Opening Day of the MVC

[Play Angry]

What a killself showing by the redbirds, geez.

[PowderBlue]

Yuck. Took us 2 league games to get our first bottom 4 upset win. Puke.

Sorry, guys. Yuck indeed. That's an at-large killer.

Happy for a Sycamore team that badly needed a win for the team. Sad for the MoVal, though.

[isumvc1]

I agree Blue, sad for the MVC, I like the MVC and want the league to do well, am happy for the INS win, but this really hurts the conference.

ILS just blew it, not much more you can say.

[Championz]

I cringe to think about how far Illinois State is gonna fall in the polls.

[PowderBlue]

I agree Blue, sad for the MVC, I like the MVC and want the league to do well, am happy for the INS win, but this really hurts the conference.

ILS just blew it, not much more you can say.

You still connected in TH? I've heard some rumblings of things that hopefully a few wins can fix...

Agreed on the end. I told a couple folks on here earlier in the year that I had faith that ISU would be a tough beat at the end of the season...today wasn't that day, though. INS played poorly and backed into a win.

[bleach]

As bad as the Bears are, SIU appears to be worse.
16-13 Bears in an UGLY game. 4:00 mark

[valleyclimber]

Don't know how bad Drake is, but as of today the Redbirds are right down there with them. Jesus, the Redbirds lose at home to a team that had lost 7 of 8. Don't care if ISU-R is all banged up, you have to protect home court and they go out and blow it the very first game in MVC action....SAD!!!!

Great way to kick off the Valley for ISU-R, as they are going to behind the curve for the rest of the season.
Give the Trees credit as they wanted it more and just plain outplayed and outhustled the Redbirds. By far the worst game the Redbirds have played this season, and I look for them to get absolutely kicked in the next game up.

[bleach]

Bears lead 26-15 at half.
UUUUUUGLY.

[Shockerfan13]

Shockers are not great right now. Luckily Drake is even worse....ugh...

[Aargh]

Shox have no inside presence on either end - AGAINST DRAKE!

I've been trying to convince some Shox fans that there's a problem in the front court this year, so when that bit us, maybe those posters wouldn't be so severely shocked. The front court situation actually looks worse than I thought it was.

A couple Shox also appear to want to hunt their own shot rather than try to work the ball to a front court player. Maybe that's a trust issue, or maybe it's that the perimeter players know they are more likely to score by playing suburban horse than by pounding the ball inside.