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

[talksalot]

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

East Tennessee 90  Samford 72 -LOSS
Northern Iowa 55  Missouri State 62  - PUSH
Santa Clara  65 Loyola Marymount 49 - WIN
SIU-Edwardsville 85  Eastern Kentucky 82 - WIN

A 2-1 night!...  140-105... to Tonight's games...


Friday, January 05, 2018   - updated spreads...
Northwestern   Penn State - Nittany Lions favored by 6  (foxsports1 game)
UNC-Wilmington   Towson - Tigers favored by 11

[talksalot]

140-105... and not a good night for the road teams

Northwestern 63   Penn State 78  LOSS
UNC-Wilmington 71   Towson 89  LOSS

140-107...WITH LOTS OF GOOD STUFF ON THE WEEKEND...

Saturday, January 06, 2018   Bradley   Evansville  PUSH
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Buffalo   Ball State
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Central Michigan     Kent State
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Drake   Indiana State  PUSH
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Nebraska   Purdue
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Portland       Santa Clara
Saturday, January 06, 2018   SIU-Edwardsville   Morehead State
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Southeastern Louisiana   Abilene Christian
Saturday, January 06, 2018   UC Riverside   UC Santa Barbara
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Utah State      UNLV
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Western Carolina   Samford

Sunday, January 07, 2018   Loyola   Northern Iowa   PUSH
Sunday, January 07, 2018   Missouri State   Illinois State   PUSH
Sunday, January 07, 2018   UNC-Wilmington      Delaware

[talksalot]

140-107 before the Crusaders snapped out of it...

Saturday, January 06, 2018   Bradley 44   Evansville  68   PUSH
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Drake 75   Indiana State 72     PUSH


Saturday, January 06, 2018   Buffalo 83   Ball State  63   LOSS
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Nebraska 62   Purdue  74   WIN
Saturday, January 06, 2018   SIU-Edwardsville 70   Morehead State  65   WIN
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Southeastern Louisiana 72   Abilene Christian 70   WIN

so 3-1 in the first 4... with these 5 to play...

Saturday, January 06, 2018   Central Michigan        Kent State   6
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Western Carolina   Samford   7
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Portland       Santa Clara   9
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Utah State   UNLV    9
Saturday, January 06, 2018   UC Riverside   UC Santa Barbara   11

[talksalot]

140-107 before the Crusaders snapped out of it...

Saturday, January 06, 2018   Bradley 44   Evansville  68   PUSH
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Drake 75   Indiana State 72     PUSH


Saturday, January 06, 2018   Buffalo 83   Ball State  63   LOSS
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Nebraska 62   Purdue  74   WIN
Saturday, January 06, 2018   SIU-Edwardsville 70   Morehead State  65   WIN
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Southeastern Louisiana 72   Abilene Christian 70   WIN
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Central Michigan   69     Kent State  85 - WIN
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Western Carolina 71  Samford   85  - WIN
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Portland  68    Santa Clara   69 - WIN
Saturday, January 06, 2018   Utah State  85 UNLV   78 - WIN
Saturday, January 06, 2018   UC Riverside 57  UC Santa Barbara 65 - LOSS

so 7-2 ...147-109... Nice day all around!

and only one game that counts ON sUNDAY in this context...

Sunday, January 07, 2018   Loyola   Northern Iowa   PUSH
Sunday, January 07, 2018   Missouri State   Illinois State   PUSH
Sunday, January 07, 2018   UNC-Wilmington      Delaware ... Blue Hens favored by 4 at home

No games on Monday night involving our opponents, and a comparatively un-busy-basketball week as most of the teams are starting a new semester...

Tuesday, January 09, 2018   Ball State   Ohio
Tuesday, January 09, 2018   Kent State   Miami (OH)
Tuesday, January 09, 2018   Purdue   Michigan
Tuesday, January 09, 2018   Southern Illinois    Bradley

Wednesday, January 10, 2018   Colorado State   Utah State
Wednesday, January 10, 2018   Loyola   Illinois State
Wednesday, January 10, 2018   Missouri State   Evansville
Wednesday, January 10, 2018   Northern Iowa   Indiana State
Wednesday, January 10, 2018   Southeastern Louisiana   Lamar

Thursday, January 11, 2018   Belmont   SIU-Edwardsville
Thursday, January 11, 2018   Saint Mary's    Santa Clara
Thursday, January 11, 2018   Samford   Citadel
Thursday, January 11, 2018   UC Davis   UC Riverside
Thursday, January 11, 2018   UNC-Wilmington   Elon

Friday, January 12, 2018   Ohio      Kent State

[talksalot]

Loyola 56   Northern Iowa 50   PUSH
Missouri State 68   Illinois State 72   PUSH
UNC-Wilmington 76   Delaware 96   LOSS

Now, 147-110, thanks Seahawks... for nothing!

