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gonna be a battle between WSU, INS, Drake, and Bradley to stay out of 7th place.

2 games left

The first tie-breaker is obviously head to head.

Does anyone know what the 2nd tie-breaker is? Do they follow the men's new tie-breaker and go with non-conf SOS?

Indiana State beat Evansville today at home. Pretty one-sided game for The Lady Sycamores.

cpacmel wrote:The first tie-breaker is obviously head to head.

Does anyone know what the 2nd tie-breaker is? Do they follow the men's new tie-breaker and go with non-conf SOS?

according to the online procedures, the 2nd tiebreaker is still the power ranking (20 pts for road win against 1st place team, 19 for home win against 1st, 18 for road win against 2nd place, etc. etc.). As opposed to what they've switched to for MBB.

If Ill St, Jays and Bears tied for 2nd, would think ISU'd take 2nd since they're only one that beat UNI. Maybe it'd break down differently, but that'd be my guess.

UNI will be very strong again next year. Lose 2 very good players but they have some solid talent that has already shown it can fill those positions, and on top of that POY Kalin will be returning to lead the Panthers for her senior season. Can't wait...too bad UNI couldn't power past Mich. St

UNI lost a lot in the "bigs" department with Boeck and Brocka, imo. Not that there's nothing left in that regard, but it sure leaves a big hole. No frosh or redshirt is gonna be able to replace what those two gave the Panthers. I enjoyed watching UNI play the past 2 years. They reminded me of MSU teams of the 90's: tough, gritty, smart, talented enough.

pawball wrote:UNI lost a lot in the "bigs" department with Boeck and Brocka, imo. Not that there's nothing left in that regard, but it sure leaves a big hole. No frosh or redshirt is gonna be able to replace what those two gave the Panthers. I enjoyed watching UNI play the past 2 years. They reminded me of MSU teams of the 90's: tough, gritty, smart, talented enough.

They also had two post players that gave really good minutes off of the bench last year. They will step in and fill those shoes pretty well IMO.

UNI rolled through conf play and won the league by 5 games last year. So you have to figure that they could be around 5 games worse next year and still be contenders at the top.

I'd expect UNI and MSU to battle for first next year.

pawball wrote:UNI lost a lot in the "bigs" department with Boeck and Brocka, imo. Not that there's nothing left in that regard, but it sure leaves a big hole. No frosh or redshirt is gonna be able to replace what those two gave the Panthers. I enjoyed watching UNI play the past 2 years. They reminded me of MSU teams of the 90's: tough, gritty, smart, talented enough.

Yes it would but with F/C like Amber Kirschbaum, and G Mercedees Morgan and Rachel Madrigal (both 5'11 and proven inside scorers and rebounders) who all performed well this past season, with the minutes given to them, and then add in Amanda Barton and Jess McDowell who were red-shirt freshmen and should get valuable experience next season. The Panthers are guard heavy but Tanya Warren will have them prepared for another strong season.