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Biggest game in JL's tenure...

A loss would not be devastating as we're not even halfway through the conf. shedule.
BUT, here's what a win COULD mean...

1) We continue to gain confidence - remember how confident they became in the Sweet 16 year? Winning in Carbondale lets the team know they CAN win the remaining road games.

2) A 4-4 record, while not great, puts us in position to make a run at the 3rd spot. This would surely silence some of the Les critics who say we have no chance to finish in the top half (I was thinking that too just a week ago!)

3) I think that an 11-7 Valley record is respectable and within reach with a win. Looking ahead, it would likely give us a quality BB opponent. If we win the BB game, along with a 1st round MVC tourney win, who knows? maybe NIT?? That's what most fans expected at the very least at the start of the season.

While last game was a MUST win, I believe this is a PIVOTAL win.
 
LittleBrave said:
A loss would not be devastating as we're not even halfway through the conf. shedule.
BUT, here's what a win COULD mean...

2) A 4-4 record, while not great, puts us in position to make a run at the 3rd spot. This would surely silence some of the Les critics who say we have no chance to finish in the top half (I was thinking that too just a week ago!)
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Why not a run at the 2nd spot? If WSU loses at home to UNI their league record becomes very average quickly.
 
SFP said:
Why not a run at the 2nd spot? If WSU loses at home to UNI their league record becomes very average quickly.
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Remember we still have WSU and UNI at home. This thing is far from over, even for 2nd, first likely is not obtainable, but everything else is up for grabs.

SIU is huge because of the fact what we play next

H - eville
H - CU
@ - ISUred
H - Drake
@ - Eville
H - ISUred

Still a lot of basketball to play but a win at SIU will go a long ways for this season and this team.
 
DeltaBrave03 said:
How can a coaches seat be getting warmer and be playing the biggest game of his tenure when we're only 1/3 of the way through conference season? People need to relax we win one game and we're going to the tourney. We lose one game and JL needs to be fired. Things are never as good as they seem or as bad as they seem.
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Couldn't agree more-where did all of the fire JL threads go after the win. The most fickle fans live around this area. Win a game and we are a top 20 team and lose a game and we want to fire the coach. This game doesn't make the season but could go a long way in making it a lot more fun.
 
SFP said:
Why not a run at the 2nd spot? If WSU loses at home to UNI their league record becomes very average quickly.
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I put this in another thread:

But just for conversation - we are NOT completely out of it. We won't win the MVC and we likely won't get 2nd. But it's wide open after that. Jerry Palm's Projected RPI with Projected Conference record has this:

(Proj RPI - Team - Proj Conf Record)

18 UNI 18-0
61 Wich St 13-5
86 Mo St 10-8
104 Bradley 10-8
91 Indy St 9-9
129 ISU 9-9
149 Creighton 9-9
181 SIU 6-12
205 Drake 6-12
268 E'Ville 0-18
 
MacabreMob said:
I put this in another thread:

(Proj RPI - Team - Proj Conf Record)

18 UNI 18-0
61 Wich St 13-5
86 Mo St 10-8
104 Bradley 10-8
91 Indy St 9-9
129 ISU 9-9
149 Creighton 9-9
181 SIU 6-12
205 Drake 6-12
268 E'Ville 0-18
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I would bet that Evansville goes winless over UNI going undefeated. I doubt SIU will finish that poorly.
 
There is no way this game could be considered the most important !!! Are you serious ?? The NCAA games are all higher, any time you even play Illinois is higher and any conference tournament game should be higher.

very important game no doubt !!! more than that, no way !!!
 
Samd2 said:
There is no way this game could be considered the most important !!! Are you serious ?? The NCAA games are all higher, any time you even play Illinois is higher and any conference tournament game should be higher.

very important game no doubt !!! more than that, no way !!!
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Who said anything about "most importaint"....? AGAIN.....I only ASKED IF it was ONE of the most importaint games not the SINGLE most importaint.

And if people don't think so, thats fine.

I am simply looking at the overall picture right now......support is falling, JL is on the mildly hot seat and fans are grumbling and restless.

A win against SIU COULD go along way in settling some people down, continue to build confidence with the team and help propel us out of the usual mid pack finish 2:30 game Grassman loves so much. :)

To me, Jims future is on the line this season and a big win at a place we struggle could really go a long way......
 
basketball nut said:
Couldn't agree more-where did all of the fire JL threads go after the win. The most fickle fans live around this area. Win a game and we are a top 20 team and lose a game and we want to fire the coach. This game doesn't make the season but could go a long way in making it a lot more fun.
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Of course you joke about where the fire JL threads after a BU win. Why, that would be as senseless as asking where all the keep JL threads are after a blow out BU loss :rolleyes:

I suspect there are very few people who post on this forum who want JL fired during this year. That would not make a lot of sense for the program.

I hope I speak for the majority of the folks who have not been happy with the lack of progress BU has shown over the past several years under JL in saying that another season of 4th, or worse, in the MVC for BU this year should lead to a serious evaluation of JL's ability to deliver what he promised 8 years ago and hopefully lead to some changes (ie an experienced asst coach, different offensive and/or defensive strategies).

Insanity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

Only a complete collapse of BU this year to the bottom of the Valley would jeopardize JL's position this year.

No success next year in the Valley or postseason should be reason for BU to give someone else a try to take the program to the next level. JL has done lots for the BU program, and should be commended for it. At the same time, if he can't finish the job he started after 8-9 years, it should be time to at least try to find someone who can.

The SIU game is not the biggest in JL's tenure, but, if it leads to a respectable finish, or, leads to the bottom of the Valley, would determine how important next years team's performance is to BU sticking with JL forever (at least in the eyes of the many many JL FANaticS....) ;) ;)
 
I stand corrected dog, however I still do not believe that it is one of the most important games in his tenure.

Not many outside of the BU fans really expect us to win the game at SIU. I think we can and we will. I think this game is bigger if we win, if we lose it will never be mentioned when the time comes for the powers to be to decide on the Jl tenure. Even with a loss we can finish strong, we are capable of winning the valley tournament. We are capable of making a strong end of year run, I think our schedule is better suited for that than any other valley team.

What were the biggest 10 games during the Tenure of Verace, Albeck or Molinari ?

I also think that JL and his accomplishments match up pretty well to the previous 3 coaches.
 
IMO every game is the biggest but if I do say so myself the MSU game may prove to have been the most pivotal if we start a win streak and develop a an attitude of how to play. If we go back to not hustling and rebounding then all of the good vibes from the last game is lost.
 
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