How about those UNI Panthers...wowsers.

[talksalot]

looking ahead now that the Tide has ebbed... so to speak...

Tuesday, January 09, 2018   
Ball State    Ohio - Bobcats favored by 4 ... or Cardinals favored by 2
Kent State    Miami (OH) - RedHawks favored by 1... or Flashes favored by 2
Purdue    Michigan - Boilers favored by 5 or 2
Southern Illinois    Bradley - Braves favored by 6 or 7
so a loss, a push and 2 pick-em games tonight...


Wednesday, January 10, 2018   
Loyola   Illinois State - Ramblers favored by 3 or Redbirds favored by 4
Missouri State   Evansville - Bears favored by 1 or Aces favored by 2
Northern Iowa   Indiana State - Sycs favored by 1 or Panthers favored by 4
Southeastern Louisiana   Lamar - Cardinals favored by 11, or "Pickem"
Colorado State   Utah State - Aggies favored by 12 or 6
(Valpo favored by 6 or 7 !)
so a 1-1 night with 3 pushes


Thursday, January 11, 2018   
Belmont   SIU-Edwardsville - Bruins favored by 13 or 14
Saint Mary's    Santa Clara - Gaels favored by 15 or 24
Samford   Citadel - Bulldogs favored by 3 or 4
UC Davis   UC Riverside - Aggies favored by 5 or 14
UNC-Wilmington   Elon - Phoenix favored by 12 or 15
so a 1-4 night is expected

[talksalot]

147-110 starting yesterday...

Ball State 75   Ohio 68   WIN
Kent State 69   Miami (OH) 80   LOSS
Purdue 70   Michigan 69   WIN
Southern Illinois 62   Bradley 68   PUSH

The computer wins again... 149-111 going into Tonight's action

Wednesday, January 10, 2018   
Loyola   Illinois State - Ramblers favored by 3 or Redbirds favored by 4
Missouri State   Evansville - Bears favored by 1 or Aces favored by 2
Northern Iowa   Indiana State - Sycs favored by 1 or Panthers favored by 4...this is on Local Cable 200 at 6pm Central
Southeastern Louisiana   Lamar - Cardinals favored by 11, or "Pickem"
Colorado State   Utah State - Aggies favored by 12 or 6
Minnesota  Northwestern
(Valpo favored by 6 or 7 !)
so a 1-1 night with 3 pushes

[valpotx]

How about those Lions of SE LA?  Down 15 at half, and they win by 5.  That is a surprise and a half team, which is our best RPI win at this point at 134

[talksalot]

Wednesday, January 10, 2018   
Loyola   Illinois State - Ramblers take it 68-61
Missouri State   Evansville - Aces take it 64-55
Northern Iowa   Indiana State - Sycs favored by 1 and win it at the buzzer 69-67
Southeastern Louisiana   Lamar - 63-58, Lions...- WIN
Colorado State 84  Utah State 75 - LOSS
Minnesota 60  Northwestern 83 - WIN

151-112 going into Thursday

[talksalot]

151-112 to start...

Thursday, January 11, 2018   
Belmont   SIU-Edwardsville - Bruins 76-61 - LOSS
Samford   Citadel - Bulldogs favored by 3 or 4 - and they win it 107-91- WIN
UNC-Wilmington   Elon - Seahawks pulled it out 80-78 in OT - WIN

"Under the lights on the left coast"
Saint Mary's    Santa Clara - Gaels favored by 24... win it 81-57 (Suspicious?) - LOSS
UC Davis   UC Riverside - Aggies favored by 5 or 14... and win 75-65 - LOSS


so a 1-4 night is expected... and a 2-3 night outcome  153-115

[talksalot]

153 - 115 going into the weekend...

One Friday game:
Friday, January 12, 2018
Ohio      Kent State   Flashes Favored  by 1

Saturday, January 13, 2018 Valpo Opponents are only outright favored in 2 games.
   
