MVC and FOFC Interactive Coaches Dynasty

collegesportsfanms · 02-13-2014, 10:51 PM

Alright guys, thanks to britrock88 getting me a conference realignment mod, I am ready to begin this thing. I've got 4 FOFC coaches that will start in the MVC, so that's good enough. A few notes:

ntndeacon, britrock88, Zinto, and JAG, To be fair, I decided to start all FOFC coaches at level 7. This is an average coach level, and gave you guys 240 points to play with. I've adjusted the ratings that you gave me accordingly, and if you want to know what your new ratings are, I'll be glad to tell you. Every so often coaches get promoted a coach level which gives them 20 bonus points. If any FOFC coaches get this, I will come to you guys and you can tell me how you want to delegate those extra 20 points.

Conference movement is set to limited. I have decided that after every 4th or 5th year, if there is no movement among the MVC, I will manually create some conference movement (after all, I am the commissioner of the MVC, so I can do that if I want.

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At this time, I have no real life coaches in the game other than the MVC coaches, including the 4 that have been replaced by FOFC coaches. At some point I may go in and add some real life coaches, but I wanted to get this going.

collegesportsfanms · 02-13-2014, 10:59 PM

Here is a look at the 10 MVC coaches that now have their fate in my hands. FOFC coaches are in bold.

Bradley- Geno Ford
Drake- Randolph Childress (ntndeacon)
Evansville- Marty Simmons
Illinois St.- Dan Muller
Indiana St.- Greg Lansing
Loyola Chicago- Jawouk Bafou (britrock88)
Missouri St.- Score Galore (JAG)
Northern Iowa- Patrick Hutt (Zinto)
Southern Illinois- Barry Hinson
Wichita St.- Gregg Marshall

collegesportsfanms · 02-13-2014, 11:04 PM

Just so everyone gets an idea, here are the starting prestiges for the MVC schools:

Bradley- 55
Drake- 57
Evansville- 54
Illinois St.- 67
Indiana St.- 57
Loyola Chicago- 43
Missouri St.- 65
Northern Iowa- 74
Southern Illinois- 56
Wichita St.- 81

collegesportsfanms · 02-13-2014, 11:17 PM

2013 Season Tournaments

Southern Illinois is the 6th seed in the Alaska Invitational. They will open up against 3rd seed Texas A&M

Northern Iowa is the 7th seed in the Coaches Invitational. They will take on 10th seed Ohio in their first game.

Evansville is the 8th seed in the GDS Classic. They will open up against 9th seed Princeton.

Missouri State is the 3rd seed in the Island Invitational and will start with 6th seed Western Michigan.

Indiana State is the 6th seed in the Las Vegas Challenge. Interestingly, their first round opponent is former MVC member Creighton.

Bradley is the 7th seed in the Las Vegas Shootout. Their first round opponent is 10th seed Northeastern.

Illinois State is the 2nd seed in the Orlando Classic. Their first round opponent is 7th seed Bowling Green.

Wichita State is the 6th seed in the Preseason NIT. Their first round opponent is 11th seed Vermont,

Drake is the 1st seed in the 4 team Tennessee Challenge and will face 4th seed Delaware State in their first game.

Loyola Chicago did not get a tournament.

SirFozzie · 02-13-2014, 11:47 PM

Cool stuff. Hopefully I can get in at some point in the future

collegesportsfanms · 02-14-2014, 12:04 AM

sirfozzie,

Since I won't be simming any of the season until tomorrow at least, I can get you in for the current season if you sign up in time.

Just hit me up with a coaches name, what school you want to coach at, coaches age, hometown, alma mater. And you have 240 points to spread between offense, defense, recruiting, and scouting. Get me that info before the next time I load FBCB and I'll get you in for this season.

SirFozzie · 02-14-2014, 01:05 AM

Done

collegesportsfanms · 02-14-2014, 10:21 AM

sirfozzie has added a coach to the mix.

His coach is Alex Donovan, and he will be taking over at Bradley. That means Geno Ford will be unemployed this season.

