Season Predictions 2021-22

[Blers42]

1-Loyola
2-Drake
3-UNI
4-Missouri St.
5-Southern Illinois
6-Bradley
7-Evansville
8-Valpo
9-Illinois State
10-Indiana State

POY-Lucas Williamson
COY-Drew Valentine

[Loyola_Fan]

1-Drake
2-Loyola
3-UNI
4-Missouri St.
5-Southern Illinois
6-Valpo
7-Bradley
8-Evansville
9-ISUb
10-ISUr

[VUGrad1314]

1-Drake
2-Loyola
3-UNI
4-Missouri St.
5-Southern Illinois
6-Valpo
7-Bradley
8-Evansville
9-ISUb
10-ISUr

This looks about right to me. Although I concede that 5-8 are (as usual) pretty hard to slot. This conference is going to be really good and competitive this year. I could definitely see one or two Thursday teams being a real headache for a top two seed on Friday.

[VUGrad1314]

I'll be conservative with Valpo even though I think the talent is there for them to surprise the number of new pieces that are going to need to learn how to play together make it hard for me to predict with certainty where exactly they'll land. This should be a great year for the Valley. Any of the top 4 can win the league and 5-8 or even 9 if ISUb really has a winner as a coach can compete in this league this year.

1. Drake

2. Loyola

3. UNI

4. Missouri State

5. Evansville\SIU (this is really close Could go either way)

6. SIU\Evansville

7. Valpo (could absolutely finish higher than this)

8. Bradley (Could finish ahead of Valpo here but they've lost a lot of production)

9. Indiana State

10. Illinois State

[mill1634]

1-UNI
2-Drake
3-Loyola
4-MoSt
5-Southern Illinois
6-Bradley
7-Indiana State
8-Evansville
9-Valpo
10-Illinois State

POY-AJ Green
COY-Ben Jacobson
DPOY-Lucas Williamson
NCOY-Kobe King
FOY-Tucker DeVries

First Team-
AJ Green
Roman Penn
ShanQuan Hemphill
Lucas Williamson
Tyreke Key

Second Team-
Gage Prim
Trae Berhow
Isiah Mosley
Austin Phyfe
Ja'Shon Henry

[Drakey]

This is impossible to predict this year. There are at least four, and maybe five teams that realistically could win the conference. MSU, UNI, DU, LU and maybe SIU.

[usmcsaluki]

1. Drake
2. SIU
3. UNI
4. Loyola
5. MSU
6. Evansville
7. Valpo
8. Bradley
9. Illinois State
10. Indy State

POY: Roman Penn (Domask runner up)
NOY: Ben Coupet

[jsaluki080]

1. Drake - Matched up well with LU last year and most players are back, .. right?

2. UNI - wild guess

3. SIU - I'm too much of a homer to put them lower

4. LU - gut feeling tells me losing Porter and Krutwig is huge

5. MSU - always good but can never seem to finish at the top

6. Valpo - Dont know enough about them so threw them here.

7. Bradley - lost the coin flip to Valpo

8. Evansville - personal bias against them

9. ISU
10. ISU

[acecard1]

1. Drake - Matched up well with LU last year and most players are back, .. right?

2. UNI - wild guess

3. SIU - I'm too much of a homer to put them lower

4. LU - gut feeling tells me losing Porter and Krutwig is huge

5. MSU - always good but can never seem to finish at the top

6. Valpo - Dont know enough about them so threw them here.

7. Bradley - lost the coin flip to Valpo

8. Evansville - personal bias against them

9. ISU
10. ISU

Why a personal bias? Did Lickliter run over your dog, or did we beat you too many times last year?

[jsaluki080]

1. Drake - Matched up well with LU last year and most players are back, .. right?

2. UNI - wild guess

3. SIU - I'm too much of a homer to put them lower

4. LU - gut feeling tells me losing Porter and Krutwig is huge

5. MSU - always good but can never seem to finish at the top

6. Valpo - Dont know enough about them so threw them here.

7. Bradley - lost the coin flip to Valpo

8. Evansville - personal bias against them

9. ISU
10. ISU

Why a personal bias? Did Lickliter run over your dog, or did we beat you too many times last year?