Valley Power Rankings - December 19

[electricmayhem]

Happy Holidays to all -- here are the MVC Power Rankings for December 19 -

http://www.examiner.com/missouri-valley-basketball-in-national/missouri-valley-power-rankings-december-19-sycamores-join-the-party

[Moose39]

Re: Valley Power Rankings - December 19

Seems about right to me. Good work.

[GoPanthers85]

Re: Valley Power Rankings - December 19

Just a quick note about the national rankings, UNI got 7 points in the AP (which I think is the same as last week) and we didn't get any in the coachs poll. Guess if you don't play for a week they forget about you.

[clenz]

Re: Valley Power Rankings - December 19

What strikes me is that the conference is top heavy - looking at the W/L


The bottom 3 teams have 49% of the conferences losses, and the bottom 4 teams have 62% of the conference's losses coming into this week.

[Casey'sitsallgood]

Re: Valley Power Rankings - December 19

What strikes me is that the conference is top heavy - looking at the W/L


The bottom 3 teams have 49% of the conferences losses, and the bottom 4 teams have 62% of the conference's losses coming into this week.

Honestly, that's a GREAT thing. When the Valley was getting multiple NCAA bids, there were some really horrendous teams at the bottom of the conference. Parity is great and all, but the MVC is MUCH better served having a few really good teams and a few really bad teams.

[95UNIGRAD]

Re: Valley Power Rankings - December 19

"Drake (6-4)- The Bulldogs couldn’t complete the Valley sweep of lowly Iowa, losing by 14 in Iowa City."



That one made me smile.

[TommyT]

Re: Valley Power Rankings - December 19

Honestly, that's a GREAT thing. When the Valley was getting multiple NCAA bids, there were some really horrendous teams at the bottom of the conference. Parity is great and all, but the MVC is MUCH better served having a few really good teams and a few really bad teams.

Completely agree - except it would be better that the teams at the bottom of the conference could have won a few more non-conf games to make the overal conference look better. Once we get into conference play, they can bottom feed all they like.

[ubuntuCAT]

Re: Valley Power Rankings - December 19

Completely agree - except it would be better that the teams at the bottom of the conference could have won a few more non-conf games to make the overal conference look better. Once we get into conference play, they can bottom feed all they like.

right... we want some seperation in league play. Ideally we would want even the "bottom feeders" in conference play to have good non-con records.