MVC Conference Games

[panther91]

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A win tonight would put us in a great position to finish in the top 4. A loss would definitely make things a little dicier with two out of the last 3 on the road for us. The 7th-place team in the conference will likely have at least 9 wins. We don't want to be in that position.

On the flip side, we could finish in a tie for first if we win out. Wichita St still has road games against both ISU's and Creighton so they could end up with at least 2 more losses. It's setting up for a wild finish in the Valley.

Going back to 2001-02 the only year a team with 9 wins played in the play in round was Drake last year. They were in a five way tie for 3rd at 9-9. Goal #1 - get to 9 and we skip Thursday. Goal #2 - do what Mac's first NCAA team did and win a bunch of games at the end of the year and go dancing. Here's to getting goal #1 accomplished tonight.

[jegbomb52]

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Being 2 games ahead of the cluster is fine, even if we were tied in the sixth place cluster and won tonight I would feel comfortable avoiding Thursday because we will have proven we can defeat inferior teams on the road, which I still am not confident is something we can do yet. Prove it tonight and we don't have to worry anymore. Winning tonight proves that we beat Bradley, not that Bradley didn't finish their comeback. I know many don't think there isn't a difference, but there is a difference between winning, and not losing. Not losing is what we did at Bradley last weekend. Winning is what we have done at home all season

that was a win tonight... now we got this. whoda every thunk it at the end of January. My god, we are 5-0 in Feb, have we EVER been 5-0 in Feb?

[Khan4Cats]

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that was a win tonight... now we got this. whoda every thunk it at the end of January. My god, we are 5-0 in Feb, have we EVER been 5-0 in Feb?

Not in the McDermott/Jacobson era.

[JayJ79]

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that was a win tonight... now we got this. whoda every thunk it at the end of January. My god, we are 5-0 in Feb, have we EVER been 5-0 in Feb?

Started out 5-1 in Feb. of '05, with the only blemish being a 1 pt loss at Creighton.

UNI may have started Feb. of '83 off 5-0, with wins over UW-Green Bay, EIU, Winona State, Valparaiso, Pan American and Beloit

[jegbomb52]

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Started out 5-1 in Feb. of '05, with the only blemish being a 1 pt loss at Creighton.

UNI may have started Feb. of '83 off 5-0, with wins over UW-Green Bay, EIU, Winona State, Valparaiso, Pan American and Beloit

I don't know if this year is as good as that 83' year, you know we only have 2 top 25 wins this year during that 5-0 stretch...

[BCPanther]

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A win Tuesday night mathematically eliminates any chance of Thursday. The only way we could get there now is us losing out and Bradley and/or Evansville winning out.

Lets start looking the other way. What does it take to get the 1 or 2.

Need to be huge Illinois State fans tonight. We'd be within a game of first place with by far the easiest schedule remaining. That March 2 game with Illinois State is setting itself up to be a war!

[KansasCityPanther]

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I am torn who to rout for today, ISU or WSU. A win by ISU puts UNI a game back from first place. It also keeps ISU hot and only a game back from us, making the last game a real showdown in CF. if the Cats can't work their way into a tie for first the 3 seed looks pretty good. As it stands today we would play BU Friday evening. I'd also be pretty happy with the 2 seed. Either way, The Valley is so competitive this year, the Saturday games are likely going to feel like championship games. Other than winning the regular season, being the number one seed doesn't seem to matter that much, maybe a little more rest between Friday and Saturday (or more time for drinking for the fans). By the way who has the tie breaker between CU, WSU and UNI? I think it's strength of schedule, I can't imagine CU's or WSU played a tougher schedule than UNI's.

Any other thoughts on what would be the best scenario for the Panthers?

A win on Friday in St Louis sure makes for a fun weekend. Friday losses sure do suck it!

This is why college basketball is such a great spectator sport, god I love this time of year! Can't wait for St Louis, just a couple more wins to go!

[jegbomb52]

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if we can now win road games then I say go Illinois State, if I was still questioning whether or not we could go at least 1-1 at SIU / MSU then I would say go shockers, but I know we can go at least 1-1.

[KansasCityPanther]

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if we can now win road games then I say go Illinois State, if I was still questioning whether or not we could go at least 1-1 at SIU / MSU then I would say go shockers, but I know we can go at least 1-1.

The SIU and MSU games seem a lot like the DU game we just won, so I expect the D to show up and a win in both. I'm more worried about the ISU red game, hopefully the fans show up and pack the Mac.

[BCPanther]

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Best case.

We win out. Illinois State beats Wichita tonight. Creighton takes another loss, but beats Wichita in Omaha on the last day of the season. Indiana State takes one more loss.

Result- 3 way tie for first. We have the tiebreaker. We get the 1 seed and guarantee the NIT if we don't win it all. Perfect situation.

[Purrrrrfect]

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I love how at one point some of us were talking we might not make Coach Jakes benchmark of 18 wins...the way the team is playing...we have bypassed that thought completely and are talking bout 20+ wins again I like it!

[JayJ79]

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I don't know if this year is as good as that 83' year, you know we only have 2 top 25 wins this year during that 5-0 stretch...

depends which poll you're looking at, though. ;op

I wasn't comparing the two years, just providing stats. You asked if UNI had ever been 5-0 in Feb., and they had

[Kyle]

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Best case.

We win out. Illinois State beats Wichita tonight. Creighton takes another loss, but beats Wichita in Omaha on the last day of the season. Indiana State takes one more loss.

Result- 3 way tie for first. We have the tiebreaker. We get the 1 seed and guarantee the NIT if we don't win it all. Perfect situation.

Add WSU losing @ISUblue + CU losing @ BU = UNI outright MVC Champs

[panther-state]

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Early but IlSt leads the Shox 11-5. 10:12 remaining in the first half but Wichita is just 2-11 from the field

[Moose39]

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17-5 ISUr leads now. I'm sure glad we played them when we did.