Indiana State Wins MVC Tournament

[Newsbreaker]

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Your Evansville's and Illinois State's of the world that never got into the tournament and never got any double shares for playing are really going to start hurting money wise. Illinois State deserves it for not scheduling anybody with a pulse for the last four years...

Indeed (though the "double share" criticism was justly leveled at us until all-too recently). This is where the penalties need to come back in. If you schedule absolutely nobody, and if you schedule terrible RPI teams, you should get dinged.

Of course we get off easy because we get Iowa and ISU every year, but life isn't fair. The league needs to pick it up in a big way.

[montej]

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The Valley better start scheduling some tough non-conf. games. We will never get above the mid-major stage, but we need to get a couple of teams in every year and win some games.

[Newsbreaker]

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A somewhat related/somewhat unrelated question. How long is our current ESPN contract, and how long is the contract in effect that puts our Championship Game on CBS?

The league struck while the iron was hot with both of those, and we've only gone backward since. It would REALLY suck to lose either or both of those.

[BCPanther]

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Believe I read somewhere that CBS just re-upped for another five years...

[06panther10]

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suckers...

[jegbomb52]

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I was just in STL for 4 days, and I had NO CLUE that there InSU was even in the finals...

[MeOW!]

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Missouri State and Wichita State are a lot like the Cubs = Tease their fan base all season long that this may be THE YEAR only to choke in the playoffs.

[LA_Panther]

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Our non-conference schedule looked great before the season started with Syracuse, Iowa State, Iowa, Indiana, New Mexico/Colorado, and TCU. UNI did their part in making a good schedule. However, it turned out to be a weak schedule. It's not our fault that Iowa, ISU, Indiana, and TCU were horrible this year. Who would've thought that Morehead State and Wis-Milwaukee would be two of the better teams we would play.

[D Panther]

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Actually I think MSU has a decent chance for an at large. This would be a make for the 2 years they deserved in, which I have seen discussed different places. They did win the league regular season title and lost in a close game today. I also think there is a Conso factor. He has been promoted as the next great young coach since he was hired. We never hear his name with his cancer story. Also just released was another NCAA diversity study. All in all I think they get more consideration then the pat few Valley runerups.

[DrewDog]

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A somewhat related/somewhat unrelated question. How long is our current ESPN contract, and how long is the contract in effect that puts our Championship Game on CBS?

The league struck while the iron was hot with both of those, and we've only gone backward since. It would REALLY suck to lose either or both of those.

Beig a competitive conference is important, but the geographic footprint of the conference also helps the MVC with the networks. The Valley touches a lot of media markets. Additionally, the MVC has a nice mix of public and private institutions that produce a lot of graduates. Six schools have an enrollment of 10,000 or more, including three with over 20,000 students.

[LA_Panther]

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MSU won't get in. With teams like George Mason losing in their tournaments that takes away at-large spots since they were already in the tourney. I am sure there will be a number of big upsets in the rest of the upcoming tournaments this coming week too. Anyone that is in the "last 4 in" should be worried this year with the parity in the leagues.

George Mason losing won't hurt MSU's chances unless if VCU beats ODU. ODU was in anyways. I don't think MSU gets in though. The MVC was just too weak this year. How did George Mason lose so bad? That will cause them to get a bad seed, which makes them even more dangerous. They'll probably get an 11 or 12 seed and people will overlook them just like in '06.

[9YRPLAN]

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love to see ISU make it with printy from CR and lansing from harlan.

[UNI Prof]

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A somewhat related/somewhat unrelated question. How long is our current ESPN contract, and how long is the contract in effect that puts our Championship Game on CBS?

The league struck while the iron was hot with both of those, and we've only gone backward since. It would REALLY suck to lose either or both of those.

I'm not sure UNI knocking off #1 KU and advancing to the Sweet Sixteen should be considered going "backward."

[Newsbreaker]

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I'm not sure UNI knocking off #1 KU and advancing to the Sweet Sixteen should be considered going "backward."

The league as a whole has unquestionably gone in the wrong direction.

[run&blade]

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Some say Bo Ryan sent the Big Ten back to the stone age with his style of play. I wonder if some blame Mac and Ben Jacobsen for the same thing.