Opponent Games and Scores

[talksalot]

Tuesday 12/29 - Valpo RPI up to #28, SOS up to #82 with these results posted... Wait a sec... RPI has risen to #27 in the past 3 minutes...

so, 3-1 on the night... would have been a safe bet
Ball State (8-4) 63 Alabama A&M 62...BSU RPI 259, AA&M is 223...
Cleveland State (8-4) 77 Cedarville 37
Northern Illinois 70 UIC (2-9) 65  *  Huskies RPI is 129...should not have been this close!
Oregon (11-2) 88 Western Oregon 60

NIU/UIC GameTracker game stats:
http://www.cstv.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mbaskbl.html?event=1446669&school=cbs&sport=mbaskbl&camefrom=&startschool=&
* Odiase, Matthews and Whitaker all fouled out...55 total fouls called in the game.

[talksalot]

Wednesday 12/30 - Watch 'em all!
if our opponents do any better than 2-4 on the night, it'll be a good day!

Oakland @ Virginia - ESPNU at 5pm Central
Rhode Island @ Brown - ESPN3 - 6pm Central
Oral Roberts @ IPFW - FW Local Feed:   http://www.gomastodons.com/watch/?Live=395
Northern Kentucky @ Toledo - ESPN3 - 6pm Central
Indiana State @ Evansville - ESPN3 @ 7pm Central
Missouri State @ Illinois State - ESPN3 @ 7pm Central

[justducky]

Only a 1 point Oakland half time lead. I think I am disappointed!

[oklahomamick]

Oakland is a 1 man show.  Stop Felder and the game is yours.  Easier said than done, maybe I should say delay Felder. 

Can we post him up with our larger guards and get him in foul trouble?  Attack him and force him to defend.  On the other side, If he beats our guards off the dribble we have a rim protector in Vashil as a "cover"defender.  However, that would probably result in Felder shooting 20 free throws. 

Felder has taken 14 of the 22 Oakland shots.  He has 17 of the 29 points with 3 assists on the 12 points he didn't score himself.  If a team can shut him down, they win.   

[vu72]

So is Felder better than Sykes? Both are lightning quick but undersized. Sykes had real problems against our length. Should be very interesting to see how Felder does against  E and Shane.

[HC]

Yes, and it's not even close.

[a3uge]

Felder has been appearing in a couple mock drafts (in the 2nd round). He might be gone next year. I think he's better than Sykes, but Sykes never got to shoot 300 shots a game.

[justducky]

Felder has been appearing in a couple mock drafts (in the 2nd round). He might be gone next year.

Both Dorsey-Walker and Martez Walker played high school basketball with Felder. Now that they have transferred and all reunited at Oakland it seems unlikely that Felder wouldn't stay the course. I think that everybody or everybody but Hooper is returning in 16-17. That would also make walking away difficult.

If that complete bunch does return I would look for the senior Alec Peter's led team to play pre-season second fiddle to Oakland.     

[talksalot]

Wednesday 12/30 - Valpo RPI 27, SOS 83 after the IPFW game went final; up to #26 after the Rhode Island game went final... and now that they are done... RPI is back up to 28... with the SOS at 83 still.

Virginia 71 Oakland (8-5) 58 after the final is posted, OAK's RPI is 93, SOS 165
Rhode Island (7-5) 88 Brown 83  - Overtime...  Rhodey's RPI jumped from 124 to 107 after the win
IPFW (11-4) 90 Oral Roberts 84
Toledo 90 Northern Kentucky (4-7 ) 73
Evansville  70 Indiana State (6-7) 62- Sycamores up 8 at the half
Illinois State 74 Missouri State (4-9) 61  - Redbirds up 14 with 10:00 to play

Yup... 2-4 on the day...

[wh]

Felder has been appearing in a couple mock drafts (in the 2nd round). He might be gone next year.

Both Dorsey-Walker and Martez Walker played high school basketball with Felder. Now that they have transferred and all reunited at Oakland it seems unlikely that Felder wouldn't stay the course. I think that everybody or everybody but Hooper is returning in 16-17. That would also make walking away difficult.

If that complete bunch does return I would look for the senior Alec Peter's led team to play pre-season second fiddle to Oakland.     

We have won the league 3 of the last 4 years. It will be 4 of the past 5 after this year and 5 of the past 6 after next year.

Next year's team will be a powerhouse, led by 4 of the top 10 players in the HL - Alec, Tevonn, Shane, and Derrik. No one, including Oakland, will matchup with them. At the end of the day Felder (like Sykes before him) will have 4 years of unending praise and nothing to show for it.

Teams that excel at both ends of the court win championships in the HL.  That defines Valpo, not Oakland. Valpo is king. Long live the king.

[a3uge]

Can we just get through this year first?

[talksalot]

Thursday 12/31
Belmont @ Southeast Missouri
Chicago State @ Ball State

Friday 1/1... no games

Saturday 1/2... the fun begins!
Northern Kentucky @ Green Bay
Youngstown State @ Detroit
Cleveland State @ Oakland
Wright State @ Milwaukee
Iona @ Quinnipiac
Loyola @ Indiana State
Evansville @ Missouri State
St Louis @ Rhode Island
Purdue North Central @ IPFW

... Oregon @ Oregon State is on Sunday...

