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

[talksalot]

NOT a good day for the Computers...

Going into Saturday 191-162
RPI at 193 #.4887 , the SOS is at 139...  "Get By with a little help from my friends..."  or not. 

Boise State   Utah State     Lexus by 4 or 10 - Aggies 71-65 - WIN
Citadel   Samford    Bulldogs by 5 or Pickem   (The O/U in this game is 185! would you believe 219?  Bulldogs 116-103 in Regulation.  - WIN

Hofstra   UNC-Wilmington     Pride by 4 or 6 - Seahawks take it 90-70 - WIN
Murray State   SIU-Edwardsville     Racers by 17 or 14 - MSU 75-66 - LOSS
Northwestern   Maryland     Terps by 7 or pick'em  - Md 73-57 - LOSS
Purdue   Michigan State     Sparty by 3 or 4 - Nailed it...68-65 - LOSS
San Diego   Santa Clara     Toreros by 8 or 4- Bronchos take it 70-64 - WIN
Southeastern Louisiana   McNeese State     Cowboys by 1 or Lions by 8 - Lions 74-67 - WIN
UC Irvine   UC Riverside     Anteaters by 4 or 13 - UCI 62-52 - LOSS

5-4 on the day...196-166 going into Sunday
Sunday Morning... RPI at 189 #.4895 , the SOS is at 141

Valley Contests
Loyola   Indiana State     Ramblers by 5 or 15 - Loyola 75-71
Northern Iowa   Drake     Bulldogs by 2 or 1   Drake 71-64
Evansville   Missouri State     Bears by 7 or pickem  - Most 72-55

[justducky]

Boise State   Utah State     Lexus by 4 or 10 - Aggies 71-65 - WIN

The Aggie win means a Boise St loss which now puts them at 5 with games against MWC powers Nevada and Wyoming remaining. Looks to me like Lexus could be faced with another Selection Sunday bubble experience.

Nobody should have to experience the" busted bubble" twice.

[talksalot]

Sunday Morning... RPI at 189 #.4895, the SOS is at 141

Salukis did beat Evansville...74-57...

Sunday Evening... RPI at 178 #.4952, the SOS is at 137

OOCO have one game on Monday... Mercer is favored by 3 or 8 over Samford.  The Bulldogs have to be exhausted after putting up 116 on Saturday, the O/U on this one is only 179.   Not bad shooting by Sammy last night... overall shooting:  40-59  3FGM-3FGA  16-25  FTM-FTA  20-26;   the %: 67.8 %  64.0 % 76.9 %

[talksalot]

Yeh, the Bulldogs cooled off, darn it.
Mercer 74   Samford 69   LOSS   
196-167 going into Tuesday

going into action on Tuesday, RPI is back to 180, #.4949  with the SOS of 139

Tuesday action includes the rescheduled UNCW Mumps game at James Madison from last Thursday

UNC-Wilmington   James Madison   Dukes by 6 or Pick'em   
Ball State   Akron   Zips by 1, Cardinals by 6   
Kent State   Buffalo   Bulls by 13 or 14   
Northwestern   Rutgers   Scarlet Knight by 1 or Wildcats by 13   

and one MVC game on the line tonight that we will be watching...
Evansville   Northern Iowa   PUSH   Panthers by 5 or Pickem

[talksalot]

UNI didn't make a field goal in the last 10 minutes of the game with Evansville
Evansville did not make ONE free throw...perhaps because they didn't shoot any.  Not One.  Evansville won the second half, 18-17

UNI wins in 47-41

Ball State 90 Akron 77 - WIN
James Madison 62 UNCWilmington 61 - LOSS
Buffalo 84 Kent State 72 - LOSS

Wildcats up 9 on the scarlet knight at the half...not over yet, but this one is... Hoyas 87 BUTLER 83 at Hinkle...tee hee...

Valpo's RPI up to 179 SOS 141

[valpotx]

How is it possible to shoot 0 FTs in a college game?

[EddieCabot]

How is it possible to shoot 0 FTs in a college game?

Sounds like the MVC is conspiring against them.  Some Evansville fan should write an article about this.  That's the only way wrongs get corrected.

[valpopal]

Evansville took 49 shots and wasn't fouled once? The home team shoots 19 free throws to 0 for the visiting team and wins by 6 points. 

[valpotx]

Uh oh, Eddie Cabot taking shots at pgmado!

