Official 2022-23 MVCfans.com Prediction - 8th Place

[Dean Wormer]

[quote="siudawgs"
Gimme a break. Indiana State probably has a better roster than UNI, certainly less freshman-reliant, so let's not make it sound like there's some large chasm there. Yes, I know Jacobson is a good coach and UNI typically does not have poor conference finishes.

Silly me thinking the guy running the program that's finished below 5th exactly once in the last 20 years who returns proven guards is probably going to find his way to the top half of the league.

Every team, sans Drake, has questions. I'm going to error on the side of proven coaching.

Show your work.

22 - 1st
21 - 5th (3 way tie)
20- 1st
19 - 7th
18 - 9th

Everyone is a homer, but your self-yanking makes Jeffrey Toobin envious.

You are incorrect-

06-07-5th
07-08-T 5th
08-09-T 1st
09-10-1st
10-11-T 4th
11-12-T 3rd
12-13-3rd
13-14-3rd
14-15-2nd
15-16-T 4th
16-17-T 3rd
17-18-T 7th
18-19-5th
19-20-1st
20-21-T 5th
21-22-1st

No idea where you're pulling this 9th place stuff from.[/quote]

The same place you are pulling your 2021 5th place finish from. If you are claiming 5th in 21, although it was a 3 way tie, and you actually played as the 7th place team, then you claim your actual finish of 9th, although it was also a 3 way tie.

The last 5 years are the official MVC standings. Feel free to twist them how you want.

https://mvc-sports.com/standings.aspx?standings=17

[SalukiWorld]

Even if the roster might not look impressive on paper, a Ben Jacobson team just isn't finishing 8th

[Birdfan2018]

Even if the roster might not look impressive on paper, a Ben Jacobson team just isn't finishing 8th

Where’s the “like” button?

[jturner38]

Trees.

Then it finally starts to get interesting.

Gimme a break. Indiana State probably has a better roster than UNI, certainly less freshman-reliant, so let's not make it sound like there's some large chasm there. Yes, I know Jacobson is a good coach and UNI typically does not have poor conference finishes.

Belmont, Indiana State and Missouri State have all had a bunch of roster turnover. Murray literally has an entire new roster.

Silly me thinking the guy running the program that's finished below 5th exactly once in the last 20 years who returns proven guards is probably going to find his way to the top half of the league.

Every team, sans Drake, has questions. I'm going to error on the side of proven coaching.

INSU didnt have a lot roster turnover

[tribecalledquest]

INSU didnt have a lot roster turnover

Can be seen as a good or a bad thing I suppose.

[jturner38]

INSU didnt have a lot roster turnover

Can be seen as a good or a bad thing I suppose.

Not a bad thing when you see who left. Like outside of Key (Didn't play anyway last year) nobody that left makes you go oh INSU is going to be worse. Plus their season was affected by injuries/Covid and had a different lineup in almost every game. But even still they just couldn't finish games. That got addressed with the new additions. So now this senior led team should make a jump to middle of the pack at the least.

[tribecalledquest]

INSU didnt have a lot roster turnover

Can be seen as a good or a bad thing I suppose.

Not a bad thing when you see who left. Like outside of Key (Didn't play anyway last year) nobody that left makes you go oh INSU is going to be worse. Plus their season was affected by injuries/Covid and had a different lineup in almost every game. But even still they just couldn't finish games. That got addressed with the new additions. So now this senior led team should make a jump to middle of the pack at the least.

Will be interesting to see. My father was a pretty successful HS coach. However, one year he went 0-25. And when asked about it he said "the worst thing about it is they are all f**king juniors."