Game 29-Valpo (Purple out!)

[Wxcpanther]

This game, due to tiebreaker situations, is probably even bigger than the one we just played. With Valpo only being a game behind us, a loss would be disastrous because it would essentially put them a game ahead of us due to the head to head sweep. Guys are really locked in, hopefully will have Ty back, I really feel like there will be a good crowd. Let's do this thing!

[UNI Ka-Bullseye]

How are our Avoid Thursday probabilities looking now that the mid-week games went about perfectly for us? I think with a win here we should be nearing the safe zone.

[GonzoCat]

Let's just win the next 8 games and then see who our opponent is after that.

[UNIGrainer]

Agreed. Wednesday was huge, but we can’t let down at all because there is still work to do and this one, as you said, is probably more important than the last.

[CyCarp]

They really killed us in the paint the first time we faced them, we have to be able to limit that. Might need JD to step in and take some minutes with their size.

[Hacksaw]

How are our Avoid Thursday probabilities looking now that the mid-week games went about perfectly for us? I think with a win here we should be nearing the safe zone.

The model right now has UNI at about a 17% chance of a Thursday game. Looking solely at only the UNI/Valpo game and excluding any potential shifts in Sagarin ratings, a win on Saturday reduces the Thursday odds to about 2%, whereas a loss increases it to about 45%.

[06panther10]

The model right now has UNI at about a 17% chance of a Thursday game. Looking solely at only the UNI/Valpo game and excluding any potential shifts in Sagarin ratings, a win on Saturday reduces the Thursday odds to about 2%, whereas a loss increases it to about 45%.

Wow, thats incredible.

Lock in Panthers, lets get this one.

[MNpanthers]

Head over to MVCfans to see some of the really cool analysis Hacksaw does, saw if for the first time yesterday and it's very interesting stuff

https://www.mvcfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5194&start=100

[clenz]

Just win

don't care how it by how much

[UNI Ka-Bullseye]

Let's just win the next 8 games and then see who our opponent is after that.

That would put us in the sweet 16, so I’ll take it!

[kochrab]

Dang. UNI social media peeps (I'm just on FB) are killing it this week. They've posted about winning free tickets to the last home game, a free UNI branded scooter for students at this weeks game, a video of Coach Jake asking people to show up and more all within the last 24 hours it feels like. Well done media people!

[UNIGrainer]

The model right now has UNI at about a 17% chance of a Thursday game. Looking solely at only the UNI/Valpo game and excluding any potential shifts in Sagarin ratings, a win on Saturday reduces the Thursday odds to about 2%, whereas a loss increases it to about 45%.

So you're saying this game is the Ron Burgundy of games. Kind of a big deal.

[MNpanthers]

Dang. UNI social media peeps (I'm just on FB) are killing it this week. They've posted about winning free tickets to the last home game, a free UNI branded scooter for students at this weeks game, a video of Coach Jake asking people to show up and more all within the last 24 hours it feels like. Well done media people!

I hope they're doing more to advertise the scooter, which will be given away at the Loyola game. A couple tweets may not be enough to get word around. Posters in dorms, signs on campus, email, etc

Its an award that has the potential to fill the student section up, college kids love scooters. I'll be pretty dissapointed if the student turnout isn't great cause it'll be an indication they did a poor job getting the word out

[Wxcpanther]

I hope they're doing more to advertise the scooter, which will be given away at the Loyola game. A couple tweets may not be enough to get word around. Posters in dorms, signs on campus, email, etc

Its an award that has the potential to fill the student section up, college kids love scooters. I'll be pretty dissapointed if the student turnout isn't great cause it'll be an indication they did a poor job getting the word out

It's also the "passport" game for the men's team as well for the free Arch Madness packet, I'm expecting a big turnout.

[Big Cats]

I hope they're doing more to advertise the scooter, which will be given away at the Loyola game. A couple tweets may not be enough to get word around. Posters in dorms, signs on campus, email, etc

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