[talksalot]

196-167 going into Tuesday

Ball State 90 Akron 77 - WIN
James Madison 62 UNCWilmington 61 - LOSS
Buffalo 84 Kent State 72 - LOSS

Valpo's RPI up to 179 SOS 141 Before the Rutgers come back...  Cats lead by 9 and half... lose by 9... 67-58 - LOSS
at the end of the night Valpo's RPI up to 183, SOS 141

Three OOC games on Wednesday night:

New Orleans    Southeastern Louisiana   Lions by 5 or 4
UC Riverside    CSU Northridge  Northridge favored by 3
Utah State   New Mexico   Lobos by 4 or Aggies by 2

Ramblers by 12 or 20 at the Gentile Center in today's poll; game is getting good promo from Chicago sports guys...

[talksalot]

197-169 coming into Wednesday...

New Orleans 64   Southeastern Louisiana 71   WIN
UC Riverside 69   CSU Northridge 62   WIN
Utah State 63   New Mexico 78   LOSS

199-170... RPI falls to 181... SOS is at a new season best.. 129

For today:... so maybe a 2-2 day....
Thursday, February 15, 2018   
Elon   UNC-Wilmington   Seahawks by 1 or pickem
Purdue   Wisconsin   Boilers by 13 or 20
Santa Clara   Portland   Pilots by 5 or pickem
SIU-Edwardsville   UT Martin   Skyhawks by 8 or 4


Other scores from Valentines' Day...

Youngstown State 75 Oakland 73 - Garrett Covington's putback spun through the hoop as the horn sounded and Youngstown State scored the final nine points to storm back, defeating the Golden Grizzlies in Youngstown for the first time in 17 years.

Vandy 81 Mississippi State 80  Riley LaChance swished a 3-pointer from the top of the key with .5 seconds left for the Commodores


Valpo's Real Time RPI projections:

  02-17         Bradley     17-10 (8-7)   102    69-66 W - Scouting   
  02-20         Northern Iowa     11-14 (5-10)   156    67-65 W - Scouting   
  02-24     at    Drake     14-13 (9-6)   141    70-81 L - Scouting   

[mj]

Looking at our 6-0 start, (I don't consider North Park and Trinity real wins. Plus they inflate our stats) it seems like we played a cupcake non-conference schedule. Don't know if that did us any favors for playing in the MVC.

[ml2]

Our first 6 non-conference D1 opponents have an average KenPom rank of 239. Our next 5 non-conference D1 opponents have an average KenPom rank of 162. The nine other MVC schools have an average KenPom rank of 126.

Given that we had a young team with a lot of new players, that seems like a pretty reasonable progression to me.

PS - Always nice to talk Valpo hoops with you mj!

[talksalot]

199-170 coming in ... and the opponents go 3-1 on the day... with the big upset being the only loss...

Elon 63   UNC-Wilmington 87   WIN
Purdue 53   Wisconsin 57   LOSS
Santa Clara 81   Portland 72   WIN
SIU-Edwardsville 70   UT Martin 69   WIN

202-171 heading to the weekend

RPI 180... SOS up to a new season best 121...up 8 places in 24 hours...

No games today for the OOC... one game to watch if you need something to do that doesn't involve Curling...NoKy (12-2) and Wright State (11-3) in action at the Nutter Center. 

[talksalot]

looking ahead for the weekend games...and our OOCO are favored in 1 game on Saturday.

Saturday
Abilene Christian   Southeastern Louisiana   Lions by 2 or 10
Akron   Kent State   Flashes by 7 or 6
Charleston       UNC-Wilmington   Cougars by 4 or 15
Furman   Samford   Paladins by 11 or 13
Hawaii   UC Riverside   Rainbow Warriors by 3 or 6
Michigan State   Northwestern   Sparty by 11 or 15
Nevada   Utah State   Wolfpack by 11 or 12
Santa Clara   Pacific   Tigers by 9 or 10
SIU-Edwardsville   Southeast Missouri   Indians by 10
Toledo   Ball State   Rockets by 1 or pickem

Sunday
Penn State   Purdue   Boilers by 12 or 13

Valley Games Saturday
Southern Illinois     Indiana State   Sycs by 1 or Salukis by 11
Northern Iowa   Illinois State   Redbirds by 1 or 6
(Valpo by 2 or Braves by 4)

Valley Games Sunday
Drake   Missouri State   Bears by 8 or 14
Loyola   Evansville   Ramblers by 5 or 11

[bbtds]

How is it possible to shoot 0 FTs in a college game?

