Thursday Night Lounge

[PantherSigEp]

With Buss back and presumably healthy and players like Martino and Singleton starting to make strong contributions on both sides of the ball I expect the Panthers to pull themselves out of the basement. I could see anywhere from #3-5 depending on how some other Valley teams perform

[Bear4Life]

With Buss back and presumably healthy and players like Martino and Singleton starting to make strong contributions on both sides of the ball I expect the Panthers to pull themselves out of the basement. I could see anywhere from #3-5 depending on how some other Valley teams perform

Agreed, with Buss back and a somewhat favorable schedule down the stretch, including 2 home games against teams you are tied with, I think the Panthers will avoid Thursday in the end. Bradley is my pick at this moment. 3 road games, and one of the home games they have is WSU..They will be doing good to win 2 games here...But this conference is crazy, so who knows?

[achrist70]

Winner of the game Saturday night in Springfield is probably the #3 seed, loser probably a good bet for the 4-5 game.

[ptownbraves]

The Bradley at Illinois St. game tonight has huge implications for Thursday night and is a must win for Illinois St. if they are to stay out of Thursday.

A win against Bradley and I think Illinois St. has a fighting chance, but has a difficult remaining schedule (MoSt, @UNI, ISUb, @SIU). To get to 8-10, they need to win one of these remaining 4 games after BU. A loss to BU and Illinois St. needs two wins to get to 8-10.

If Bradley wins, I think BU finishes 9-9, and basically locks up that 6 spot. BU's remaining schedule after tonight is @SIU, Loyola, WSU, at Drake. I think Bradley has two winnable games and two very unwinnable games, while Illinois St. has 4 difficult games.

Conference record prediction if Illinois St. wins tonight:
WSU - 18-0
ISUb - 15-3
SIU - 10-8
UNI - 9-9
MoSt. 9-9
Bradley - 8-10
Illinois St. - 7-11
Evansville - 6-12
Loyola - 5-13
Drake - 3-15

If Illinois St. loses tonight:
WSU - 18-0
ISUb - 15-3
SIU - 10-8
UNI - 9-9
MoSt. 9-9
Bradley - 9-9
Illinois St. - 6-12
Evansville - 6-12
Loyola - 5-13
Drake - 3-15

[Redbird Recon]

After 14 games:
Drake 4-10
Loyola 4-10
Evansville 4-10
Southern Illinois 6-8 (L vs. BU)
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Bradley 6-8 (W vs. SIU)
Missouri State 7-7
Illinois State 7-7
Northern Iowa 7-7

[hot nuts]

Well, at least it won't be an all Illinois Thursday night.

[BradleyBrave]

Well, at least it won't be an all Illinois Thursday night.

Nope. Just the Private School Pillow Fight.

[Redbird23]

Well, at least it won't be an all Illinois Thursday night.

Nope. Just the Private School Pillow Fight.

3- Birds 9-9 (win vs. MOST, INST/Lose at UNI, SIU)
4- UNI 9-9 (win vs. ISU,SIU/Lose at Drake, INST)
5- MOST 8-10 (win vs. LOY/ Lose vs INST, at ISU,Shox)
6- SIU 8-10 (win vs Brad,ISU/Lose at UE, UNI)
7- BRAD 7-11 (win LOY/ Lose at SIU,Drake, vs Shox)

[hot nuts]

Well, at least it won't be an all Illinois Thursday night.

Nope. Just the Private School Pillow Fight.

3- Birds 9-9 (win vs. MOST, INST/Lose at UNI, SIU)
4- UNI 9-9 (win vs. ISU,SIU/Lose at Drake, INST)
5- MOST 8-10 (win vs. LOY/ Lose vs INST, at ISU,Shox)
6- SIU 8-10 (win vs Brad,ISU/Lose at UE, UNI)
7- BRAD 7-11 (win LOY/ Lose at SIU,Drake, vs Shox)

In this scenario UNI would be 3rd over ILSTU with the higher noncon sos.

[Bradleyfan1]

HUGE game tonight in Carbondale.


The loser could win out and still maybe play Thursday.

MSU,ISUB, at home....UE,ISU b on the road are killing me right now.


#just win!