The rest of the season

[wh]

Illinois State just lost to Evansville. Updated Standings and next games:

Loyola: 5-1, vs Southern Illinois
MSU: 6-2, @ Indiana St.
Drake: 5-2 @ Illinois St.
UNI: 5-3, @Evansville
Illinois St. 3-4 vs Drake
Bradley: 4-4 @Valpo
Southern Ill: 3-4 @Loyola
Valpo: 3-5, vs Bradley
Indiana St: 1-5, vs MSU
Evansville: 1-6, vs UNI

If chalk holds in the next round of games (and we beat Bradley at home), we would move into a tie with Bradley for 5th at 4-5, and we would hold the tiebreaker. Bradley is no pushover though, and I doubt all the other favorites will hold strong. But point is we still have some hope. If we truly want to show progress, I want to see us win 4 of our next 5. Home games against Bradley, Evansville, and Indiana St need to be wins. Then pick up a win at Illinois St or Southern Illinois. I would honestly admit to seeing a little bit of progress at that point.

If we were to win our next 2 games, it's very likely we will be in 5th place a week from tonight.

[valpotx]

Yes, you can mention it as something tied to NCAA records not being able to verify that there is a longer streak of combined division players!

[Piledriver]

Anderson is apparently done for the year. Too bad. He really did a nice job in the time he got to play.