Who finishes 8th?

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Who finishes 8th?

Poll ended at October 28th, 2021, 11:15 am

Bradley
8
16%
Drake
1
2%
Evansville
19
38%
Loyola
0
No votes
Missouri State
0
No votes
Northern Iowa
0
No votes
Southern Illinois
0
No votes
Valparaiso
22
44%
 
Total votes : 50

Who finishes 8th?

Postby DUBulldog » October 25th, 2021, 11:15 am

10 th—- Illinois State
9 th—- Indiana State

Who do you think will finish 8th?
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Re: Who finishes 8th?

Postby SalukiWorld » October 25th, 2021, 4:32 pm

Surprised to see Valpo leading this but I guess they're a tough team to gauge
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Re: Who finishes 8th?

Postby Loyola_Fan » October 26th, 2021, 9:46 am

I'm going E-ville. From what I saw last year against Loyola their only hope is to shoot 50% from 3. They bring everyone back and finally have some continuity at coach which makes them 8 and not 9 or 10 for me, but I don't see a lot of upside here.
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Re: Who finishes 8th?

Postby acecard1 » October 26th, 2021, 10:33 am

Loyola_Fan wrote:I'm going E-ville. From what I saw last year against Loyola their only hope is to shoot 50% from 3. They bring everyone back and finally have some continuity at coach which makes them 8 and not 9 or 10 for me, but I don't see a lot of upside here.

Go ahead and pick them 8th, and try to forget where they finished last year. They may be a Thursday team, but it will be close, and probably a game, or two, will decide whether they are, or not. They will be better this year, but so will most everybody else.
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Re: Who finishes 8th?

Postby BCPanther » October 26th, 2021, 10:54 am

acecard1 wrote:
Loyola_Fan wrote:I'm going E-ville. From what I saw last year against Loyola their only hope is to shoot 50% from 3. They bring everyone back and finally have some continuity at coach which makes them 8 and not 9 or 10 for me, but I don't see a lot of upside here.

Go ahead and pick them 8th, and try to forget where they finished last year. They may be a Thursday team, but it will be close, and probably a game, or two, will decide whether they are, or not. They will be better this year, but so will most everybody else.


They finished in a 3 way tie for 5th, 4 games under .500 and happened to win the tiebreaker for sweeping a UNI team without their two best players.
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Re: Who finishes 8th?

Postby BigMacAttack » October 26th, 2021, 11:44 am

BCPanther wrote:
acecard1 wrote:
Loyola_Fan wrote:I'm going E-ville. From what I saw last year against Loyola their only hope is to shoot 50% from 3. They bring everyone back and finally have some continuity at coach which makes them 8 and not 9 or 10 for me, but I don't see a lot of upside here.

Go ahead and pick them 8th, and try to forget where they finished last year. They may be a Thursday team, but it will be close, and probably a game, or two, will decide whether they are, or not. They will be better this year, but so will most everybody else.


They finished in a 3 way tie for 5th, 4 games under .500 and happened to win the tiebreaker for sweeping a UNI team without their two best players.

Every team can use that excuse at some point during any season! Next man up wasn't quite good enough for UNI on the road for 2. New year, new teams.
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Re: Who finishes 8th?

Postby Kyle_Saluki_17 » October 26th, 2021, 11:56 am

BigMacAttack wrote:
BCPanther wrote:
acecard1 wrote:Go ahead and pick them 8th, and try to forget where they finished last year. They may be a Thursday team, but it will be close, and probably a game, or two, will decide whether they are, or not. They will be better this year, but so will most everybody else.


They finished in a 3 way tie for 5th, 4 games under .500 and happened to win the tiebreaker for sweeping a UNI team without their two best players.

Every team can use that excuse at some point during any season! Next man up wasn't quite good enough for UNI on the road for 2. New year, new teams.

Losing an AJ Green or Marcus Domask is a lot different than most injuries occurred throughout the season. It is still an excuse, but a reasonable one. Especially when considering your preseason rankings and getting a guy back.

Also, one more point. "Next man up wasn't quite good enough" is really easy to say...when it isn't your team getting hurt. Even Drake struggled a bit after injuries last year, and we all know how good they were.
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Re: Who finishes 8th?

Postby Loyola_Fan » October 26th, 2021, 1:07 pm

acecard1 wrote:
Loyola_Fan wrote:I'm going E-ville. From what I saw last year against Loyola their only hope is to shoot 50% from 3. They bring everyone back and finally have some continuity at coach which makes them 8 and not 9 or 10 for me, but I don't see a lot of upside here.

Go ahead and pick them 8th, and try to forget where they finished last year. They may be a Thursday team, but it will be close, and probably a game, or two, will decide whether they are, or not. They will be better this year, but so will most everybody else.


The only teams the aces beat last year that I have over you are Valpo and UNI. UNI gets their MVC POY back and Valpo brought in a bunch of big 10 talent. I don't think Evansville will be better than Bradley, based off past performance and some of the talent Bradley brought in this year.
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Re: Who finishes 8th?

Postby VUFWAlum » October 28th, 2021, 6:06 pm

I know, I know, I am a Valpo guy, but this team is better at every position versus last years team. Donavan Clay would probably not even start this year. Unless the transfers do not mesh at all there is no way they finish lower than the 20-21 team.
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Re: Who finishes 8th?

Postby SalukiWorld » October 28th, 2021, 7:46 pm

VUFWAlum wrote:I know, I know, I am a Valpo guy, but this team is better at every position versus last years team. Donavan Clay would probably not even start this year. Unless the transfers do not mesh at all there is no way they finish lower than the 20-21 team.

I don't get why they were voted 9th, guess because people haven't seen most of the team
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