Valley Thoughts

[wufan]

Kenpom rankings:

*WSU 4
*Cinci 13
*SMU 26
*Houston 45
*Temple 54
LUC 74
*UCF 79
UNI 80
MSU 82
*UConn 100
Valpo 105
Bradley 118
*Tulsa 120
ISUr 136
*Tulane 141
Evansville 142
*Memphis 151
SIU 154
ISUb 168
Drake 181
*ECU 264
*SFU 282

* American Athletic Conference

MVC has 3 top 100

AAC has 2 top 25, 4 top 50 and 7 top 100

Opportunity for so many more quality wins in the American!

[Aargh]

After a hot start the Valley is down to two teams in the top 100 of rpi. UNI is 25 with SoS 7. IlSU is 66 with SoS 15. There are 4 teams between 106 and 125, but those are typically neither quality wins nor bad losses. As far as SoS goes, after UNI and IlSU, InSU is at 107. The rest of the Valley is between 216 and 327.

The Valley is maintaining its' status as the best one-bid league in the land.

[pogo]

Its hard to believe that there are two AAC teams so much worse than Drake. Really? And not just a little worse. But at least we don't have to play them twice like we would Drake if still in the Valley

[Cdizzle]

Valley thoughts: "It's a shame Wichita didn't leave the MVC one year sooner. Last year may have been our Halley's Comet year, and it was wasted on an NIT."

Being good and earning it is overrated anyway.

[ShockdaWorld]

Former MVC center Reggie Lynch suspended indefinitely at Minnesota for something to due with violation of schools sexual misconduct policy. Just saw it scroll across the bottom of the screen on ESPN.

[wufan]

Former MVC center Reggie Lynch suspended indefinitely at Minnesota for something to due with violation of schools sexual misconduct policy. Just saw it scroll across the bottom of the screen on ESPN.

It’s horrible that the first thing I think is that I feel bad for the player in this situation. I should feel empathy for the alleged victim, but with the recent guilty until proven innocent policy that campuses employ, Reggie just lost the second semester of basketball with little or no due process. The best you can hope for in something like this is that Lynch is actually guilty and is getting a little extra punishment prior to the legal ramifications.

[WheatShock]

It’s horrible that the first thing I think is that I feel bad for the player in this situation. I should feel empathy for the alleged victim, but with the recent guilty until proven innocent policy that campuses employ, Reggie just lost the second semester of basketball with little or no due process. The best you can hope for in something like this is that Lynch is actually guilty and is getting a little extra punishment prior to the legal ramifications.

I believe the incident was over a year ago and Lynch was not either not charged or charges were dropped for lack of evidence, I can't remember which.

[AndShock]

It’s horrible that the first thing I think is that I feel bad for the player in this situation. I should feel empathy for the alleged victim, but with the recent guilty until proven innocent policy that campuses employ, Reggie just lost the second semester of basketball with little or no due process. The best you can hope for in something like this is that Lynch is actually guilty and is getting a little extra punishment prior to the legal ramifications.

There is a lot of smoke with Reggie Lynch. Not just with the two reported sexual assault incidents but many, many different message board rumors not just on the ISUr board but the Minnesota board as well.

Either dozens of people in Normal and Minneapolis are on a mission to ruin Reggie Lynch’s life or the dude is a serial offender that is destined for the big house, and not the one in Ann Arbor.

[WuDrWu]

Kenpom rankings:

*WSU 4
*Cinci 13
*SMU 26
*Houston 45
*Temple 54
LUC 74
*UCF 79
UNI 80
MSU 82
*UConn 100
Valpo 105
Bradley 118
*Tulsa 120
ISUr 136
*Tulane 141
Evansville 142
*Memphis 151
SIU 154
ISUb 168
Drake 181
*ECU 264
*SFU 282

* American Athletic Conference

MVC has 3 top 100

AAC has 2 top 25, 4 top 50 and 7 top 100

Opportunity for so many more quality wins in the American!

Update:

Cincy 9
WSU 11
SMU 29
Hou 42
MSU 58
Temple 77
UCF 80
Loyola 105
UNI 118
Tulsa 120
Tulane 121
Bradley 124
UCONN 141
SIU 146
Evansville 147
Valpo 151
Drake 158
ISUr 162
ISUb 168
Memphis 174
USF 308!!
ECU 313!!

AAC still has 2 top 25, 4 top 50 and now 6 top 100

Only Missouri State remains in the top 100 for the Valley.
The other 9 are 105-168 with 6 of those 146-168! Talk about even.

God help ECU and USF.

5 top 100 wins so far with a chance for 9 more, at least.

[1972Shocker]

I think one thing that may remain the same for the Shocks in the AAC as it was in the MVC is that the Shocks still have a big target on their back and will probably be everyone's super bowl they head out on the road in AAC play.

[Cdizzle]

#bestCoach now 0-4

[Dave Stalwart]

Honestly I’m really surprised uni is so bad. I figured they’d be a top half finisher at least

[Cdizzle]

They don't have the Jimmies and Joes.

[ShockTalk]

Ben's ticket to greener pastures may now be forever blowing in the wind.

[RoyalShock]

In the last 2 days, UNI got Tree'd, ISUred got Rambler'd, MSU got Evansville'd, Drake got Valpo'd and SIU got Gargoyle'd.

Valley of Death --> Valley of Even --> Valley no one wants to win

[WuDrWu]

This is so completely accurate. I've said it before, I will continue to pay attention to the Valley because they were our brethren for so many years. I will continue to be interested in how they are doing. I've watched every Valley team at least one game this season, and I wouldn't give any of them an advantage over the others in a tournament setting. Even if UNI at 0-5 plays at 4-1 Drake tomorrow, that's a coin flip game and it's likely to be a coin flip in St. Louis. Name any 2 random Valley teams and tell me who the favorite is. I dare you.

[im4wsu]

In the last 2 days, UNI got Tree'd, ISUred got Rambler'd, MSU got Evansville'd, Drake got Valpo'd and SIU got Gargoyle'd.

Valley of Death --> Valley of Even --> Valley no one wants to win

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  WuDrWu[/URL] commented
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  This is so completely accurate. I've said it before, I will continue to pay attention to the Valley because they were our brethren for so many years. I will continue to be interested in how they are doing. I've watched every Valley team at least one game this season, and I wouldn't give any of them an advantage over the others in a tournament setting. Even if UNI at 0-5 plays at 4-1 Drake tomorrow, that's a coin flip game and it's likely to be a coin flip in St. Louis. Name any 2 random Valley teams and tell me who the favorite is. I dare you.

  To illustrate the good doctor's point, here are the KenPom projections for the next games (note there is only one game with greater than a 68% odds):

  	Home		Visitor
  170	Drake	131	Evansville	(W, 65-64, 55%)
  69	Missouri St.	164	Indiana St.	(W, 72-62, 82%)
  96	Loyola Chicago	118	Bradley	(W, 65-59, 68%)
  153	Southern Illinois	163	Illinois St.	(W, 74-70, 66%)
  140	Northern Iowa	147	Valparaiso	(W, 63-59, 63%)