I have to work until very late tonight, so I don't know if I'll get anything done on this tonight. I'm hoping that this weekend I can get through November and December of the 2013-2014 season. Thanks to all who have signed up so far, hopefully we can add more to the mix over time!

collegesportsfanms · 02-15-2014, 03:42 PM

Nov. 2013 Tournament Wrap-Up

2013 Alaska Invitational

Southern Illinois lost their first round game to (3) Texas A&M 62-52, then lost in the consolation semifinals to (7) St. Bonaventure 77-69. They completed the trifecta that nobody wants to complete by losing to (8) Rider 68-62 in the 7th place game.

2013 Coaches Invitational

Northern Iowa dropped a heartbreaker in the first round to (10) Ohio 69-57. Since this is a 16 team single elimination tournament, their run is over after 1 game.

2013 GDS Classic

Evansville lost to (9) Princeton 72-65 in the first round. This is also a 16 team single elimination tournament.

2013 Island Invitational

Missouri State becomes the first MVC team to win an in-season tournament game in my tenure as commissioner, as they beat (6) Western Michigan 75-74 in the first round. In the winners bracket semifinals, they lost to (2) Boston College 77-65, but rallied to win the 3rd place game over (4) Marshall, 90-82.

2013 Las Vegas Challenge

Indiana State lost their first round game to former MVC member (3) Creighton, 70-57. Then they surprised (2) Baylor in the losers bracket semifinals, beating the Bears 80-72. They won the 5th place game against (8) Wofford, 74-62.

2013 Orlando Classic

Illinois State won their first round game over (7) Bowling Green 77-57. Then they beat (3) Rutgers 74-53 in the winners bracket semifinals. In the championship game, they beat (1) Virginia Tech 77-69 to bring home the first in-season conference tournament trophy for the MVC with me running the conference. Congrats to the Redbirds and head coach Dan Muller.

2013 Preseason NIT

Wichita State won their first round game against (11) Vermont 85-76, then lost in the quarterfinals to (3) Arizona 94-71 in this 16 team tournament.

2013 Tennessee Challenge

Drake beat (4) Delaware State 74-56 in the first round, then in the championship game they beat (2) Manhattan 66-50. Randolph Childress becomes our first FOFC coach to win an in-season tournament, albeit a 4 team tournament. A tournament championship is still the same whether it is a 4, 8, or 16 team tournament.

While the 2 tournament titles is impressive for the MVC, we had 2 teams in 16 team tournaments that went one and done, and a team that finished in 8th place in their tournament. This is unacceptable. We've got one more team (Bradley) who will play their in-season tournament in December. It's also a 16 team single elimination tournament, and they have a very winnable first round game.

collegesportsfanms · 02-15-2014, 04:04 PM

Dec. 2013 Tournament Wrap-Up

2013 Las Vegas Shootout

Bradley lost their first round game to (10) Northeastern 51-50.

With our conference play starting on Dec. 25, and with me doing week by week reports during the MVC Conference schedule, the MVC standings will be through Dec. 22, 2013, and here they are:

Code:

 TEAM                         CW  CL   Pct  W  L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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 Illinois State Redbirds       0   0  .000  9  2  .818   11        67
 Loyola Chicago Ramblers       0   0  .000  8  2  .800   58        43
 Indiana State Sycamores       0   0  .000  7  3  .700    7        57
 Northern Iowa Panthers        0   0  .000  6  3  .667   28        74
 Wichita State Shockers        0   0  .000  6  2  .750   51        81
 Drake Bulldogs                0   0  .000  5  5  .500    4        57
 Missouri State Bears          0   0  .000  4  5  .444  106        65
 Bradley Braves                0   0  .000  3  6  .333  166        55
 Evansville Aces               0   0  .000  2  7  .222   57        54
 Southern Illinois Salukis     0   0  .000  2  7  .222  291        56

Illinois State and Indiana State have been the most impressive teams so far. Illinois State started undefeated before losing 2 tough games to top 25 ACC teams. Indiana State has also lost to a couple ranked teams, but they have a couple nice wins at Purdue and St. Louis.

Bradley (Alex Donovan) has just 3 wins, against teams with RPIs of 225, 320, and 178. Their closest loss was the 1 point loss to Northeastern. Their other 5 losses have all been by 9 points or more.

Drake (Randolph Childress) followed their tournament win by almost upsetting UCLA. They've played a solid schedule, with over half their games coming against teams from the BCS conference. They even got wins at Tulsa and Iowa State.

