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Games of Interest, Wednesday 12/2

shaunguth

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Coming into today.......Bradley non-conference opponents: 31-23 (.574)
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Illinois @ Clemson (-4), 6:15pm CST (ESPN)

Wofford @ Western Carolina (-3.5), 6:30pm CST

Bradley (-5.5) @ Northern Illinois, 7:05pm CST (WMBD)

Northern Iowa @ Iowa State (-6), 7:05pm CST

Oklahoma State @ Tulsa (-2.5), 7:05pm CST

Missouri State (-1) @ Arkansas-Little Rock, 7:35pm CST

BYU @ Utah State (-1), 8:00pm CST
 
The NIU game is listed as being shown on Channelsurfing.net... They have removed programs before it starts in the past- but as of now, it is there for viewing...
 
MSU is hammering UALR

UNI takes down Iowa State on the road

Tulsa crushes OK St. by 21 :O

Western Carolina beats Wofford at home by 5
 
MSU is hammering UALR

UNI takes down Iowa State on the road

Tulsa crushes OK St. by 21 :O

Western Carolina beats Wofford at home by 5

What???!! The Tulsa game in particular. Wow! A little tournament hangover by OK St. for sure.

Now W. Carolina comes to Peoria next. Everyone beating Wofford and OK St. won't help our RPI, but they should each get a lot of wins before all is said and done.
 
Oklahoma St. loses to Tulsa 86-65...... Not good. :(

Western Carolina (6-1) BEATS Wofford (4-4) 72-67 :eek: Watch out Braves. Don't sleep on WCU. WCU is a veteran team; I believe they return all 5 starters.
 
Wouldnt a game between two of our non-con opponents essentially net out to no effect on RPI?

Not quite. It essentially adds 1 loss and 1 win to our SoS, making our SoS gravitate ever slowly towards .500 (no matter which side of .500 we're on). Since our SoS will wind up above .500, it hurts our SoS and therefore our RPI to have this situation. But it's almost negligible.

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Oklahoma St. loses to Tulsa 86-65...... Not good. :(

Western Carolina (6-1) BEATS Wofford (4-4) 72-67 :eek: Watch out Braves. Don't sleep on WCU. WCU is a veteran team; I believe they return all 5 starters.

That's what I just commented on the other WCU thread. These are the type of teams we played in the CI.com tourney last year, and these types of teams are very capable of beating great teams. WCU could just be that #14 or #15 seed in the NCAA Tournament that can pull off an upset. So we need to play a complete game on both sides of the ball to beat teams like this, even at home.
 
That's what I just commented on the other WCU thread. These are the type of teams we played in the CI.com tourney last year, and these types of teams are very capable of beating great teams. WCU could just be that #14 or #15 seed in the NCAA Tournament that can pull off an upset. So we need to play a complete game on both sides of the ball to beat teams like this, even at home.

You betcha! Come selection time it could come down to BU versus WCU, Wofford, Idaho St, or NIU. WCU is another MUST win game.
 
Not quite. It essentially adds 1 loss and 1 win to our SoS, making our SoS gravitate ever slowly towards .500 (no matter which side of .500 we're on). Since our SoS will wind up above .500, it hurts our SoS and therefore our RPI to have this situation. But it's almost negligible.

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Yeah it also has some bizarre minute affect on SOS of Opponents right? PLus there's some affect of home v. road in the RPI. THe math is stupidly convoluted.

What I was trying to get at though is that when our opponents play it doesn't matter which one wins, the affect will be the same.... Right? At least as far as straight SOS is concerned. I think. Do I sound confident?
 
What???!! The Tulsa game in particular. Wow! A little tournament hangover by OK St. for sure.

Now W. Carolina comes to Peoria next. Everyone beating Wofford and OK St. won't help our RPI, but they should each get a lot of wins before all is said and done.


Tulsa is the real deal...should be an NCAA team for sure this season. I was shocked they lost at MSU the other night...actually got blown out, but made it respectable late. Don't know if MSU is that good or if TU was looking ahead to OSU or a combination of both. There were a ton of OSU fans at the game tonight, but they were a non-factor as TU took them out of the game very early.
 
BYU lost its first game tonight at 4-2 Utah State by 10 points. Tavernari and Fredette combined to shoot 6 for 26 and Utah State made 10 more FT's. Everything else was pretty even.

Jason
 
I missed it... but reading a recap at CBSSports says BAM got a T in the 1st half for nothing... well, there was a loud sound coming from the bench??? So UIUC got a T? I don't get it. Maybe Bert will fill us in.

the quote from the article:

"When 5-foot-9 Andre Young squeezed past Tisdale, Illinois' 7-1 center, for a layup, a loud noise that sounded like a coach's clipboard hitting the floor came from the Illini bench. Illinois coach Bruce Weber was quickly called for a technical foul by official Bryan Kersey. Weber was stunned.
"I didn't do anything. What did I do?" he shouted as Kersey moved to the other side of the court."
 
Yeah it also has some bizarre minute affect on SOS of Opponents right? PLus there's some affect of home v. road in the RPI. THe math is stupidly convoluted.

What I was trying to get at though is that when our opponents play it doesn't matter which one wins, the affect will be the same.... Right? At least as far as straight SOS is concerned. I think. Do I sound confident?

I think it technically matters, because with home/road coefficients, adding 1.4 wins for a road win and 0.6 for a home win, there can exist a tiny difference where it's better for that 1.4 to be added to one team than the 0.6 to the other team.


It's complicated :lol: I vote to say it's negligible.
 
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