Does point differential matter in NET rankings? Looks like barely beating UE when everybody else beat them by 30 seemed to have hurt us
Bow Em
And.....
Bradley/Belmont must be on Bally's because it's blacked out for me on ESPN+. I am ready for those guys to go under...
that irritates the bejesus out of me - pay $10/month and they still black out stuff - I check other MVC games every week and they always black out something
That one we can pin on the Valley. If they hadn't signed the exclusive contract with Bally's, we could watch the game on ESPN+. But some of us have no desire to give Sinclair any of our money, so we're left to resort to "sailing the high seas".
Hacksaw's latest projections have Belmont and SIU neck and neck. Actually gives SIU a better chance at the 1 seed but has Belmont at 1. Not sure how that works. Guessing it's because they have the tiebreaker over Bradley for 2?
Looking at the probabilities of getting the Thursday bye:
Belmont - 88%
SIU - 87%
Bradley - 70%
Drake - 47%
Indiana St. - 38%
Missouri St. - 38%
Northern Iowa - 23%
Murray St. - 9%
Still only one quad one win in the Valley and it belongs to SIU, and it's a true road win at that:
https://twitter.com/MikeReisSIU/status/1617614589809594380?t=CsbYdJcG_tt0LT8HgP3_ig&s=19
SIU moves up one spot in the College Insiders Mid Major Poll, now residing at #9.
Collegeinsider | Mid Major Top 25
Missouri Valley Games for Tuesday:
UIC @ Missouri State 7:00 PM ESPN+ (Missouri St favored by 13)
Indiana State @ Drake 8:00 PM CBS Sports Network (Drake favored by 6)
I swear that poll used to include all schools not in the power 6 conferences. Now it doesn't include other conferences as well. Doesn't mean much when a bunch of mid major conferences arent included in it anymore.SIU moves up one spot in the College Insiders Mid Major Poll, now residing at #9.
Collegeinsider | Mid Major Top 25
Avila is dominating Drake in the 2nd half and has 21pts so far. I cannot believe that SIU chose not to have him here.
Wow DJ Wilkins with a huge 3 with 2 seconds left to give Drake a win.
@insaluki We had already signed Hornecker and weren't taking any more bigs. We still have 3 more years to see how it shakes out.
Avila is dominating Drake in the 2nd half and has 21pts so far. I cannot believe that SIU chose not to have him here.
Would he be getting major minutes as a freshman here? Dunno. His style of play might also fit better with the Sycs. He’s been really impressive, though. Heartbreaking way to lose five straight for them with the Wilkins bomb.
If we can win on Saturday, Belmont has to contend with a Drake team in Nashville - would love to see Drake win one there to give Belmont a 3rd loss and create even more breathing room in first place.
