I'm updating the stats... and I see the carefully worded "ALL MVC" O/U...
All Conference First Team Players 0.5
All Newcomer Team Players 0.5
we wound up with none in either. We DID have Cooper on the Second Team AND we did have a member of the All Freshman Team AND the Freshman of the Year... but alas... that does not give points in this cut-throat competition.
We still have a couple of contests that cannot be called ... yet.
Can Jefferson DeLaCruz Monegro make 11 more free throws? he has 127. needs 137.5 for the over.
Total wins... we have 13... the o/u is 15.5... there's still a chance.
Let's plan on a game Sunday Afternoon...
Well... my last line came within a fraction of being non-fiction. Anyway... the Final Stats are in, and we have a winner.
First, the recap:
Coulibaly/Scroggins combined 9.5 starts: none Under
McNair - 4.2 points per game: 4.50 Over
Monegro - Free Throws Made 137.5: 133 Under (but a great o/u number!)
DeAveiro - 197.5 assists for the season: 97 Under (Godspeed Darius)
Wright - Double Digit games 11.5 for season: 25 Over (he had 13 games of 20+!)
Ellis - 12.6 ppg: 4.8 Under
Sepp - 5.2 rpg: 5.5 Over
Schmidt - 8.3 ppg: 10.10 Over
Shaw - 8.5 games with three 3-pointers: 1 Under
Schweiger - Total ppg + rpg = 27.5: 23.59 Under (526 points, 266 rebounds)
Stafford - .5 points for season: 0 Under
Non-Conference wins 7.5: 7 Under
All Conference FIRST Team .5: 0 Under (Second team, disrespect doesn't count)
All Newcomer Team .5: 0 Under (Freshman of the year doesn't count)
Valley wins against non-Ill/Ind teams 1.5: 5 Over (UNI Twice, MO St Twice, Belmont)
Better or Worse 9.5th place in conference standings: 11 Under
Total Wins 15.5 Ouch, Ouch, Ouch 15 Under
So... 17 Categories...
With 13 correct, the 2024-25 winner of the OU is...
Humble Opinion Missed on Sepp, Shaw, Conference Finish and Total Wins
With 12 correct, the 2024-25 runner-up is
tjjValpo Missed Wright, Sepp, All Conference First team, Conference Finish and Total wins
With 11 correct, in 3rd place...
Vu84v2 Missed Wright, Sepp, Schmidt, Shaw, First Team, Conference Finish
With 10 correct, a 4-way tie
Vok22, Rez, ValpoPal and myself
with 9 correct another tie
CoVuFan and the Chef
Chef got these right: Coulibaly and Scroggins; DeAveiro, Schmidt, Shaw, Schweiger, Stafford, Non-conference wins, all-newcomer team and valley wins other than Ill/Ind teams.
and for RST1207... thanks for playing, final score of 7
AND, as for the other categories I added later..
Games we had 5-minute scoring droughts... I only looked at the losses...
we had 4 painstaking hoop closings, here's the game and the scoreless span
DePaul 5:13 - Demons scored 14
Ohio State 5:08 - Buckeyes scored 12
Evansville 5:46 - Aces scored 11
UIC 5:20 - Flames scored 11
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games with double-digit scorers
one game with 7 - 1 win, 0 losses
3 games with 5 - 3 wins, 0 losses
11 games with 4 - 5 wins, 6 loses
11 games with 3 - 3 wins, 8 losses
8 games with 2 - 3 wins, 5 losses (two of the wins were in St. Louis)
Free Throws attempted: Valpo 671 Opponents 659 (530 to 465 MADE)
Part of the "Gaining Respect"
Anyway... thanks for playing this year... can't wait until the End of October this year to have another opening of the Basketball Christmas Catalog ...
