With One Regular Season game plus One MVC Game guaranteed... here are the numbers for the over-under PLUS... a little arithmetic about what would need to happen to be OVER...
Those in BOLD are already decided... for all the rest... THERE'S STILL A CHANCE. Imagine the SportsCenter special they would compile if we managed these...
Stats are through the UNI Game on Tuesday.
0. Edwards - 15.5 Points+ Rebounds/game. Currently, 224+150 = 12.47. He needs 122 points+rebounds in these two games to get to 496.
1. Palm - 5.7 Rebounds per game. Has 84 in 25 games played. Needs to achieve 154, so he needs 70 rebounds in the next two games.
2. Barrett - 0.9 3ptrs per game played. Has connected on 4 in 13 games, that's .16. He needs to hit 10 3-pointers in the next two games.
4. Weatherspoon - 41.6% from the floor. He is 55/148 for the year. If he goes 12/12 in the next two games, he would be 41.8%.
5. Ajiboye - 1.5 Blocks + Steals/game. he has 20+15=35, has played in all 30 games, needs to get to 45 total in the next two games
6. DeAveiro - 120.5 ASSISTS.... HAS ALREADY BLOWN BY THAT. HAS 165. Tied with John McIlvain (83-84) for 3rd best season. needs 20 to tie Ali Berdiel for #2; and 32 to tie John McIlvain (82-83) for #1.
7. Williamson - 1.5 Assist/TO ratio. has 26/23=1.13 now. He would need 9 assists with no TOs to achieve this.
13. Cooooooper 11.25ppg. Has Already Clinched. Currently at 12.7, can go scoreless and play in the next two games and wind up with 11.9ppg. He would need 3 points in any of the next 3 games and still achieve this goal.
19. Stafford 16.5ppg. Has 449 over 27 games, 16.62. He needs a total of 29 points in the next two games to maintain this level of play.
Team Field Goal Attempts per game: 60.5. Team has 1822 shots, for an average of 60.73. Need 114 shots in the next two games.
All Newcomer Team TBA - need 1 for the over
All Freshman Team - If It Ain't Cooper there needs to be an investigation. I'm counting this in the OVER and CLINCHED category right now.
Valley Road Victories. Needed 2... only got 1. Games at the Enterprise Center are not Road Games, so this is an UNDER
Final Standing the Valley o/u at 10.5. This was clinched a few games ago, and we are locked in at the #12 slot and the 5-12 game on Thursday.
Total Wins at 10.5 - Need to beat Illinois State on Sunday... and then SWEEP Arch Madness in St. Louis.
historyman's Over/Under
Edwards - 15.5 points and rebounds - UNDER
Palm - 5.7 rebounds per game - UNDER
Barrett - 0.9 3ptrs per game played - UNDER
Weatherspoon - 41.6% from the floor - UNDER
Ajiboye - 1.5 Blocks and Steals/game - OVER
DeAveiro -120.5 assists for year - UNDER
Williamson - 1.5 assist / turnover ratio - UNDER
Schweiger - 11.25 points per game - UNDER
Stafford - 16.5 points per game - UNDER
Team Field Goals Attempted 60.5/gm - OVER
All Newcomer Team for MVC - 0.5 - UNDER (0)
All League Team 1st, 2nd, 3rd - 0.5 - OVER (1)
Valley Road Victories - 1.5 - OVER (2)
Final Standing in Valley - 10.5 - UNDER (12)
Total Wins - 10.5 - UNDER (8)
Somebody has to be rational here and a bit more pessimistic.
Overall I believe has been fairly objective this season, knowing there would be a much growing an experienced much pain and defeat. We are not the Valpo message board on Facebook by any means.
OK, time to put the wrappings on this... Here's a link to the final season stats for those fact-checking mood...
Edwards - 15.5 points and rebounds 12,2 - UNDER
Palm 5.7 rebounds/game - 3.8 - UNDER - Nice Double Double though.
Barrett .9 3ptrs/game - .53 - UNDER
Weatherspoon 41.6% from the field - 36.1% - UNDER
Ajiboye 1.5 blocks+steals/game - 1.12 - UNDER
DeAveiro 120.5 total assists - 170 - OVER - good for 3rd place all time ... imagine if we had a scoring team?
Williamson 1.5 A/TO ratio - 1.21 - UNDER
Schweiger - 11.25 ppg - 13.2 - OVER -
Stafford - 16.5 ppg - 16.86 OVER - Nailed it on the o/u
Team Field Goal Attempts/game 60.5 - 1961 or 61.28 per game OVER - took 80 shots on Thursday to get us over the top
All Newcomer Team - Nope UNDER - We did not have an 'All Freshman Team" prediction on the chart...
All League first/second - Nope UNDER - I don't know how many votes Isaiah received
Valley Road Victories 1.5 - Nope UNDER
Final Valley Standing 10.5 - Nope UNDER
Total Wins 10.5 - Nope UNDER
So... the 2023-24 OU Bragging Rights ... a TIE.
vok22 and Alaskacrusader both got 9 right.
Vok: Edwards, Palm, Weatherspoon, Ajiboye, Williamson, Schweiger, Stafford, Valley Standing and Total Wins
Alaska: Edwards, Palm, Barrett, DeAveiro, Williamson, Schweiger, Stafford, Road Victories and Valley Standing
Final Standings
vok22 9
alaskacrusader19 9
valpopal 7
humble opinion 7
historyman 7
chef 6
Vu84v2 6
ME 6
vubbfan 5
coVuFan 5
So... Until next Halloween when Paul and Todd put their collective braintrust together... Thanks for playing.