Loyola-Chicago (Jawouk Bafou) is on an 8 game winning streak. Granted, their schedule hasn't been anywhere near as tough as Drakes has been (they've only played 3 schools that have a .500 or better record), but they are the lowest prestige team in the MVC, and its good for them to get a few wins under their belt headed into conference play.

Missouri State (Score Galore) battled an Oklahoma State team who's RPI is 3. They lost to them by a bucket. They have the potential to be a strong team outside the MVC, but a lack of consistency has Mr. Score Galore scratching his head. This was never more evident in their game against Vanderbilt, which they were hammered by 21 points.

Northern Iowa (Patrick Hutt) has the conferences best win so far, as they beat Notre Dame 73-70. At the time, the Fighting Irish were ranked 14th. However, inconsistency is an issue with the Panthers as well. After that upset of Notre Dame, they turned around and lost to a 5-5 Toledo team. However, they did defeat the Vanderbilt team that Missouri State lost to.

collegesportsfanms · 02-15-2014, 04:10 PM

Since none of our teams are ranked in the top 25, we have 1 team ranked in the mid-major poll, with 2 others receiving votes. So we'll take a look at that poll.

Code:

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Saint Mary's (72) 11-1 1800 2 West Coast Conference
2. UNLV 9-1 1728 1 Mountain West Conference
3. Gonzaga 8-2 1643 4 West Coast Conference
4. VCU 6-2 1556 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. New Mexico 7-2 1471 8 Mountain West Conference
6. Massachusetts 9-0 1380 7 Atlantic 10 Conference
7. Akron 8-1 1322 13 Mid-American Conference
8. Southern Mississippi 9-2 1306 3 Conference USA
9. Ohio 8-1 1286 11 Mid-American Conference
10. George Mason 8-1 1205 10 Atlantic 10 Conference
11. Saint Louis 7-1 1036 14 Atlantic 10 Conference
12. Saint Joseph's 6-2 907 15 Atlantic 10 Conference
13. UTEP 8-1 874 16 Conference USA
14. George Washington 8-1 828 17 Atlantic 10 Conference
15. Middle Tennessee 9-1 808 9 Conference USA
16. Murray State 8-1 694 22 Ohio Valley Conference
17. James Madison 9-1 673 19 Colonial Athletic Association
18. San Diego 8-1 521 24 West Coast Conference
19. Davidson 8-2 500 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
20. Marist 9-1 446 12 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
21. Pennsylvania 7-1 386 25 Ivy League
22. Long Beach State 6-1 381 NR Big West Conference
23. Illinois State 9-2 220 5 Missouri Valley Conference
24. Montana 6-1 137 NR Big Sky Conference
25. UAB 7-2 96 NR Conference USA

Others Receiving Votes:
Brigham Young 7-4 76 West Coast Conference
Loyola Maryland 10-2 27 Patriot League
Wichita State 6-2 23 Missouri Valley Conference
Manhattan 8-2 15 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Utah State 7-2 13 Mountain West Conference
Wright State 8-2 13 Horizon League
St. Bonaventure 7-2 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
Kent State 7-3 10 Mid-American Conference
Loyola Chicago 8-2 7 Missouri Valley Conference
Dayton 6-2 1 Atlantic 10 Conference

My first question right off the bat... where the heck is Indiana State? They have the third best record in the MVC to this point, and the second best RPI, and they can't even get one vote in the mid-major poll? I call bs on that.

Also, one other note as I wrap things up for the moment... all coaches get a 1 year grace period, so unless an MVC (or FOFC) coach leaves for another school or retires, they will all be returning next year. In other words, I will not fire any MVC coaches in my first year as MVC commish. The second year is open season however.

SirFozzie · 02-15-2014, 07:25 PM

We only scored 50 points? UNACCEPTABLE.

This is the way I described my coach to CS..

"His game plan is basically "HAVE BALL? SHOOT BALL! DON'T HAVE BALL? GET BALL, SHOOT BALL!"

collegesportsfanms · 02-15-2014, 11:02 PM

MVC Dec. 23-30, 2013

Guys, this will be my format once conference play starts, keeping in mind there will be some non-conference games mixed in sometimes. When giving scores, any FOFC coached teams will be in bold.

