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

[4throwfan]

Valpotx, that sounds like a really neat experience.  Thanks for sharing.

[ValpoDad89]

Valpotx, being a college hoops junkie since the late '70's and with this being "Maui" time, I always wanted to go and told my wife, if we ever get to Hawaii, we are going in late November...don't ask!!!

So glad you shared experience. If I never make it, I know I lived vicariously through a brother on the board.

[talksalot]

First Tennessee, now western Kentucky.  Nite nite boilers.  77 to73

[VULB#62]

First Tennessee, now western Kentucky.  Nite nite boilers.  77 to73

Neutral court, but that means the Boilermakers are not invincible.  And that means we might compete. And that means we have a chance. And that means a remotely possible W. 

And that means............ we have TWO remotely possible Ws against 2  B1G teams.

But that is in the future. Go Valpo, beat Kent State!

[VU2014]

Northwestern & Purdue are two good P5 teams that have chinks in the armor. On the right night we have a fighting chance. Let's take care of business in the Savannah Invitational tournament first against Kent State and UNCW.

[VULB#62]

I reiterate: 

But that is in the future. Go Valpo, beat Kent State!

[talksalot]

Alaska anchorage 76 santa Clara 73.

[talksalot]

Nice day so far.
Utah state 77 new Hampshire 63
Bradley 62 Georgia southern 57
Southeastern Louisiana 73 Mississippi valley 59
SIUE losing To Creighton early
Not good in the long run
Ball state 93 indiana state 85

Later
SIU vs Murray state
Charleston southern vs Illinois state

Loyola favored by 6.5
Valpo favored by 8

[talksalot]

So... here are all of the results from November 17 through today.    and we have "Monday Off"... None of our opponents are in action... you can watch the #166 Oakland game with WINLESS #334 Oral Roberts from the Maybe Center on ESPN3. (Interesting that their RPI's total exactly 500.  just sayin')

