Who do you want in the Tourney?

[jnutt]

I'd like to avoid SIU in the opening round. They should have beat us at the McLeod and are better than they were early in the year. I'd love to face Mo State in the first round. Or Indy State. The teams I fear are SIU, Bradley, Ill State and Wichita State. We should have an easy time against Creighton, Drake, Mo State and Indy State. Not sure on Evansville.

[achrist70]

Re: Who do you want in the Tourney?

As long as we show up and play at least our B+ game I don't care who we play, if we play like we did last night there is no sense of keeping our hotel reservations.

[ryan19]

Re: Who do you want in the Tourney?

I'd like to avoid SIU in the opening round. They should have beat us at the McLeod and are better than they were early in the year. I'd love to face Mo State in the first round. Or Indy State. The teams I fear are SIU, Bradley, Ill State and Wichita State. We should have an easy time against Creighton, Drake, Mo State and Indy State. Not sure on Evansville.

Will SIU make the NIT???

Oh wait, I thought this was Victory_For_UNI's thread...

[06panther10]

Re: Who do you want in the Tourney?

I do not want to play MSU at all. I'd like to avoid MSU, BU, and WSU. Those teams have given us trouble. I'd prefer not to play illinois state, but we have had success against them.

[Panther'73]

Re: Who do you want in the Tourney?

Bradley beat Wichita St. tonight; MO.St, beat Drake; ILL.St beat IND. ST

[joecooll6]

Re: Who do you want in the Tourney?

By my calculations, SIU will be in the 8/9 game and their opponent will either be Drake or Missouri State.

It will be MSU/SIU if: Drake beats Evansville AND Missouri State loses to Indy State AND Drake beats MSU on the points tiebreaker.

It will be DU/SIU if: Drake loses to Evansville OR Missouri State beats Indy State OR Drake wins, MSU loses and MSU still wins the points tiebreaker over Drake.

The winner of the points tiebreaker should it come to that will be determined based on where WSU finishes and the results of the BU/CU game. It could possibly go to RPI.

I love this stuff.

[TH1974]

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I'd like to stay as far away from Evansville as possible, obviously.

[joecooll6]

Re: Who do you want in the Tourney?

Only way we play Evansville is if we meet them in the Championship game. I'd take that.

[orangetennis]

Re: Who do you want in the Tourney?

actually, I'd like to see Evansville. With Jordan & a "pay back" mentality we will stomp them! We played so absolutely horrible, to lose by one was shockingly close. Just take a look at the stats; we had like, 20 more shots than them & still shoulda won.

avoid a hot Il st team, wichita & bradley. all else we should roll.

[TommyT]

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Wichita St does not play well on the road. The only team I really fear is Bradley. They have our number. I'd love to see us play Evansville again w/Jordan and drop them by 14-16 points.

[Hacksaw]

Re: Who do you want in the Tourney?

Two options for the Friday noon game in St. Louis:

If, and only if, all the home teams win on Saturday (CU, DU, InSU, UNI, & WSU):
UNI will play the winner of Missouri State-SIU

Every other outcome:
UNI will play the winner of Drake-SIU

[jegbomb52]

Re: Who do you want in the Tourney?

actually, I'd like to see Evansville. With Jordan & a "pay back" mentality we will stomp them! We played so absolutely horrible, to lose by one was shockingly close. Just take a look at the stats; we had like, 20 more shots than them & still shoulda won.

avoid a hot Il st team, wichita & bradley. all else we should roll.

Okay, lets play Evansville again and replace J. Koch's 20 and 10 with JE's 14 and 7 and see how the games pans out.

That was meant to be props for Koch by the way.

[williebat]

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Okay, lets play Evansville again and replace J. Koch's 20 and 10 with JE's 14 and 7 and see how the games pans out.

That was meant to be props for Koch by the way.

I am very excited that j Koch is turning out to be a stud. He truly is going to be a great one. But jordans presence in the middle changes the other teams flow and ability to get good shots. Not a points for points thing. Never is.

We need the good JE no doubt.

[Silent Earl]

Re: Who do you want in the Tourney?

Okay, lets play Evansville again and replace J. Koch's 20 and 10 with JE's 14 and 7 and see how the games pans out.

That was meant to be props for Koch by the way.

We would replace LR's 4 and 4 with JE's 14 and 7 and still keep JK's 22 and 10. We win by 9. Jake played 27 minutes and Lucas played 18, which is about what JE would have played. Of course O'Rear would have played some and Jake would have played less, but we would certainly have gotten a couple more points in there somewhere.

[panther2317]

Re: Who do you want in the Tourney?

We can't see Evansville unless it's in the Championship game, so I guess if we're wishing for something...I'd be ok with that.

I'd like Creighton to find a way to be on the opposite side of the bracket, because for the better part of a decade, this tournament has been known as the "Dana Altman Invitational". But I don't think Creighton can do anything but finish #4 or #5, so if UNI can win their opening round game...it will be the winner of the Bradley/Creighton game (I'm assuming that's what it would be).

I think UNI plays the winner of SIU/Drake and both teams scare me.

If Missouri State wins on Saturday and Creighton loses...I think MSU can be as high as the 5 seed.