The Valley is a 3 Bid League...

[jman2004]

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I think it could happen, barring a team other than ILL ST and DRAKE win in St. Louis, otherwise, those two are our best bet.

If Drake wins in St. Louis, ISU isn't even technically a lock though, so I don't know how we think we'll get three.

[Marc Wigim]

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Great, you can quote rankings...

The conference champion had an RPI of 27... that's 7 seed territory.

Point is?

Actually, I have a question for you... why do you and a handful of other people on this board always have to turn into a complete pushy, irritating JERK whenever someone states an opinion contrary to yours? I'd call it the Jim Rome Syndrome, but even he's not that mean, and his comeuppance came at the hands of Jim Everett. It's annoying, and completely unnecessary. Do you talk to people like this in real life? If so, are you in prison using the computer during recreation? Good GOD.

[GonzoCat]

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He called me a db.

MSU wishes 27 rpi was 7 seed tourney. They got left out with a 21.

[UNI MadCat]

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I was simply saying its hard to make a case for a team getting much higher of a seed based on where they were both in RPI & SOS.

We can all use and ignore stats to shape our argument, so it shouldn't be surprising.

[Panthers to the Bone]

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Well, with the two top teams advancing, the MVC is a multiple bid league now. There will be 2 teams in the NCAA's regardless of what happens tomorrow, IMO. There just won't be the possibility of 3 teams now that those two top teams have advanced.

I love the MVC. Are we at ten straight years of multiple bids? (I can't remember)

[Back2BackCats]

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I agree, Drake and ILSU to NCAA and Creighton and SIU to NIT. Did anyone else pick up on the comment from Spoon something to the effect that anyone who thinks this league is down isn't actually watching them play.

[BCPanther]

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Yes, it is 10 consecutive multiple bid years...

And for all of the hype the A10 got, its looking like they only have one lock (Xavier) and I am not sure anybody else gets in if they don't win the tournament. Ironically its UMass, who was left for dead, that has the best at large chances...

[victory4uni]

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I would hope illinois st is in, but they are currently down 21 at the half. The one thing they couldnt do today was get blown out. Lets hope they can make the final score look better

[ianuni57]

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So much of Il State keeping things close. Drake looked really good this weekend.

[Newsbreaker]

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Ugh, the birds might've played our way into one bid status today.

[Matt Trump]

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Geez, the Redbirds sure didn't do much to help their cause today.

[06panther10]

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I think the only upset in the whole tourny was us beating SIU. Cant believe ISU got embarassed today. They are going to have a long week.

[unigriff]

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and i thought we got embarassed....ISU just made us look like we had a fighting chance compared to what they did with Drake

[clenz]

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ESPN just said that The Valley doesn't have a history of producing multiple bids. What idiots.

Although, I don't think we get 2 in this year. ISU might have played themselves out of the tourney

[Newsbreaker]

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Who said that?