Game of the Week

Indiana State @ #4 Tennessee - Dec. 25 -- This is the most important game of the week for so many reasons. I felt Indiana St. was slighted by not getting a vote in the mid-major poll. A good showing against undefeated Tennessee would go a long way. And if the Sycamores can pull the upset? That would be huge for the conference as a whole.

Other Key Games

Southern Illinois @ Loyola Chicago - Dec. 25 -- These 2 teams were picked to be at the bottom of the Valley standings. Southern Illinois is there, Loyola has been a pleasant surprise, but how well will they fare in their first MVC game?

Indiana State @ Wichita State - Dec. 28 -- Depending on the result of the game against Tennessee, this could be another big chance for the Sycamores to earn some respect nationally, as Wichita State is the overwhelming favorite to win the Valley.

Game Scores

Dec. 24, 2013

Wichita State 82, at South Dakota 39 (non-conference)

Dec. 25, 2013

at Northern Iowa 83, Missouri State 74
at Illinois State 88, Evansville 74
at Loyola Chicago 92, Southern Illinois 53
at Drake 72, Bradley 64
Indiana State 81, at #4 Tennessee 59 (non-conference)

Dec. 26, 2013

Wichita State 68, at Nebraska Omaha 41 (non-conference)

Dec. 28, 2013

at Wichita State 95, Indiana State 92
at Northern Iowa 52, Evansville 46
at Illinois State 72, Missouri State 63
Bradley 79, at Loyola Chicago 72
Southern Illinois 69, at Drake 56

Game of the Week Recap

Indiana State @ #4 Tennessee -- This once looked bad early on, as the Sycamores went into the locker room trailing 39-21. I'm not sure what Coach Lansing said to fire up his guys in the locker room, but it worked. They outscored Tennessee 60-20 in the second half. Yes you heard right, 60-20. That led to an 81-59 shocking over the #4 team in the nation and a huge, huge win for the Valley.

Key Game Recaps

Southern Illinois @ Loyola Chicago -- Loyola took care of business in the second half, shooting 62.3% for the game as they rolled to a 39 point victory.

Indiana State @ Wichita State -- The Shockers knew they would be in for a battle, and this one was a thrilling game. Neither team led by more than 7 at any point, and defense wasn't even a thing to think about in this one, but Wichita St. prevailed barely.

Here are the standings after the first week of conference play:

Code:

TEAM                         CW  CL    Pct   W  L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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 Illinois State Redbirds       2   0  1.000  11  2  .846   15        67
 Wichita State Shockers        1   0  1.000   9  2  .818   75        81
 Northern Iowa Panthers        2   0  1.000   8  3  .727   31        74
 Loyola Chicago Ramblers       1   1   .500   9  3  .750  128        43
 Drake Bulldogs                1   1   .500   6  6  .500   23        57
 Bradley Braves                1   1   .500   4  7  .364   96        55
 Southern Illinois Salukis     1   1   .500   3  8  .273  218        56
 Indiana State Sycamores       0   1   .000   8  4  .667    3        57
 Missouri State Bears          0   2   .000   4  7  .364   86        65
 Evansville Aces               0   2   .000   2  9  .182   65        54

And with no teams ranked in the AP top 25 poll, lets take a look at the mid-major top 25 again:

