January 7th games

[Snaggletooth]

So far this is the MoSt team I expect. What confused me is what in the hell happened those first few months.

Didn't have enough 250+ RPI teams on their schedule?

[Wufan]

Welcome to the club. Most Bears fans don't know what to think of their team either. We are definitely playing much better. But I have no idea if we are top 2/3 Valley good or if we are just a dangerous mediocre team.

So far this is the MoSt team I expect. What confused me is what in the hell happened those first few months.

I think the new wing players weren't adequately adjusted early along with a briefly side-lined NPOY candidate. I think MSU is a clear mid-pack MVC team with upside.

[glm38]

So far this is the MoSt team I expect. What confused me is what in the hell happened those first few months.

Didn't have enough 250+ RPI teams on their schedule?

At this point our SOS doesn't look that bad? Unfortunately we lost most/all of the games that would have helped us.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... tology/sos

[glm38]

Welcome to the club. Most Bears fans don't know what to think of their team either. We are definitely playing much better. But I have no idea if we are top 2/3 Valley good or if we are just a dangerous mediocre team.

So far this is the MoSt team I expect. What confused me is what in the hell happened those first few months.

I think the new wing players weren't adequately adjusted early along with a briefly side-lined NPOY candidate. I think MSU is a clear mid-pack MVC team with upside.

Yes Boone and Tmac are playing a lot better. They were both MIA most of the OOC schedule. But the last 3 games the entire frontcourt has been better. When we play Tmac and Boone together that's a big frontline. When we get some scoring and adequate rebounding from the frontcourt it makes us pretty tough to defend given that Marshall and Ruder are so dangerous.

Have to show we can play hard and physical consistently though. That's a lot of what was lacking the 1st part of the season.

[rlh04d]

So far this is the MoSt team I expect. What confused me is what in the hell happened those first few months.

Didn't have enough 250+ RPI teams on their schedule?

At this point our SOS doesn't look that bad? Unfortunately we lost most/all of the games that would have helped us.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... tology/sos

That's last year's SOS.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... eamId/2623

[glm38]

Didn't have enough 250+ RPI teams on their schedule?[/quote]

At this point our SOS doesn't look that bad? Unfortunately we lost most/all of the games that would have helped us.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... tology/sos[/quote]
That's last year's SOS.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... eamId/2623[/quote]

Yeah my mistake. This years MSU SOS isn't pretty at all. Hopefully next year we get back on track with scheduling.

http://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basket ... le-by-team

[mvcfan]

How to hold a conference down. Scheduling 101

Evansville 198
MSU 221
Bradley 310
SIU 341

[Kip Dynamite]

According to Realtime RPI, the Bears SOS is 147 with a RPI of 160

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_301_Men.html

[uniftw]

How to hold a conference down. Scheduling 101

Evansville 198
MSU 221
Bradley 310
SIU 341

UNI is currently #13 in RPI with #40 SOS.

Next 3 games: (RPI)
#320 SIU
#273 Drake
#291 Bradley

Let's watch how fast UNI plummets in RPI and SOS over the next 3 games.

[Cdizzle]

How to hold a conference down. Scheduling 101

Evansville 198
MSU 221
Bradley 310
SIU 341

UNI is currently #13 in RPI with #40 SOS.

Next 3 games: (RPI)
#320 SIU
#273 Drake
#291 Bradley

Let's watch how fast UNI plummets in RPI and SOS over the next 3 games.

Welcome to the party. Glad to see UNI actually at the party this year though. At least there are a couple of possible good wins/not bad losses on the conference schedule this year.