MVC-MWC this week

[Aces1982]

Utah @ Bradley Dec 4
BYU @ Creighton Dec 1
Drake @ Colorado St Dec 1
UE @ Air Force Dec 5
UNLV @ Ill St Dec 1
Ind St @ Wyoming Dec 4
UNI @ TCU Dec 4
New Mexico @ SIU Dec 1
WSU @ San Diego St. Dec 4

Who wins MVC or MWC?

[valleychamp]

wow, we got some tough matchups...

I'll pick Bradley, wichita, and UNI to win. Maybe Drake, and maybe Indy St.

Wichita might have a tough time winning at SDSU too.

[BirdmanBB]

I honestly don't like any of our matchups. I think we get smoked this year.

Utah @ Bradley Dec 4
BYU @ Creighton Dec 1
Drake @ Colorado St Dec 1
UE @ Air Force Dec 5
UNLV @ Ill St Dec 1
Ind St @ Wyoming Dec 4
UNI @ TCU Dec 4
New Mexico @ SIU Dec 1
WSU @ San Diego St. Dec 4

[WuDrWu]

Unfortunately, I also think this is a bad week for the Valley.

I only see Bradley and of course Evansville as pretty solid wins.

Team most likely to be blown out ie less than 10% chance of winning: SIU

Teams really unlikely to win ie 20% or less chance: WSU

Teams unlikely to win ie 33% or less: UNI, Creighton, Illinois State

Teams 50-50 at best: Drake, Indiana State

Teams likely to win 67% or greater: Bradley

Mortal Locks ie program too good to lose at this point: Evansville

[Aces1982]

I say we pull it out this year.

I will take:
Bradley at home
Creighton at home
UE coming off nice win
UNI on the road, will be tough
SIU at home

[AndShock]

The only team I'm expecting to win is Evansville. Which really disappoints me.

[SubGod22]

I say UNI should win. Outside of that the Valley is very capable of losing the rest.

If WSU plays well they could knock off SDSU. But it won't be easy.

[DUBulldog]

I say UNI should win. Outside of that the Valley is very capable of losing the rest.

If WSU plays well they could knock off SDSU. But it won't be easy.

I like WSU's chances at SDSU, unless SDSU is a lot better than last season. Drake had SDSU on the ropes last year and lost in overtime....if Drake wouldn't have missed 6-8 free throws in the last few minutes of the game, it never would have even gone to OT.

[Bluejay09Bear06]

Utah @ Bradley Dec 4
Utah is really struggling this year, even getting bounced, at home, by Oral Roberts. Bradley wins comfortably in Peoria.

BYU @ Creighton Dec 1
My homer pick is for the Bluejays to win, but I have no objective evidence for such a pick, so I'm forced to go with my head rather than my heart. I expect the game could be close but the Cougars will likely prevail. Hope I'm wrong.

Drake @ Colorado St Dec 1
Colorado State might be half-decent this year. I doubt Drake will get hot until sometime in January, deflating several league leaders' RPI's.

UE @ Air Force Dec 5
Air Force is just not good. I'm not convinced Evansville is, either, but they shouldn't have much trouble knocking off Air Force.

UNLV @ Ill St Dec 1
UNLV looked good against Virginia Tech, Wisconsin, and (a possibly overrated) Murray State. Illinois State won't be ready for the Runnin' Rebels with their awful schedule, especially since the Birds have failed to run the table with that schedule.

Ind St @ Wyoming Dec 4
Indy State has some questionable losses, but Wyoming's losses are even more questionable. Trees win in a game that goes down to the wire.

UNI @ TCU Dec 4
Probably not a popular pick, but Jacobsen doesn't have his Panthers figured out yet. TCU picked off Bradley without breaking too much of a sweat, so I imagine they'll beat UNI in a little bit of a tougher fight.

New Mexico @ SIU Dec 1
This is not the New Mexico of last year, but this also isn't the SIU of four years ago. Lobos win in a surprisingly high-scoring affair.

WSU @ San Diego St. Dec 4
Aztecs are good this year. So are the Shockers. But Wichita State has been shaky away from home, and last time I checked, Koch Arena has not moved to San Diego.

MWC wins, 3-6.

[MVCfans]

San Diego St is #17/#19 in this week's polls. BYU is #21/#25.

Great opportunities for the MVC to gain some positive publicity.