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

[talksalot]

right after the Samford game hits, Nolan boosts our RPI to 54 and the SOS to 266... not really a leap or a bound... but baby steps here and there help.

Come on Riverside... Ride the Wave !  [so Pepperdine is up 26-16 with 8 to play first half]

Undefeated?  No More Nevada... then there were 11  Texas Tech took an OT, 82-76

Still UnDefeated
Duke
Miami
Villanova


In tough games:

TCU up 5 with 12 to play
Texas A&M down 3 with 11 to play

[talksalot]

Starting Tuesday.... 81-53 for the opponents...one minor upset, one BIG upset, one near miss, and one ho-hum.

Evansville 91 BGSU 76 - WIN
Ball State 80 Notre Dame 77 - WIN
Memphis 65 Samford 64 - LOSS
Pepperdine 70 UC Riverside 59 - LOSS

So we start Wednesday 83-55 and 8 games to track... and the point spread show our opponents will lose 7 of them...

Wednesday, December 06, 2017   Drake   South Dakota   SDak favored by 10
Wednesday, December 06, 2017   Illinois State   BYU    Cougars favored by 10
Wednesday, December 06, 2017   Indiana State   North Texas  Sycamores favored by 2
Wednesday, December 06, 2017   Kent State   Xavier      Muskateers favored by 23
Wednesday, December 06, 2017   Loyola   Florida    Gators favored by 15
Wednesday, December 06, 2017   SIU-Edwardsville   IUPUI - Jags favored by 8.5
Wednesday, December 06, 2017   Southern Illinois    St Louis - Billikens favored by 1.5
Wednesday, December 06, 2017   UC Irvine   Utah State   Aggies favored by 7.5

As for the Undefeateds... and then there were 10...

last night we lost Virginia, Nevada and Texas A&M leaving:
1. Valparaiso 100.0%
1. Arizona State 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. TCU 100.0%
1. Villanova 100.0%

Of these 10, only the Jayhawks are in action Wednesday, hosting Washington, where KU is favored by 23.

[historyman]

#253 Samford was up 64-62 with 15 seconds left, with a chance at their first Road win of the year, gave up layup, and dribbled the inbounds pass of their own foot.  Giving the tigers the ball, down 3 with 9.2 on the clock.  Give up an offensive rebound and foul on the put-back with 2.5 to go... to lose it 65-64

Man! If I was Coach Padgett I would have been crying myself to sleep in my King size bed. Of course he played for the Jazz, Rockets, Nets and Grizzlies from 99 to 07. He knew a lot about losing.

[VU2014]

Looks like Ball State fans have Valpo in its crosshairs now. Coming off that road win its going to loud and rowdy.
https://twitter.com/TheNestBSU/status/938230122750017536

[valpolaw]

I remember going to ball state for the game a few years ago and being really disappointed when we laid an egg there and got beat. Hope that doesn't happen again.

[govalpogo]

They are also giving us the W against Purdue!   

Looks like Ball State fans have Valpo in its crosshairs now. Coming off that road win its going to loud and rowdy.
https://twitter.com/TheNestBSU/status/938230122750017536

[ValpoDad89]

A Kent State showing will definitely help but watching this game I see X blowing the doors off the Cimtas Center.

[valpolaw]

Loyola up 3 over Florida at half

[valpopal]

Halftime for Loyola at #5 Florida, and they looked very good leading by double digits most of the first half, but unfortunately their star guard, Custer, left with a bad ankle injury, and the lead has been cut to three. I hope Loyola pulls the upset, but I don't have a lot of confidence they can keep the lead in the second half without Custer.

[ValpoDad89]

While not teams we play, teams our opponents will play at least twice (Purdue and Northwestern)...Wisconsin loses to Temple 59-54 and Illinois losing at half to Austin Peay 28-26...and Illinois hasn't looked good at all this game in particular.

[valpopal]

Halftime for Loyola at #5 Florida, and they looked very good leading by double digits most of the first half, but unfortunately their star guard, Custer, left with a bad ankle injury, and the lead has been cut to three. I hope Loyola pulls the upset, but I don't have a lot of confidence they can keep the lead in the second half without Custer.

Loyola holds on to upset #5 Florida, 65-59. Great win for the Ramblers!

[valpolaw]

Nice win for Loyola. I'll be interested to see how Florida does the rest of the year. They've lost 3 straight now and play Cincinnati in cincy Saturday so its very likey they'll lose 4 straight. Maybe it was Loyola's defense but Florida didn't look very impressive.

[ValpoDad89]

WOW!!! Pal, great win for the Ramblers from Rogers Park!!!

[VUGrad1314]

Bad night for everyone else though. Yeesh.

Drake blown out by South Dakota
Illinois State getting run by BYU
Indiana State and Southern Illinois gave away games to North Texas and SLU.

At least the MVC got the big one that really mattered.

Big day tomorrow. In addition to our game against Purdue Northern Iowa plays UT-Arlington. A 2-0 night would be a huge statement for the league.

