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

[talksalot]

So, I started another thread with just the MVC games ... I have compiled the composite schedule for all of our D1 opponents...19 games... one push (SIUE and Purdue play each other)... so of the 18 remaining games... how many will our opponents win?  (seems to be a fairly even split about 5-5 or 6-4 for MVC teams... , but now you have to have scouted both SELA and Centenary... I'm going to go with 9

DATE                     VISITOR      HOME   TIME
Friday, November 10, 2017   Indiana State   Indiana   7
Friday, November 10, 2017   Arkansas State   Evansville   7
Friday, November 10, 2017   Southern Illinois    Winthrop   6
Friday, November 10, 2017   Wright State   Loyola   7
Friday, November 10, 2017   Missouri State   Western Kentucky   7
Friday, November 10, 2017   Northern Iowa   North Carolina   6
Friday, November 10, 2017   SIU-Edwardsville   Purdue   7
Friday, November 10, 2017   Samford   Arkansas   7
Friday, November 10, 2017   Centenary   Southeastern Louisiana   7:30
Friday, November 10, 2017   Loyola (MD)   Northwestern         7:30
Friday, November 10, 2017   La Verne   Santa Clara   7
Friday, November 10, 2017   UC Riverside   California   9
Saturday, November 11, 2017   Illinois State   Florida Gulf Coast   noon
Saturday, November 11, 2017   IUPUI   Bradley   1
Saturday, November 11, 2017   Coe College   Drake   2
Saturday, November 11, 2017   Youngstown State   Kent State   9  (Game at AKRON)
Saturday, November 11, 2017   NC-Wesleyan   UNC-Wilmington   7
Sunday, November 12, 2017   Eureka   Loyola   2
Sunday, November 12, 2017   Chicago State   Purdue   4

[VU2014]

DATE                     VISITOR      HOME   TIME
Friday, November 10, 2017   Indiana State   Indiana   7 - L
Friday, November 10, 2017   Arkansas State   Evansville   7 - L
Friday, November 10, 2017   Southern Illinois    Winthrop   6 - W (could go either way)
Friday, November 10, 2017   Wright State   Loyola   7 - W
Friday, November 10, 2017   Missouri State   Western Kentucky   7 - if Alize is healthy MSU wins. If not then WKU wins.
Friday, November 10, 2017   Northern Iowa   North Carolina   6 - L
Friday, November 10, 2017   SIU-Edwardsville   Purdue   7 - L
Friday, November 10, 2017   Samford   Arkansas   7 - L
Friday, November 10, 2017   Centenary   Southeastern Louisiana   7:30 - W
Friday, November 10, 2017   Loyola (MD)   Northwestern         7:30 - W
Friday, November 10, 2017   La Verne   Santa Clara   7 - W
Friday, November 10, 2017   UC Riverside   California   9 - L
Saturday, November 11, 2017   Illinois State   Florida Gulf Coast   noon - L
Saturday, November 11, 2017   IUPUI   Bradley   1 - W
Saturday, November 11, 2017   Coe College   Drake   2 - W
Saturday, November 11, 2017   Youngstown State   Kent State   9  (Game at AKRON) - W
Saturday, November 11, 2017   NC-Wesleyan   UNC-Wilmington   7 - W
Sunday, November 12, 2017   Eureka   Loyola   2 - W
Sunday, November 12, 2017   Chicago State   Purdue   4 - W

[talksalot]

the SIUE - Purdue game is a Push since we play both of them...

[bbtds]

10 of our opponents will win.

[VU2014]

Indiana State is blowing out IU right now. 

Is ISU that good or is IU that bad?

[VU2014]

Ball State almost beat Dayton on the road 77-78 today. Thats going to be a tough game in Muncie later this year.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=400989811

[VU2014]

It's been a good night for Valley so far.
https://twitter.com/THefferman/status/929169350036213760

[talksalot]

Friday, November 10, 2017   Indiana State  90 Indiana  69 - WIN
Friday, November 10, 2017   Evansville  77 Arkansas State 63 - WIN
Friday, November 10, 2017   Southern Illinois  81  Winthrop   66 - WIN
Friday, November 10, 2017   Loyola 84 Wright State 80 - WIN
Friday, November 10, 2017   Missouri State 85 Western Kentucky 80 - WIN
Friday, November 10, 2017   North Carolina 86 Northern Iowa 69 - LOST
Friday, November 10, 2017   Dayton 78 Ball State 77 - LOST  ***
Friday, November 10, 2017   Purdue 105 SIU-Edwardsville 74 - PUSH
Friday, November 10, 2017   Arkansas 95 Samford 56 - LOST
Friday, November 10, 2017   Southeastern Louisiana 99 Centenary 67 - WIN
Friday, November 10, 2017   Northwestern 77  Loyola (MD) 75 - WIN
Friday, November 10, 2017   Santa Clara 120 LaVerne 70 - WIN (maybe Patty and Maxine should have played too)
Friday, November 10, 2017   UC Riverside   California   - tipping off at 11pm

so 8 - 3 - 1 push and 1 to play...

