2024-2025 Around the League and Other Games of Interest

[PantherAlum09]

Bradley and ISUr are just trading threes right now. Holy cow.

[asihe_1991]

All those 3s and the CBS theme got me a little pumped up

[kochrab]

I really don't want to see ISU at the arch.

[kochrab]

ISU wins and gives us a clear road to the 2 seed if we can do some good things on the home stretch.

[BCPanther]

That's a program turning win for Illinois State. They finally finished a big one.

The Valley needs Illinois State to be good.

[Wxcpanther]

That's a program turning win for Illinois State. They finally finished a big one.

The Valley needs Illinois State to be good.

Better yet, they're in a prime spot to be opposite us as the 5 seed in St.Louis, potentially playing Drake on Saturday.

[BCPanther]

Better yet, they're in a prime spot to be opposite us as the 5 seed in St.Louis, potentially playing Drake on Saturday.

I am ALL the way here for a Belmont-Illinois State game on Friday. Fantastic basketball.

[CincyPanther88]

If UNI and D+ are tied at the end of the season, who gets the 1 seed?

[Wxcpanther]

If UNI and D+ are tied at the end of the season, who gets the 1 seed?

Whoever has the higher NET ranking, which will most likely be Drake

[kochrab]

If UNI and D+ are tied at the end of the season, who gets the 1 seed?

Even if they get the 1, we'd get a share of the regular season title which would be MASSIVE considering where this team was at the start of the regular season.

[06panther10]

Does anybody know Illinois State's path to the 5 seed? Would be ideal for us if they would could bump up to the 5 seed and into Drake's side of the Arch Madness bracket.

Unless I am mistaken, I believe UIC is currently sitting in the 5 seed line.

[BCPanther]

Does anybody know Illinois State's path to the 5 seed? Would be ideal for us if they would could bump up to the 5 seed and into Drake's side of the Arch Madness bracket.

Unless I am mistaken, I believe UIC is currently sitting in the 5 seed line.

They currently are the 5 and basically just need to win 2 out of their last 3 (at Missouri State, at Southern, Evansville). They're 19 spots ahead of UIC in the NET right now so it's unlikely that UIC catches them. UIC still has to come here and has Evansville and Valpo at home. Murray is also 8-9 but they still have to play at Bradley and at Belmont.

Agreed that Belmont and Illinois State at 4/5 is ideal for us.

[asihe_1991]

Evansville within 1 of Drake with 9 minutes to go. Stirtz with a generational flop to draw an illegal screen foul

[Gboom23]

Does someone want to try to lay out scenarios of who will end up getting the 5-10 seeds?

[PantherAlum09]

Watched Bradley/Valpo and Duke Deen is really on one right now. When he is on a shooting streak, it's the closest thing I've seen in the league since AJ. Bradley was really struggling with Valpo until Deen went ahead and hit 4 or 5 threes in a row in the second half.

Last time we played Bradley Deen was in a bit of a shooting funk. I don't think that will be the case this time. You have to pick him up dang near half court.