Friday, November 17, 2017   Boise State 82   Illinois State 64   LOSS
Friday, November 17, 2017   Drake 77   Wake Forest 74   WIN
Friday, November 17, 2017   Vermont 65   Bradley 64   LOSS
Friday, November 17, 2017   North Dakota St 57   Missouri State 54   LOSS
Friday, November 17, 2017   Old Dominion 62   Indiana State 44   LOSS
Friday, November 17, 2017   Ball State 87   Stony Brook 76   WIN
Saturday, November 18, 2017   Evansville 66   Binghamton 61   WIN
Saturday, November 18, 2017   Colorado 86   Drake 81   LOSS
Saturday, November 18, 2017   Bradley 71   UT San Antonio 69   WIN
Saturday, November 18, 2017   Northern Iowa 82   Chicago State 44   WIN
Saturday, November 18, 2017   Southern Illinois  69   Illinois-Springfield 64   WIN
Saturday, November 18, 2017   SIU-Edwardsville 80   Stetson 76   WIN
Saturday, November 18, 2017   UNC-Wilmington 88   Campbell 84   WIN
Saturday, November 18, 2017   Gonzaga 79   Utah State 66   LOSS
Saturday, November 18, 2017   Purdue 106   Fairfield 64   WIN
Saturday, November 18, 2017   Northwestern 82   LaSalle 74   WIN
Saturday, November 18, 2017   Cal Poly SLO 63   Santa Clara 59   LOSS
Saturday, November 18, 2017   Portland State 94   UC Riverside 82   LOSS
Sunday, November 19, 2017   Loyola 88   Samford 67   PUSH
Sunday, November 19, 2017   Ohio  96   Indiana State 94   LOSS
Sunday, November 19, 2017   Illinois State 84   Tulsa 68   WIN
Sunday, November 19, 2017   Bradley 70   Weber State 64   WIN
Sunday, November 19, 2017   Kent State 80   Mississippi Valley 67   WIN
Sunday, November 19, 2017   Texas Tech 85   Northwestern 49   LOSS
Sunday, November 19, 2017   Drake 90   Drexel 88   WIN
Sunday, November 19, 2017   Oregon 95   Ball State 71   LOSS
Monday, November 20, 2017   Georgia Southern 74   Missouri State 73   LOSS
Monday, November 20, 2017   Portland State 83   Utah State 79   LOSS
Tuesday, November 21, 2017   Evansville 59   Fresno State 57   WIN
Tuesday, November 21, 2017   Louisville 84   Southern Illinois 42   LOSS
Tuesday, November 21, 2017   Missouri State 69   Manhattan 65   WIN
Tuesday, November 21, 2017   Loyola 63   Mississippi Valley 50   WIN
Tuesday, November 21, 2017   Southeastern Louisiana 70   Kent State 66   PUSH
Wednesday, November 22, 2017   Indiana State 75   Missouri - St Louis 58   WIN
Wednesday, November 22, 2017   Bradley 79   Missouri S&T 47   WIN
Wednesday, November 22, 2017   Illinois State 86   Quincy 57   WIN
Wednesday, November 22, 2017   Missouri State 71   Florida Atlantic 60   WIN
Wednesday, November 22, 2017   Louisiana Tech 63   Evansville 61   LOSS
Wednesday, November 22, 2017   Western Illinois 69   SIU-Edwardsville 67   LOSS
Wednesday, November 22, 2017   Tennessee 78   Purdue 75   LOSS
Wednesday, November 22, 2017   Idaho 69   Santa Clara 59   LOSS
Wednesday, November 22, 2017   UC - Riverside 75   Western New Mexico 57   WIN
Wednesday, November 22, 2017   Bucknell 87   Ball State 83   LOSS
Thursday, November 23, 2017   Northern Iowa 64   NC State 60   WIN
Thursday, November 23, 2017   Western Kentucky 77   Purdue 73   LOSS
Thursday, November 23, 2017   Alaska Anchorage 76   Santa Clara 73   LOSS
Thursday, November 23, 2017   Villanova 64   Northern Iowa 50   LOSS
Friday, November 24, 2017   Loyola 102   NC Wilmington 78   WIN
Friday, November 24, 2017   Missouri State 80   Evangel 48   WIN
Friday, November 24, 2017   Southeastern Louisiana 77   Samford 71   PUSH
Friday, November 24, 2017   Loyola 102   UNC-Wilmington 78   WIN
Friday, November 24, 2017   Utah State 71   Northeastern 67   WIN
Friday, November 24, 2017   Purdue 89   Arizona 64   WIN
Friday, November 24, 2017   Northwestern 81   Sacred Heart 50   WIN
Saturday, November 25, 2017   Ball State 93   Indiana State 85   PUSH
Saturday, November 25, 2017   Bradley 62   Georgia Southern 57   WIN
Saturday, November 25, 2017   Loyola 75   Kent State 60   PUSH
Saturday, November 25, 2017   Charleston Southern 64   Illinois State 62   LOSS
Saturday, November 25, 2017   Murray State 81   Southern Illinois 73   LOSS
Saturday, November 25, 2017   Creighton 102   SIU-Edwardsville 66   LOSS
Saturday, November 25, 2017   Southeastern Louisiana 73   Mississippi Valley 59   WIN
Saturday, November 25, 2017   Utah State 77   New Hampshire 63   WIN
Saturday, November 25, 2017   Sam Houston State 73   Santa Clara 59   LOSS
Sunday, November 26, 2017   Drake 79   Chicago State 67   WIN
Sunday, November 26, 2017   Samford 83   Mississippi Valley 70   WIN
Sunday, November 26, 2017   Michigan 87   UC-Riverside 42   LOSS

Our Opponents are 63-40 on the season, not including the "Pushes"

Friday, November 10, 2017        Purdue 105  SIU-Edwardsville 74
Sunday, November 19, 2017   Loyola 88   Samford 67
Tuesday, November 21, 2017   Southeastern Louisiana 70   Kent State 66
Friday, November 24, 2017   Southeastern Louisiana 77   Samford 71
Saturday, November 25, 2017   Ball State 93   Indiana State 85
Saturday, November 25, 2017   Loyola 75   Kent State 60


Our Opponent Records:
SIU-Edwardsville 1-4 RPI 148
Southeastern Louisiana 3-3 RPI 158
Samford 2-5 RPI 233
Kent State 2-3 RPI 266
NC-Wilmington 1-3 RPI 191

Utah State 4-3  RPI 213
Purdue 5-2 RPI 92
Ball State 2-4 RPI 203
Northwestern 4-2 RPI 130
Santa Clara 0-4  RPI 341
UC Riverside 1-3 RPI 182

ought to be a wonderful California trip...

Missouri Valley Conference versus top 50 RPI:  2-6  (Missouri State over #33 Western Ky) and (Bradley over #39 GA Southern)
(Northern Iowa beat NC State #147, plays #49 UNLV in the MWC Challenge game on Wednesday in Cedar Falls)

The Horizon League is 1-5, with DaPanthers win over Iowa State as their only T50 win.

