2023-24 Around The Valley

[treeman]

Fair. You think we can afford more than 3 MoVal losses or you just think who we get beat by doesn’t matter?

I am of the opinion that ILState, Evansville and a few others have records that are inflated and they will eventually be at or near the bottom of the Valley.

Tough call. MSU game is HUGE. 27-4 going into arch madness with a conference title, win over Michigan State, and just our offensive metrics and we are a lock. 26-5 with a conference title, offensive metrics, but no "signature win" and we are probably on the good side but sweating it out. Anything after that and I'm not liking our chances. So I guess once you get around that 4 loss range in conference it turns into "well who did you lose too?"

 

[treeman]

Wardle wearing a Christmas sweater was not on my bingo card this year

 

[Blue Streaker]

NIU announcers keep giving Sycamores quite a bit of love throughout the broadcast of their game against UNI.

 

[treeman]

Valley goes 3-1 tonight after the UIC disaster.

UNI beat NIU after an extremely hot start
Bradley gets back in the win column vs SIUE
Illinois State takes care of SEMO

 

[treeman]

At the half
Drake 37
UAB 37

Really need drake to win to have a chance at maybe 2 quad 1 wins. UAB is 5-5 with a NET of 242 so not a good they can afford to lose

 

[sycamore_21]

UAB is pretty good although they seem to play street ball

 

[SycamoreStateofMind]

UAB is pretty good although they seem to play street ball

How does Drake look? R they without anyone?

 

[treeman]

How does Drake look? R they without anyone?

Without Enright. honestly, they don't look good at all. Bad spacing, a lot of standing around on the offensive end. Not an impressive performance

 

[SycamoreStateofMind]

watching now. Brodie is a load. We could use Gray’s depth vs Drake if he gets eligibility.

 

[treeman]

here comes a DeVries 3. he will miss it. Least clutch player

 

[SycamoreStateofMind]

here comes a DeVries 3. he will miss it. Least clutch player

Good call…

 

[treeman]

here comes a DeVries 3. he will miss it. Least clutch player

I stand correct. incredible bounce

 

[treeman]

Good call…

oh course. All I know is he gets the last shot EVERY time. I've seen him hit it 2 times out of 10 tries; right now and against UIC last year

 

[SycamoreStateofMind]

I stand correct. incredible bounce

In all fairness you did predict who would get the shot… You just went a little too far.

 

[MovingScreenOfDeath]

oh course. All I know is he gets the last shot EVERY time. I've seen him hit it 2 times out of 10 tries; right now and against UIC last year

Still a chance he misses a game winning shot in OT

 

[treeman]

In all fairness you did predict who would get the shot… You just went a little too far.

last year the kid went 0-2 for game winners against us. Unfortunately he keeps getting these incredible bounces....

 

[SycamoreStateofMind]

last year the kid went 0-2 for game winners against us. Unfortunately he keeps getting these incredible bounces....

He’s a pretty good player. I wouldn’t call him “least clutch player” but go ahead if you want.

 

[SycamoreBlue3209]

How does Drake look? R they without anyone?

Kind of like Bradley. Still a solid team, but lost a lot of talent from the year before.
I’m not being over confident, just stating facts….we have the most talent in the Valley and should Expect to win the league this year…period.

Our “big” 3 guards make tip the best backcourt in the league and we know what we have in Robbie. J Kent can really be the X factor as we really need him to continue to rebound and be able to guard the difficult matchups (ie. DeVries, Clay, Leons and Tyson).

 

[SycamoreStateofMind]

Kind of like Bradley. Still a solid team, but lost a lot of talent from the year before.
I’m not being over confident, just stating facts….we have the most talent in the Valley and should Expect to win the league this year…period.

Our “big” 3 guards make tip the best backcourt in the league and we know what we have in Robbie. J Kent can really be the X factor as we really need him to continue to rebound and be able to guard the difficult matchups (ie. DeVries, Clay, Leons and Tyson).

I expect to win the league have for over a month now - I’m trying to figure out a win total that gets an at-large that’s within reason. I haven’t seen the other Valley teams that closely or at all really compared to many here. I’ve seen us and I’ve seen box scores.

Drake. Belmont. Give me some concerns. Everyone else we should mop. Right?!

 

[SycamoreBlue3209]

I expect to win the league have for over a month now - I’m trying to figure out a win total that gets an at-large that’s within reason. I haven’t seen the other Valley teams that closely or at all really compared to many here. I’ve seen us and I’ve seen box scores.

Drake. Belmont. Give me some concerns. Everyone else we should mop. Right?!

Missouri State has the horses to beat anyone really. As stated before, AG’s progression could be a difference here.