Unbalanced Schedule

by **Majik45** » February 16th, 2023, 9:36 am

I'm too lazy to go through all the schedules, and I don't think it's posted anywhere, but I was curious how the unbalanced schedule could/is affecting the conference race at this point. Can we get a list some (or just have fans post) which games your team missed out on this year because of the unbalanced schedule. I'll start with Bradley:

Updated with information that came in below:

Belmont - Home vs. SIU, @ ISU(b)
Bradley - Home vs. Indiana State, @ Evansville
Drake - Home vs. Evansville, @ Illinois State
Evansville - Home vs. Bradley, @ Drake
UIC - Home vs. Murray State, @UNI
Illinois State - Home vs. Drake, @ Missouri State
Indiana State - Home vs. Belmont, @ Bradley
Missouri State - Home vs. ISU(r), @ Valpo
Murray State - Home vs. UNI, @ UIC
Southern Illinois - Home vs. Valpo, @ Belmont
Northern Iowa - Home vs. UIC, @ Murray
Valpo - Home vs. Missouri State, @ SIU

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by **Adunk33** » February 16th, 2023, 9:42 am

Illinois State will not play Drake at RBA nor MOST in Springfield...too bad, cuz those definitely would've been wins for the Birds. :roll:

by **DUBulldog** » February 16th, 2023, 9:43 am

Drake doesn’t play at Illinois State or home with Evansville.

by **SalukiBand** » February 16th, 2023, 10:00 am

Southern missed Valpo at home and at Belmont.

by **Majik45** » February 16th, 2023, 10:10 am

I'll keep the list updated at the top as they come in.

Just looking at the list so far, both Bradley and Drake missed a sure win vs. Evansville, and Southern missed having to go to Belmont.

Evansville is also 1-16 with missing games against the top 2 teams in the league.

by **BCPanther** » February 16th, 2023, 10:56 am

UNI did not play at Murray or UIC at home.

by **bleach** » February 16th, 2023, 5:58 pm

Mo St missed a home game with the Redbirds and a roadie at Valpo. On paper, two wins.

by **Majik45** » February 17th, 2023, 10:01 am

Majik45 wrote:Updated with information that came in below:

Belmont - Home vs. SIU, @ ISU(b)
Bradley - Home vs. Indiana State, @ Evansville
Drake - Home vs. Evansville, @ Illinois State
Evansville - Home vs. Bradley, @ Drake
UIC - Home vs. Murray State, @UNI
Illinois State - Home vs. Drake, @ Missouri State
Indiana State - Home vs. Belmont, @ Bradley
Missouri State - Home vs. ISU(r), @ Valpo
Murray State - Home vs. UNI, @ UIC
Southern Illinois - Home vs. Valpo, @ Belmont
Northern Iowa - Home vs. UIC, @ Murray
Valpo - Home vs. Missouri State, @ SIU

That's the complete list above, as I was able to piece together missing teams based on information I had. We missed some really big games this year that would affect conference standings including:
SIU @ Belmont
Belmont @ Indiana State
Indiana State @ Bradley
UNI @ Murray State

Drake and Missouri State arguably missed out on 2 "easier" wins, although winning on the road in the Valley is never easy minus @Evansville this year.

Indiana State and Belmont probably missed the 2 "hardest" match-ups which is a double edged sword. You missed the chance to beat someone right next to you in the standings, but you also missed out on 2 "coin flip" type games and got to play someone easier instead.

The double round robin was so nice as you knew who was champion for sure. I just wanted to see the actual compilation of missed games since I had not actually seen it compiled anywhere else.

by **Bulldog2323** » February 19th, 2023, 9:28 pm

At the rate it continues to be come more and more difficult/impossible to get anyone to schedule us an opportunity for a quad 1 win, it might make more sense to go back to a round-robin even if it is 22 games.

by **Kyle_Saluki_17** » February 19th, 2023, 9:46 pm

Teams need to get things done before January. If the whole conference didn’t suck in December, who knows where Bradley and Drake’s chances would be for an at large.