[talksalot]

Starting this week at 63-40...BOLD games are the MWC-MVC Challenge

Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Loyola   Boise State
Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Colorado State   Missouri State
Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Loyola (NOLA)   Southeastern Louisiana
Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Louisville   Purdue
Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Northwestern       Georgia Tech
Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Oakland City    Ball State
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Air Force   Indiana State
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Drake   Omaha
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Evansville   New Mexico
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Illinois State   Nevada
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   UNLV   Northern Iowa
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   SIUE   Southern Illinois -- PUSH
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Kent State   Norfolk State
Thursday, November 30, 2017   UNC-Wilmington   East Carolina
Thursday, November 30, 2017   Northern Arizona   Santa Clara
Thursday, November 30, 2017   Pacific   UC Riverside
Friday, December 01, 2017   Eastern Illinois   Bradley
Friday, December 01, 2017   Purdue   Maryland
Friday, December 01, 2017   Tennessee State   Purdue
Friday, December 01, 2017   Illinois        Northwestern   
Saturday, December 02, 2017   Oakland City   Evansville
Saturday, December 02, 2017   Tulsa   Illinois State
Saturday, December 02, 2017   UIC   Loyola
Saturday, December 02, 2017   San Jose State   Southern Illinois
Saturday, December 02, 2017   Drake   Wyoming
Saturday, December 02, 2017   Missouri State   South Dakota St
Saturday, December 02, 2017   Cleveland State   Kent State
Saturday, December 02, 2017   BYU   Utah State
Saturday, December 02, 2017   Arkansas -Pine Bluff   Santa Clara
Saturday, December 02, 2017   UC Riverside   Grand Canyon
Saturday, December 02, 2017   IUPUI   Ball State

[talksalot]

I'll post this here as well as the Challenge thread I started

Here's the Mountain West Conference standings and WarrenNolan RPI...they too, have a pair of undefeated's.


Nevada 0-0 0.000 - 6-0 1.000  10 1-0 9-1 6 Wins

UNLV 0-0 0.000 - 6-0 1.000  51 1-0 7-3 6 Wins

Wyoming 0-0 0.000 - 4-1 0.800  19 1-0 8-2 1 Win

Boise State 0-0 0.000 - 4-1 0.800  95 0-1 6-4 1 Win

San Diego State 0-0 0.000 - 4-1 0.800  77 0-1 7-3 4 Wins

Fresno State 0-0 0.000 - 3-2 0.600  112 0-1 6-4 2 Wins

Air Force 0-0 0.000 - 3-2 0.600  193 0-1 4-6 2 Losses

Utah State 0-0 0.000 - 4-3 0.571  211 0-0 5-5 2 Wins

Colorado State 0-0 0.000 - 3-3 0.500  225 0-0 5-5 1 Win

San Jose State 0-0 0.000 - 1-3 0.250  302 0-0 2-8 1 Win

New Mexico 0-0 0.000 - 1-4 0.200  206 0-1 2-8 4 Losses

[VUGrad1314]

It should be noted that the MVC has already split a pair with the MWC. Evansville defeated Fresno State 61-59 at the Cancun Challenge while Illinois State lost to Boise State 64-46 at the Puerto Rico Tipoff

[talksalot]

Lots of interesting games tonight...with the Spread

Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Loyola   Boise State (Boise -11)
Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Colorado State   Missouri State (MoSt -5)
Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Loyola (NOLA)   Southeastern Louisiana -- D2 game, no line
Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Louisville   Purdue (Purdue -6)
Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Northwestern       Georgia Tech (Tech -8)
Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Oakland City    Ball State -- D2 game, no line

Loyola and Louisville are current on the list of Undefeateds...

Just to update that unblemished list...

From last night, Albany fell from the list losing to Monmouth, leaving 28 teams on the list.
From last night, Wisconsin, Syracuse, Cincinnati and Virginia all won, staying undefeated.

Tonight:
Undefeated Baylor is at Xavier
Undefeated Florida State is at Undefeated Rutgers
Undefeated Louisville is at Purdue
Undefeated Kansas hosts Toledo
Undefeated Georgetown hosts Maine
Undefeated Loyola is at (5-1) Boise State
Undefeated Illinois is at Wake Forest

Here's THE LIST:
Arizona State
Baylor
Cincinnati
Colorado
Duke
Florida State
Georgetown
Illinois
Kansas
Louisiana Tech
Louisville
Loyola-Chicago
Miami (FL)
Minnesota
Mississippi State
Nevada
Notre Dame
Rutgers
San Diego
Syracuse
TCU
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
UNLV
Valparaiso
Villanova
Virginia
Washington State

[talksalot]