***Josh Cunningham caught a lob from Xeyrius Williams and laid it in with one second left for the Flyers over the Cardinals

[VU2014]

https://twitter.com/JeffEisenberg/status/929225545736364032

[talksalot]

the VU score at halftime on North Park was 40-17...their halftime score was 40-21, Bears out-scored 'em 45-34 after the break, but it wasn't enough...

the UCR final:   74-66, another "W" for the opponents.

Friday, November 10, 2017   Indiana State  90 Indiana  69 - WIN
Friday, November 10, 2017   Evansville  77 Arkansas State 63 - WIN
Friday, November 10, 2017   Southern Illinois  81  Winthrop   66 - WIN
Friday, November 10, 2017   Loyola 84 Wright State 80 - WIN
Friday, November 10, 2017   Missouri State 85 Western Kentucky 80 - WIN
Friday, November 10, 2017   North Carolina 86 Northern Iowa 69 - LOST
Friday, November 10, 2017   Dayton 78 Ball State 77 - LOST  Friday, November 10, 2017   Purdue 105 SIU-Edwardsville 74 - PUSH
Friday, November 10, 2017   Arkansas 95 Samford 56 - LOST
Friday, November 10, 2017   Southeastern Louisiana 99 Centenary 67 - WIN
Friday, November 10, 2017   Northwestern 77  Loyola (MD) 75 - WIN
Friday, November 10, 2017   Santa Clara 120 LaVerne 70 - WIN (maybe Patty and Maxine should have played too)
Friday, November 10, 2017   UC Riverside 74  California  66 - WIN

9 wins, 3 losses and a push  (or make it 10-4 depending on how you look at it.   

wanting Belmont to be the next man up for the Valley...
...Freshman Jaylen Nowell scored 25 of his 32 points in the second half and Washington rallied from nine points down in the final five minutes to beat Belmont 86-82 in Seattle

wanting Murray State to come in...
...Byron Hawkins scored 28 points on 10-of-13 shooting, including five 3-pointers, and Murray State raced to a 118-61 win over NAIA Brescia

wanting Milwaukee to come in
...at the Black and Gold Shootout the Panthers, packed 1,495 people in to see a win over Wisc-Lacrosse 83-73 leb by Bryce Barnes with 19.  (We had 2,682 at the ARC)

wanting Nebr-Omaha to come in...
...despite Daniel Norl's 29 points, host Montana State held on in Overtime to beat Omaha 89-80

[bbtds]

9 wins, 3 losses and a push  (or make it 10-4 depending on how you look at it.   

I'm making it 10-4! Especially since I predicted 10 wins. 10 of our opponents did win.

10 of our opponents will win

[talksalot]

Saturday, November 11, 2017   Illinois State   Florida Gulf Coast  98 Illinois State 87 - LOST
Saturday, November 11, 2017   Bradley 68 iupui 53 - WIN
Saturday, November 11, 2017   Drake  101 Coe College 54 - WIN
Saturday, November 11, 2017   Kent State 111 Youngstown State 78 - WIN
Saturday, November 11, 2017   UNC-Wilmington 57  NC Wesleyan 40 - WIN

4-1 on the day, 10-4 yesterday, so 14-5 on the weekend; with two "Gimmes' tomorrow:   

Sunday, November 12, 2017   Eureka   Loyola   2
Sunday, November 12, 2017   Chicago State   Purdue   4

[bigmosmithfan1]

Ball State almost beat Dayton on the road 77-78 today. Thats going to be a tough game in Muncie later this year.

It will indeed. Watched the last five minutes of this one, and Dayton was pretty much outplayed by BSU and bailed out by their A-10 officiating crew during the final sequence. Ball State took the lead with 3.9 seconds to go, Dayton dribbled to midcourt and called timeout with 1.6 left and for reasons unknown, the refs put an extra second back on the clock. Dayton threw the ball inbound along the sidelines, Dayton player bobbled it and dropped it out of bounds, ref inexplicably ruled it was off BSU. Reviews pretty clearly showed it never touched BSU player, refs still ruled replay inconclusive. Dayton throws inbound lob to the paint, Flyer player clears out with his off arm, catches and hits game-winner at the buzzer.

With games coming up at Northwestern and Purdue later, it's a good reminder that the old rule of "you need to be 10 points better on the road to avoid home cooking" still applies, apparently. To top it off, FTs were also 23-8 in favor of the Flyers, according to the box score.

[talksalot]

The only real question for Sunday's games... "Which home team will win by more points?"

Sunday, November 12, 2017   Eureka   Loyola   2pm
Sunday, November 12, 2017   Chicago State   Purdue   4pm


I'm going with Purdue... Ramblers by 40, Purdue by 50

[talksalot]

And here's this week's match-ups...  I count 15 "W"s for our opponents ...Tuesday night looks interesting.


