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  • #136
    Re: 2016-17 mens bb begins journey

    Originally posted by Gboom23 View Post
    Brutal stretch for the Valley. 14 straight losses dating back to Wednesday. Some tough competition, lots of close calls (including buzzer beaters), and then some losses by Valley teams that are just awful (see Drake). Hopefully the Valley can pick up some wins this coming week to improve the league RPI.
    Three three that hurt are Wichita St, Indiana St, and Loyola all losing very close games to P5 teams in the last couple of days. Drake, etc, ehh...every conference has some weak teams. The MVC needs to win some of those games for the conference to be considered up, or having a good year as a whole.

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    • #137
      Re: 2016-17 mens bb begins journey

      With the turnover in talent in the league from last year, there will probably be a number of teams in the league that will be decent by the end of the year but won't have pre-conference wins to help the league rpi.
      "My role is to lead, plain and simple. . . .I with the help of my staff and our administration, we will lead." --Ben Jacobson

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      • #138
        Re: 2016-17 mens bb begins journey

        Originally posted by Gboom23 View Post
        Brutal stretch for the Valley. 14 straight losses dating back to Wednesday. Some tough competition, lots of close calls (including buzzer beaters), and then some losses by Valley teams that are just awful (see Drake). Hopefully the Valley can pick up some wins this coming week to improve the league RPI.

        Wow. That is painful. Hope no one in the national media recognized it. That would make an awful (but tantalizing) headline. "Which conference lost 14 straight games?" Ugh.

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        • #139
          Re: 2016-17 mens bb begins journey

          Originally posted by UNIdad View Post
          Wow. That is painful. Hope no one in the national media recognized it. That would make an awful (but tantalizing) headline. "Which conference lost 14 straight games?" Ugh.
          I believe it got up to 15 when ISUb lost Sunday morning to winless Quinnipiac. Any team looking for an at-large out of the MVC is going to have to steamroll through the conference season.

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          • #140
            Re: 2016-17 mens bb begins journey

            Originally posted by SteinPizza View Post
            Three three that hurt are Wichita St, Indiana St, and Loyola all losing very close games to P5 teams in the last couple of days. Drake, etc, ehh...every conference has some weak teams. The MVC needs to win some of those games for the conference to be considered up, or having a good year as a whole.
            My very quick analysis of the league's RPI and other power rankings indicates it's more or less at the same level as last year right now. It's also still early in the OOC season, so the potential for a better league this year is still out there. Particularly for the RPI, where you'd think the MVC is "due" to win a better percentage of close games.

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            • #141
              Re: 2016-17 mens bb begins journey

              Originally posted by OhNewby View Post
              My very quick analysis of the league's RPI and other power rankings indicates it's more or less at the same level as last year right now. It's also still early in the OOC season, so the potential for a better league this year is still out there. Particularly for the RPI, where you'd think the MVC is "due" to win a better percentage of close games.
              I looked to today and our rpi on one site was like 5 or 6! We had the toughest schedule (but that happens when you play the #1 rpi team twice). I know its early and rpi this early is about as useful as some peoples comments on this site, but its still fun to look at.

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              • #142
                Re: 2016-17 mens bb begins journey

                Of note, the Drake basketball head coach resigned today. I want to thank Drake as a reminder that it can always get worse.

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                • #143
                  Re: 2016-17 mens bb begins journey

                  Originally posted by sevelev711 View Post
                  Of note, the Drake basketball head coach resigned today. I want to thank Drake as a reminder that it can always get worse.
                  Their AD should go next.
                  "My role is to lead, plain and simple. . . .I with the help of my staff and our administration, we will lead." --Ben Jacobson

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                  • #144
                    Re: 2016-17 mens bb begins journey

                    Originally posted by sevelev711 View Post
                    Of note, the Drake basketball head coach resigned today. I want to thank Drake as a reminder that it can always get worse.
                    They named former UNI assistant Jeff Rutter as HC. Not sure if it's interim or not, but will be curious to see what happens with a change of direction.

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                    • #145
                      Re: 2016-17 mens bb begins journey

                      Originally posted by sevelev711 View Post
                      Of note, the Drake basketball head coach resigned today. I want to thank Drake as a reminder that it can always get worse.
                      Wow...I know they were off to a rough start (again), but it's not often you read about a head college basketball coach resigning from his position in early December.

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                      • #146
                        Re: 2016-17 mens bb begins journey

                        Originally posted by UNIChippewa View Post
                        Wow...I know they were off to a rough start (again), but it's not often you read about a head college basketball coach resigning from his position in early December.
                        They had many alumni who were pretty frustrated by the negative direction of the program. I doubt this was totally voluntary.

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                        • #147
                          Re: 2016-17 mens bb begins journey

                          Originally posted by domedays View Post
                          Their AD should go next.
                          Drake is very politically correct. The AD bring a woman makes it very difficult to mover her.

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                          • #148
                            Re: 2016-17 mens bb begins journey

                            In other news, Indiana's state beat top 20 ranked Butler, and our good friends at George Mason took it to Penn State at Penn State. Yay for RPI boosts.

                            Edit: Meanwhile, Xavier just lost to Colorado. So much for our quality loss(es).
                            Last edited by sevelev711; 12-07-2016, 10:09 PM.

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                            • #149
                              Re: 2016-17 mens bb begins journey

                              Originally posted by sevelev711 View Post
                              In other news, Indiana's state beat top 20 ranked Butler, and our good friends at George Mason took it to Penn State at Penn State. Yay for RPI boosts.

                              Edit: Meanwhile, Xavier just lost to Colorado. So much for our quality loss(es).
                              Lansing is a good coach.
                              "My role is to lead, plain and simple. . . .I with the help of my staff and our administration, we will lead." --Ben Jacobson

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                              • #150
                                Re: 2016-17 mens bb begins journey

                                Originally posted by domedays View Post
                                Lansing is a good coach.
                                I've always thought so too. Sycamore fans were questioning that idea last year, which I think was unfair to him. They didn't seem to have much experience last year.

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