Indiana State Sycamores (15-15) vs. Loyola Ramblers (18-12)
Scottrade Center - St. Louis, MO
Friday, March 6, 2015
9:30 PM EST Tip
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[March 6, 2015] Indiana State (15-15) vs Loyola Ramblers (18-12)
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Indiana State Sycamores (15-15) vs. Loyola Ramblers (18-12)
Scottrade Center - St. Louis, MO
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Doyle played 9 minutes today.
Southgrad07
The Renn Level
Expect him to play a full game against us. Not the same Loyola team as in January.. Should still advance to the semis though.. Need our frontcourt to show up and dominate
Agree, but I'd rather play them over Ilsu or Evansville. I feel like our defense has been much better lately and it's nice that TJ has gotten more minutes and is gaining confidence. Also good to see Smith playing better.
Khristian playing much closer to how we all hoped he would play really changes the dynamic for us. It will be interesting to see how next Friday plays out.
Doyle hasn't played meaningful minutes in months. Although they are inevitably a better team with him, I don't see him being a difference maker at this point in the season. We took care of business against Loyola both times we play them and I expect we make it a third on Friday.
The 8:35 PM game means I have a lot of beer drinking time before tipoff...
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Southgrad07
The Renn Level
Sure hope your right! He only played 9 minutes...but looked pretty good in the last game. I think we should win, but them getting their by far best player back definitely makes this a harder task than before.
You're right, he did look pretty good. I'm not sure how much that was due to them playing against Missouri State versus Doyle really being back and healthy.
Well, Missouri State did beat us just a week ago. Seriously though, Doyle is a potential NBA prospect if he continues to develop. I'd feel much more comfortable if he wasn't going to play. If the game is close, I don't feel comfortable with him taking the big shot.
Touché on Missouri State.
Doyle is the best player in the Valley. I really do believe that. I guess I just don't think much of Loyola at this point. I'd feel better if he wasn't playing, but this is a game we should win. And I expect us to do so.
Second year in a row in which we play Loyola on a Friday. Just an observation.
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Just an interesting tidbit......this year was the first year since the 1999-2000 team to have not lost consecutive conference games.......and probably before that you'd have to go back to 1979 squad......
I consider this to be quite an accomplishment....it just doesn't happen too often....
I consider this to be quite an accomplishment....it just doesn't happen too often....
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BlueSycamore
Guest
And they still manage to drop games to two of the bottom feeders. Makes you wonder why concentration on the task at hand is so difficult, especially for 20-22 year olds?
Southgrad07
The Renn Level
A lot better than back in December when everyone thought we were the bottom feeder lol..
It's also a lot better than our typical late-season collapse we've seen with this team over the last three years. You can't knock them for losing to some bad teams without acknowledging that we have managed to keep it together fairly well, under the circumstances, all season.
bent20
The Odum Level
They were close road losses and you can never count on road wins in the Valley. Most of Drake and Missouri State's home games were close. We had a very good conference season. We finished 11-7 (with four losses to two elite teams), one win off from where we finished a year ago. Here is proof the Valley is never as easy as it seems (our recent records):
2014-2015: 11-7
2013-2014: 12-6
2012-2013: 9-9
2011-2012: 8-10
2010-2011: 12-6
2009-2010: 9-9
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That's some interesting info there, bent. So, and I hadn't realized this, we were 11-3 against everyone not named Wichita and UNI. That's pretty damned impressive. Honestly, as young as we were, to be that dominant against everyone else has to bode well for the future of ISU basketball...
Was a good conference season but we lost at Drake and at UNI back to back.
TH_Sycamore12
The Captain Level
According to some quick research on Wikipedia ISU is 5-0 against Loyola since they've joined the MVC.
You needed wikipedia for that? Are you an ofc member? [emoji3]
Loyola will be improved with doyle but I still see this as a game that we should win. If we can shut down Baker and VanVleet (for the most part) we should be able to handle anything loyola has