63-40 starting tonight

Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Boise State 87 Loyola 53 - LOSS
Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Missouri State  77 Colorado State 67 - WIN
Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Southeastern Louisiana 80 Loyola (NO) 53 - WIN
Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Purdue 66 Louisville 57 - WIN
Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Georgia Tech 52 Northwestern 51 - LOSS
Tuesday, November 28, 2017   Ball State 81 Oakland City 57 - WIN

so, 4-2 on the night... takes the season record to 67-42

Heartbreak in Atlanta for the Wildcats....Tadric Jackson hit a layup at the buzzer, Ben Lammers scored 13 points and Georgia Tech rallied in the closing seconds to beat Northwestern 52-51 on Tuesday night.   Jackson took a pass on the left side from Jose Alvarado and drove through the lane past two defenders to score at the rim. His basket set off a wild celebration for Georgia Tech (4-1).

[talksalot]

looking at the undefeateds... Five lost tonight... the number fall to 23.

Undefeated Baylor LOST at Xavier
Undefeated Florida State BEAT Undefeated Rutgers
Undefeated Louisville LOST at Purdue
Undefeated Kansas BEAT Toledo
Undefeated Georgetown BEAT Maine
Undefeated Loyola LOST at (5-1) Boise State
Undefeated Illinois LOST at Wake Forest

------------------------------------------
Wednesdays undefeated teams in action...

Undefeated Villanova hosts Penn
Undefeated UNLV is at Northern Iowa.... MW/MV Challenge game
Undefeated Miami is at Undefeated Minnesota..... Big10/ACC Challenge
Undefeated Nevada hosts Illinois State.... MW/MV Challenge game
Undefeated TCU hosts Belmont
Undefeated Duke is at Indiana... Big10/ACC Challenge
Undefeated Louisiana Tech is at Alabama

[talksalot]

Starting today, 67-42

Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Air Force   Indiana State
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Drake   Omaha
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Evansville   New Mexico
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Illinois State   Nevada
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   UNLV   Northern Iowa
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   SIUE   Southern Illinois - PUSH

[talksalot]

Starting today, 67-42

Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Indiana State 74 Air Force 64 - WIN
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Omaha  75 Drake 73 - LOSS
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Kent State 79 Norfolk State 70 - WIN
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   New Mexico 78 Evansville 59 - LOSS
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Illinois State   Nevada
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Northern Iowa  77 UNLV 68 - WIN
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Southern Illinois 86 SIUE 59 - PUSH

[talksalot]

starting today with 23 undefeated teams...

Wednesdays undefeated teams in action...

Undefeated Villanova hosts Penn -  WIN 90-62
Undefeated UNLV is at Northern Iowa....   LOSS - UNI 77-68
Undefeated Louisiana Tech is at Alabama - LOSS 77-74
Undefeated Miami is at Undefeated Minnesota..... Miami 86-81 WIN - LOSS
Undefeated Nevada hosts Illinois State...WIN 98-68
Undefeated TCU hosts Belmont - WIN - 87-76
Undefeated Duke is at Indiana... WIN - 91-81

So three more go down...leaving 20

Valpo is the only 8-0 team in the country, with the Dukies win.

Minnesota was the only one with a chance to get to 8-wins tonight, but they fall to 7-1. 

AND then, there were these games...

Miami Ohio 123-40 over Midway College
Northern Kentucky 113-33 over Berea College

[Valpower]

SIU over SIUE (and any game with conference mates against common foe) is not a push. We play our conference mates twice so we ALWAYS want them to win—assuming that we don't play the common opponent more than once.

[talksalot]

Starting today, 67-42

Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Indiana State 74 Air Force 64 - WIN
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Omaha  75 Drake 73 - LOSS
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Kent State 79 Norfolk State 70 - WIN
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   New Mexico 78 Evansville 59 - LOSS
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Illinois State   Nevada - LOSS
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Northern Iowa  77 UNLV 68 - WIN
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   Southern Illinois 86 SIUE 59 - PUSH

The 3-3 record moves the opponents to 70-45 Starting Thursday, with 7 "pushes".

Thursday, November 30, 2017   UNC-Wilmington   East Carolina
Thursday, November 30, 2017   Northern Arizona   Santa Clara
Thursday, November 30, 2017   Pacific          UC Riverside

[talksalot]

Undefeateds in action tonight...

Notre Dame, San Diego and Texas Tech fall from the lofty ranks...

Texas A&M and Mississippi State with wins...

that leaves 17 undefeated teams....

