Opponents Scoreboard 2015-2016 Season

[talksalot]

So here are the HL teams and their Best Win and Worst Loss... based on today's Nolan RPI...

Valpo:  Best:  Oregon State #40   Worst:  #173 Ball State
Young: Best:  North Dakota #228  Worst:  #244 American
Detroit: Best: Toledo #138   Worst:  #42 Vandy
Oakland: Best: Eastern Michigan #99   Worst:  #162 Southern Illinois
Milwaukee:  Best:  Wisconsin #96  Worst:  Duquesne #139
Wright St: Best:  #86 South Dakota   Worst:  #277 Cal State Northridge
Cleveland St:  Best (Only) #337 Rider  Worst:  #155 Akron
UIC:  Best... keep lookin'   Worst:  #322 San Francisco
No Kentucky:  Best... keep lookin'   Worst:  #332 Eastern Illinois

[agibson]

Wisconsin's RPI will improve.  We'll see.

[oklahomamick]

Great night for HL last night.  Detroit win against Toledo.  Valpo against a MVC team and UWM beat Wisconsin. 

[agibson]

Illinois has really struggled this season against some weak opponents.  Escaped in regulation against Chicago State only via a buzzer beater.

[sic; Warren Nolan scorebook error]
They trailed UIC by _11_ at half time at the United Center, 41-30. Illinois now up one, 61-60, with 6:33 to play. ESPN3.

UIC with a bucket and a stop, 65-63 lead with the ball, 5:00 to play.

And then UIC has two players foul out and turns it over.  The lead's going back and forth.  3:40 to play.  Illini with two point lead and ball.

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Ack!  Turns out Warren Nolan had the teams switched.  It was _Illinois_ up by 11 at half.   UIC made a big comeback to get into the game, and was trading leads back and forth (I watched that part, on and off, from 6:33 to play).

UIC out of time outs at the end, and came up short, 83-79.  But, quite a come back, evidently, in the first 10-15 minutes of the second half.

[wh]

UIC 83 Illinois 79. Groce has to be yearning for the good old days at Ohio.

[agibson]

I wonder how widely reported the wrong score was?  I assume Warren Nolan picks his up from some central database...

[a3uge]

Oakland is 5.5 underdogs to Toledo tonight. Very interesting, considering Detroit just beat them and they only beat UWGB on a buzzer beating three.

[agibson]

Oakland is 5.5 underdogs to Toledo tonight. Very interesting, considering Detroit just beat them and they only beat UWGB on a buzzer beating three.

Detroit was at home.  So was Green Bay.  KenPom numbers claim Toledo and Oakland are pretty evenly matched.  So, on the road, Oakland's the dog.

(I'd not noticed Detroit's RPI has climbed to 34.  Shame it won't last.  But, hey, they're 0.500 against D1!)

[wh]

UIC 83 Illinois 79. Groce has to be yearning for the good old days at Ohio.

I see that Nolan has reversed the score. That said, if there's such a thing as a humiliating win, this was it.

[VULB#62]

Oakland is 5.5 underdogs to Toledo tonight. Very interesting, considering Detroit just beat them and they only beat UWGB on a buzzer beating three.

Detroit was at home.  So was Green Bay.  KenPom numbers claim Toledo and Oakland are pretty evenly matched.  So, on the road, Oakland's the dog.

(I'd not noticed Detroit's RPI has climbed to 34.  Shame it won't last.  But, hey, they're 0.500 against D1!)

Oakland wins.

[a3uge]

Oakland is 5.5 underdogs to Toledo tonight. Very interesting, considering Detroit just beat them and they only beat UWGB on a buzzer beating three.

Detroit was at home.  So was Green Bay.  KenPom numbers claim Toledo and Oakland are pretty evenly matched.  So, on the road, Oakland's the dog.

(I'd not noticed Detroit's RPI has climbed to 34.  Shame it won't last.  But, hey, they're 0.500 against D1!)

Oakland wins.

Should have bet on that game - knew that spread was fishy.

[agibson]

Northern Kentucky picks up a D1!  Beat Norfolk State in Cincinnati (or wherever it is Northern Kentucky's located... across the river there some place).  81-60.