[JD24]

Nice win for Loyola. I'll be interested to see how Florida does the rest of the year. They've lost 3 straight now and play Cincinnati in cincy Saturday so its very likey they'll lose 4 straight. Maybe it was Loyola's defense but Florida didn't look very impressive.

Florida's too dependent upon the 3 and their shooters have been in and out. They get their Center Egbunu back within a month and they may be a bit better when he's back. They have their 5th year transfer Egor from Rice playing underneath too much at 6'5"

Nontheless a good win for Loyola

[ValpoDad89]

On the flip side JD24, the Loyola win stands and Egbunu coming back makes them stronger going into their conference which will have a positive impact on that win and RPI / KenPom overall. It's up to Valpo to capitalize on that. Good showing against Purdue and beat NU and maybe we have an at large resume. A big IF and probably out of the realm of possibility but hopefully their win lite the MVC on the map.

Playing in this conference will only pay dividends as we would not have a conference win like that unless we took the bull by the horns.

[talksalot]

86-60 going into Thursday
Only one game...

Northern Iowa 62 UT-San Antonio 58... UTSA falls to 7-2 on the season, nice MVC MidMajor win here.  up to 87-60

on Friday...
Air Force at UC Riverside...AFA giving 1.5 on the road in that one
Hampton at Missouri State, no line on that one... the Bears will handle that one easily...

[covufan]

Northern Iowa 62 UT-San Antonio 58... UTSA falls to 7-2 on the season, nice MVC MidMajor win here.  up to 87-60

I believe that UNI played UTA, not UTSA.  Makes it a better mid-major game.

[talksalot]

UT-ARRRRRlington would be more better !

[talksalot]

87-60 starting Friday night...


on Friday...
Missouri State 88 Hampton 75  Da Bears go up to 9-2, and WIN
Air Force at UC Riverside...UCR up 34-26 at the half at home, looking for their second D1 win of the year [Cal was their other one]

lots of action on Saturday - predictors say a 7-3 day...
Saturday, December 09, 2017   Canisius   Evansville   1 - Aces Favored by 5
Saturday, December 09, 2017   Samford   Clemson   2 - Tigers by 18
Saturday, December 09, 2017   Kent State   Wright State   3 - Raiders by 4
Saturday, December 09, 2017   Murray State   Illinois State   3 - Redbirds by 3
Saturday, December 09, 2017   Norfolk State   Loyola   3 No Line - Loyola by what ever they want
Saturday, December 09, 2017   Indianapolis   Indiana State   4 - No Line - D2 game
Saturday, December 09, 2017   Omaha   Drake   5 - Drake by 7
Saturday, December 09, 2017   Utah State   Utah   5:30 - Utes by 6.5
Saturday, December 09, 2017   Portland State   Santa Clara   7 - Broncos by 2.5
Saturday, December 09, 2017   SEMO   Southern Illinois   7 - Salukis by 10.5

Undefeated Georgetown, who has the 351st SOS rating, is favored by 22.5 over... NC A&T... at least that team is 5-3 on the season.... their previous 8 opponents have won a total of 8 games... oh NEXT Saturday, they host Syracuse.

[bbtds]

UT-ARRRRRlington would be more better !

Have not impressed me. Aren't they from Texas somewhere?

[talksalot]

87-60 starting Friday night...


and the opponents had another perfect Friday...
Missouri State 88 Hampton 75  Da Bears go up to 9-2, and WIN
UC Riverside 67 Air Force 48 - WIN
   UCR was 12 of 13 from two-point range in the first half, 18 of 24 for the game [and 7 of 23 from 3-pt], held AFA to 30% shooting; and the Highlanders RPI is up to 280.  [Santa Clara is #340]

Opponents are 89-60 starting Saturday

[valpotx]

Very surprising that UCR beat Air Force.

[VULB#62]

And soundly.

[talksalot]

started Saturday 89-60...the lines were saying out opponents would be 7-3 on the day... would you believe 4-6?

Utah State 67   Utah 77   LOSS
Canisius 58   Evansville 65   WIN
Samford 59   Clemson 81   LOSS
Kent State 54   Wright State 63   LOSS
Murray State 78   Illinois State 72   LOSS
Norfolk State 52   Loyola 80   WIN
Indianapolis 75   Indiana State 79   WIN
Omaha 74   Drake 93   WIN
Portland State 87   Santa Clara 84   LOSS
SEMO  75   Southern Illinois 69   LOSS

Redbirds, Broncos and Salukis all failing to cover, so we end Saturday 93-66

here are the Sunday games... which barring an upset, our opponents should sweep...

Sunday, December 10, 2017   South Alabama   SIU-Edwardsville   2pm
Sunday, December 10, 2017   Missouri State   Oral Roberts   3pm
Sunday, December 10, 2017   Dubuque   Northern Iowa   4pm
Sunday, December 10, 2017   IUPUI   Purdue   7pm