1. Arizona State 100.0%
1. Cincinnati 100.0%
1. Colorado 100.0%
1. Duke 100.0%
1. Florida State 100.0%
1. Georgetown 100.0%
1. Kansas 100.0%
1. Miami (FL) 100.0%
1. Mississippi State 100.0%
1. Nevada 100.0%
1. Syracuse 100.0%
1. TCU 100.0%
1. Texas A&M 100.0%
1. Valparaiso 100.0%
1. Villanova 100.0%
1. Virginia 100.0%
1. Washington State 100.0%

and here are the teams with a chance to catch us at 8-0 before our next game

Cincinnati 7 plays at Xavier on Saturday
Nevada 7 plays at UC Irvine on Saturday
Texas A&M 7 hosts Arizona next Tuesday
Villanova 7 plays at St Joseph's on Saturday
Virginia 7 hosts Lehigh on Saturday... and then they go to:
West Virginia 7 hosts Virginia on Tuesday

[talksalot]

back to our opponents....Starting Thursday 70-45

Thursday, November 30, 2017   East Carolina  beat UNCWilmington in Overtime 93-88 - LOSS

Thursday, November 30, 2017   Santa Clara 89  Northern Arizona 57 - WIN

Thursday, November 30, 2017   Pacific    57  UC Riverside  55 - LOSS
Ending Thursday  71-47

and the Friday schedule:

Friday, December 01, 2017   Eastern Illinois   Bradley
Friday, December 01, 2017   Purdue   Maryland
Friday, December 01, 2017   Illinois        Northwestern   

[bbtds]

Utah State 4-3  RPI 213
Purdue 5-2 RPI 92
Ball State 2-4 RPI 203
Northwestern 4-2 RPI 130
Santa Clara 0-4  RPI 341
UC Riverside 1-3 RPI 182

ought to be a wonderful California trip...

Missouri Valley Conference versus top 50 RPI:  2-6  (Missouri State over #33 Western Ky) and (Bradley over #39 GA Southern)
(Northern Iowa beat NC State #147, plays #49 UNLV in the MWC Challenge game on Wednesday in Cedar Falls)

The Horizon League is 1-5, with DaPanthers win over Iowa State as their only T50 win.

Proves you shouldn't count your schedule chicks before they're hatched.

[talksalot]

well, here's the whole weekend of significant RPI affector games for Valpo...  looks like it'll be a 10-6 weekend, with one push...

                      date             visitor             home     time         nolan line
Friday, December 01, 2017   Eastern Illinois   Bradley   7   Bradley favored by 12
Friday, December 01, 2017   Illinois        Northwestern       8   Cats favored by 9
Friday, December 01, 2017   Purdue   Maryland   7      Pick'em game
Saturday, December 02, 2017   Arkansas -Pine Bluff   Santa Clara   7   Broncos favored by 26
Saturday, December 02, 2017   BYU   Utah State   7   Pickem game
Saturday, December 02, 2017   Cleveland State   Kent State   7   Flashes favored by 20
Saturday, December 02, 2017   Drake   Wyoming   5   Cowboys favored by 21
Saturday, December 02, 2017   IUPUI   Ball State   2      BSU favored by 15
Saturday, December 02, 2017   Missouri State   South Dakota St   7   L - Pick'em game
Saturday, December 02, 2017   Oakland City   Evansville   1   W
Saturday, December 02, 2017   San Jose State   Southern Illinois   3   SIU favored by 9
Saturday, December 02, 2017   Tulsa   Illinois State   3   Redbirds favored by 15
Saturday, December 02, 2017   UC Riverside   Grand Canyon   6   GC favored by 21
Sunday, December 03, 2017   Bradley   San Diego State   5   Aztecs #38, favored by 15
Sunday, December 03, 2017   Northwestern       Purdue   4   Push for us... doesn't matter for RPI
Sunday, December 03, 2017   Samford   Jacksonville State   7   JAX  favored by 15
Sunday, December 03, 2017   SIU-Edwardsville   Fort Wayne   1   IPFW favored by 22

[talksalot]

No undefeated teams are playing Friday night.... Here's the Saturday Schedule

Undefeated Virginia hosting Lehigh
Undefeated Cincinnati at Xavier
Undefeated Colorado at Colorado State
Undefeated Washington State hosts UC Davis
Undefeated Duke hosts South Dakota
Undefeated TCU Hosts Yale
Undefeated Villanova is at Saint Josephs
Undefeated Kansas is at Undefeated Syracuse
Undefeated Miami hosts Princeton
Undefeated Arizona State hosts San Francisco
Undefeated Nevada is at UC Irvine