All Valpo Opponents... and their Opponents coming up... how many wins?

[talksalot]

and the Friday line-up.... and honestly, I'm only seeing two wins (outside the MVC game)

Friday, December 22, 2017   Bradley   Ole Miss
Friday, December 22, 2017   Jackson State   Ball State
Friday, December 22, 2017   Loyola   Missouri State
Friday, December 22, 2017   MD Eastern Shore   Drake
Friday, December 22, 2017   Nevada   Southern Illinois - the Vegas Tournament
Friday, December 22, 2017   Oklahoma   Northwestern
Friday, December 22, 2017   SIU-Edwardsville   Central Michigan
Friday, December 22, 2017   UC Merced   UC Riverside
Friday, December 22, 2017   UTEP    UNC-Wilmington in the Sun Bowl Tournament, hosted by UTEP
Friday, December 22, 2017   Xavier   Northern Iowa

[vu72]

and the Friday line-up.... and honestly, I'm only seeing two wins (outside the MVC game)

Friday, December 22, 2017   Bradley   Ole Miss
Friday, December 22, 2017   Jackson State   Ball State
Friday, December 22, 2017   Loyola   Missouri State
Friday, December 22, 2017   MD Eastern Shore   Drake
Friday, December 22, 2017   Nevada   Southern Illinois - the Vegas Tournament
Friday, December 22, 2017   Oklahoma   Northwestern
Friday, December 22, 2017   SIU-Edwardsville   Central Michigan
Friday, December 22, 2017   UC Merced   UC Riverside
Friday, December 22, 2017   UTEP    UNC-Wilmington in the Sun Bowl Tournament, hosted by UTEP
Friday, December 22, 2017   Xavier   Northern Iowa

Why?  Bradley can beat Ole Miss who is 6-5 with losses to Mid Tenn and IL State

Ball State should be a win

Drake should win

Northwestern should win

UC Riverside should be favored

UNC Wilmington could win. UTEP is 5-6 and recentlt lost their head coach

With any luck that could be 6 wins!

[EddieCabot]

I believe UNCW is actually playing Howard tonight (at UTEP).  That's a win.

Northwestern should win

At Oklahoma?  OU beat WSU by 8 in Wichita on Saturday.  Northwestern could win, but I'd think OU will be at least an 8 point favorite.

[vu72]

I believe UNCW is actually playing Howard tonight (at UTEP).  That's a win.

Northwestern should win

At Oklahoma?  OU beat WSU by 8 in Wichita on Saturday.  Northwestern could win, but I'd think OU will be at least an 8 point favorite.

Though OK hasn't really played a tough schedule, they did beat Wichita State.  I'll agree it should a "could win" not a "should win"!

[talksalot]

And I missed the indiana state game with elon, should be a win. Drake and Ball state are favored

UCR has no line vs D2 Merced. Seahawks are favored by 1 over winless Howard.  So maybe 5 Ws.

Sooner schooner favored by 7.

[talksalot]

Sorry to report 72,but at the half, Okie 68_38 on Northwestern  And, ole miss up on Bradley 40_20.
Add the elon win over the Sycs...not a good start

[EddieCabot]

Sorry to report 72,but at the half, Okie 68_38 on Northwestern  And, ole miss up on Bradley 40_20.
Add the elon win over the Sycs...not a good start

Northwestern was without Vic Law tonight.  Law was their leading scorer in the game against Valpo.

[talksalot]

UCR,drake, Ball state are the three winners. Even UNCW lost to Howard.

[talksalot]

Nice win for the salukis over Duquesne by10.  Merry Christmas!  Done til after the holiday.

[bbtds]

I think the strangest stat I heard while traveling on the radio was Northwestern shot 1 for 9 against Lewis from three in the 1st half. How do P5 teams shoot so well against Valpo and then have poorer shooting nights against lesser teams. Was it the double teaming of the big men?

[valpotx]

SE LA with a big win against SF Austin.

[talksalot]

Picking up since Christmas...

