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Re: One bid league?

Postby Ali » January 4th, 2025, 9:38 am

PretzelDawg wrote:Joe Lunardi has the Valley as a two-bid league today with Drake being the last team in the field.

It's good, but meaningless. Drake probably needs to damn near run the table to get an at large.
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Re: One bid league?

Postby IllinoisState » January 4th, 2025, 10:27 am

Ali wrote:
PretzelDawg wrote:Joe Lunardi has the Valley as a two-bid league today with Drake being the last team in the field.

It's good, but meaningless. Drake probably needs to damn near run the table to get an at large.


It's also meaningless because Lunardi phones in his predictions until the end. He just picked Drake as an at large because he just goes by whoever is leading at the moment. Him picking Drake as an at large means he really thinks Drake will win the conference.
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Re: One bid league?

Postby freddycat68 » January 5th, 2025, 12:55 am

IllinoisState wrote:
Ali wrote:
PretzelDawg wrote:Joe Lunardi has the Valley as a two-bid league today with Drake being the last team in the field.

It's good, but meaningless. Drake probably needs to damn near run the table to get an at large.


It's also meaningless because Lunardi phones in his predictions until the end. He just picked Drake as an at large because he just goes by whoever is leading at the moment. Him picking Drake as an at large means he really thinks Drake will win the conference.


He picked Bradley as the automatic qualifier to win the conference and Drake as an at-large among the last 4 in. That obviously may not hold, but I'm not sure you were looking closely at the projected field. I think I know what you're saying ... he (his interns) usually just pencil in the league leader, but that's as the aq (automatic qualifier), not at large.
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Re: One bid league?

Postby tribecalledquest » January 5th, 2025, 4:16 pm

The league winner is going to be either Bradley or UNI.
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Re: One bid league?

Postby BCPanther » January 5th, 2025, 6:07 pm

tribecalledquest wrote:The league winner is going to be either Bradley or UNI.


Just like it was going to be from spring on...
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Re: One bid league?

Postby Drakey » January 5th, 2025, 6:44 pm

There are nine teams could win this conference. and it's not because they are all good.
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Re: One bid league?

Postby BCPanther » January 5th, 2025, 6:45 pm

Drakey wrote:There are nine teams could win this conference. and it's not because they are all good.


There are 3. Tops.

Every metric and the 'eye test' says so.
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Re: One bid league?

Postby Birdfan2018 » January 5th, 2025, 9:39 pm

BCPanther wrote:
Drakey wrote:There are nine teams could win this conference. and it's not because they are all good.


There are 3. Tops.

Every metric and the 'eye test' says so.

What 3?
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Re: One bid league?

Postby BCPanther » January 5th, 2025, 10:01 pm

Birdfan2018 wrote:
BCPanther wrote:
Drakey wrote:There are nine teams could win this conference. and it's not because they are all good.


There are 3. Tops.

Every metric and the 'eye test' says so.

What 3?


The 3 that are 30+ spots ahead of everybody else in the NET and KenPom.

Bradley, UNI, Drake and I'm not sure Drake holds there.
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Re: One bid league?

Postby TylerDurden » January 5th, 2025, 10:58 pm

To be honest, it's Bradley's to lose - and they very well could lose it because they definitely have some holes.

If Drake wants a say, they need to beat Bradley this Wednesday in Peoria. First one to 70 wins that game.

But no, there aren't nine teams who could win the league. Not even close.
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