Sounds like the MVC is conspiring against them.  Some Evansville fan should write an article about this.  That's the only way wrongs get corrected.

All I know is that since Paul wrote the story on Valpo getting hosed on FTs Valpo has not had any large FT discrepancy between their opponent and VU. I can't believe it's all luck.

[FieldGoodie05]

How is it possible to shoot 0 FTs in a college game?

Sounds like the MVC is conspiring against them.  Some Evansville fan should write an article about this.  That's the only way wrongs get corrected.

All I know is that since Paul wrote the story on Valpo getting hosed on FTs Valpo has not had any large FT discrepancy between their opponent and VU. I can't believe it's all luck.

Yeah, right..............

[talksalot]

so our OOCO was favored in 1 game today...and we picked up 3 so far...

Toledo 71   Ball State 99   WIN
Abilene Christian 54   Southeastern Louisiana 68   WIN
Akron 68   Kent State 78   WIN

Charleston   88   UNC-Wilmington 74   LOSS
Furman 94    Samford 79   LOSS
Michigan State 65   Northwestern 60   LOSS...Wildcats scored 11 points in the second half... after leading by 26 in the first half.
Nevada 93    Utah State 87   LOSS
SIU-Edwardsville 74   Southeast Missouri 79  LOSS

still underway on the left coast:
Hawaii   UC Riverside   
Santa Clara   Pacific   

and these Valley scores...
Northern Iowa 75   Illinois State 79   PUSH
Southern Illinois 76   Indiana State 72-Overtime   PUSH

Valpo's RPI jumps to 172, SOS is once again at a season best 117

with RPI as the first tie-breaker after Head-to-Head...

Northern Iowa 5-11   RPI 168
Valparaiso 5-11   RPI 172
Indiana State 6-10  RPI 185
Evansville 6-9  RPI 124  (hosts Loyola on Sunday)

[talksalot]

Valpo's RPI jumps to 172, SOS is once again at a season best 117

Hawaii 72  UC Riverside 69 Overtime - LOSS   
Santa Clara  72 Pacific 68   WIN
   
and when the dust settled and a nice win and 4-6 for the OOCO... RPI at 171 and SOS at 116...
MVC RPIs:   UNI still at 168, Evansville 124 and Indiana State at 165

only one OOCO game today... can the Boilers snap out of it?  they have a streaking Nittany Lions team at Mackey in Prime Time tonight.

only one OOCO game on Monday... The Terps head to Rosemont to see if the Wildcats can put the ultimate choke of a collapse behind them.

[talksalot]

Heading to the weekend  202-171; RPI 180... SOS up to a new season best 121..
...
time passes... Bradley gets Wardled in the ARC...the OOCO go 4-6 on Saturday, 1-0 on Sunday (Thank you Purdue)

so, here on Monday 207-177  RPI at 172, SOS at 119... just off the Sunday morning 117 season-best...

only one OOCO game tonight:  the Wildcats could help with a win over the Terps tonight...

Tuesday:  Kent State @ Ohio; NIU @ Ball State

Wednesday:  CalSt Fullerton @ UC Riverside

Thursday:  Austin Peay @ SIU-Edwardsville; Loyola Marymount @ Santa Clara; Purdue @ Illinois 
UNC-Wilmington @ William & Mary;  Wisconsin@ Northwestern

Friday:  Samford @ VMI; Western Michigan @ Ball State

[talksalot]

Monday 207-177  RPI at 172, SOS at 119...

#59 Terps beat the #126 Wildcats 71-64

Going into Senior day.... RPI at 172 - SOS at 120

[talksalot]

Coming into Senior day 207-178.... RPI at 172 - SOS at 120

the MAC OOCO split for us
Kent State 76   Ohio 88   LOSS
Northern Illinois 68   Ball State 77   WIN

Valpo's RPI climbs back up to 185 (worst in 2 weeks), SOS to 126

just one OOCO game tonight....
Wednesday:  CalSt Fullerton @ UC Riverside

Why do I feel like the "old" Cubs fan...?  Wait'll Next Year!

[talksalot]

So Wednesday morning...

Valpo's RPI = 185 (worst in 2 weeks), SOS to 126

On Wednesday, we had 4 pushes and UCR fell to Fullerton 65-60...

since then...

