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Vermont up 13 over top-seeded Stony Brook in America East title game with 13 to go - that would be big for us, as we're about 40 spots above Stony Brook in RPI.  Also want upsets in MEAC/SWAC title games today.

Ole Miss would be interesting.

The NCAA will look at tournament history, otherwise we wouldn't have had two years of 16 seeds, like I posted above.

They obviously looked at tournament history in 1999, the year after we won two games in the tournament.  That's why we got something like an 11 seed that year, right?  Oh wait, that's right, we got a 15.

I also feel that our NCAA bid could still be a 16 seed because of our previous tournament history. The committee does take that into consideration.

False.  Absolutely, patently false.  If you've read ANY of the articles written by people involved in the numerous mock selection processes over the last few years, you would realize that the exact opposite is the case.

Let's put money where the mouth is. I'll vote for the biggest monetary contributor to VU athletics. Who is it? Posting. What a joke,in fact it's sad,or is it sader?

Not much of this, if any, made sense.

Now you know how the rest of us feel.

Kinda looks like we'll see either Milwaukee or Butler on Saturday night.  Playing either again is scary

Remember, the bracket is reseeded after the second round, so we'll play the lowest remaining seed. Cheer for some upsets!

Nope, no re-seeding.  We're guaranteed to play the 4-5-8-9 survivor.

You're right, it's silly - no regular season rematches are allowed in the round of 64.

I can't wait for the day when the majority of people realize that who you win or lose to, at best negligibly affects your RPI; that the thing that matters is the number of home/road wins/losses.  You could flip-flop the Milwaukee win and the IPFW loss and our RPI would be about the same.

Also, I forgot -

ValpoHoops is on the womens' staff...

I thought this was the Valpo Basketball forum, not the Valpo Fan Zone Forum Posters forum.

A non-stop flight to LA takes 4 hours 15 minutes.  If I recall correctly, the bus trip to Green Bay last year was during a heavy snowstorm and it took the team about 7 hours to get there, not to mention the 5+ hour trip back late, late Monday night following a rough loss.  Plus the fact we play Friday night gives us an extra day to recover prior to our Loyola game.

Much better travel than last season. Much Much better.

Obviously you were there so you would know better then I, but what was bad last year? Just the amount of games?  It looks like it went Milwaukee, Home, GB, Home, Home, Home...that was all in a short time frame.  Do you think last years schedule at the end will take a tougher toll on the guys then this years, Home, LA, Home?

I'd be happy with that result! I'm interested to see if GB's young guards can keep playing as well as they have been or if they will hit a wall in the second half of the season.

arcenaux (sp?) really lit us up. all i can say is i hope that doesn't happen again!

If you guys want to have an "experts only" chat on the game, feel free to pm me at any time.  We can always Skype, aol instant message, yahoo message, FB chat, MSN message, or even just hotmail our thoughts back and forth.  Just don't want to bore the board with stuff that is over their heads.  LMKIYLTIAWMYWLTU

And meanwhile, those of us who actually know what team Arceneaux plays for will stay over here.

Or you could have just looked at the Valpo website and seen that it was on Comcast Chicago right in the lead paragraph.

This game just took on some major importance in the conference race for Valpo! WE ARE TIED FOR FIRST in the conference now. UW-Milwaukee just lost to Youngstown St. 68-66 at the Beeghley Center. At one point, YSU had a 10-point lead at 54-44, but then they let a couple of mistakes get UWM back in the game. The free throw line and patience on offense and defense helped YSU win this game.

I was just looking at the UIC website about this game. I found out that our game with UIC will be on Comcast Sportsnet Chicago tomorrow, so if you live in the Chicago area, or in a range of Comcast Chicago, you can watch this game on your favorite tv screen without the crazy HDMI cords from your computer/laptop. I don't think it will be in HD, but at least you can watch the game on a better screen, and it won't be as grainy. Also, the announcers for this game with be Dave Wills and David Kaplan. For those who watched the Green Bay-Cleveland St. game, Kaplan was the color commentator for that game. He's worked many a Valpo game in the past. Dave Wills does radio for the Tampa Bay Rays during baseball season, and he's usually pretty decent. Just making you aware of who is calling the game, should any of us have issues with getting the WAKE radio stream to work properly. Let's Go Valpo!! We can overtake sole possession of 1st Place in the HL for a night at least with this win.

