Games of Interest: Dec. 11th - 17th

[ABC]

Two interesting games this Saturday, that will have an impact on WSU's RPI.

UNLV at Illinois and Alabama vs K-State at the Sprint Center.

[1972Shocker]

Two interesting games this Saturday, that will have an impact on WSU's RPI.

UNLV at Illinois and Alabama vs K-State at the Sprint Center.

Also Temple at Texas.

Most interesting game involving an MVC team is Indiana St @ #25 Vanderbilt.
That would be a really nice win if the Sycamores can pull it off.

[WuDrWu]

Charleston Southern won handily, around 20. UNLV struggled by won by about 10.

Interestingly, Charleston (whom we beat to advance to NY last season) moved to 8-1 beating Tennessee at home 71-65. They also beat Clemson at Clemson earlier this season. Charleston faces Charleston Southern next before traveling to #4 Louisville.

[shockerfan]

updated original post. Valley went 1-0 and non-con opponents went 2-0 (although against poor competition).

[Aargh]

Charleston blew up The Citadel (RPI 331 - ala SIU), 88-69. That put CSU's RPI at 114

There's an interesting logjam at the top of the Big South:
CSU - 114
UNC - Asheville - 120
Coastal Carolina - 121

It was more interesting earlier today when the BS had 114, 115, and 116. CSU is looking like a decent win, but with those being the highest RPI's in the conference, it's likely CSU's RPI will drop, instead of rise. CSU could be a top-150 win, but that doesn't really matter, except that it doesn't mess up SoS.

[1972Shocker]

Bradley up on the road at the half at George Washington 34-29.

Let's hang on to that lead Braves.

Edit: Braves hang on by the skin of their teeth 67-66.

[GoShockers89]

Bradley has been probably the league's biggest overachiever (with Drake a close second) in terms of non-conference RPI. Good for Coach Ford.

[KC Shox]

I bet SIU's message board would be a fun read

[ABC]

Mr. Ricky Del Rio predicted the abyss for SIU and he was right.

RDR rec'd lots of crapola from the Doggie fans, but I think everyone but SIU fans saw this coming. It is stunning. Has one coach gone from a #4 seed in the NCAA tourney to being below 300 in the RPI?

[Anthroshock]

Temple looking sharp early. 22-16 9 left in the 1st.

[AndShock]

SIU 31
(winless) NIU 23
Half

Tennessee Tech 31
Evansville 30
Half

[JaminShock]

Temple 34
Texas 31
Half

MSU 14
Kenesaw St 13
10:00 1st

[Aargh]

TT and UE is the close game of the day so far. That's Tennessee Tech - not Texas Tech.

UE (RPI 258) - 61
TT (RPI 249) - 65

5 minutes left. Game is in Evansville, so it would be considerate of the Aces to pull this one out.

I'll just edit this - no sense in wasting another post.

TT - 72
UE - 70

Final

[ShockTalk]

Temple getting blown out at Texas. 76-60, a minute to go.

[another shocker]

TT and UE is the close game of the day so far. That's Tennessee Tech - not Texas Tech.

UE (RPI 258) - 61
TT (RPI 249) - 65

5 minutes left. Game is in Evansville, so it would be considerate of the Aces to pull this one out.

I'll just edit this - no sense in wasting another post.

TT - 72
UE - 70

Final

Oh, my.. That's a misprint and or joke, right?