BEARZ77 wrote:BCPanther wrote:Getting Wichita means we beat West Virginia. I'm all for it. South Carolina got beat by Boston U last night, yikes.
Jake figured out how to avoid the bad starts of the last few seasons, schedule crap. Even WVU,SC are not seen as serious contenders in their leagues this year, and WSU was picked about 5th I think [ although they are much better than that I think]. But you still have to beat teams and UNI has done that while several other Valley potential leaders have stumbled early. For MSU, the schedule still offers some chance to make a resume but I don't see it happening, we just have too many kinks to work out and the Prim health issues have limited the availability of our most important addition. Unfortunately, I see MSU as similar to Bradley/UNI last year with our best ball coming late [ if it comes].
The Valley race still looks muddled, but Dec may offer some clarity; but if I was a betting man, I'd go with another jumbled mess and somebody like Drake was last year [Evansville perhaps] being a surprise contender among 4-5 others.
Jake didn’t “figure” anything out regarding the schedule. UNI has routinely scheduled up better than anybody in the league. As you know, its almost impossible to schedule well as a mid major now, and sometimes you just have to take what you can get. The schedule is still good, just not as tough as it has been, and most of that is out of UNI’s control.
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