any other D-I except RPI 999 Chicago State!
 
Da Coach said:
Indiana State at Vanderbilt will take a miracle
Bradley at Drexel and Drake at Iowa are winnable, but tough games

The other 4 should be gimmes-
SIU and winless NIU- SIU should handle the hapless Huskies
Houston Baptist at Creighton- CU subs and walkons should be in for a lot of playing time
Kennesaw State at Missouri State- ditto

Tennessee Tech at Evansville- should be a win for UE, but it won't be quite as easy as some of the other games. TTU (RPI 260) has some athletes, but they are not a very good team.
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Evansville is not a good team either and if we don"t finish in front of them I will be very disappointed.
 
HOLY CRAP ISU BLUE!!! Congratulations and thanks are in order for your outstanding performance for your school and the Valley's RPI!
 
BUFanatic said:
HOLY CRAP ISU BLUE!!! Congratulations and thanks are in order for your outstanding performance for your school and the Valley's RPI!
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Looks like we now have four teams with NCAA Tournament worthy resumes, at least based on non-conference performance! The top half of this league is becoming scary good, though not good for us. We better "feast" on the lower half of the league at least for this year.
 
Sycamore fans thank you for all the kudos. We needed a signature win to keep pace. FYI - Coach Lansing and the Sycamores are now 21-0 when holding opponents to 63 points or less.

:)
 
Bravesfan said:
Looks like we now have four teams with NCAA Tournament worthy resumes, at least based on non-conference performance! The top half of this league is becoming scary good, though not good for us. We better "feast" on the lower half of the league at least for this year.
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The top 4 are good but we stayed right with the Colonial favorite on their home floor so I would like to think that Bradley believes in themselves more now and that they will not lose at home to any Valley teams this season.
 
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I hope we can hold our home court for the whole season but i do not think that is possible with how the top 4 mvc teams are playing...I don't think we are a last place team either!!
 
real fan said:
The top 4 are good but we stayed right with the Colonial favorite on their home floor so I would like to think that Bradley believes in themselves more now and that they will not lose at home to any Valley teams this season.
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Colonial favorite? :?: :?: Who? Drexel? :? They were actually chosen as 6th best in the conference preseason poll, just ahead of Northeastern.
 
real fan said:
The top 4 are good but we stayed right with the Colonial favorite on their home floor so I would like to think that Bradley believes in themselves more now and that they will not lose at home to any Valley teams this season.
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Braves4Life said:
Colonial favorite? :?: :?: Who? Drexel? :? They were actually chosen as 6th best in the conference preseason poll, just ahead of Northeastern.
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I do believe Drexel was the Favorite in the Colonial
http://www.caasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=43048&SPID=3455&DB_OEM_ID=8500&ATCLID=205318205

2011-12 CAA MEN'S BASKETBALL PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH

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1. Drexel
2. George Mason
3. VCU
4. Old Dominion
5. James Madison
6. William & Mary
7. Delaware
8. Hofstra
9. Northeastern
10. UNCW
11. Georgia State
12. Towson
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I think you're right cpacmel and real fan. :oops: I'm not sure where I saw them picked 6th. Maybe last year? :? I have seen a publication that had them second behind George Mason. My apologies real fan. :)
 
real fan said:
The top 4 are good but we stayed right with the Colonial favorite on their home floor so I would like to think that Bradley believes in themselves more now and that they will not lose at home to any Valley teams this season.
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That would be nice, but I can't see Bradley going any better than 6-3 at home this year against the Valley. Probably more likely 5-4. I think we can get at least 2 road wins though. One from SIU and at least a split, if not a sweep of Evansville and Drake. Maybe ISU red if we're lucky too.

I'm hoping I'm wrong and we are capable of upsetting one or two of the top 4, but they all REALLY look strong and are all capable of the NCAA Tournament. But we'll see how the Valley season unfolds as that usually seperates the men from the boys.
 
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