RPI... climbs to 287?

Just UIC now, waiting for a D1 win.

[talksalot]

Conference RPI (RealTimeRPI).... who does not recognize Northern Kentucky as a member
CHANGE                            RANK   TEAM   CONF    D-1   RPI#  SOS    SOS#
Down 11 From Last Week   14    Valparaiso   0-0     7-2    0.6462   47    0.5748
Up 30 From Last Week   45    Detroit   0-0     3-3    0.6065   7    0.6421
Up 52 From Last Week   91    Milwaukee   0-0     6-3    0.5577   162    0.5066
Up 23 From Last Week   147    Oakland   0-0     6-3    0.5180   296    0.4342
Down 5 from Last Week   174    Green Bay   0-0     3-4    0.4995   185    0.4943
Up 10 From Last Week   212    Cleveland St.   0-0     1-7    0.4728   33    0.5865
Up 40 From Last Week   226    Wright St.   0-0     1-6    0.4627   65    0.5595
Up 22 From Last Week   269    Youngstown St.   0-0     3-6    0.4281   263    0.4545
Down 27 From Last Week   299    North. Kentucky   0-0     0-5    0.4066   94    0.5421 (COPIED FROM A-SUN)
Up 3 From Last Week   343    Ill. Chicago   0-0     0-6    0.3510   232    0.4681

[vu72]

ARGGGGGG!!!  Just watched Cleveland State v. Loyola.  At the half it is 24-23 Loyola.  As ugly a basketball game as I've seen since my daughter played in 5th grade.  Also, if they say there are more than 500 in attendance they lied.  It is bleak to say the least.

[talksalot]

and the Vikings win it by 6... can't hurt !!  and UIC is "hanging in there" with Illinois State with 7:21 to play...

[historyman]

Northern Kentucky picks up a D1!  Beat Norfolk State in Cincinnati (or wherever it is Northern Kentucky's located... across the river there some place).  81-60. RPI... climbs to 287? Just UIC now, waiting for a D1 win.

http://tinyurl.com/zx95kd4 Google map

Geography of a conference foe must be remembered. Guessing is disrespect.

[a3uge]

Northern Kentucky picks up a D1!  Beat Norfolk State in Cincinnati (or wherever it is Northern Kentucky's located... across the river there some place).  81-60. RPI... climbs to 287? Just UIC now, waiting for a D1 win.

http://tinyurl.com/zx95kd4 Google map

Geography of a conference foe must be remembered. Guessing is disrespect.

Mark my words: NKU will achieve a double bye in the conference tournament in a shorter time than Valpo did!

[vu72]

Oakland is beating Washington like a drum.  Up 21 in the second half and led by 20 at the break.  Washington is 7-2 with victory over Texas and a 16 point loss to Gonzaga.  Lindy\s did pick them to finish last in the Pac-12 so maybe not such a big win but still, a win on the road to a Pac-12 team still is impressive.

[blackpantheruwm]

Oakland should have beaten Michigan State. I've never seen so many off-the-ball foul calls in my life. It really felt like the refs were targeting OU in the early parts of the second half to help MSU get back in it. Forbes is a chump, BTW. I hope someone from the HL sees him in the Tournament and makes him eat it.

[blackpantheruwm]

Oh we beat Minnesota too btw

[agibson]

You'd think the home teams would be clear favorites across the board today in the HL.

WVUR post-game suggested YSU led for a bit in the second half, but Detroit's back on top by ten now.

Wright State does have a small lead at Milwaukee, in the first half.

[talksalot]

OAK was up 8 with 10:45 to play
OAK was up 14 with 9:32 to play
OAK was up 20 with 6:40 to plan

[agibson]

OAK was up 8 with 10:45 to play

After having led CSU by 14 at the half.

[talksalot]

Shockers in progress
1:19 first half:  Wright State 41 Milwaukee 27... In Milwaukee~
3:44 first half:  Missouri State 25 Evansville (12-2)  19
3:07 first half:  Kansas 39 Baylor 22

[historyman]

Oh we beat Minnesota too btw

That's only because Minnesota really sucks this year----even worse than Wisconsin.