Standings after 17 games

[sixth ace]

My understanding, confirmed by Mike Kern at MVC, is that the mini round-robin can be repeated if ties still remain.

Thank you for confirming that.

Hacksaw for MVP

So the final analysis is...... wait til Saturday?

[getreal4]

my prediction Sat Winners: Wichita, UNI, Ill St

not a clue: Mo State/EVille & Creighton/Ind St

[MSUDuo]

In the other thread, it says MSU can finish 8th. How?

[pafan]

Only one of the 32 combinations would put MSU in 8th.

Saturday winners would be:
EVAN (over MSU), DU (over WSU), ILSU (over BRAD), UNI (over SIU), INSU (over CU).

About a 1.3% chance of that happening according to RealTimeRPI's GAMER system.

[PantherSigEp]

In the other thread, it says MSU can finish 8th. How?

You control your own destiny so just win and sleep easy. Or, root hard for Creighton and the Shockers

[MSUDuo]

In the other thread, it says MSU can finish 8th. How?

You control your own destiny so just win and sleep easy. Or, root hard for Creighton and the Shockers

I'd go with the "just win baby" but I have no confidence in this team right now...

[Khan4Cats]

In the other thread, it says MSU can finish 8th. How?

In the perfect storm where Drake would finish 10-8 and everyone else at 9-9, MSU loses the tie-breaker round robin:

4th-Indiana State: 5-3 (wins 2nd mini rd robin vs ISUr and UE, 3-1)
5th-Illinois State: 5-3 (2nd in 2nd mini rd robin 2-2)
6th-Evansville: 5-3 (last in 2nd mini rd robin 1-3)
7th-Northern Iowa : 3-5 (either in this spot by 1st rd robin or by winning 2nd tie-breaker over MSU)
8th-Missouri State: 2-6 (doesn't win any of the tie-breakers)

Getting swept by Illinois State and possibly Evansville will cripple MSU in any tie-breaker scenarios