Bradley - 62
SIU - 94
Drake - 101
Indiana St. - 104
Missouri St. - 107
Belmont - 151
Northern Iowa - 225
Illinois St. - 258
UIC - 259
Valpo - 310
Evansville - 323
Conference Standings as of 1/2/23. (Like the momentum displayed by the win streak)
| Missouri Valley Conference | CONF. | |
| TEAM | W-L | STRK |
| Indiana State Sycamores | 4-0 | WON 2 |
| Southern Illinois Salukis | 3-1 | WON 6 |
| Bradley Braves | 3-1 | WON 1 |
| Murray State Racers | 3-1 | WON 1 |
| Missouri State Bears | 3-1 | WON 3 |
| Drake Bulldogs | 2-2 | LOST 1 |
| Belmont Bruins | 2-2 | LOST 1 |
| Northern Iowa Panthers | 2-2 | WON 1 |
| UIC Flames | 1-3 | LOST 1 |
| Illinois State Redbirds | 1-3 | LOST 2 |
| Valparaiso Beacons | 0-4 | LOST 2 |
| Evansville Purple Aces | 0-4 | LOST 2 |
Just a noted NET ranking update as of 1/25/23.
There are only 4 schools that are currently ranked 1-0 in Quad 1 games.
SIU, Belmont, Weber State (Verplanken), and Wofford (Filewich)
| RANK | PREV RANK | SCHOOL | CONF. | RECORD | ROAD | NEUTRAL | HOME | QUAD 1 | QUAD 2 | QUAD 3 | QUAD 4 |
| 104 | 106 | Southern Ill. | MVC | 16-5 | 6-3 | 1-1 | 9-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 6-3 | 8-0 |
| 116 | 115 | Belmont | MVC | 14-6 | 5-4 | 2-1 | 7-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 5-3 | 7-1 |
| 214 | 215 | Weber St. | Big Sky | 8-10 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 0-4 | 1-3 | 6-3 |
| 229 | 228 | Wofford | SoCon | 8-10 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 6-3 |
Can't believe we don't even crack the top 100.
Can't believe we don't even crack the top 100.
They're winning games and we haven’t seen much winning in the last 15 years so I don’t care much at all about their NET or KenPom but realistically they’re a pretty good team in a conference that’s way down this year. The MVC ranks 14th below the Ivy League in conferences on KenPom and SIU really struggled against some awful teams like Alcorn State, Chicago State, SEMO, and Evansville at home.
If we keep winning, I would not be surprised to see SIU getting a handful of Top 25 votes - even though our NET will likely ever get anywhere remotely close - only because the voters likely all just go off eye-tests from looking at records and conference standings.
If we keep winning, I would not be surprised to see SIU getting a handful of Top 25 votes - even though our NET will likely ever get anywhere remotely close - only because the voters likely all just go off eye-tests from looking at records and conference standings.
Win at Ill St, then AT BRADLEY and finally at home vs Missouri St and they WILL get votes and more than just a small handful.
Honestly id be suprised, voters know the valley is way way down this year. All you need to know to see that is where the NCAA bracket projections have the valley winner, most have it as a 14 seed.... and thats bad.If we keep winning, I would not be surprised to see SIU getting a handful of Top 25 votes - even though our NET will likely ever get anywhere remotely close - only because the voters likely all just go off eye-tests from looking at records and conference standings.
Win at Ill St, then AT BRADLEY and finally at home vs Missouri St and they WILL get votes and more than just a small handful.
Net rankings are a bunch of silly numbers - maybe worse than the RPI:
11-9 Ohio St 2 - 7 Quad 1 just lost to Illinois by 9, is in 12th place but is ranked #26 to 5th place 14 - 6, 3-5 Quad 1 Illinois' #27
Creighton #20 5-3, 11-8, 1 - 5 Quad 1 is ranked ahead of 1st place Xavier 9-1, 17-4, 5-3 Quad 1 who already beat Creighton
Texas Tech 0-8 Quad1, 0-8 Big 12, 10-10 overall is #73
James Madison 10 - 8 , 7th in Sunbelt, 1-3 Quad 1 is #84
Crazy!
Net rankings are a bunch of silly numbers - maybe worse than the RPI:
11-9 Ohio St 2 - 7 Quad 1 just lost to Illinois by 9, is in 12th place but is ranked #26 to 5th place 14 - 6, 3-5 Quad 1 Illinois' #27
Creighton #20 5-3, 11-8, 1 - 5 Quad 1 is ranked ahead of 1st place Xavier 9-1, 17-4, 5-3 Quad 1 who already beat Creighton
Texas Tech 0-8 Quad1, 0-8 Big 12, 10-10 overall is #73
James Madison 10 - 8 , 7th in Sunbelt, 1-3 Quad 1 is #84
Crazy!
To the surprise of absolutely nobody, this is clearly designed to work against everyone outside of the big money conferences.
I never thought anything would make me miss the days of the RPI being the standard metric for post season evaluation, but this did the trick.
Total BS number crunching.
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@usmcsaluki and don't forget name recognition. It's so important in the rankings to be a nationally respected major conference team
@usmcsaluki and don't forget name recognition. It's so important in the rankings to be a nationally respected major conference team
Great point
