#BlueoutSunday?

[MissouriValleyUnite]

Any chance we can grab some Creighton fans if this happens?

Jordan Barnes 11-15 vs UNLV
Nick Norton 31/7/6 vs San Diego

RPI’s
31 Drake
37 Indiana State

NCAA accomplished its mission.

[Old School MVC]

Both Drake and ISUb look really good these last couple days.

Congrats to both!

[VUGrad1314]

Any chance we can grab some Creighton fans if this happens?

Jordan Barnes 11-15 vs UNLV
Nick Norton 31/7/6 vs San Diego

RPI’s
31 Drake
37 Indiana State

NCAA accomplished its mission.

Don't worry. As long as these two assert themselves in MVC play they should play themselves into the conversation come March.

[BCPanther]

I was impressed with Drake last night. Total buy in from the entire roster.

Indiana State worries me. Leading the nation in 3 pt% and in the 340s in 2 pt % feels like a recipe for collapse if the shooting cools at all.

[jsaluki080]

Wow!! Good job Drake and Trees.

[MissouriValleyUnite]

Drake RPI up to 29. ISU holding steady at 37.

High fives abound in the NCAA offices.

[VUGrad1314]

This metric rewards winning right? So as long as these teams keep winning their metrics should improve. Maybe not enough for at large bids but perhaps this will encourage mid major ADs and coaches to be more aggressive in scheduling to boost their metrics.

You may even see a flight of top mid-major programs in lower conferences to better leagues to secure better games. In order to take the fight to the big boys mid major conferences may have to embrace expansion and pluck from the top of lower leagues just as they have done to leagues like ours and other leagues my school has historically been a part of.

But my point is despite my earlier frustration that Drake and ISUb's recent wins did not move the needle much it has more to do with performance and inconsistency than anything. Getting blown out is not a good look and both teams have blowout losses on their resume. But the NET does not appear to be overly hostile to Mid Majors

Even after leaving off the AAC and teams everyone saw coming like Gonzaga Nevada and Buffalo here are some of the teams in the top 80:

25 San Francisco WCC
33 Lipscomb ASun
37 Utah State MWC
40 Belmont OVC
41 North Texas CUSA
43 Fresno State MWC
48 Furman SOCON
51 Penn IVY
53 Murray State OVC
55 VCU A10
58 UNC-Greensboro SOCON
62 Wofford SOCON
65 Charleston CAA
67 Old Dominion CUSA
68 Liberty ASun
69 Toledo MAC
73 SLU A10
75 St Mary's WCC
77 Dayton A10
78 San Diego WCC
80 Radford Big South

As you can see there's enough quality in the WCC SOCON MWC A10 and perhaps even the MAC OVC CUSA and ASun to get at least one team beyond the conference favorite into the conversation. We may not have earned that this year but I'm confident we will next year. Go MVC!

[Drakey]

That would appear to be ONE team with an outside chance at an at large bid. (San Fransisco) no mid-major with an NET obove 30 is going to have a chance. There are 32 automatic bids. There are six conferences which the NCAA will make sure have a least six teams each, which puts it up to 62. The few spots left will be filled with 7th or 8th place teams from FBS conferences and maybe a team or two from the A10 or the AAC. They are not going to go to midwest mid majors.