Only ORU

[tmh8286]

Of Mid-Con men's basketball teams tonight only ORU isn't on the court.

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  Chicago Stat vs. Mew Mexico St.
  IUPUI vs. Western Michigan
  Centenary vs. Stephen F. Austin (Ugh!)
  Oakland vs. St. Louis
  SUU vs. Utah
  Valpo vs. Charlotte
  WIU vs. Evansville
  UMKC vs. Northern Iowa
  

It will be interesting to see how the Mid-Con fares. At this time IUPUI has already lost to Western Michigan, 73-72.

[ORob1]

My guess is 0-8 for the Mid Con tonight!

[ORU Eli]

*still experiencing Missouri State hangover*

We suck.

[tmh8286]

Update-

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  IUPUI 72, Western Michigan 73
  Valpo 80, Charlotte 77 (in a barn burner; I listened to the last 7 min., and it came down to the final shot)
  Oakland 59, St. Louis 66
  
  

So far we're one for three on the night.

[Stl VU Fan]

Update-

• 
  IUPUI 72, Western Michigan 73
  Valpo 80, Charlotte 77 (in a barn burner; I listened to the last 7 min., and it came down to the final shot)
  Oakland 59, St. Louis 66
  
  

So far we're one for three on the night.

We left those imposters marooned in Milwaukee and brought the REAL Crusaders to Charlotte.

50 % from the field, 44.44% from 3, 12-12 from the FT line. Definitely not the team that laid an egg on Al McGuire court.

Oh, and Bobby Lutz is still crapweasel.

[tmh8286]

50 % from the field, 44.44% from 3, 12-12 from the FT line. Definitely not the team that laid an egg on Al McGuire court.

Last I heard from the broadcast, BOTH teams were shooting 50% with 2-3 minutes left. Hot hands at both ends of the court.

[tmh8286]

Update-

• 
  
  IUPUI 72, Western Michigan 73
  Valpo 80, Charlotte 77
  Oakland 59, St. Louis 66
  Chicago St. 63, New Mexico St. 78
  WIU 63, Evansville 70
  UMKC 64, Northern Iowa 87
  

1-5 so far.

[tmh8286]

Update-

• 
  IUPUI 72, Western Michigan 73
  Valpo 80, Charlotte 77
  Oakland 59, St. Louis 66
  Chicago St. 63, New Mexico St. 78
  WIU 63, Evansville 70
  UMKC 64, Northern Iowa 87
  Centenary 57, SFA 94 (Ouch!)
  SUU 53, Utah 69
  

1-7 final tally. The Mid-Con really is WEAK!

[Stl VU Fan]

Last I heard from the broadcast, BOTH teams were shooting 50% with 2-3 minutes left. Hot hands at both ends of the court.

Alexander was unreal - 32 pts. They were 48.33% from field, 56.52% from 3, but only 6-11 (54.55%) from FT line

They had 5 more 3s, but we had one more 2 and 6 more FTs. 5-2-6 = -3

At halftime, VU had 4 fouls, Charlotte 6. Very loosely called game. 2nd half: VU 13, Charlotte 12, including offsetting technicals on Oppland and Nance. Never did hear what exactly caused the Ts.

God, I wish I had a video of the game. It would be one of the best items in my VU video collection. In the afternoon shootaround, Asst. Coach Matt Bowen said they ran lots of hard, physical, rebounding drills. We outrebounded a team that had so far averaged a 10-rebound advantage over their opponents this season.

[tmh8286]

1-7 final tally. The Mid-Con really is WEAK!

I may have been a little harsh in my assessment. To put the night in perspective, here are the Pomeroy rankings of Mid-Con opponents last night. I use his ranking because RPI is so inaccurate at this point in the season.

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  Charlotte 159
  New Mexico St. 177
  W. Michigan 187
  SFA 129
  St. Louis 95
  Utah 81
  Evansville 178
  No. Iowa 43

Several of the Mid-Con losses last night were to pretty good teams. Still, it would have been nice if we could have picked up more than a single win on the evening.

Based on Pomeroy's rankings the Mid-Con is ranked 19th among conferences. I think it's noteworthy that CUSA is 16. For all the grief we catch about our poor conference, our rivals now find themselves in a scarcely better situation.