Billboy1 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Guess if you win you slip in poll. St. B ahead of SLU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 6 minutes ago, Billboy1 said: Guess if you win you slip in poll. St. B ahead of SLU. We're currently not in any position to really care about the Poll. Need to put together a few wins before I even look at the poll. Also, the Bonnies had more votes than us before that game too. almaman and CBFan like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billboy1 Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 So they lose to us and get more votes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Billboy1 said: So they lose to us and get more votes We probably shouldn't have lost to La Salle RUBillsFan and JohnnyJumpUp like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, Billboy1 said: So they lose to us and get more votes You've must of looked at last weeks Ap poll. The one that dropped minutes ago has Slu with the most votes in the A10, followed by VCU. Overall the loss to Lasalle dropped a lot of votes for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billboy1 Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 Sorry you're correct. Find it hard to believe Drake is garnering so much attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 I'm with wgstl. Our team needs to play games and win them. The rest will take care of itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Billboy1 said: Sorry you're correct. Find it hard to believe Drake is garnering so much attention. Drake from State Farm? NextYearBill likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billboy1 Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 You got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 38 minutes ago, Billboy1 said: Guess if you win you slip in poll. St. B ahead of SLU. Where are you seeing SBU got votes? I just see we have 2 votes and VCU has 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Come on, people. Link to what you're referring to. Others receiving votes: Colorado 41, San Diego State 38, Xavier 37, UCLA 35, Florida 29, Louisville 28, Belmont 25, Kansas 18, Drake 16, Minnesota 12, North Carolina 8, St. John's 7, Toledo 6, Clemson 6, Boise State 3, Arkansas 3, Saint Louis 2, VCU 1, BYU 1, UAB 1 - I'm also not seeing Bonaventure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 14 minutes ago, Billboy1 said: Sorry you're correct. Find it hard to believe Drake is garnering so much attention. It doesn't matter who you are playing, winning 18 games in a row is tough. NextYearBill likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billboy1 Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 Not same level of competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, brianstl said: It doesn't matter who you are playing, winning 18 games in a row is tough. a former COTY always aid "winning is hard". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 In an alternate universe, SLU is in the Valley. One season we start 18-0 and this board is losing its collective mind over the disrespect of being unranked until we notch the 18th win. Then we inexplicably get blown out by a team we just handled and go unranked the rest of the year, we get a tough draw in the NCAAT, and don't make it out of the first weekend. I have a lot more respect for non-power conference teams that take care of everyone on their schedule than power conference teams that underperform and coast on reputation and SOS points. I'm guessing Drake would've liked more and tougher non-conference games. They probably thought a season opening 10-point win over K-State would count for more. They probably thought burying a handful of Summit and MWC teams would count for more. They've only had a few close games this season. I also want to underline that the format the Valley (and Summit, and a few other leagues) are doing with back-to-back conference games is really difficult. You might be playing back-to-back games in the most difficult road gym to play in. You might have been pretty well scouted by a team on night one and instead of escaping with a close win and facing them later in the year, you now have to deal with them the very next day. It's an unusual way to play, it's challenging, and it opens you up to more variability. It's not favorable to the top teams in your league. And yet, there's Loyola in the top 25 this week and Drake just lost its perfect season. Those are good teams that deserve some respect. rgbilliken, majerus mojo, RUBillsFan and 6 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbj14 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Bonaventure did not receive votes in this week's poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 If this was high school, the MVC would be Class 2. It's one thing to have a couple of losses in Class 4 or 5 but another thing to lose to a bottom feeder in Class 2. Loyola at least showed they could hang with tournament-caliber teams in nonconference. The pollsters were looking for the first sign of weakness to kick them out of the club and Drake gave it to them. They will have to do a lot of work to erase the memory of that loss just like we'll have to do after losing to La Salle. But at least we can point to the COVID pause. Drake has no excuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 41 minutes ago, Pistol said: Drake just lost its perfect season. Those are good teams that deserve some respect. will be interesting to see how they chart in the next poll. in normal year I think barely still in top 10 at best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Pistol said: In an alternate universe, SLU is in the Valley. One season we start 18-0 and this board is losing its collective mind over the disrespect of being unranked until we notch the 18th win. Then we inexplicably get blown out by a team we just handled and go unranked the rest of the year, we get a tough draw in the NCAAT, and don't make it out of the first weekend. I have a lot more respect for non-power conference teams that take care of everyone on their schedule than power conference teams that underperform and coast on reputation and SOS points. I'm guessing Drake would've liked more and tougher non-conference games. They probably thought a season opening 10-point win over K-State would count for more. They probably thought burying a handful of Summit and MWC teams would count for more. They've only had a few close games this season. I also want to underline that the format the Valley (and Summit, and a few other leagues) are doing with back-to-back conference games is really difficult. You might be playing back-to-back games in the most difficult road gym to play in. You might have been pretty well scouted by a team on night one and instead of escaping with a close win and facing them later in the year, you now have to deal with them the very next day. It's an unusual way to play, it's challenging, and it opens you up to more variability. It's not favorable to the top teams in your league. And yet, there's Loyola in the top 25 this week and Drake just lost its perfect season. Those are good teams that deserve some respect. -yep and especially for me that ^ part, the objective is to win games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Polls are immaterial now. Just win bay-bee and we'll be fine. As a matter of fact, we need to just win and forget all the rest. Bonaventure was a nice result. Don't get too hung up on it because its over and means nothing going forward right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Dont the pain that will trickle down to midmajors like the billikens because so many blue bloods are down. The committee wont let them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compton Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 22 hours ago, Pistol said: And yet, there's Loyola in the top 25 this week and Drake just lost its perfect season. Those are good teams that deserve some respect. It'd be great to see the MVC get two bids in the post-Creighton/Wichita State era. This year is shaping up to be its best chance yet. Maybe even better than 2017 when Illinois State (27-6) got snubbed. Hopefully Drake and Loyola both get to the MVC championship game and get some extra credit for the brutal schedule structure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billboy1 Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 Brutal schedule?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A10Ref Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Loyola doesn't have a quality win... nothing that even sniffs lsu or nc state... Would love to draw them in the tournament Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 24 minutes ago, A10Ref said: Loyola doesn't have a quality win... nothing that even sniffs lsu or nc state... Would love to draw them in the tournament NC State is a Q3 win for us. Loyola has 4 Q3 wins and today is NET #13. St. Bonnie continues as our highest quality NET win, better than LSU. NET Team Sheet Loyola 0-1 Q1 3-2 Q2 4-0 Q3 8-0 Q4 NET Team Sheet Billikens 0-1 Q1 2-0 Q2 2-2 Q3 4-0 Q4 wgstl likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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