12/15 Valpo at Missouri State

[covufan]

A week off, finals ending this week, will it be a slugish game or will they come out energized?  I'm hoping for a breakout game, one that we can build on going into these last days of 2012 and into the HL season.  An extra rebound here, a forced TO there, a few made threes, a hand in the face of the shooter...

Valpo    71
Mizz St  59

[milanmiracle]

A week off, finals ending this week, will it be a slugish game or will they come out energized?  I'm hoping for a breakout game, one that we can build on going into these last days of 2012 and into the HL season.  An extra rebound here, a forced TO there, a few made threes, a hand in the face of the shooter...

Valpo    71
Mizz St  59

I am hoping for an easy win over an 0-7 team. Hard to have a breakout win against a winless team with an RPI of 276. This should be a blowout and if they lose...well lets not go there.

[HC]

74-59 in our favor

[truth219]

80-50 valpo....is dority eligible for this game

[HC]

Yes

[LaPorteAveApostle]

Perhaps it bears reminding (I know it helped me) to know just how valuable to RPI a road win--ANY road win is:  (From wikipedia, emphases mine)

The current and commonly used formula for determining the RPI of a college basketball team at any given time is as follows.
RPI = (WP * 0.25) + (OWP * 0.50) + (OOWP * 0.25)
where WP is Winning Percentage, OWP is Opponents' Winning Percentage and OOWP is Opponents' Opponents' Winning Percentage.
The WP is calculated by taking a team's wins divided by the number of games it has played (i.e. wins plus losses).
For Division 1 NCAA Men's basketball, the WP factor of the RPI was updated in 2004 to account for differences in home, away, and neutral games. A home win now counts as 0.6 win, while a road win counts as 1.4 wins. Inversely, a home loss equals 1.4 losses, while a road loss counts as 0.6 loss. A neutral game counts as 1 win or 1 loss. This change was based on statistical data that consistently showed home teams in Division I basketball winning about two-thirds of the time.[2] Note that this location adjustment applies only to the WP factor and not the OWP and OOWP factors. Only games against Division 1 teams are included for all RPI factors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratings_Percentage_Index

Valpo by 8.  Say 72-64.

[EddieCabot]

I saw on Twitter today that Capobianco had 6 stitches over his eye.  Shouldn't be a factor given the level of competition in the next week, but continues a streak of bad luck for him.

[HC]

http://cbbpps.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/valpo-at-missouri-state/

Took a look at the PPS for both teams and their opponents.  MSU really struggles rebounding, not fouling, and defending the paint (8 blocked shots).  A couple of Valpo's strengths has been our rebounding and KVW's ability to get to the line.

[vuweathernerd]

I saw on Twitter today that Capobianco had 6 stitches over his eye.  Shouldn't be a factor given the level of competition in the next week, but continues a streak of bad luck for him.

what happened to lead to this bad break?

[valpopal]

I saw on Twitter today that Capobianco had 6 stitches over his eye.  Shouldn't be a factor given the level of competition in the next week, but continues a streak of bad luck for him.

Yes, I saw him, and his right eye looks nearly swollen shut. Some faculty must give really tough final exams!

[valpopal]

Bobby Capobianco, one tough Crusader, will be ready to play:

[EddieCabot]

Bobby Capobianco, one tough Crusader, will be ready to play:

Monty Python-The Black Knight

[wh]

The "faceless" Black Knight looks eerily familiar.   

[vubballfan10]

Dority becoming eligible should result in decreased minutes for Bogan and Buggs.

[truth219]

We can only hope he's legit

[78crusader]

A win, but a close game that will not help alleviate any concerns about this team.

VU 68
Mo State 64

Paul

[milanmiracle]

We can only hope he's legit

Depends on your definition of legit. He's a point guard who can actually shoot. You'll have to honor his jumper, which will eliminate the 4 on 5 offense. That makes him legit in my world. Buggs has a roll on this team but it's not starting point guard.

[StlVUFan]

We can only hope he's legit

Depends on your definition of legit. He's a point guard who can actually shoot. You'll have to honor his jumper, which will eliminate the 4 on 5 offense. That makes him legit in my world. Buggs has a roll on this team but it's not starting point guard.

Well, he's definitely not on a "roll" as a starting point guard, I'll give you that 

[VUfan]

vu 64 MSU 61 A ROAD WIN !!! 

[LaPorteAveApostle]

he's definitely not on a "roll" as a starting point guard

it buggs me when people beat me to jokes

[valporun]

Someone likes to go "Broekhoff" these jokes, don't they?

[crusadermoe]

Thats when the whole string really Boggs down.

[StlVUFan]

We're here all week, folks.  Tip your waitress.

[LaPorteAveApostle]

Some folks don't wijk it when we do this to threads.

[chef]

Yep they think it's Bogan. Kenney keep it to real Hooper talk instead of all this joking around.