Games of Interest (2015-16 Edition)

[WuDrWu]

They really do look stupid. Although I am pretty sure it won't be the last time some of these turds will be wearing institutionally issued striped uniforms.

Winning.

[shoxilla]

Xavier - they can win it all , wonder what their chances are.
Reynolds = BEAST !!!

[HenryMuto]

VCU just may have punched their NIT ticket

Xavier crushing Nova what a funny game this is Nova won by 31 earlier this year.

[wusphlash]

And Creighton goes down at home to Marquette.

[shocks771]

VCU just may have punched their NIT ticket

Xavier crushing Nova what a funny game this is Nova won by 31 earlier this year.

About three minutes into the first Xav/Nova game Xavier's PG took a very hard fall and missed the rest of the game plus the next 2-3 games. Xavier got rolled without their leader, very similar to WSU losing Fred. Xavier is very good and should make a deep run this year.

[DwShock]

Well Creghton lost that means KU will be #1 next week. Oh wait that was Villanova from the big east that lost to give KU the #1. Even if they lose to quality loss Texas. All though the big 12 won't let them lose.

[wusphlash]

Colorado with 20 wins beats Arizona with 22 wins. They storm the court. ??????????:numbness:

[1972Shocker]

Boy, has Indiana State imploded or what. Coach Lansing has lost that team. The seem to have flat quit on him at this point. Something's going on with that team.

I wasn't anticipating have to really think hard about who to pick in their game Saturday at home against Bradley buy now I am not sure at all about that.

[wusphlash]

Boy, has Indiana State imploded or what. Coach Lansing has lost that team. The seem to have flat quit on him at this point. Something's going on with that team.

I wasn't anticipating have to really think hard about who to pick in their game Saturday at home against Bradley buy now I am not sure at all about that.

Go to the ISUB board and it has gotten really personal whether to keep Lansing. For whatever reason this team has severely underachieved.

[1972Shocker]

Go to the ISUB board and it has gotten really personal whether to keep Lansing. For whatever reason this team has severely underachieved.

Could be Coach Lansing is himself burned out. I could see where coaching at a program where the fans have to set up a gofundme page to get the teams new uniforms could wear on you after awhile.

[shocker3]

Could be Coach Lansing is himself burned out. I could see where coaching at a program where the fans have to set up a gofundme page to get the teams new uniforms could wear on you after awhile.

I went to the game at Terre Haute on Sunday. I was truly amazed that I was able to buy tickets at mid-court for $7 each (first row of the upper deck) the night before the game. Their ticket office did add a $1.95 administrative fee to the ticket price but even that fee is very cheap for that kind of thing.

[shocktheheart]

VCU*@ George Mason +11 VCU resume as far as RPI is similar to us. George Mason upset would be good tonight GEORGE MASON WON
St Joe's*@ UMASS +7.5 St Joe's RPI is 28 and SOS 88 ST JOE'S WON
Duquesne@ St. Bonny's* +7 St. Bonny's 18-7 with RPI 34 ST BONNY'S WON
GW*@ Richmond -1 GW RPI 50, Richmond holding home court would be good here GW WON
Louisville@ Pitt* +1.5 Pitt is 8-6 in ACC with RPI 35 LOUISVILLE WON
Marquette@ Creighton* -7 Creighton 17-10 8-6 in Big East with RPI of 83. Has to be a must win for Creighton MARQUETTE WON
Northwestern@ Michigan* -7 Michigan RPI of 54 and SOS 70 MICHIGAN WON
Wisconsin*@ Iowa -7.5 Wisconsin has a great SOS of 6. Iowa holding court would be good here WISCONSIN PULLS OFF THE UPSET
Arizona@ Colorado*+6 Colorado has a great RPI of 20 and SOS 30 COLORADO WON
Washington*@ Oregon St -4 Washington with RPI of 69 and 8-7 in Pac 12 is a must win. Oregon St has 6-8 Pac12 record and RPI of 32. Can't see them getting in with a losing Pac12 record OREGON ST WINS BY ONE

Not a great night if you believe WSU is on the bubble

[Dave Stalwart]

Thursday in St. Louis is still a mess because it looks like Loyola and Indiana state will win (they have drake and Bradley this Saturday) while Mo State will lose (they go to SIU this Saturday). We will have a log jam of 8-10 teams in the 6th through 8th place spots.

8-10 is not that bad for an 8th place team. It got me to thinking just how bad drake and Bradley have been and how equal the conference is 2 through 8 (2nd place will be either 13-5 or 12-6, just a few games ahead of 8th place). There is just a huge gap between the rest of the league and those two teams.

It looks to me like Evansville should get the 2 seed since they have a home game against UNI Saturday while on the other hand, Illinois St has to play here on senior day. Even if they both lose, Evansville probably has the tie breaker for the 2 seed. They split head to head this year but UE has the higher rpi tie breaker. I want Illinois state on our side of the bracket so we can own them twice over the course of a week :)

and I want Evansville on the other side so the possibility of losing in the finals is against them and no one else. Mock and Balentine deserve to dance but it's a tall order getting there through us. They are about #80 so not too bad at all. They are the only team I could stand to drop one against and if they get in, I hope they play a big 12 team first...I'd sure enjoy watching them beat a big 12 team.

[Wild Heiny]

Mr. Stalwart, I agree with you on Bradley and Drake being miles behind their remaining competition and as such I discounted them along time ago. I believe Ill. St. and UNI are clearly the 2nd-3rd best teams in this league with Evansville 4th. If given my preference I would like to play Evansville at any point during the tourney. They have not shown that they are capable of beating us and since they only play about 6 guys if they can advance (something they are not accustomed to doing) I don't see them holding up physically playing on back-to-back days and this makes a road to the championship much easier for WSU. Unfortunately, it appears that our road will be UNI-Ill. St after winning our first round game. Even though Ind. St. appears to be in deep turmoil, my preferred opponent would be Mo. St. Nothing I have seen from them indicates that they are capable of even competing with us.

[Dave Stalwart]

Mr. Stalwart, I agree with you on Bradley and Drake being miles behind their remaining competition and as such I discounted them along time ago. I believe Ill. St. and UNI are clearly the 2nd-3rd best teams in this league with Evansville 4th. If given my preference I would like to play Evansville at any point during the tourney. They have not shown that they are capable of beating us and since they only play about 6 guys if they can advance (something they are not accustomed to doing) I don't see them holding up physically playing on back-to-back days and this makes a road to the championship much easier for WSU. Unfortunately, it appears that our road will be UNI-Ill. St after winning our first round game. Even though Ind. St. appears to be in deep turmoil, my preferred opponent would be Mo. St. Nothing I have seen from them indicates that they are capable of even competing with us.

The one upside of Evansville is that they will be a top 100 team. It doesn't looks like UNI or Illinois state are going to get over the hump. If they do, it will be only barely and getting beat by us may drop them back to tom he wrong side of the top 100. Evansville at least looks good on paper. And if they are exhausted on Sunday maybe we can just shred them by 30 too :)

I definitely like the idea of getting a few more cracks at the team's that knocked us off though so we can get the chance to remove all doubt. It would be a good test to face UNI and Illinois state both.