2018 MVC - Opening Week

by **MissouriValleyUnite** » December 25th, 2017, 10:10 pm

Missouri Valley concludes non-conference play 68-44. 39-7 home, 12-25 road, 17-12 neutral. 6-13 P6, 3-0 AAC, 6-7 MW, 1-1 A10, 1-1 WCC.

Thursday
Crusaders @ Sycamores
Salukis @ Panthers
Braves @ Bulldogs

Saturday
Aces @ Ramblers

Sunday
Panthers @ Braves
Sycamores @ Redbirds
Bulldogs @ Salukis
Bears @ Crusaders

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75.0% - mvfcfan (57/76)
74.1% - valleyclimber (80/108)
72.6% - sixth ace (85/117)
72.2% - Tom Servo (83/115)
71.8% - Old School MVC (84/117)
71.4% - Rogers101 (30/42)
71.0% - Blers (22/31)
70.9% - ptownbraves (83/117)
70.4% - Rambler63 (69/98)
70.2% - Mikovio (40/57)
70.0% - Dansen (21/30)
69.3% - BirdsEyeView (61/88)
69.2% - hot nuts (18/26)
68.8% - E-Villan (75/109)
68.1% - AndShock (79/116)
67.1% - Rollbird (47/70)
63.2% - MVU (74/117)
62.5% - sivert (10/16)
59.6% - musiccitybulldog (28/47)

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by **MissouriValleyUnite** » December 25th, 2017, 10:16 pm

Sycamores
Panthers
Braves

Ramblers

Panthers
Redbirds
Salukis
Bears

by **sixth ace** » December 25th, 2017, 10:56 pm

Thursday
Crusaders
Panthers
Bulldogs

Saturday
Aces

Sunday
Panthers
Redbirds
Bulldogs
Bears

:Cheers:

by **valleyclimber** » December 26th, 2017, 12:45 am

Valley season arrives in full force this week....YES!! 8-)

Here goes on the week's games in the always unpredictable MVC:

Thursday-
Sycamores > Valpo....Crusaders missing 2 top players and ISU needs to get a W at home
Panthers > SIU....Still missing center Bol, the Salukis put up a fight against homestanding UNI
Bulldogs > BU...Think DU will be a tough out at home and Timmer will come to play

Saturday-
Ramblers > UE...LUC takes this one over an Aces squad that's still missing their PG

Sunday-
Panthers > BU....could get ugly, but most likely a fight as the Braves won't want to go to 0-2
Redbirds > INSU...Sycamores lose the battle of the ISUs as ILSU goes to 2-0
Salukis > DU...SIU evens up their record by downing a determined Bulldogs squad (might be a wild one)
Bears > VU....this one's a toss-up IMHO as MSU has struggled at times, and VU doesn't want to go the cellar

Honestly, this might be one of the tougher years to pick MVC games as it looks like there are plenty of teams that can do some damage. Should make for an exciting MVC season and terrific for fans across the entire Valley....love it! :dance:

ROCK IT MVC! :Cheers:

by **Jsnhbe1Birds** » December 26th, 2017, 3:23 am

After watching ole Miss tear Bradley a new one I'm excited to see Bradley finish 5th/6th.

by **Dansen** » December 26th, 2017, 8:23 am

Thursday
Crusaders @ Sycamores----> Sycamores
Salukis @ Panthers-----> Panthers
Braves @ Bulldogs----> Braves

Saturday
Aces @ Ramblers-----> Ramblers

Sunday
Panthers @ Braves-----> Panthers
Sycamores @ Redbirds-----> Redbirds
Bulldogs @ Salukis--------> Salukis
Bears @ Crusaders-----> Bears

by **bleach** » December 26th, 2017, 8:27 am

Trees
UNI
Drake
LU
BU
Birds
SIU
MSU

by **BirdsEyeView** » December 26th, 2017, 9:50 am

Thursday
Crusaders @ Sycamores - CRUSADERS
Salukis @ Panthers - PANTHERS
Braves @ Bulldogs - BULLDOGS

Saturday
Aces @ Ramblers - RAMBLERS

Sunday
Panthers @ Braves - BRAVES
Sycamores @ Redbirds - REDBIRDS
Bulldogs @ Salukis - SALUKIS
Bears @ Crusaders - BEARS

by **underdawg** » December 26th, 2017, 3:06 pm

valleyclimber wrote:Valley season arrives in full force this week....YES!! Here goes on the week's games in the always unpredictable MVC:

Thursday-
Sycamores > Valpo....Crusaders missing 2 top players and ISU needs to get a W at home
Panthers > SIU....Still missing center Bol, the Salukis put up a fight against homestanding UNI
Bulldogs > BU...Think DU will be a tough out at home and Timmer will come to play

Saturday-
Ramblers > UE...LUC takes this one over an Aces squad that's still missing their PG

Sunday-
Panthers > BU....could get ugly, but most likely a fight as the Braves won't want to go to 0-2
Redbirds > INSU...Sycamores lose the battle of the ISUs as ILSU goes to 2-0
Salukis > DU...SIU evens up their record by downing a determined Bulldogs squad (might be a wild one)
Bears > VU....this one's a toss-up IMHO as MSU has struggled at times, and VU doesn't want to go the cellar

Honestly, this might be one of the tougher years to pick MVC games as it looks like there are plenty of teams that can do some damage. Should make for an exciting MVC season and terrific for fans across the entire Valley....love it!

ROCK IT MVC!

For all future pickers: PG Marcus Bartley has been having back problems, but should be back in a week. Bol starts regular practice Dec 29--won't be available for UNI but maybe for the next week games--we'll see how he recovers--eventually to be matched with 6-10 Pippen

by **Rambler63** » December 26th, 2017, 3:51 pm

Sycamores
Panthers
Braves
Ramblers
Panthers
Redbirds
Salukis
Crusaders