by BEELINE » January 23rd, 2011, 9:45 am
Always a gift when you get outplayed but still escape with a win. CU strengths took advantage of areas we can struggle in as the penetration of Young and the strength down on the blocks of Ech,Lawson, lil Mac, gave us fits all day. But just as ISU showed us, you let a home team hang close and then don't execute a time or two late, you get beat on the road plain and simple.
Valley race is still wide open and STL will be even more so as right now 5 teams all show the ability to win against each other in UNI,WSU,MSU,CU,ISUb. Regular season race might come down to whomever among ISU/WSU/MSU avoids a loss against the lower half; ISU already has one in losing at Evansville.
Bear's still have schedule advantage heading into 2nd half, but margin for error is very slim. Every game now becomes a bit scary starting with @Drake this week.