Southern's conference schedule is really front-loaded this year. If we can win one of the next two, that sets us up really well.
We'll be a slight underdog in both Cedar Falls and Terre Haute, though, and I don't really feel great about our chances at either place given how anemic our offense has been.
Indiana State is a much better team than Northern Iowa this year. I know Cedar Falls has not been kind to Southern over the years, but this is a really young and vulnerable UNI team playing all year without two of their projected top 3-4 players (Phyfe and Heise). I actually think SIU will/should be favored in that one.
Agree: I'm not concerned with the road game at UNI and expect we'll be favored. We had better bring our offense to Indiana State though.
KenPom has SIU favored by 1 at UNI
Our 7 game winning streak is directly related to SIU playing a post player throughout the entire game during the streak. In our loss at home against Indiana State Rupert was the only true post player to play and he only logged 8 minutes. That means Domask and D'Amico played at center for 32 minutes. Indiana State scored almost all their points at close range or in the paint. I think the lightbulb finally went on for Bryan after that game as the lowest amount of minutes logged in a game at the 5 by true post players since has been 36. Most of the games a true post has been in the game the entire 40 minutes. We are giving up way less points in the paint or at close range. This team is built on defense and defense travels. That is why we are the only mvc team with a winning road record! Go Dawgs!
Not sure if it's been mentioned, but SIU is currently 18th in scoring defense.
Inversely, IND ST is 30th in scoring offense.
Should be a great matchup on the 11th
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