12/27 game:    San Jose State 72   Utah State 86   WIN

and all of these were last night: 
Bradley 64   Drake 66   PUSH
Greensboro College 60   UNC-Wilmington 101   WIN
Kent State 68   Albany 78   LOSS
Pepperdine 65   Santa Clara 72   WIN
SIU-Edwardsville 58   Austin Peay 78   LOSS
Southern Illinois 56   Northern Iowa 53   PUSH
Stephen F Austin 62   Southeastern Louisiana 73   WIN
UC Riverside 82   Utah Valley 90   LOSS

The opponents are 129-96

AND one game tonight... Florida A&M (1-14) is at Ball State   7pm

And a veritable plethora of games over the weekend

Saturday, December 30, 2017   Brown   Northwestern
Saturday, December 30, 2017   Chattanooga   Samford
Saturday, December 30, 2017   Delaware   UNC-Wilmington
Saturday, December 30, 2017   Evansville   Loyola
Saturday, December 30, 2017   Lipscomb   Purdue
Saturday, December 30, 2017   Santa Clara   Gonzaga
Saturday, December 30, 2017   SIU-Edwardsville   Murray State
Saturday, December 30, 2017   UC Riverside   Seattle
Saturday, December 30, 2017   Utah State   San Diego State

Sunday, December 31, 2017   Drake   Southern Illinois
Sunday, December 31, 2017   Indiana State   Illinois State
Sunday, December 31, 2017   Northern Iowa   Bradley
Sunday, December 31, 2017   Southeastern Louisiana   Central Arkansas

[talksalot]

Ball State takes care of FAMU 75-54...  130-96 heading into the weekend....

and today's games have the home team favored in every game, but one...which would mean a 3-5-1 day...

Brown   Northwestern   by 17
Chattanooga   Samford   Mocs by 3
Delaware   UNC-Wilmington   by 1.5
Evansville   Loyola   by 8 - PUSH
Lipscomb   Purdue   by 21
Santa Clara   Gonzaga   by 24
SIU-Edwardsville   Murray State   by 18
UC Riverside   Seattle   by 11
Utah State   San Diego State    by 10.5

[talksalot]

Check back periodically as I'll update this...

Experts predicted a 3-5-1 day... and they were right !  and they were light on every spread except the Aces-Ramblers game...

Brown   Northwestern   by 17 - Cats take it 95-73 - WIN
Chattanooga   Samford   Mocs by 3 -Bulldogs take it 73-56 - WIN
Delaware   UNC-Wilmington   by 1.5   Blue Hens - 58-56 LOSS
Evansville   Loyola   by 8 - Ramblers did not cover, won 66-59 - PUSH
Lipscomb   Purdue   by 21 6pm - Boilers take it 98-66 - WIN
Santa Clara   Gonzaga   by 24  Zags take it 101-52, LOSS
SIU-Edwardsville   Murray State   by 18 Racers take it 87-63 - LOSS
UC Riverside   Seattle   by 11   Seattle takes it 95-71 - LOSS
Utah State   San Diego State    by 10.5  8pm - Aztecs take it 79-59 - LOSS

Heading into Sunday...133-101...where three of the four games are MVC push games...

Both of the remaining undefeateds fell today... Nova fell to THEM and Arizona took out the SunDevils in Tucson.

[talksalot]

Sunday, December 31, 2017   Southeastern Louisiana   Central Arkansas - Bears over the Lions by 9; unlike the NFL.

MVC Lines:
UNI favored by 1 at Bradley
Valpo favored by 1 over MoSt
Illinois State favored by 3 over Indiana State
Southern Illinois favored by 9 over Drake


Tuesday, January 02, 2018   Drexel   UNC-Wilmington - Seahawks favored by 1 (I don't believe it)
Tuesday, January 02, 2018   Eastern Michigan   Ball State - Cardinals favored by 2 (or 13 in the other line)
Tuesday, January 02, 2018   Kent State   Northern Illinois - Huskies favored by 4
Tuesday, January 02, 2018   Nebraska   Northwestern  Wildcats favored by 10


Wednesday, January 03, 2018   Evansville   Southern Illinois - Salukis by 2 or 7
Wednesday, January 03, 2018   Fresno State   Utah State - Bulldogs by 2 or 6
Wednesday, January 03, 2018   Illinois State   Drake - Bulldogs by 3 in one line, Redbirds by 16 in another
Wednesday, January 03, 2018   Indiana State   Loyola - Ramblers by 9 or 20
Wednesday, January 03, 2018   Rutgers   Purdue - Boilers favored by 18
Wednesday, January 03, 2018   UC Riverside   CSU Fullerton - Titans favored by 8
(Bradley favored by 5 over visiting Valpo)


Thursday, January 04, 2018   East Tennessee   Samford - Buccaneers favored by 9 or 14
Thursday, January 04, 2018   Northern Iowa   Missouri State - Bears favored by 6 or 2
Thursday, January 04, 2018   Santa Clara   Loyola Marymount - Lions by 8
Thursday, January 04, 2018   SIU-Edwardsville   Eastern Kentucky - Colonels favored by 8

Friday, January 05, 2018   Northwestern   Penn State - Nittany Lions favored by 7, OR, Wildcats favored by 7
Friday, January 05, 2018   UNC-Wilmington   Towson - Tigers favored by 20

[talksalot]

One OOC final from yesterday for the list...
Southeastern Louisiana 73   Central Arkansas 69   WIN
134-101 to end the calendar year....

so the prognosticators did not have a good day yesterday...

