State of the Conference

[Old School MVC]

I hope I am wrong, because I usually cheer for you guys and like Moser as a person. You did fight hard to come back tonight to have it within two in the last minute, but there are concerns. Last year you were very inconsistent, and maybe that is what is in the back of my mind. I agree, 2-7 could be a crap shoot.

[Blers]

I hope I am wrong, because I usually cheer for you guys and like Moser as a person. You did fight hard to come back tonight to have it within two in the last minute, but there are concerns. Last year you were very inconsistent, and maybe that is what is in the back of my mind. I agree, 2-7 could be a crap shoot.

Haha I hope so too! My main reason for optimism is watching every game the last 3 years this team has a resilience even the CBI team didn't have. Toledo went on a 19-0 run in the first when we went ice cold and we fought back to be down 1 within the last minute. I loved our seniors last year but this teams fight is just stronger. At face value Toledos not good, but they've played into overtime 5 TIMES and have a solid 119 RPI/124 SOS (if memory serves I could be off on the SOS).

Ultimately though these are all still just excuses. A loss is a loss, can't go so cold as to have a team go 19-0 on ya.

[Wufan]

Going into the conference season, you've gotta believe that WSU is going to finish first or second and that ISUr is going to finish somewhere in the top three. UNI will be top half. Drake will NOT lose out, but will finish last by at least three games. Bradley is a Thursday team. SIU and Indiana State are trending down, but there just isn't enough separation between those schools and Loyola, MSU, and Evansville to have any idea what will happen. A few teams are going to have nice seasons and a couple others will wonder what the hell happened.

[ACECARD]

Going into the conference season, you've gotta believe that WSU is going to finish first or second and that ISUr is going to finish somewhere in the top three. UNI will be top half. Drake will NOT lose out, but will finish last by at least three games. Bradley is a Thursday team. SIU and Indiana State are trending down, but there just isn't enough separation between those schools and Loyola, MSU, and Evansville to have any idea what will happen. A few teams are going to have nice seasons and a couple others will wonder what the hell happened.

In my opinion, a very realistic view of the Valley season this year.

[AceMatt]

Conference RPI between 9th and 12th is razor thin. The teams have been shuffling back and forth according to Warren Nolan. Its virtually a 4 way tie. If the Valley could've won just a few more close games they probably would have 9th locked up, instead they're sitting at 11-21 in games decided by 5 or fewer points.

[Old School MVC]

The Valley is right behind the West Coast Conference. With ISUr playing San Fran (from the West Coast Conf) hopefully the valley can get the win tonight and leap frog them in the conference ratings also.

[Ricardo del Rio]

Your hard-on for the Big East leads me to believe that you're masking behind a fake name. At this point, if you're still grinding on that axe after several weeks, the only real conclusion is that you're really a BJ fan.

Weird.

I owe you a big time apology and I am giving it here and now.

I made a crappy and unjustified response to one of your posts a few weeks ago.

My post was a comedy of errors and false assumptions. I thought you were a Bear fan and I misread your post. So I fu**ked up all around.

Please forgive me.

rdr

[Mike]

Colley's Matrix Conference Rankings - December 30, 2016 - Based on win percentage for non-conference games
1. Atlantic Coast (.852)
2. Big East (.833)
3. Big XII (.833)
4. Big 10 (.806)
5. SEC (.741)
6. Pac 12 (.727)
7. American Athletic (.643)
8. Atlantic 10 (.634)
9. Mountain West (.603)
10. West Coast (.583)
11. Missouri Valley (.561)

[specialsauce]

Big East appears to be overrated.

[AceMatt]

Big East appears to be overrated.

Creighton should win the Big East by at least 2 games and maybe get a 1 seed. I'm hoping for a Creighton vs Wichita round of 32 matchup