Games of Interest: Nov. 7th - 13th

[The Mad Hatter]

MSU down 3 with 1:05 to go and Weems just fouled out.

MSU has only shot 18.2% from 3. Leonard has had an awful shooting night. If they had shot well at all, they would be way up in this game.

I've been watching since the 11:20 mark in the second half online. Anyways to me it looked like they ran out of gas with 5 minutes to go or so. Who do they play outside of Creekmore, Weems, Mallet, Ricks and that white guard who shoots? Really solid five there and they may play more people but I don't think I saw anybody else while I was watching.

They do lack depth with the injuries they had over the off-season. However, Leonard is usually a good shooter and he wasn't hitting anything, even early in the game when he still had his legs.

[Ta town]

MSU down 3 with 1:05 to go and Weems just fouled out.

MSU has only shot 18.2% from 3. Leonard has had an awful shooting night. If they had shot well at all, they would be way up in this game.

I've been watching since the 11:20 mark in the second half online. Anyways to me it looked like they ran out of gas with 5 minutes to go or so. Who do they play outside of Creekmore, Weems, Mallet, Ricks and that white guard who shoots? Really solid five there and they may play more people but I don't think I saw anybody else while I was watching.

They do lack depth with the injuries they had over the off-season. However, Leonard is usually a good shooter and he wasn't hitting anything, even early in the game when he still had his legs.

Leonard......thats his name, couldn't remember it for some reason but knew he could shoot.

Like I said I think those 5 are solid. Will they get some of that depth back for the season. I actually would like MSU to do well (right behind the shox as predicted) but can't imagine how they would all make it through the grind of the MVC without much of a bench.

[ShockerFever]

Indiana State sucks. Check.

Drake sucks. Check.

Creighton sucks.. Check.

[ShockTalk]

Tenn 60 Mo St 56 Loss

Ball St 75 IN St 60 Loss

Iowa St 59 Drake 27

Creighton 39 LA-Laf 28

Ill. St 53 Tenn St 43

Loyola Mary 31 Bradley 29

Evans 25 TX-SA 23

[ShockTalk]

John Cooper's TN St Tigers were down 22 to Ill St.

Now their only down 7 with 10 to go in the game.

[Speed]

Drake's within 50!

[ShockerFever]

Very nice showing by the Valley tonight! It just gets me all warm inside!

Watching the Creighton-ULL game, Creighton is not good. They are lucky they're at home and lucky ULL sucks very badly. They have no rebounding, no outside shooting, no FT shooting, just not good.

The more this season goes on, the more I'm thinking it's just a two-man race between us and MSU.

[ShockTalk]

Tenn 60 Mo St 56 Loss

Ball St 75 IN St 60 Loss

Iowa St 91 Drake 43 LOSS

Creighton 58 LA-Laf 52

Ill. St 71 Tenn St 66

Loyola Mary 39 Bradley 37

Evans 35 TX-SA 35

[ShockTalk]

Tenn 60 Mo St 56 Loss

Ball St 75 IN St 60 Loss

Iowa St 91 Drake 43 LOSS

Creighton 63 LA-Laf 58 Win

Ill. St 73 Tenn St 68 Win

Loyola Mary 51 Bradley 44

Evans 47 TX-SA 44

[Aargh]

If the Valley is going to be anything other than a one-bid league, there better be 2, or at the most 3, teams that REALLY create some separation from the rest of the league.

The Valley is going to have a lot of bad losses available for any team hoping to get an at-large bid.

[ShockTalk]

Tenn 60 Mo St 56 Loss

Ball St 75 IN St 60 Loss

Iowa St 91 Drake 43 LOSS

Creighton 63 LA-Laf 58 Win

Ill. St 73 Tenn St 68 Win

Bradley 59 Loyola Mary 57 Win

Evans 77 TX-SA 73 Win

[SB Shock]

Tenn 60 Mo St 56 Loss

Ball St 75 IN St 60 Loss

Iowa St 91 Drake 43 LOSS

Creighton 63 LA-Laf 58 Win

Ill. St 73 Tenn St 68 Win

Bradley 59 Loyola Mary 57 Win

Evans 77 TX-SA 73 Win

Indy St and Drake [shakes head] - lets hope they suck it up in league play.

SWMO - they and the league really need that win. That was a missed opportunity.

I'm suprised that EU and BU won, but they help salvage what could have been a very bad night for the MVC.

[SHOXAAC]

Indiana State will be the celler-dweller no doubt.

[ShockTalk]

The real :ohno: for me were Creighton and Ill St. They were both at home, they're playing two teams that lost a combined 40 games last year while they won 40, and sCUm is to compete for the league title.

Result: They both won by only 5. The Redbirds even had a 22 point lead early in the second half which dropped to 3 in the last minute.

Tough loss for Mo St which didn't play their best game. Even in losing, they may have made the best showing of any of the Valley teams.

Looks like Coop may be getting the Tigers turned around. He made wholesale changes in player personal late last year and after the season. I believe he replaced 4 or 5 senior-to-be's.

[ShockTalk]

Indiana State will be the celler-dweller no doubt.

I really thought after last year, IN St was turning it around. They have under-performed expectations so far, but I wouldn't count out Eville or the Geese to battle them for that non-prize.