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QUOTE(Brian @ Feb 13, 2007 -> 09:09 PM) Huge W. I was hard on Jamal Tatum at the beginning of the year, but I will never bash that guy again with his play the last few games. Come on Northern Iowa! That was a brutal f***in performance against a real good team in a place we never win, and we pulled it out. I don't even know what to say at the moment, I'm f***in pumped, hell yesssssssss. I'm watching the UNI game, down 2 at the first official T.O. in the 2nd half. CMon Panthers!!!

Both KU and Wiscy are fantastic defensive teams. Both rank in the top 10 in points allowed per possession, KU is actually a tad better according to that stat(just one stat, but a good one). I'm sorry, but this makes no sense tOSU has more top 50 wins than KU while KU has more top 100 wins, Wiscy easily has the best resume out of the 3 but KU definitely has the best win of the bunch and to be honest, you can easily compare them to OSU in terms of resume's This is just a bad argument. If KU and Wiscy played each other in the tournament I'd be picking Wiscy but to act as if Wiscy and OSU are so much better than KU is just wrong imo.

QUOTE(Brian @ Feb 13, 2007 -> 05:41 PM) Missouri State is good, but even if they were bad, SIU Always plays bad at Missouri State. It is almost like a sure loss. Hopefully we can change that tonight. Ya, that. Nothing behind it besides what Brian said. I will say that I'm pretty surprised to see us getting that many points but I figured Mo State would be a few point favorite.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Feb 13, 2007 -> 04:41 PM) Maybe i can catch the game on Directv If you can pick up WSIU, then yes.

QUOTE(watchtower41 @ Feb 13, 2007 -> 04:07 PM) Quick question(s) not related ...is SIU on tv anywhere tonight?? Missouri St favored by 5?? Is this right?? Only in Southern Illinois and yes, Mo State is favored by 5.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Feb 13, 2007 -> 03:18 PM) So have I, and I think the Big 12 is vastly over rated. 1-12 the conference stinks imo but A&M can play with anyone, that's a great team.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Feb 13, 2007 -> 03:16 PM) Now who as A&M beaten outside of the Big 12? Absolutely nobody. I'm not arguing who has the best resume, but I've seen all these teams play numerous times and A&M is the best of the bunch imo.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Feb 13, 2007 -> 03:03 PM) Big 12 has two good teams Big 10 has two good teams. the rest suck in both leagues. Kstate also has Bob Huggins who is much better view than Cranky McCranky. IU says hi.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Feb 13, 2007 -> 03:06 PM) Big 10's 2 best teams > Big 12 2 best teams By a pretty sizable margin. Kansas would be 3rd in the Big 10, A&M 4th or 5th (thats including Kansas). Wisconsin and OSU would be 1,2 in the Big 12. A&M is better than both Wiscy and tOSU. KU is the 4th best out of that bunch though imo.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Feb 13, 2007 -> 02:41 PM) I think the bullpen is the most positive thing on this team... I mean they have lots of potential. I love our bullpen and bench. That being said, everything is dependant on the starting pitching.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Feb 13, 2007 -> 02:29 PM) haha Self better than Roy...that must have WsoxShuf you were talking with. Jimbo hates Self with an ubridled passion. You and Shuf would have got along great.

They should trade him about 8 miles south.

Hope they're ok.

BTW, Zaga had their 50 game home winning streak snapped last night against Santa Clara.

Wouldn't get my hopes up for Brandenburg. He'd be a fantastic get and I'd much rather have him than Thompson but I'm just not counting on it. But yes, CLo continues to recruit extremely well and Roundtree basically recruited Booker for us which is pretty damn cool.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Feb 12, 2007 -> 04:41 PM) Then I love Tatum, Falker is just a bruiser. SIU is the best team to come out of the MVC in the last 10 years, i think they are a lock for at least elite 8. Who are you and what did you do with Jimbo? You're scaring me.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Feb 12, 2007 -> 04:32 PM) then who the hell is falker? He's our center, best one in the Valley. Here he is: And here's Tatum:

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Feb 12, 2007 -> 04:31 PM) Is that Falker?? No, you're talking about Tatum.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Feb 12, 2007 -> 04:26 PM) The point guard, hes a senior...guy is just pure drive. Love watching him, would take him over many PG's, just not Sherron. He's not our pg, though he does play it a lot when Mullins is on the bench. But yes, he's quite the player.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Feb 12, 2007 -> 03:51 PM) Haha which one? Falker Tatum