    #  Team                      FPV  Record  Points  Prv  Conference                         
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   1.  Saint Mary's             (72)    13-1    1800    1  West Coast Conference                                       
   2.  Gonzaga                          10-2    1727    3  West Coast Conference                                       
   3.  UNLV                             10-1    1596    2  Mountain West Conference                                    
   4.  New Mexico                        8-2    1595    5  Mountain West Conference                                    
   5.  Akron                            10-1    1434    7  Mid-American Conference                                     
   6.  Massachusetts                    11-0    1422    6  Atlantic 10 Conference                                      
   7.  Ohio                              9-1    1321    9  Mid-American Conference                                     
   8.  Southern Mississippi              9-2    1302    8  Conference USA                                              
   9.  George Mason                     10-1    1282   10  Atlantic 10 Conference                                      
  10.  VCU                               7-3    1173    4  Atlantic 10 Conference                                      
  11.  Saint Louis                       9-1    1125   11  Atlantic 10 Conference                                      
  12.  UTEP                             10-1     999   13  Conference USA                                              
  13.  George Washington                10-1     887   14  Atlantic 10 Conference                                      
  14.  Saint Joseph's                    8-2     838   12  Atlantic 10 Conference                                      
  15.  San Diego                        10-1     830   18  West Coast Conference                                       
  16.  Illinois State                   11-2     746   23  Missouri Valley Conference                                  
  17.  Montana                           8-1     562   24  Big Sky Conference                                          
  18.  UAB                               9-2     534   25  Conference USA                                              
  19.  Wichita State                     9-2     470   NR  Missouri Valley Conference                                  
  20.  Loyola Maryland                  12-2     458   NR  Patriot League                                              
  21.  Murray State                     10-2     357   16  Ohio Valley Conference                                      
  22.  St. Bonaventure                   8-2     242   NR  Atlantic 10 Conference                                      
  23.  James Madison                    10-2     136   17  Colonial Athletic Association                               
  24.  Northern Iowa                     8-3     118   NR  Missouri Valley Conference                                  
  25.  Weber State                       8-2     109   NR  Big Sky Conference                                          
                                                                                                                       
     Others Receiving Votes:                                                                                           
       Middle Tennessee                  9-2      83       Conference USA                                              
       Old Dominion                      6-3      81       Conference USA                                              
       Marist                           10-2      40       Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference                          
       South Dakota State               10-2      38       Summit League                                               
       Dayton                            7-2      36       Atlantic 10 Conference                                      
       Davidson                          9-3      27       Atlantic 10 Conference                                      
       Pennsylvania                      8-2      25       Ivy League                                                  
       Iona                             10-3       4       Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference                          
       Wright State                      9-3       2       Horizon League                                              
       Wyoming                          10-3       1       Mountain West Conference

It's unbelievable that even after that win at Tennessee, the Indiana State Sycamores still can't garner a vote in the mid-major polls. What are these people smoking?

collegesportsfanms · 02-15-2014, 11:21 PM

MVC Dec. 30, 2013-Jan. 5, 2014

Game of the Week

Illinois State @ Wichita State - Jan. 4, 2014 -- The top 2 teams in the Valley to this point will battle. Illinois St. seems to have the best chance to unseat Wichita State at the top.

Other Key Game

Northern Iowa @ Indiana State - Jan. 4, 2014 -- These are the other 2 teams that could pose a threat to Wichita State early on. As far as the polls go, Indiana State may need this win more, as they don't seem to be getting the respect they deserve.

Game Scores

Dec. 30, 2013

Southern Illinois 76, at Saint Louis 68

Jan. 1, 2014

at Evansville 65, Drake 34
at Missouri State 72, Loyola Chicago 59
Northern Iowa 78, at Wichita State 70
Illinois State 76, at Indiana State 60
at Minnesota 79, Bradley 65 (non-conference)

Jan. 4, 2014

at Evansville 66, Loyola Chicago 44
Drake 66, at Missouri State 63
Illinois State 76, at Wichita State 73
Northern Iowa 79, at Indiana State 75
at Southern Illinois 69, Bradley 61

Game of the Week Recap

Wichita State @ Illinois State -- Despite 33 points from Richard Kennedy, the Shockers couldn't hang on in this one, as Illinois State comes from behind late to win.

Key Game Recap

Northern Iowa @ Indiana State -- Despite forcing 21 turnovers, Indiana State trailed by 15 at halftime. While their pressure defense led to a lot of turnovers, it also led to a lot of easy baskets, as Northern Iowa shot 51% from the field.

MVC Standings:

Code:

TEAM                         CW  CL    Pct   W  L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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 Illinois State Redbirds       4   0  1.000  13  2  .867    9        67
 Northern Iowa Panthers        4   0  1.000  10  3  .769   28        74
 Southern Illinois Salukis     2   1   .667   5  8  .385  152        56
 Evansville Aces               2   2   .500   4  9  .308   52        54
 Drake Bulldogs                2   2   .500   7  7  .500   44        57
 Wichita State Shockers        1   2   .333   9  4  .692   94        81
 Bradley Braves                1   2   .333   4  9  .308  130        55
 Missouri State Bears          1   3   .250   5  8  .385   91        65
 Loyola Chicago Ramblers       1   3   .250   9  5  .643  179        43
 Indiana State Sycamores       0   3   .000   8  6  .571    7        57

2 dissapointments so far have been Indiana State and Wichita State. The Sycamores are winless early on in conference play after upsetting Tennessee, and Wichita State was the preseason Valley favorite, but they went 0-2 this week against teams that look to be top contenders to knock off the Shockers.