UNI favored by 1 at Bradley - Bradley by 19, at Peoria
Valpo favored by 1 over MoSt - MoSt by 17
Illinois State favored by 3 over Indiana State  - Redbirds won... by 3 !  a Push in Bloomington
Southern Illinois favored by 9 over Drake - Drake 70-67, at Carbondale

[talksalot]

134-101 coming into action...

Tuesday, January 02, 2018   

Drexel   UNC-Wilmington - Seahawks favored by 1 (I don't believe it) - wow... UNCW 107-87 - WIN!
Eastern Michigan   Ball State - Cardinals favored by 2 - BSU 72-62 WIN
Kent State   Northern Illinois - Huskies favored by 4 - NIU 75-61 - LOSS
Nebraska   Northwestern  Wildcats favored by 10 - Huskies lead by 7, 7 to play

[bbtds]

Nebraska   Northwestern  Wildcats favored by 10 - Huskers lead by 7, 7 to play

Aksarben  70
Nretsewhtron  55

That's a big loss for Nretsewhtron. Sounds like a Russian transformer.

[talksalot]

Sknaht, stdbb !

136-103 going into tonight...

Wednesday, January 03, 2018   
Evansville   Southern Illinois - Salukis by 2 or 7
Fresno State   Utah State - Bulldogs by 2 or 6
Illinois State   Drake - Bulldogs by 3 in one line, Redbirds by 16 in another
Indiana State   Loyola - Ramblers by 9 or 20
Rutgers   Purdue - Boilers favored by 18
UC Riverside   CSU Fullerton - Titans favored by 8

(Bradley favored by 5 over visiting Valpo)

[bbtds]

Sknaht, sdtbb !

Emoclew er'uoy !

[talksalot]

136-103 going into last night

Wednesday, January 03, 2018   
Evansville   Southern Illinois - Salukis by 2 or 7 - SIU 65-63 - PUSH
Fresno State   Utah State - Bulldogs by 2 or 6 - Aggies 81-79 - WIN
Illinois State   Drake - Bulldogs by 3 in one line, Redbirds by 16 in another - Bulldogs 87-62 - PUSH
Indiana State   Loyola - Ramblers by 9 or 20 - Sycamores 61-57 - PUSH
Rutgers   Purdue - Boilers favored by 18 - PU 82-51 - WIN
UC Riverside   CSU Fullerton - Titans favored by 8 - CSF 68-65 - LOSS

2-1 on the night, 138-104 for the season... looking ahead to Thursday... looks like 0-3 night is coming....

Thursday, January 04, 2018   East Tennessee   Samford - Buccaneers favored by 9 or 14
Thursday, January 04, 2018   Northern Iowa   Missouri State - Bears favored by 6 or 2
Thursday, January 04, 2018   Santa Clara   Loyola Marymount - Lions by 8 - PUSH
Thursday, January 04, 2018   SIU-Edwardsville   Eastern Kentucky - Colonels favored by 8

[bbtds]

Thursday, January 04, 2018   Northern Iowa   Missouri State - Bears favored by 6 or 2
Thursday, January 04, 2018   Santa Clara   Loyola Marymount - Lions by 8 - PUSH

I'm sure you meant PUSH on the NIU MSU game.

[talksalot]

Thursday, January 04, 2018   Northern Iowa   Missouri State - Bears favored by 6 or 2
Thursday, January 04, 2018   Santa Clara   Loyola Marymount - Lions by 8 - PUSH

I'm sure you meant PUSH on the NIU MSU game.

Yes, The Titans will PUSH the Bronco's around the arena...   I gotta stop doing this at 5:30am.

[talksalot]

138-104 for the season... looking ahead to Thursday... looks like 0-3 night is coming....

East Tennessee 90  Samford 72 - Buccaneers favored by 9 or 14  - LOSS
Northern Iowa 55  Missouri State 62 - Bears favored by 6 or 2 - PUSH
Santa Clara   Loyola Marymount - Lions by 8 - Santa Clara up 13 with 7 to play...
SIU-Edwardsville   Eastern Kentucky - Colonels favored by 8 - Nice game for SIUE 85-82 on the road - WIN

Might be a 2-1 night!

[valpotx]

Who would have thought that UNI would be 0-3 in conference?  You could at least see that possibility for us, with the roster turnover, but the same team that played with and beat several P5 teams?