Purdue   Minnesota   Boilers by 9 or 7
Samford   Mercer   Bears by 13 or 3
Ball State   Western Michigan   Broncos by 3 of Cardinals by 2
McNeese State   Southeastern Louisiana   Lions by 7 or 20
Long Beach State   UC Riverside   Highlanders by 6 or 49ers by 6
Utah State   Nevada    Wolfpak by 13 or 21
BYU   Santa Clara   Cougars favored by 10 or 12
Northeastern   UNC-Wilmington   Huskies by 6 or by 4
Tennessee State   SIU-Edwardsville   Tigers by 4 or Pickem

and the MVC Schedule:
Evansville   Drake   Bulldogs by 1 or Aces by 6
Bradley   Loyola   Ramblers by 5 or 8
Illinois State   Southern Illinois   Salukis by 7 or Redbirds by 4
UNI favored by 2 or a pickem against Valpo

on Sunday... only two games

Sunday, January 14, 2018   
Indiana State   Missouri State   Most by 11 or 12
Northwestern   Indiana   Wildcats favored by 1

[talksalot]

The projections were right on target

with Kent hanging on against Ohio 70-69 on Friday, 154-115 going into the Saturday disaster...

Ball State 58   Western Michigan 73   LOSS
Bradley 65   Loyola 81   PUSH
BYU 81   Santa Clara 50   LOSS
Evansville 81   Drake 65   PUSH
Illinois State 70   Southern Illinois 74   PUSH
Long Beach State  75  UC Riverside  68   LOSS
McNeese State 71   Southeastern Louisiana 62   LOSS
Northeastern 81   UNC-Wilmington 77   LOSS
Purdue 81   Minnesota 47   WIN
Samford 50   Mercer 81   LOSS
Tennessee State 79   SIU-Edwardsville 82   WIN
Utah State 57   Nevada 83   LOSS

I did just watch the from 3:45 to 1:45 in the UNI game, and we certainly showed what we are capable of. , of course Phyfe's injury certainly helped.   I didn't see the play; hope he's going to be OK


for the day, 2-7... 156-122

[talksalot]

156-122 coming in... and Archie had the Hoosiers singing along today... 66-46 over NWestern...

156-123 coming out... and no games on Monday

Bit of a short week...

Tuesday, January 16, 2018   Central Michigan   Ball State
Tuesday, January 16, 2018   Drake   Northern Iowa
Tuesday, January 16, 2018   Western Michigan   Kent State
Tuesday, January 16, 2018   Wisconsin   Purdue


Wednesday, January 17, 2018   Bradley   Illinois State
Wednesday, January 17, 2018   CSU - Northridge   UC Riverside
Wednesday, January 17, 2018   Houston Baptist   Southeastern Louisiana
Wednesday, January 17, 2018   Indiana State   Evansville
Wednesday, January 17, 2018   Ohio State   Northwestern
Wednesday, January 17, 2018   Southern Illinois   Loyola
Wednesday, January 17, 2018   Utah State   Boise State


Thursday, January 18, 2018   Santa Clara   San Francisco
Thursday, January 18, 2018   Southeast Missouri   SIU-Edwardsville
Thursday, January 18, 2018   UNC-Wilmington   Charleston
Thursday, January 18, 2018   Wofford   Samford

No Games on Friday

Drake   5-1  0.833  11-8 0.579 W1  RPI 139  SOS 186
Loyola   4-2  0.667  14-4 0.778 W3  RPI 76  SOS 214
Missouri State   4-2  0.667  14-5 0.737 W1  RPI 60  SOS 118
Bradley   3-3  0.500  13-6 0.684 L1   RPI 99  SOS 191
Southern Illinois   3-3  0.500  11-8 0.579 W1 RPI 138  SOS 127
Illinois State   3-3  0.500  9-9 0.500 L2   RPI 88  SOS 30
Indiana State   3-3  0.500  8-10 0.444 L1   RPI 164  SOS 60
Evansville   2-4  0.333  12-7 0.632 L1   RPI 106  SOS 103
Valparaiso   2-4  0.333  11-8 0.579 L1  RPI 142  SOS 183
UNI   1-5  0.167  9-9 0.500 W1   RPI 131 SOS 33



VALPO'S OOC RPI
SIUE 215
SELA 183
Samford 261
Kent 228
UNCW 290
Utah State 167
Purdue 9
Ball State 104
NWestern 108
Santa Clara 300
UCRiverside 278


Our Non-D1 Opponents... 

North Park 4-10, 1-5 in conference, have dropped 3 straight, including a conference game to Wheaton 98-59 last Saturday.