Mid Major Top 25:

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Saint Mary's (72) 14-2 1800 1 West Coast Conference
2. Gonzaga 12-2 1728 2 West Coast Conference
3. New Mexico 10-2 1621 4 Mountain West Conference
4. UNLV 12-1 1598 3 Mountain West Conference
5. George Mason 12-1 1454 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. Massachusetts 13-0 1426 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
7. Ohio 11-1 1395 7 Mid-American Conference
8. Southern Mississippi 9-2 1338 8 Conference USA
9. Akron 11-2 1205 5 Mid-American Conference
10. Illinois State 13-2 1131 16 Missouri Valley Conference
11. George Washington 10-1 1006 13 Atlantic 10 Conference
12. VCU 8-4 1003 10 Atlantic 10 Conference
13. Saint Louis 9-2 852 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
14. Loyola Maryland 14-2 835 20 Patriot League
15. Northern Iowa 10-3 720 24 Missouri Valley Conference
16. UAB 9-2 650 18 Conference USA
17. Murray State 12-2 622 21 Ohio Valley Conference
18. UTEP 10-2 561 12 Conference USA
19. Saint Joseph's 10-3 542 14 Atlantic 10 Conference
20. San Diego 11-2 538 15 West Coast Conference
21. Davidson 10-3 367 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
22. Middle Tennessee 10-2 295 NR Conference USA
23. Old Dominion 7-3 284 NR Conference USA
24. Marist 12-2 280 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
25. Manhattan 11-3 70 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Montana 9-2 28 Big Sky Conference
Kent State 9-3 26 Mid-American Conference
East Tennessee State 12-3 18 Southern Conference
St. Bonaventure 9-3 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
Dayton 7-3 1 Atlantic 10 Conference

collegesportsfanms · 02-15-2014, 11:28 PM

For those FOFC coaches and any other readers, I have a question. I will post the conference standings every week, but how about polls? What kind of polls do you want to see every week? Do you want the AP Top 25 poll, the Mid-Major Poll, both polls, neither poll, or just polls that an MVC or FOFC coached team is receiving votes in? Personally I'm not sure if there is a need for the AP poll unless an MVC team is in it (or an FOFC, non MVC team), as the focus of this right now is the MVC. What do you guys think?

collegesportsfanms · 02-15-2014, 11:45 PM

MVC Jan. 6-12, 2014

Game of the Week

Illinois State @ Northern Iowa - Jan. 11 -- A no-brainer here, as these are the only 2 undefeated teams early on in conference play. The winner will take a huge step forward early on in the conference race.

Other Key Games

Wichita State @ Drake - Jan. 8 -- Wichita St. needs this win to get back on track, a loss here would be huge for the preseason conference favorites.

Missouri State @ Southern Illinois - Jan. 8 -- Southern Illinois is currently 3rd early on in the conference race. Both of these teams are expected to finish .500 in conference.

Game Scores

Jan. 7, 2014

at Illinois State 82, Dayton 46 (non-conference)

Jan. 8, 2014

at Southern Illinois 70, Missouri State 60
at Bradley 81, Evansville 63
Indiana State 81, at Loyola Chicago 78
Wichita State 70, at Drake 37

Jan. 9, 2014

Northern Iowa 63, at Florida Atlantic 50 (non-conference)

Jan. 11, 2014

Evansville 68, at Southern Illinois 66
Missouri State 77, at Bradley 74
at Northern Iowa 89, Illinois State 86
Wichita State 71, at Loyola Chicago 53
Indiana State 86, at Drake 58

Game of the Week Recap

Illinois State @ Northern Iowa -- This game was everything I expected and then more. I personally attended this game, and all I saw were 9 ties and 16 lead changes. This game was won at the line, however, as UNI made 35 free throws. Wow!