Monday, November 13, 2017   North Carolina Central   Evansville   11   
Monday, November 13, 2017   Alcorn State   Northern Iowa   7   
Monday, November 13, 2017   Southeastern Louisiana   Tulane   7   
Monday, November 13, 2017   Alabama A&M   Samford   7   
Monday, November 13, 2017   Montana State   Utah State   7   
Monday, November 13, 2017   Saint Peters   Northwestern         7   
Tuesday, November 14, 2017   Delaware   Bradley   7   
Tuesday, November 14, 2017   UNC-Wilmington   Davidson   7   
Tuesday, November 14, 2017   Purdue   Marquette   8:30   
Wednesday, November 15, 2017   Southern Univ   Missouri State   5:30   
Wednesday, November 15, 2017   Wartburg   Northern Iowa   7   
Wednesday, November 15, 2017   Mississippi Valley State   Utah State   7   
Wednesday, November 15, 2017   Creighton   Northwestern    8   
Wednesday, November 15, 2017   Nevada   Santa Clara   7   
Wednesday, November 15, 2017   UC Riverside   Loyola Marymount   7   
Wednesday, November 15, 2017   Ball State   Oklahoma   7   
Thursday, November 16, 2017   South Carolina   Illinois State   10:30am   Myrtle Beach
Thursday, November 16, 2017   Auburn   Indiana State   11:30am   Charleston, SC
Thursday, November 16, 2017   Southeast Missouri   Evansville   7   
Thursday, November 16, 2017   Loyola   UMKC   7   
Thursday, November 16, 2017   Southeastern Louisiana   UL-Monroe   7   
Thursday, November 16, 2017   Samford   LSU   7   
Thursday, November 16, 2017   Ohio Christian   Kent State   7   

[bbtds]

Monday, November 13, 2017   West Coast Bible College  Weber State    7  

Valpo's not playing Weber State this year, are we? Or am I being brain dead and missing something?

[talksalot]

Damn fat fingers...

The game I missed was Utah State at Weber State... and the VU opponent LOST that one...


Friday, November 10, 2017  Utah State 59  Weber State 65 

which pushed the record to 14-6 for the first two days ...

Loyola won by only 27.... 96-69 over Eureka this afternoon... so make that 15-6 on the weekend... with only the Chicago State/Purdue game to go.

Boilers up 49-24 with 2:30 to play in the first half.

[VU2014]

Valpo plays Purdue on 12/7. Purdue just beat Chicago State (who we just played in an exhibition) 111-42. The exhibition score was 77-42. I'm not necessarily expecting a win from that game but I'm hoping we have a strong showing vs Purdue later this season.

https://twitter.com/BoilerBall/status/929847480115761152
https://twitter.com/NWIOren/status/926929230096666624

[bbtds]

Valpo plays Purdue on 12/7. Purdue just beat Chicago State (who we just played in an exhibition) 111-42. The exhibition score was 77-42. I'm not necessarily expecting a win from that game but I'm hoping we have a strong showing vs Purdue later this season.

https://twitter.com/BoilerBall/status/929847480115761152
https://twitter.com/NWIOren/status/926929230096666624

Valpo won a road game with only about 200 fans at the Jones Convocation Center at Chicago State. Purdue won at home in Mackey Arena. Huge difference.

[talksalot]

Monday, November 13, 2017   Evansville  68 NC Central 55 - WIN   
Monday, November 13, 2017   Northern Iowa  73 Alcorn State 45 - WIN   
Monday, November 13, 2017   Tulane  89 Southeastern Louisiana 66 - LOSS   
Monday, November 13, 2017   Samford   87 Alabama A&M 68  - WIN
Monday, November 13, 2017   Utah State  81 Montana State 73
Monday, November 13, 2017   Northwestern  75 St Peters 66 - WIN       

the opposition is 21-6 on the season (or 20-5 with one push)

oh, Milwaukee 74 Iowa State 56

[ValpoDad89]

A few takeaways...

Wow!!! Great win for UWM

SE Louisiana losing to Tulane by that margin considering how favorable they are / were being considered this year.

And Northwestern only winning by 9 at Home while struggling in their first home game against Mercer I believe, given their ranking and returnees is very surprising as well.

[bbtds]

Northwestern only winning by 9 at Home while struggling in their first home game against Mercer I believe,

Loyola, MD actually. I really think we can sneak into Rosemont and steal a win over a B1G team in a location closer to B1G headquarters than the Northwestern campus in Evanston.

[VULB#62]

Yep, 2 close wins at Rosemont to open their season

NU 79 Loyola(MD) 75 (Patriot)
NU 75 St.Peters 66 (Metro Atlantic)

Next NU home game in on the 15th vs. Creighton (Big East)

[ValpoDad89]

I hope so many of our brothers in arm make it up North 294 and get to this game and promote this team. I will be there in full Valpo garb and regalia!!!!  I'll say this, NU could very well be vulnerable to what we bring to the table. The other thing is this, they beat Vandy in the NCAAs last year with a lesser team we will say. How does that not resonate with Bryce if we beat 'em on their modified home court!!!

[talksalot]

I think I'll go with 20-5 and ignore the push.  The Conference games would make that a nightmare to track...

Tuesday, November 14, 2017   Delaware   Bradley 61 Delaware 53 - WIN   
Tuesday, November 14, 2017   Davidson   108 UNC-Wilmington 81  - LOSS
Tuesday, November 14, 2017   Purdue  86 Marquette 71 - WIN

Ending the night 22-6 

Oh, Rutgers 70 Cleveland State 38, Final