Trinity Christian... snapped a 6-game losing streak yesterday 76-72 over IUSB, they are now 6-14 overall, 2-8 in the CCAC.

[talksalot]

156-123 starting this week...
Tuesday projects to be a 2-1 night
Wednesday projects to be a 3-1 night
Thursday projects to be... 0-4
so a 5-6 week if the projections are accurate... our SOS could use some help ! (Oh, beating the Bears would help, too)

Tuesday, January 16, 2018   Central Michigan   Ball State  Chippewas favored by 1 or Cards favored by 12
Tuesday, January 16, 2018   Drake   Northern Iowa  Panthers favored by 7 or 6
Tuesday, January 16, 2018   Western Michigan   Kent State  Flashes favored by 1 or Bronc's favored by 2
Tuesday, January 16, 2018   Wisconsin   Purdue  Boilers favored by 22 or 24


Wednesday, January 17, 2018   Bradley   Illinois State  Braves favored by 1 or Redbirds favored by 4
Wednesday, January 17, 2018   CSU - Northridge   UC Riverside  Highlanders favored by 10 or 12
Wednesday, January 17, 2018   Houston Baptist   Southeastern Louisiana  Lions favored by 9 or 14
Wednesday, January 17, 2018   Indiana State   Evansville  Aces favored by 5 or 13
Wednesday, January 17, 2018   Ohio State   Northwestern  Buckeyes favored by 3 or 2
Wednesday, January 17, 2018   Southern Illinois   Loyola  Ramblers favored by 8 or 14
Wednesday, January 17, 2018   Utah State   Boise State  Lexus favored by 15 or 18
(MoSt favored by 9 or 8)

Thursday, January 18, 2018   Santa Clara   San Francisco  Dons favored by 13 or 10
Thursday, January 18, 2018   Southeast Missouri   SIU-Edwardsville  Cougars favored by 4 or Indians favored by 4
Thursday, January 18, 2018   UNC-Wilmington   Charleston  Cougars favored by 15 or 14
Thursday, January 18, 2018   Wofford   Samford  Terriers favored by 6 or 10

[talksalot]

156-123 starting Tuesday... overall a NICE day...

Central Michigan 76   Ball State 82   WIN
Drake 54   Northern Iowa 68   PUSH
Western Michigan 71   Kent State 73   WIN
Wisconsin 50   Purdue 78   WIN

159-123...and with these three wins...Valpo's RPI climbs from 142 to 139; and the SOS climbs from 178 to 169... a win tomorrow against RPI #59 MoSt would be really great !

For those interested... YES the teams flight did get out of Porter County Regional

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/FRG481

Let's bring home a Win on the return flight!

[talksalot]

159-123 going into Wednesday... and the machines were Wrongo!!

Wednesday, January 17, 2018   

Bradley   Illinois State  Braves favored by 1 or Redbirds favored by 4, ISU 70-57 - Push

CSU - Northridge   UC Riverside  Highlanders favored by 10 or 12; wrongo!  The Matadors won 66-57 - LOSS

Houston Baptist   Southeastern Louisiana  Lions favored by 9 or 14; SELA 85-69 - WIN
 
Indiana State   Evansville  Aces favored by 5 or 13; Wrongo!  Sycs 71-66; PUSH

Ohio State   Northwestern  Buckeyes favored by 3 or 2; Buckeyes take it 71-65 - LOSS
 
Southern Illinois   Loyola  Ramblers favored by 8 or 14, Ramblers go to 14-4 on the year, 79-65 - PUSH

Utah State   Boise State  Lexus favored by 15 or 18, Blue Smurfs win it 71-67
Let me throw some salt on that wound that is free throw shooting.... from that recap of the Boise State win...

Hutchinson's mid-range jumper with 15 seconds left made it 69-65, but Utah State closed to 69-67 on Koby McEwen's layup. Lexus Williams iced it for the Broncos with two free throws.


so the Opposition goes 1-3 on the night...

season record now 160-126... and in the 4 games Thursday night, our opponents are not favored in any of them.

Valpo's RPI Thursday morning is 140, with an SOS of 159; it helps that MoSt's RPI was 58 going into the game, they climbed to 57.

and the VU team was back in Valpo before midnight...

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/FRG481

[talksalot]

160-126 going into Thursday's action... projections were an 0-4 night... but the Bronco's saved us with a road win over the Dons...

