MVC Games Week 4

[RacerJoeD]

Glad my Racers were able to dodge it.

[freddycat68]

Racers are 2-0 with 2 OT wins over Illinois State and Valpo.

Right. Two teams at 2-0 this very early season, but one beat ISUred and Valpo, both in close games, and the other beat UNI and MSU (the latter on the road), both by 15 points +. WAY too early to make much of anything, but Kenpom may have to adjust some projections here. Just sayin.

[RacerJoeD]

It’s too early to win or lose the conference, that’s for sure.

I will say that it is nice to be in a conference that cares. Now let’s go get some more OOC wins and get ready for the second semester. I think there are still a few surprises to be had this season in the Valley.

[BruinGrad]

Someone must have put a quarter in the Redbirds today. Their offense was humming.

They outhustled Belmont too. State got all the 50-50 balls. This was the inconsistency that I was expecting for us this year. In past years, it would rare that Belmont gets outhustled in a game.

[Adunk33]

Someone must have put a quarter in the Redbirds today. Their offense was humming.

They outhustled Belmont too. State got all the 50-50 balls. This was the inconsistency that I was expecting for us this year. In past years, it would rare that Belmont gets outhustled in a game.

On the flip side of the coin, it's been rare as of late that ILST out hustles anyone. It was really refreshing to see. The Birds are a possession or so away from being 2-0 in the conference. Most fans would've had them 0-2 after the first two. They still have some head scratching mistakes by way of the turnover and 4 or 5 shot clock violations, but we've seen growth through the first 9 games.

Now, how do they build on it? They aren't going to shoot 60% from three every game, so where is that supplemental scoring going to come from?

Looking forward to the next two noncon games. ISU has played kind of a weird schedule to this point of the season, in terms of timing. They've had some "bye" weeks built in for finals & the holidays.
4 games Nov 7-17
3 games Nov 21-23
Off (from games) Nov 24-Nov 30
4 games from Dec 1-10
Off (from games) Dec 11-16
2 games Dec 17-19
Off (from games) Dec 20-27.
Dec 28- Conference play starts at a "typical" cadence.

[smidge34]

It’s too early to win or lose the conference, that’s for sure.

I will say that it is nice to be in a conference that cares. Now let’s go get some more OOC wins and get ready for the second semester. I think there are still a few surprises to be had this season in the Valley.

This. Ain’t nobody laying down for us and we are in a battle with 7-8 teams instead of 1 or 2 for top 100-125. We’ve wanted to compete for a long time and we now have our wish. Time to put up or shut up. Love it!