Valley Game 4

[specialsauce]

The poster you're referencing also isn't "all there".

[Play Angry]

Pressure is all on the Redbirds to hold serve next week at home versus non-quality opponent Wichita State.

[specialsauce]

Pressure is all on the Redbirds to hold serve next week at home versus non-quality opponent Wichita State.

[BirdsEyeView]

Pressure is all on the Redbirds to hold serve next week at home versus non-quality opponent Wichita State.

You guys are all ridiculous. We all know Muller will blow a game at some point that we should have won.

This argument about resumes is moot right now. Both teams just need to keep winning for each other's sake.

[Wufan]

Pressure is all on the Redbirds to hold serve next week at home versus non-quality opponent Wichita State.

You guys are all ridiculous. We all know Muller will blow a game at some point that we should have won.

This argument about resumes is moot right now. Both teams just need to keep winning for each other's sake.

WSU and ISUr are the only teams capable of getting an at-large at this point, and both of them need to win a TON of games!

WSU is expected to go 17-1 in conference and holds a 10 point+ spread in every game and an 81%+ probability of winning each of remaining games excepting for at Normal (63% probability of winning). They are expected to have an RPI of around 40.

ISUr is expected to go 14-4 and finish with an RPI around 50. Should they finish 16-2 or better (21% probability), they would finish with an RPI around 35. Both teams would be squarely on the bubble. With a championship betweeen the two in St Louis, in this scenario, they might both get in. There is also a good probability that should they finish with a combined three losses, and a third team won in St Louis, that both teams could miss.

From a bids number perspective, everyone should be rooting for their team first and ISUr/WSU after that. Obviously, should a third team emerge, or the Redbirds/Shockers loose two plus, all bets are off.

[tribecalledquest]

Loyola wins 78-62 over Bradley and we saw an amazing night from Doyle. 35 points 11 rebounds

And this is why I was thinking some Bradley fans out there should pump the breaks. They took a step by winning a Valley road game this year, but they have no consistency yet. Getting drilled at home by a mid-pack team doesn't scream they're a mid-pack team to me.

Indeed.

[PurpleAcesFootball]

Let me paraphrase the great movie "Rounders."

If you can't spot the sucker in the first 4 conference games, it's because you are the sucker.

Just pitiful. Losing to a 3-12 team, rated 320+ RPI should be unacceptable.

[Cdizzle]

Gotta love playing at Flop U with Janssen handing out Oscar's.

[BCPanther]

WSU dominates the second half and wins 80-66. UNI looks like a Thursday night lock.

UNI isn't a Thursday lock yet. They played much better today and they're starting to figure out a rotation that works and are adjusting to having to play two guards (Haldeman and Ashton) about double the time they wanted to.

Totally reasonable to think UNI can win enough to avoid it. We'll know more this time next week. Bradley and Drake this week. Totally reasonable that UNI could go 9-5 from here if they play the way they did that.

[DUShock]

WSU dominates the second half and wins 80-66. UNI looks like a Thursday night lock.

UNI isn't a Thursday lock yet. They played much better today and they're starting to figure out a rotation that works and are adjusting to having to play two guards (Haldeman and Ashton) about double the time they wanted to.

Totally reasonable to think UNI can win enough to avoid it. We'll know more this time next week. Bradley and Drake this week. Totally reasonable that UNI could go 9-5 from here if they play the way they did that.

If anyone can stop a slide like this it is Jake.