Santa Clara 65   San Francisco 62   WIN
Southeast Missouri 86   SIU-Edwardsville 74   LOSS
UNC-Wilmington 76   Charleston 80   LOSS
Wofford 93   Samford 89   LOSS

So we start Friday action with 161-129 record, and RPI at 141 and an SOS of 154

None of our opponents are in action today... so any changes will be to the 4th decimal point in the total number...(0.5150 now)

Tomorrow could see some movement in the RPI...the two game-spreads are from Warren Nolan and Nolan's ELO number... Looks like we might pick up 5 or 6 W's.

Ball State   Miami (OH)   RedHawks by 1 or Cardinals by 10
Gonzaga   Santa Clara   Bulldogs by 23 or 25  (I'm guessing more than that after what SMC did to Zags last night)
Kent State   Toledo   Rockets by 10 or 9
Northwestern State   Southeastern Louisiana   Lions by 18
Penn State   Northwestern   Wildcats by 1 or 8
Purdue   Iowa   Boilers by 14 or 22
Samford   Furman   Paladins by 18
Towson   UNC-Wilmington   Tigers by 11 or 8
UT Martin   SIU-Edwardsville   Skyhawks by 2 or Cougars by 8
Wyoming   Utah State   Aggies by 3 or Pickem

and these "Pushes"
Missouri State   Drake   Bears by 3 or 6
Evansville   Bradley   Braves by 5 or 4
Illinois State   Indiana State   Redbirds by 6 or Sycs by 6

No OOC games on tap for Sunday...  Northern Iowa is at Carbondale and it's a 3-point game either way.
Nolan says the Ramblers win by either 1 or 9 on Sunday afternoon.   Let's Pack the ARC... and prove them wrong!

[talksalot]

So we start Saturday action with 161-129 record, and RPI at 142 and an SOS of 157... tiny slip from Thursday night end...

Ball State   Miami (OH)   RedHawks by 1 or Cardinals by 10...MOH takes it by 18, 71-53 - LOSS
Northwestern State   Southeastern Louisiana   Lions by 18,and SELA 85-58 - WIN
Penn State   Northwestern   Wildcats by 1 or 8, Cats come from 10 back to win 70-61 - WIN
Purdue   Iowa   Boilers by 14 or 22- Boiler record 20 3-ptrs, 87-64 - WIN
Samford   Furman   Paladins by 18- Furman didn't cover, but won 78-67 - LOSS
UT Martin   SIU-Edwardsville   Skyhawks by 2 or Cougars by 8- UTM ekes out 70-69 - LOSS

3-wins, 3 losses, with these 4 not decided yet...

Valpo sits at  .5134, and RPI 148, SOS 165.. Need to pick off a couple of these for us to move up...

Kent State   Toledo   Rockets by 10 or 9 - Tied up at 30 at the half
Towson   UNC-Wilmington   Tigers by 11 or 8 - Towson up 36-31 at the half
Wyoming   Utah State   Aggies by 3 or Pickem - Tipping off at 8CT
Gonzaga   Santa Clara   Bulldogs by 23 or 25  - Just tipped off

The Valley games...

Sycamores by 30, yes, THIRTY over Illinois state 85-54
Drake at Home over MoSt...61-58

Evansville and Bradley just getting underway...

[crusadermoe]

Purdue blew away Iowa and let them close the gap late.  At one point they led Iowa 74 to 42 or similar just like thrashimg.of Minnesota..Just dominant.

Not so surprising we lost 80 to 50 with young big and a Tevonn beginning mono.

[talksalot]

So we start Saturday action with 161-129 record, and RPI at 142 and an SOS of 157... tiny slip from Thursday night end...

Ball State   Miami (OH)   RedHawks by 1 or Cardinals by 10...MOH takes it by 18, 71-53 - LOSS
Northwestern State   Southeastern Louisiana   Lions by 18,and SELA 85-58 - WIN
Penn State   Northwestern   Wildcats by 1 or 8, Cats come from 10 back to win 70-61 - WIN
Purdue   Iowa   Boilers by 14 or 22- Boiler record 20 3-ptrs, 87-64 - WIN
Samford   Furman   Paladins by 18- Furman didn't cover, but won 78-67 - LOSS
UT Martin   SIU-Edwardsville   Skyhawks by 2 or Cougars by 8- UTM ekes out 70-69 - LOSS

3-wins, 3 losses, with these 4 not decided yet...

Valpo sits at  .5134, and RPI 148, SOS 165.. Need to pick off a couple of these for us to move up...