New rankings out: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankingsindex The coaches poll is out too, not sure why espn doesn't have it up there yet. EDIT: Here's the coaches poll http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/men...ll/usatpoll.htm

BC gets a nice road win at FSU.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Feb 11, 2007 -> 10:50 AM) I think you are right about the likelihood of the league getting 3 bids. But I don't necessarily think teams like Wichita St and Bradley have to win out. I think the days of a Valley team having to have single digit losses are over, at least for the foreseeable future. 10-8 in the Valley could get a team in if they have some non-conference wins to support their case, they finish strong and beat one of the big three in the Valley Tournament. You definitely could be right, I guess I'll just have to see it to believe it first. The whole Mo State situation from last year is still pretty clear in everyones minds, so who knows.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Feb 11, 2007 -> 10:33 AM) The Missouri Valley still looks pretty good in terms of at-large consideration for the NCAA Tournament. Five teams still have a shot at an at-large berth depending on how they finish the year. SIU (21-5, 12-3 MVC) - A lock barring a total collapse, which won't happen Creighton (17-8, 11-4 MVC) - Solid chance. Lack a signature win on the road. Will likely need to win 3 of their last four. Beating Drexel, while at home, will help. Missouri State (19-7, 10-5 MVC) - Probably a better chance than Creighton with their win over Wisconsin and close loss as Oklahoma State. Pretty close to a lock barring a meltdown. Splitting their last four games and winning at least one in the Valley Tournament will likely be enough. Dates with SIU, Winthrop and @ Wichita St highlight their last four games. Bradley (17-10, 8-7 MVC) - Good chance if they finish strong. Win over DePaul will help. Wins over Loyola and Wright St are also solid wins, as would be an upcoming win over 21-5 VCU Saturday. Game @ Evansville could be a key. Losing that game and/or @ VCU may give them problems if they don't have a strong run in the Valley Tournament. Wichita St (16-9, 7-7 MVC) - Everyone has written them off, but I can't. They finish with Illinois St, @ Drake, Appalachian St (19-6), Missouri St and @ Creighton. Win 4 of those 5 and they will be sitting at 20-8 with wins over LSU and Syracuse on the road. While those teams haven't been as good as advertised early on, road wins early in the season will help the Shockers cause. They will have to finish strong to get consideration for an at-large bid, but they can do so and do so without really hurting any of the other teams' chances. Northern Iowa (16-10, 7-8 MVC) - Would need a drastic turnaround to receive at-large consideration. They have lost 6 of their last 7 games which obviously isn't heading in the right direction. They face Creighton, Nevada and Bradley in their next three games all on the road. Winning all three would certainly breathe some life back into their hopes, but I wouldn't hold my breath on that happening. Evansville (12-13, 5-9 MVC) - Only being mentioned here hoping like hell they fire Steve Merfield and get this program back where it belongs. There is too much history and too much local support available to this program for it to be in the situation it is currently in. I really think it's going to be 3. SIU, Creighton and Mo State are all looking good and will probably get in imo. Bradley needs to win out the regular season and win 2 in St. Louis imo. WSU is definitely an interesting case, because I'm not really sure how their wins against 'Cuse and LSU will be looked at. That being said, they're going to have to win out in the regular season to have a chance imo, I don't see 10 and 8 in the Valley getting them a bid. UNI is another interesting case as they have a hard as hell schedule but that's exactly what they need to get themselves back into consideration, I just don't see them being able to win enough of those games though, they're really just collapsing. So basically, I see 3 at larges. Obviously, what happens in St. Louis can change everything because any thing can happen and usually does in t he Valley tournament. BUT, imo the top 3 are head and shoulders above the rest of the league, I honestly can't see anyone outside of SIU, Creighton or Mo State winning the tournament, the MVC is going to be a 3 bid league imo.

QUOTE(Brian @ Feb 10, 2007 -> 10:39 PM) Taped the game and watched the 2nd half. If Jamal is hurt, wow. Some tough shots down the stretch...oh yeah, and Matt Shaw > yOU Now maybe the NCAA will just let us skip the Missouri State game on Monday. I hate when SIU plays there. NEVER easy. He lacked his normal explosiveness, he was limping around most of the game but he played through it. Watch in the 2nd half how he shot more fade aways than I've ever seen him shoot before because he couldn't blow by the defender like he normally does. He also lost his balance a good amount of time because he just couldn't put a lot of weight on it, that was one hell of a performance by him though. Agreed on the Mo State game(it's Tuesday though), it worries the hell out of me.