2018-19 Games of Interest

[SHOCKvalue]

Can’t imagine the overtime that Bill’s smug, pompous, incredulous smirk was putting in tonight. Probably gonna wake up in the morning with his grill semi-permanently stuck looking like that. Likely won’t be able to snap out of it until he makes some calls to his lackeys to figure out the newest college basketball hustle to run.

[shoxlax]

That was a beauty of a prognosis.

I could see Bill being the fourth hand in a Steven poker game.

[SHOCKvalue]

You know that if he lived in Wichita the Steven crew would be a part of his inner circle. Guy lives in the ethical underbelly of wherever he is. He’d make a perfect televangelist or used car sales manager in another life.

[ShockerPrez]

How does KU not get a #1 seed now. This is the quality of all quality losses.

[ShockerFever]

I'm curious to see how high the AP pollsters shoot them up next week. 30 point beatdowns are hard to accomplish.

[ShockTalk]

It's the NCAA's fault.

[Aargh]

UConn made a 16-0 run against Cinci to take a 51-50 lead.with 4 and change left. Cinci finally got a basket to break the run, but the game isn't a yawner any more.

[HenryMuto]

Nice to see LSU beat Kentucky. At Kentucky.

On a missed offensive basket interference call.

[ShockerFever]

On a missed offensive basket interference call.

Did you just read over the entire 54 page thread?

[WuShock Reaper]

02/23/19 - RECAP

Non-Conference
Texas (15-12, 7-7 Big 12) Lost at Oklahoma (17-10, 5-9 Big 12) 67 to 69
George Washington (8-19, 4-10 Atlantic 10) Lost VCU (21-6, 12-2 Atlantic 10) 57 to 85
West Virginia (10-17, 2-12 Big 12) Lost at Baylor (18-9, 9-5 Big 12) 75 to 82
#11 Marquette (23-4, 12-2 Big East) Won at Providence (15-13, 5-10 Big East) 76 to 58
Georgia Southern (16-10, 10-5 Sun Belt) Won at Appalachian State (6-18, 4-10 Sun Belt) 92 to 69
Eastern Kentucky (10-17, 5-11 Ohio Valley) Lost at Jacksonville State (19-8, 13-3 Ohio Valley) 101 to 104 in 2xOT
Vanderbilt (9-18, 0-14 SEC) Lost at Alabama (16-11, 7-7 SEC) 61 to 68
Oral Roberts (8-20, 6-9 Summit League) Lost at Western Illinois (7-18, 4-10 Summit League) 66 to 75
UAB (15-11, 9-6 Conference USA) Won at Southern Miss (14-9, 9-6 Conference USA) 76 to 72 in 1xOT
North Texas (17-8, 8-7 Conference USA) Lost at Louisiana Tech (16-10, 8-7 Conference USA) Lost at 66
Rice (9-17, 6-9 Conference USA) Won at UTEP (6-18, 3-12 Conference USA) 85 to 81 in 2xOT

Conference
Tulsa (16-12, 6-9 American Athletic) Lost at Temple (20-7, 10-4 American Athletic) 73 to 84
South Florida (17-9, 7-7 American Athletic) Lost at #9 Houston (26-1, 13-1 American Athletic) 59 to 71
East Carolina (10-16, 3-11 American Athletic) Won at Tulane (4-22, 0-14 American Athletic) 85 to 81

[molly jabali]

Game of the year.... ECU at Tulane.... Valley level action... hope that is not a jinx

[ShockTalk]

I hope I don't have to blame you.

[Stickboy46]

On a missed offensive basket interference call.

Which was after a missed defensive interference call which would have made the game end the same way

[WuShock Reaper]

02/24/19 - RECAP

Non-Conference
None

Conference
SMU (13-13, 5-9 American Athletic) Lost at UCF (20-6, 10-4 American Athletic) 48 to 95
Cincinnati (23-4, 12-2 American Athletic) Won at Connecticut (13-14, 4-10 American Athletic) 64 to 60

[Stickboy46]

Current NET Rankings
Houston 4
Cincy 25
UCF 39
Temple 53
Memphis 61
USF 79
UCONN 83
Tulsa 93
Wichita State 95
SMU 108

Louisiana Tech 117

Loyola 125
Drake 136
SIU 146
MSU 159
UNI 167
Bradley 175
Valpo 180
Indiana State 191
Ill State 199
Evansville 207

ECU 258
Tulane 301

So, not only is every single team not named ECU/Tulane rated higher than every MVC team, but so is Louisiana Tech who is our worst loss this year. So we have not lost to a single team that is as bad as the best Valley team. Even in our worst year in a while.

Updated today. Loyola has fallen to 131 and Drake to 138. If Loyola drops 5 more spots, there will be ZERO Q1 OR Q2 games in the MVC. Home or away. All games would be Q3 or Q4..... As of right now, only @Loyola is a Q2 game.

[Aargh]

Updated today. Loyola has fallen to 131 and Drake to 138. If Loyola drops 5 more spots, there will be ZERO Q1 OR Q2 games in the MVC. Home or away. All games would be Q3 or Q4..... As of right now, only @Loyola is a Q2 game.

I don't have Kenpom, so I can't verify, but I've seen it reported that the MVC is ranked 17th by Kenpom. This might explain why he puts them that low.

Valley fans were right when they said that losing Creighton and WSU would improve the conference. Those defections made it possible for about any team in the league not named Evansville to win the conference. This year's winner might be Drake. Yeah, it's that bad over there.

[FadedCrown]

Those are not KenPom ranks, those are NCAA NET.

The Valley is 17th though, behind the Sun Belt and CUSA.

[ShockerEngr]

I and that's with no truly horrific teams to pull them down like most conferences have

[SHOXAAC]

Hate the rug if we want, but KU down 10-3 early, Self calls timeout to regroup. Jayhawks make a bucket out of the timeout. That's what consistent big-time coaches do.

[ShockerFever]

KU is such trash. That banked-in garbage 3 will probably be the difference in the game.

[SHOXAAC]

KU is such trash. That banked-in garbage 3 will probably be the difference in the game.

A basket in the first 7 minutes of the game won't be the difference.