2023-24 Around The Valley

[Sycamorefan96]

Title Contenders: ISU, Drake, Bradley

Could make a Saturday Upset: SIU, UNI, Belmont

Could make a Friday Upset: ILST, MSU, Murray St, Evansville

Could make a Thursday upset: UIC

No chance: Valpo

 

[Bluethunder]

Evansville up 2, 26-24 at home against SIU at the half

It’s as ugly as the score would sugest

At one point SIU went over 8 minutes without a basket, then later the Aces went over 6 min without a basket.

 

[EvilleSycamore]

Evansville up 2, 26-24 at home against SIU at the half

It’s as ugly as the score would sugest

At one point SIU went over 8 minutes without a basket, then later the Aces went over 6 min without a basket.

Xavier Johnson looks like Swope in the first half totally out of sync after the injury. The referees are not doing SIU any favors as UE are playing football.

 

[Sycamorefan96]

I watched the second half of the ILSU Bradley game last night and this game is pretty similar to that one. I actually enjoy watching these physical low scoring games.

 

[Jason Svoboda]

Crazy graphic from the Evansville/SIU game. Did anyone else catch it?

 

[Bluethunder]

Crazy graphic from the Evansville/SIU game. Did anyone else catch it?

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Credit to their research department. They really dig deep.

 

[Jason Svoboda]

Credit to their research department. They really dig deep.

I mean... The Valley Runs Deep.

 

[EvilleSycamore]

Crazy graphic from the Evansville/SIU game. Did anyone else catch it?

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I walked back in the room as they were showing that. I thought I misread it. Wow!

 

[treeman]

Are you guys messing with us. Did they legit show that?

 

[1SycFan]

Bradley losing there had the potential for disaster as they could have ended up tied in 4th with a losable game left at Drake. Think the goal here is to only play Drake OR Bradley and not both.
That being said, Bradley losing there also had the potential of putting Bradley on the edge of playing Thursday.

Plus it might have moved Illinois State up to a quad 3 loss instead of a 4.

 

[Bluethunder]

Salukis win 65-53 at Evansville

 

[jturner38]

Plus it might have moved Illinois State up to a quad 3 loss instead of a 4.

But you rather have Bradley win to stay at Quad 2 W for us.

 

[SycamoreStateofMind]

That can’t be real stfu but creative! I will surely miss Trent not having an eighth year of eligibility.

 

[Bluethunder]

Jason, the bracket you posted if the season ended today, man that would be a good bracket for us.

Chance to get revenge on Illinois state in the first game, SIU or a 3rd game in 3 days UNI in semis.

I would take that bracket all day long

 

[Sycamorefan96]

Xavier Johnson really should be the MVC POY in my opinion. SIU would be a 10th place team without him. Him diving on the floor twice there on the same play at the end to get the loose ball before it went out was an MVP type of play.

 

[jturner38]

Xavier Johnson really should be the MVC POY in my opinion. SIU would be a 10th place team without him. Him diving on the floor twice there on the same play at the end to get the loose ball before it went out was an MVP type of play.

No it’s most likely to go to Robbie.

 

[sycamorebacker]

No it’s most likely to go to Robbie.

No DeVries.

 

[jturner38]

No DeVries.

No. Best player on 1st place team wins it 90% of the time. Last season was outlier.

 

[Sycamorefan96]

No it’s most likely to go to Robbie.

I agree with Sycamorebacker and also think DeVries will ultimately win it over Robbie. I'm just saying that XJ would get my vote if I had one.

 

[EvilleSycamore]

No. Best player on 1st place team wins it 90% of the time. Last season was outlier.

I agree with you. The press has a huge huge huge man-crush on Devires that will muck up the voting to the point it could be any of the three.