Kent State   Toledo   Rockets by 10 or 9 - Rockets win 72-665 - LOSS
Towson   UNC-Wilmington   Tigers by 11 or 8 - Seahawks come back in the second half to take it 73-71 - WIN
Wyoming   Utah State   Aggies by 3 or Pickem - Cowboys win 85-77 - LOSS
Gonzaga   Santa Clara   Bulldogs by 23 or 25  - the visitors take it but don't cover 75-60 - LOSS

so 4-6 on the day

The Valley games...

Sycamores by 30, yes, THIRTY over Illinois state 85-54
Drake at Home over MoSt...61-58
Evansville at Bradley and the home team takes it 66-53..

and Valpo's RPI drops to #147 (.5135)  SOS 158. We have the LOWEST RPI in the Valley.  But with the unbalanced schedule, it's understandable.  Just playing Loyola will help Valpo's RPI...and a win would be a BIG help...

LOYOL  5-2  67  VALPO 0-0
MO ST  5-3  69  VALPO 0-2
ILLST  4-4  94  VALPO 0-0
BRADL  4-4 107  VALPO 0-1
NORIA  2-5 122  VALPO 0-1
EVANS  2-6 128  VALPO 0-0
SOUIL  3-4  129  VALPO 1-0
DRAKE  6-2  137 VALPO 1-0
INDST  5-3  138  VALPO 0-1
VALPO  2-5  147

Northern Iowa is at Southern Illinois at 3PM central today.... our only opponent-game.  eventually, that game becomes a push.

[talksalot]

We start the week  165-135 with no Monday games to interfere with our viewing pleasure...

Computer/Experts say:   0-2 Tuesday; 1-3 Wednesday, 2-2 Thursday for a 3-7 week...

Tuesday, January 23, 2018   Ball State   Kent State  - Flashes favored by 3 or Cardinals favored by 2
Tuesday, January 23, 2018   Northwestern   Minnesota - Gophers favored by 4 or 5
Tuesday, January 23, 2018   Missouri State   Bradley - PUSH - braves favored by 1 or 3

Wednesday, January 24, 2018   Air Force    Utah State - Aggies favored by 9 or 14
Wednesday, January 24, 2018   Samford   Chattanooga - Mocs favored by 5 or pick'em
Wednesday, January 24, 2018   Southeastern Louisiana   Sam Houston State - BearKats favored by 7 or 2
Wednesday, January 24, 2018   UC Riverside   UC Irvine - Anteaters favored by 8 or 15
MVC Action
Wednesday, January 24, 2018   Illinois State   Northern Iowa - Panthers favored by 9 or pickem
Wednesday, January 24, 2018   Indiana State   Southern Illinois - Salukis favored by 4 or 5
Wednesday, January 24, 2018   Loyola   Drake - Ramblers favored by 3 or 10
(Valpo favored by 5 or 2)

Thursday, January 25, 2018   James Madison   UNC-Wilmington - Seahawks favored by 2 or 10
Thursday, January 25, 2018   Michigan   Purdue - Boilers favored by 15 or 12
Thursday, January 25, 2018   Santa Clara   San Diego    - Toreros favored by 15 or 6
Thursday, January 25, 2018   SIU-Edwardsville   Tennessee State - Tigers favored by 11 or 8

and no Friday games, either.

[talksalot]

actually, it's two pushes... and the Kent State win in OT over Ball State is better for us, since we've had more opponents play Kent State than Ball State.... and we climbed back up to 159 RPI, .5073; and SOS of 139.

However, we may fall back down if Minnesota holds their 6-pt halftime lead over the wildcats...
However, we may fall back down, since Bradley is SPANKING Missiouri State by 20 with 30 seconds to play...

[talksalot]

and just like that... 3 minutes after the previous post... we are right back at 161  #.5062 (SOS 140) with the 72-52 Bradley win (we've played them once and MoSt twice)... this is why I'm not a day-trader in the stock market...

[talksalot]

... and on a side note... Homer Drew's Alma Mater, William Jewell, beat UMKC (4-15) 86-74...

[talksalot]

and just like that... 3 minutes after the previous post... we are right back at 161  #.5062 (SOS 140) with the 72-52 Bradley win (we've played them once and MoSt twice)... this is why I'm not a day-trader in the stock market...

and Northwestern hung on for the win at Minnesota... and the Valpo RPI jumped to 158 *,5968),  the SOS stayed at 140; and the OOC record stands at 166-135.