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Who will be this year's Surprise Team in the Valley?

Who will be this year's Surprise Team in the Valley?

  • Bradley -- they're gonna finsh top 3!

    Votes: 27 61.4%

  • ISU -- they will not be a last place team

    Votes: 8 18.2%

  • Evansville -- this is their year!

    Votes: 3 6.8%

  • Indiana State - they thought they were going to be last year, so maybe this year?

    Votes: 3 6.8%

  • Wichita State -- they are going to surprise everyone and bomb out ;)

    Votes: 3 6.8%
  • Total voters
    44
45otseoj said:
I voted for UE; I think they will be a top 5 team. I would have said Drake, but the SVD injury has me bearish on them now.
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EU will make it difficult on opposing teams all season. I don't know about a Top 5 finish, but they are capable if everyone does a little extra. They are a small team, so that will prevent them from hanging with the likes of WSU & CU, and even ISU (blue).
You could shuffle the middle-pack teams ( 4 - 8 ) and have a better chance of picking the finishing order this season.

BU, EU, ISU (red), Indy St., DU (with healthy Van Deest) are all on about the same level IMO. Some may disagree, especially about ISU (blue), but I don't see them finishing Top 3 like seemingly everyone in Terre Haute firmly believes.

Still think SIU will be the surprise team - finish #5 or #6.
 
SycamoreFanatic said:
Indiana State, Creighton & Wichita State and then all the rest not in any particular order.


GO SYCAMORES!
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And I don't think those 3 are far and away vastly better than the middle-pack Valley teams this year. Pretty weak top of the Valley this year, especially if Indy St. is picked in the Top 3 unless Larry Bird is making a comeback. (just joking there...then again, isn't Odum the next Bird???)
But CU & WSU have to prove themselves with the players they have - I'll admit, there is a lot to work with, but the NIT Shockers lost the bulk of production to graduation, and CU only finished a couple games above .500 last year, and will not have the MVC pre-season POY of a year ago.

Comparing CU & BU,

AY + DM = DSE + TB, while the other key players for both teams are comparable - only CU has Echenique, which makes them better than BU...on paper.
 
Sycs are going to live and die by the 3 next year. I also think by now valley teams will have a good idea on how to shut down Jake. Shut down Jake, you shut down the Sycs. Very close to being an average valley team next season and to be quite honest I thought caught lightning in a bottle at the valley tourney and in no way was the best team representing the valley in the tourney.

Also you will miss the Porter Moser lookalike more than you know.
 
TheGuy said:
Sycs are going to live and die by the 3 next year. I also think by now valley teams will have a good idea on how to shut down Jake. Shut down Jake, you shut down the Sycs. Very close to being an average valley team next season and to be quite honest I thought caught lightning in a bottle at the valley tourney and in no way was the best team representing the valley in the tourney.

Also you will miss the Porter Moser lookalike more than you know.
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Would you be referring to AC? If not, I have no idea.

I do like Mahurin and McWhorter from what I saw last year, but if you take UNI in their Sweet 16 season, Jake Koch & Sonnen were even better in their freshman years, but their weaknesses came to the forefront as they had to play bigger roles.

Anyhow, I pick Indy St. to finish #4 - BU #5, but it wouldn't surpise me if Indy St. winds up between 3-7, and Shocked (no pun intended) to see them over take CU and WSU for the MVC title. Sorry to say that their winning of the Valley tourney was more of a meltdown by the teams they beat rather than them playing like Champs.
 
I feel like BU will be a surprise team, but top 3? That's a little higher than I think they'll be. I think they'll be a top 5 team, but not top 3. With a healthy TB, DSE continuing to improve, and a very talented freshman class, this team will be a very competitive team. One of the best teams in the valley? No, but probably in the upper half, in my opinion.
 
I really think all you guys downplaying how good WSU will be......will be very surprised.

They will be hands down better than everyone else.
 
sousaman2089 said:
I'd be surprised if BU were a top 3 team, but since usual powers (Creighton, NIU) are a little weaker now, I would not be shocked.
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CU should be pretty good next year. I have no idea what NIU brings to the table though. I'd have to bet that WSU, CU, InSU will be voted the top 3 teams preseason.
 
Future Walk-On said:
I really think all you guys downplaying how good WSU will be......will be very surprised.

They will be hands down better than everyone else.
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seems someone said that about them each of the last two seasons -- and despite 25 wins like ISU got in Janks first 3 seasons....when I was watching the NCAA Tourney I never noticed them...what happened??
 
tornado said:
seems someone said that about them each of the last two seasons -- and despite 25 wins like ISU got in Janks first 3 seasons....when I was watching the NCAA Tourney I never noticed them...what happened??
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They won the NIT? which is better than being a 14 seed and getting blown out IMO IMO IMO

return 62% of scoring and have 5 senior starters. just a prediction.
 
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