[talksalot]

Thursday 12/31
Belmont (9-6) 92 Southeast Missouri 82 (Our RPI stayed at 28 after this was posted)
Ball State (9-4) 73 Chicago State (4-12) 48 (and it stayed at 28 after this one, too!)

Cardinals improve to 7-1 at home this year, only loss is to #160 Pepperdine.... That's the best RPI-rated them they've played all year... other than us.

[talksalot]

Saturday 1/2... the fun begins!... OOC opponents 4-1 on the day...

Green Bay (8-5) 86 Northern Kentucky (4-8) 70
Detroit (7-5) 96 Youngstown State (5-9) 87
Oakland (9-5) 86 Cleveland State (5-9) 68  (Felder 20pts, 10 assists)
Wright State (7-7) 84 Milwaukee (9-5) 82
Iona (6-6) 78 Quinnipiac 66
Indiana State (7-7) 73 Loyola 58
Evansville 76 Missouri State (4-10) 59... outscored 49-29 in the second half
Rhode Island (9-5) 85 St. Louis 57
IPFW (12-4) 126 Purdue North Central 95
Wright State has given Milwaukee a 16-0 run... 66-65 Wright with 5:00 to play... Tied at 75, going to overtime~!  it wound up a 20-2 run...Tiby 21 of 23 Points in the second half.

IPFW was 52 of 72 (72.2%) from the field.  (74% from 2pt range)


Detroit - YST Box Score:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/gametracker/boxscore/NCAAB_20160102_YOUNG@DTROIT

[talksalot]

Sunday, 1/3/16
Oregon @ Oregon State

Monday 1/4/16
Youngstown State @ Oakland
Niagara @ Iona
Cleveland State @ Detroit
Wright State @ Green Bay
Northern Kentucky @ Milwaukee

Tuesday 1/5
Washington Generals Vs. Globetrotters @ Valparaiso University
Richmond @ Rhode Island


Wednesday 1/6
South Dakota @ IPFW
Toledo @ Ball State
Indiana State @ Drake
Northern Iowa @ Missouri State
Belmont @ SIU-Edwardsville
California @ Oregon
Stanford @ Oregon State

[wh]

Oakland (9-5) 86 Cleveland State (5-9) 68  (Felder 20pts, 10 assists)

Felder played all 40 minutes. Better safe than sorry. You never know to the last second when an opponent might get on an 18-point run. lol

[oklahomamick]

Oakland (9-5) 86 Cleveland State (5-9) 68  (Felder 20pts, 10 assists)

Felder played all 40 minutes. Better safe than sorry. You never know to the last second when an opponent might get on an 18-point run. lol

wow Kampe....

[talksalot]

You never know to the last second when an opponent might get on an 18-point run. lol

Like Milwaukee did against Wright State !  (20-2 over 5 minutes)... only to lose in OT... but... just sayin'...

OH... IPFW 60 Purdue North Central 32... AT THE HALF!

[ValpoFan]

My best guess is that Felder is asking for the minutes to beef up his stats and improve his draft chances. Kempe is just doing his superstar a favor.

[oklahomamick]

Re: Opponent Games and Scores « Reply #193 on: Today at 07:23:45 PM » Qu

Not saying he couldn't, but Felder is not going anywhere. 

[wh]

My best guess is that Felder is asking for the minutes to beef up his stats and improve his draft chances. Kempe is just doing his superstar a favor.

Felder hit a 3 with 18 seconds left and Oakland holding a 15 point lead. Oh, and CSU had already substituted out its starters and in effect had already conceded the game.

Just add it to the list of boneheaded Kampe-isms.

[VULB#62]

My best guess is that Felder is asking for the minutes to beef up his stats and improve his draft chances. Kempe is just doing his superstar a favor.

Felder hit a 3 with 18 seconds left and Oakland holding a 15 point lead. Oh, and CSU had already substituted out its starters and in effect had already conceded the game.

Just add it to the list of boneheaded Kampe-isms.

Noted earlier: Bryce is the AntiKampe. 

[agibson]

My best guess is that Felder is asking for the minutes to beef up his stats and improve his draft chances. Kempe is just doing his superstar a favor.

Felder hit a 3 with 18 seconds left and Oakland holding a 15 point lead. Oh, and CSU had already substituted out its starters and in effect had already conceded the game.

Just add it to the list of boneheaded Kampe-isms.

The contrast with Bryce is remarkable, for sure. Maybe Bryce takes it _too_ far.  But, Alec played 27.  And the end of the bench held the ball at the end of the game. Even through a shot clock violation.

I do wonder about Tevonn's minutes. He played just 20. Was it just his poor offense? 1 of 9 shooting? Or could there be something of his injuries hanging around?

The contrast in shots taken is pretty crazy.  It's obviously not as simple as "Alec, take more shots".  But, Tevonn 1-9. Darien 4-9. Alec 4-6.

[a3uge]

I'm not complaining - let Kampe run his players into the ground again. Worked out well last year in the conference tournament.

[talksalot]

Final Score from 1/3:

Oregon State 70 Oregon 57   took the 10-14-point lead early, and held it throughout the game.

OSU moves to top 50 sagarin @ #45; Oregon slips to #40 (from 39)

So Valpo is 1-1 against top-50 teams, and has the only Top-50 win in the Horizon League ... Wisconsin is up to #57 with a chance at moving up as their B10 competition heats up.