Posted yesterday on NWI.com: http://www.nwitimes.com/blogs/sports/valparaiso-university/what-s-up-with-ieva-jansone-and-the-crusaders/article_db621f20-38ad-11e1-b978-001871e3ce6c.html

in 2 Pt FG% after Michigan and St. Mary's shot somewhat low 2 Pt FG% last night.

While this is a somewhat strange statistic, I do believe it is indicative of good team play on offense and generally good shot selection.

Definitely a good sign...means we're getting good looks and making the most of our opportunities.  Last year, I felt like we struggled to finish around the rim...much improved this season.

According to the last set of game notes, we were third in the nation in the same stat last year.

Carr and Lang are both injured, and Adams is just returning from injury.  Given that, it was a solid performance today, especially since two of our freshmen came off the bench to be our leading scorers.

I just focused on the athletic website to notice that, for the first time, the football game will be on the net video wise. Apparently they can't move the equipment back into the ARC fast enough  because for the first time in my recollection the basketball game won't be televised.  In fact it appears it won't even be on the radio!

What the heck is up with that??   

Exhibition games traditionally haven't been video streamed.  Keeps early opponents from being able to scout this year's team.  We're not the only school in the league that doesn't video stream exhibitions - looking at the HL site, it appears UIC, Milwaukee and Cleveland State are the only schools streaming exhibitions.

That didn't quite click for me.  Playoff game... Tuesday at... 1:00 PM?  I hope they get some fans out!  Awkward time.

Well, the league says they have to play Tuesday, Eastgate's lack of lights says they have to play in the afternoon... not a lot of options unfortunately. Doubt many students will come, maybe a hand-full at best.

I wondered if there was an honest reason why the game couldn't be played at Brown Field at 7PM, unless there was a conflict of some sort with the football practice schedule?

The team's played the vast majority of their games this year on natural grass.  Their home field is natural grass.  They're not going to play their most important game of the year to this point on turf, especially if a grass option is available.

so Butler's kid didn't make the team??

Butler didn't have anybody in the training camp.

Nevertheless, the Horizon League will be well-represented now, with three players and a coach.  All three teams (Australia, New Zealand, USA) are in different pools, so the earliest any league players could match up would be in the bracket round.

No surprise, he's starting with their Northwest League team (short-season A), the Eugene Emeralds.  Their roster is updated.

Why just one year?  He's just finished his sophomore season.  Did he already redshirt?  Otherwise, he sits next season, and then would have two seasons of eligibility remaining, right?

If he transfers, he loses a year of eligibility, and like you said, he just finished his sophomore season, so he would be a junior in the fall, then we would have him on the court for his senior season, meaning we would only have him for games for one year.

What? You get five years to play four.  He's used two years and played two.  Sitting out next year as a transfer, he's used three years and played two.  Would have two more years left.

The transfer rule from D-1 to D-1 cuts out a year, because of the NCAA feel that a player is transferring for basketball/athletic reasons instead of academic reasons.

Cory Johnson. 2 at Iowa State, transfer, 2 at Valpo.

Why just one year?  He's just finished his sophomore season.  Did he already redshirt?  Otherwise, he sits next season, and then would have two seasons of eligibility remaining, right?

If he transfers, he loses a year of eligibility, and like you said, he just finished his sophomore season, so he would be a junior in the fall, then we would have him on the court for his senior season, meaning we would only have him for games for one year.

What? You get five years to play four.  He's used two years and played two.  Sitting out next year as a transfer, he's used three years and played two.  Would have two more years left.