Valley ranked #7 in warren nolan rpi

[shox1989]

Creighton regaining consciousness just in time to make life difficult for the Shocks next weekend...

Unfortunately it looks like Cu has improved lately, they have won 4 games in a row, their longest winning steak of the season.

[shockfan89_]

Hopefully DBU will remind them what its like to get swept this weekend...

[shox1989]

Boyds World rpi needs assessment as of 8:30am this morning: MoST 1-5, WSU 5-2, Indy St. 5-1

DBU is now pretty much a lock as they can go 0-7 to finish in the top 45, a 3-4 finish gets them in the top 32. (MoST can finish in the top 32 with a 4-2 finish).

[ShockerFever]

I just love these prediction records. They change every day so really there's not much basis for them. It just gives you a general idea of what's gonna happen, not something concrete. There is no guarantee that a top 45 RPI will get anybody an at-large.

There is no way a 24 loss team from the Valley will be getting an at-large.

[shockmonster]

Don't know how much RPI counts but this year is a good year for the Valley with 3 teams at Top 50. The Valley is getting better at least teams who have nice minor league stadiums are getting better.

[ShockerFever]

Quite simply, Dallas Baptist has been the single biggest reason for the RPI boost this year, and to a lesser extent, a lot of better than .500 records.

[shock10]

Purdue also a big rpi

[ShockerFever]

Purdue also a big rpi

DBU has played 3-game series against 7 of the 8 Valley schools. It helped the league as a whole.

Yes, Purdue's RPI helped WSU's specifically.

[shox1989]

Other Valley scores tonight: MoST 2 Ue 0, Indy St. 6, SIU 3, Cu 4, DBU 1 (Cu's fifth straight win), ISUR 1 WIU 0.

The Shox win and SIU's loss now puts the Shox tied for 3rd in the Valley.

[shox1989]

After tonight's games, the Valley remains in a solid 6th place in the conference rpi. Individual team rpis: MoSt #35, WSU #44, Indy St. #47, ISUr-#56, Ue -#96, BU -#105, SIu- #114, Cu -#168

DBU- #27

[WSUwatcher]

Unfortunately it looks like Cu has improved lately, they have won 4 games in a row, their longest winning steak of the season.

Yes, nice timing by Rip Van Creighton (now five straight). If someone were to guarantee a 3-1 week for WSU next week, I'd gladly take it, the Shocks' own improvement notwithstanding.

By the way, the MVC has now established itself pretty firmly as the #6 league in RPI, and as if that isn't remarkable enough, it's closed in far more than I would ever have imagined on the #5 C-USA.

[shox1989]

Warren Nolan's predicted final rpis at the end of the regular season for the top Valley teams: MoST #35, WSU #39, Indy St. #48, ISU-R #53

DBU -#25

[shock10]

Good time at the Eck last night. Doggett's throw was BIG.

[tripleshock]

Pretty amazing that this terrible team has an RPI like it does. I could be wrong but we've had much better teams that struggle to get these RPI numbers. Those teams also had much better records. I could be wrong though...

[shox1989]

Valley scores today: Indy St. 7 SIU 5, Ue 3 MoST 1, ISUR 4 WIU 1, DBU 5 Cu 2

WSU is now in 3rd place 1/2 game ahead of 4th place ISUR.