Thursday

Austin Peay   SIU-Edwardsville   LOSS
Loyola Marymount 65   Santa Clara 64   LOSS
Purdue   Illinois        WIN
UNC-Wilmington   William & Mary   LOSS
Wisconsin   Northwestern   LOSS

Friday

Samford   VMI   WIN
Western Michigan   Ball State   LOSS

Saturday
Bowling Green 63   Kent State 64   WIN
Eastern Illinois   SIU-Edwardsville   LOSS
Illinois State 61   Loyola 68   PUSH
Indiana State 66   Bradley 64   PUSH
Missouri State 56   Northern Iowa 71   PUSH
Santa Clara 40   Saint Marys 67   LOSS
Southeastern Louisiana   Northwestern State   WIN
Southern Illinois  44   Evansville 75   PUSH
UC Riverside 63   UC - Davis 64   LOSS
UNC-Wilmington 83   Drexel 82   WIN
Utah State 65   Air Force 75   LOSS

Sunday

Minnesota 60   Purdue 84   WIN
Samford 75   UNC-Greensboro 88   LOSS

Northwestern   Iowa   

6 wins, 10 losses and all of the MVC games are now a full push...the other common opponents we shared with MVC brethren...

SIU beat SIUE 86-59
Indiana State lost to Ball State 93-85
Loyola beat...Samford, UNCW and Kent State
Valpo was 4-1...just like the rest of the league

With the Northwestern - Iowa game pending... The Valpo RPI is 177, SOS 123

One year ago today, the RPI was 72.
Two Years ago today, RPI was 42, SOS 172, we were #1 Mid Major
Three Years ago... RPI was 59
Four Years ago.... RPI was 177, we were 17-14 after losing to Cleveland State on Senior Day









Thursday, February 22, 2018   Austin Peay   SIU-Edwardsville   LOSS
Thursday, February 22, 2018   Loyola Marymount 65   Santa Clara 64   LOSS
Thursday, February 22, 2018   Purdue   Illinois        WIN
Thursday, February 22, 2018   UNC-Wilmington   William & Mary   LOSS
Thursday, February 22, 2018   Wisconsin   Northwestern   LOSS
Friday, February 23, 2018   Samford   VMI   WIN
Friday, February 23, 2018   Western Michigan   Ball State   LOSS
Saturday, February 24, 2018   Bowling Green 63   Kent State 64   WIN
Saturday, February 24, 2018   Eastern Illinois   SIU-Edwardsville   LOSS
Saturday, February 24, 2018   Illinois State 61   Loyola 68   PUSH
Saturday, February 24, 2018   Indiana State 66   Bradley 64   PUSH
Saturday, February 24, 2018   Missouri State 56   Northern Iowa 71   PUSH
Saturday, February 24, 2018   Santa Clara 40   Saint Marys 67   LOSS
Saturday, February 24, 2018   Southeastern Louisiana   Northwestern State   WIN
Saturday, February 24, 2018   Southern Illinois  44   Evansville 75   PUSH
Saturday, February 24, 2018   UC Riverside 63   UC - Davis 64   LOSS
Saturday, February 24, 2018   UNC-Wilmington 83   Drexel 82   WIN
Saturday, February 24, 2018   Utah State 65   Air Force 75   LOSS
Sunday, February 25, 2018   Minnesota 60   Purdue 84   WIN
Sunday, February 25, 2018   Northwestern   Iowa   
Sunday, February 25, 2018   Samford 75   UNC-Greensboro 88   LOSS

[talksalot]

Valpos RPI falls to 185, SOS up a tad to 123...

only 5 regular season OOCO games left...

Friday, March 02, 2018   Ball State   Northern Illinois
Saturday, March 03, 2018   Nicholls State   Southeastern Louisiana
Saturday, March 03, 2018   UC Riverside   Long Beach State
Saturday, March 03, 2018   UNLV   Utah State
Monday, March 05, 2018   Kent State   Akron

and these tournament games...

Purdue is home team vs. Rutgers at MSG 8pm CT Tip
Samford (8-21, 6-12) is home team vs Chattanooga (7-22, 3-15) in first round of SoCon at 6:30pm in Asheville
Santa Clara (10-18, 8-10) is home team vs Pepperdine (4-25, 2-16) in First round of WCC at 10pm CT in Las Vegas

[valpotx]

Who would have thought that SE LA would win the Southland regular season title, after that beat-down we put on them?  Congrats to the Lions for closing out the season with 8 straight wins!