Paul Oren reports Isaiah Stafford could miss the entire season for Valpo with a knee injury.
As hard as it has become to get good players to stay, it’s an extra kick in the balls when one of the few who do gets hurt like that.
I had thought the Beacons could move toward the middle of the pack in Powell’s second year, and I still think they’ll be better, but this makes it tougher.
Paul Oren reports Isaiah Stafford could miss the entire season for Valpo with a knee injury.
As hard as it has become to get good players to stay, it’s an extra kick in the balls when one of the few who do gets hurt like that.
I had thought the Beacons could move toward the middle of the pack in Powell’s second year, and I still think they’ll be better, but this makes it tougher.
This is indeed a kick in the shorts. If we want the Valley to remain in the top 10 conferences and, at the very least, be in the conversation for multiple NCAA bids, we need all Valley teams to be as strong as possible, including Murray, Bradley (sorry Barkeep) and the Redturds (sorry Bobber).
Not sure where else top put this. Anyway, not sure if anyone else noticed but former Missouri State Bear Jonathan Mogbo was the 1st pick in the 2nd round of the NBA draft. I remember him being crazy athletic, although somewhat undersized. It will be interesting to see what position he plays in the NBA.
The Wheatshockers are going to Frostbite Falls in 2025.
Evansville non-conference:
https://twitter.com/UEAthletics_MBB/status/1818319447528235012
Bradley non-conference
I know scheduling is tough but this is really embarrassing for a team that's gonna be picked to win the MVC
Willingly playing an NAIA team in the regular season portion of your schedule should be an automatic ban on any postseason. Embarrassing
Bradley non-conference
I know scheduling is tough but this is really embarrassing for a team that's gonna be picked to win the MVC
Wow, that's a terrible non-con lineup.
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Bradley non-conference
I know scheduling is tough but this is really embarrassing for a team that's gonna be picked to win the MVC
Wow, that's a terrible non-con lineup.
Washington State, Santa Clara and San Francisco are pretty good games. The rest is very blah to sub-blah. I don't know if I'd say terrible per se, but I guess that case can be made in the context of them being the expected preseason MVC favorite, so a tougher schedule should be the goal.
I know in the summer MVC coaches call it sounded like they were having a hard time finalizing their schedule, for whatever reasons.
I don't understand all of the complaining about scheduling whether it is SIU or any other team in the Valley no power 5 team is going to play down with the current ratings system and Valley teams gave to guess right which mid major will be good and with more conference games that only leaves a few out of conference games and everyone fighting for the same piece of the pie it leaves crumbs not slices it is just the current way things are unless you win 25 games a year and force your way up the ladder for years or make a deep run in the tournament and get some hype your are just screwed
Bradley non-conference
I know scheduling is tough but this is really embarrassing for a team that's gonna be picked to win the MVC
Wow, that's a terrible non-con lineup.
Judson? JUDSON???!!! The school is located not far from where I grew up, and while I can't speak for what the team is like now, it probably couldn't have defeated a good high school team back in the '70s. Of course, during the late '70s, Roosevelt from the NAIA (I think it was in Judson's conference back then; it's now Division II) was a fixture on SIU's early-season schedules. I had a crazy idea back then that Judson was somehow associated with the Judson twins who led Hebron High School to the Illinois state championship back in the early '50s -- probably one of the biggest surprises of all time -- but that turned out not to be true.
I assume that's that's the little Baptist school in Elgin. NAIA.
Unbelievable that Bradley would play them. (At least Ohio Dominican is D2.)
They should just scrimmage Peoria Manual instead.
Bradley non-conference
I know scheduling is tough but this is really embarrassing for a team that's gonna be picked to win the MVC
Wow, that's a terrible non-con lineup.
Washington State, Santa Clara and San Francisco are pretty good games. The rest is very blah to sub-blah. I don't know if I'd say terrible per se, but I guess that case can be made in the context of them being the expected preseason MVC favorite, so a tougher schedule should be the goal.
I know in the summer MVC coaches call it sounded like they were having a hard time finalizing their schedule, for whatever reasons.
I get that if you're outside the power 6 and expected to be any kinda good its hard to put a good slate together, but..
Maybe my initial reaction was an over-reaction, but its still not a good schedule.
I'd wager it emphasizes how difficult scheduling is as a likely pre-season favorite of a respected mid-major league. Probably very difficult to even get blue bloods to agree to buy games. Its a shame because Bradley will have to be near perfect in the non-con to even be in any at-large discussions.
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