Around the Valley Non Con

[WuDrWu]

It took 34-0 to get a 1 seed last season. 33-1 may or may not have been enough. Since 34-0 was never done before, it's hard to think it will be repeated (but I'm putting nothing past 3G and his Shocker Warriors).

The Valley was awful last season but a few teams played some decent competition. Our schedule wasn't the toughest but didn't have much deadweight. Still, Tennessee State, ORU and DePaul don't help you come seeding time.

This season will be an upgrade with a decent tourney (X3), Tulsa, St. Louis, Memphis, Alabama, Detroit, Utah, Seton Hall and 1 yet to be determined.

Will the rest of the Valley help out with a combination of wins and decent scheduling to swim in our wake, or will they continue to be a rock anchor?

List and discuss.

[WuDrWu]

I'll post what I can find then I'll update as more info becomes clear.

UNI

@ Denver
Iowa @Des Moines
George Mason
@ VCU (1st of a 4 game series)
South Dakota State
North Dakota (sigh)

Cancun Challenge

2 games against this pool of 4 (Elon, Liberty, North Florida, Morgan State)
2 games against this pool of 3 (Northwestern, Virginia Tech, Miami of Ohio)

[WuDrWu]

Drake

Music City Challenge (Round robin)

Valparaiso
Portland
Murray State

@ DePaul
@ Western Michigan
@ Wisconsin-Green Bay

IUPUI
Jackson State
Iowa State @ Des Moines

[WuDrWu]

Illinois State (schedule completed)

11-16-14 Utah State
11-21-14 Weber State @ Paradise Jam
11-22-14 LSU or Old Dominion @ Paradise Jam
11-24-14 Clemson or Seton Hall or Gardner Webb or Nevada @ Paradise Jam
11-29-14 Youngstown State
12-02-14 VCU
12-07-14 @ Alabama-Birmingham
12-14-14 @ DePaul
12-17-14 Tennessee-Martin
12-20-14 Murray State
12-22-14 IPFW
12-29-14 Quincy (DII)

[AndShock]

DePaul might as well just join the Valley.

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

Or at least Loyola, Illinois State, Indiana State, Bradley, UIC, Chicago State, Northern Iowa, UIPUI, and Valpo.

[Shocker-maniac]

VCU and DePaul seem to be a trend. Apparently Shaka will schedule Valley schools except WSU. What I've seen so far is not great, but not terrible. Drake's NonCon looks pretty weak, but Drake will most likely be pretty weak. We need the conference to get some big W's. We are seeing the Valley trending up in talent, but it will be mostly young next year. Most likely the MVC will again be a huge SOS drag for the Shockers.

[WSUwatcher]

Looks like VCU is establishing a presence, too. Where's the game with WSU?

Edit: Beat me to the punch, maniac. Guess I''m not the only one noticing -- maybe someone could point it out to ESPN?

[WuDrWu]

Southern Illinois (schedule completed)

11-15-14 @ St. Louis
11-18-14 @ Tennessee State
11-21-14 Yale @ Kent State
11-22-14 Illinois-Chicago @ Kent State
11-23-14 @ Kent State
11-29-14 Olivet Nazarene (NAIA?)
12-03-14 @ Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
12-06-14 Austin Peay
12-10-14 @ Southeastern Missouri State
12-14-14 Chicago State
12-16-14 Tennessee State
12-19-14 New Orleans
12-22-14 Murray State

I don't know what to say.....maybe a bit too much OVC?

[Shocker-maniac]

^^^ That's pathetic ^^^

Can we send SIU to the OVC?

[WuDrWu]

Bradley

11-14-14 Texas-Arlington
11-19-14 Robert Morris
11-23-14 North Carolina A&T (Corpus Christi Challenge) @ Bradley
11-25-14 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi Challenge) @ Bradley
11-28-14 TCU (Corpus Christi Challenge) @ Corpus Christi
11-29-14 Mississippi State or St. Louis (Corpus Christi Challenge) @ Corpus Christi9
12-02-14 Central Michigan
12-06-14 @ Memphis
12-09-14 @ Kansas State
12-18-14 Eureka College (DIII)
12-21-14 California-Irvine (Las Vegas)
12-22-14 Arkansas-Little Rock or Wisconsin-Green Bay (Las Vegas)
12-28-14 Illinois-Chicago

[WuDrWu]

I'll update it at some point but Loyola and Evansville have very little information available.

[WuDrWu]

Indiana State (Schedule complete I believe)

11-14-14 @ UIPUI
11-18-14 St. Louis
11-22-14 Brown (Las Vegas Invitational)
11-24-14 Austin Peay (Las Vegas Invitational)
11-27-14 Illinois (Las Vegas Invitational) @ Las Vegas
11-28-14 Baylor or Memphis (Las Vegas Invitational) @ Las Vegas
12-03-14 Butler
12-06-14 @ Ball State
12-13-14 @ Iona
12-20-14 Eastern Illinois
12-28-14 Missouri-Kansas City

[WuDrWu]

Missouri State


11-14-14 Eastern Illinois
11-22-14 @ Texas Tech
Eastern Michigan
Oral Roberts
@ Tulsa
@ Southeastern Missouri State
Random D2 game
@ ORU

Great Alaska Shootout

11-26-14 Colorado State (Great Alaska Shootout) @ Anchorage, Alaska
11-28-14 Pacific or Alaska-Anchorage (Great Alaska Shootout) @ Anchorage, Alaska
11-29-14 Mercer, Washington State, Rice or California-Santa Barbara (Great Alaska Shootout) @ Anchorage, Alaska

[WSUwatcher]

Southern Illinois (schedule completed)

11-15-14 @ St. Louis
11-18-14 @ Tennessee State
11-21-14 Yale @ Kent State
11-22-14 Illinois-Chicago @ Kent State
11-23-14 @ Kent State
11-29-14 Olivet Nazarene (NAIA?)
12-03-14 @ Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
12-06-14 Austin Peay
12-10-14 @ Southeastern Missouri State
12-14-14 Chicago State
12-16-14 Tennessee State
12-19-14 New Orleans
12-22-14 Murray State

I don't know what to say.....maybe a bit too much OVC?

Good heavens. That'll certainly having them flocking to the arena. Knock 'em dead, Barry.

At least they aren't playing Olivet Nazarene (NAIA indeed, from up closer to Chicago) home and home.