Key Game Recaps

Wichita State @ Drake -- The Shockers came out with a vengeance tonight, forcing 19 Drake turnovers and holding them to just 26% shooting.

Missouri State @ Southern Illinois -- The Salukis used 55% shooting from the field to win this game, as they led by 10 at halftime and held that lead all second half.

MVC Standings:

Code:

TEAM                         CW  CL    Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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 Northern Iowa Panthers        5   0  1.000  12   3  .800   16        74
 Illinois State Redbirds       4   1   .800  14   3  .824    6        67
 Wichita State Shockers        3   2   .600  11   4  .733   67        81
 Southern Illinois Salukis     3   2   .600   6   9  .400  189        56
 Evansville Aces               3   3   .500   5  10  .333   79        54
 Indiana State Sycamores       2   3   .400  10   6  .625    9        57
 Bradley Braves                2   3   .400   5  10  .333  182        55
 Drake Bulldogs                2   4   .333   7   9  .438   52        57
 Missouri State Bears          2   4   .333   6   9  .400  118        65
 Loyola Chicago Ramblers       1   5   .167   9   7  .563  193        43

We have 3 MVC teams in the top 25 of the RPI. Obviously its still early in January, but I'm hoping to get a minimum of 2 teams in the NCAA tournament this season. 3 or 4 would be great.

Code:

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Saint Mary's (72) 16-2 1800 1 West Coast Conference
2. New Mexico 12-2 1716 3 Mountain West Conference
3. Gonzaga 13-3 1625 2 West Coast Conference
4. UNLV 14-1 1615 4 Mountain West Conference
5. Ohio 13-1 1477 7 Mid-American Conference
6. George Mason 13-1 1431 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
7. Southern Mississippi 11-2 1364 8 Conference USA
8. Massachusetts 13-0 1353 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
9. Northern Iowa 12-3 1124 15 Missouri Valley Conference
10. George Washington 12-1 1113 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
11. Akron 12-3 982 9 Mid-American Conference
12. Saint Louis 11-2 923 13 Atlantic 10 Conference
13. Illinois State 14-3 893 10 Missouri Valley Conference
14. Loyola Maryland 15-2 886 14 Patriot League
15. UAB 11-2 724 16 Conference USA
16. Murray State 14-2 719 17 Ohio Valley Conference
17. San Diego 13-2 689 20 West Coast Conference
18. VCU 9-5 650 12 Atlantic 10 Conference
19. UTEP 11-2 566 18 Conference USA
20. Middle Tennessee 12-2 455 22 Conference USA
21. Manhattan 13-3 339 25 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
22. St. Bonaventure 11-3 230 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
23. Kent State 11-3 177 NR Mid-American Conference
24. Brigham Young 10-6 145 NR West Coast Conference
25. Montana 11-2 110 NR Big Sky Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
East Tennessee State 14-3 108 Southern Conference
Old Dominion 8-4 71 Conference USA
Saint Joseph's 10-4 49 Atlantic 10 Conference
Davidson 10-4 18 Atlantic 10 Conference
New Mexico State 10-4 17 Western Athletic Conference
Iona 13-4 13 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Weber State 11-3 9 Big Sky Conference
Wright State 12-4 4 Horizon League
Long Beach State 10-3 2 Big West Conference
South Dakota State 12-3 2 Summit League
Wichita State 11-4 1 Missouri Valley Conference

Zinto · 02-16-2014, 10:59 AM

It looks like I have been doing a pretty good job at Northern Iowas so far!

collegesportsfanms · 02-17-2014, 10:29 PM

Guys, I'm in a bit of a tough spot here. There is a chance that our internet service got infected area wide and we may have to reformat all the computers in the house to fix the problem.

So I can either do 1 of 2 things: I can hold off on this project, because if we do have to reformat stuff, I will have to start from scratch. And reformatting won't happen until this weekend at the earliest.

Or, I can go ahead and finish this 2013-2014 season, since there will be no coach movement the first season anyways, and if I have to reformat I can just pick up at the 2014-2015 season, and edit our FOFC coach stats and records and team prestige records and everything. What would you guys rather have me do.. just wait it out and restart from scratch if need be, or go ahead and finish out the current season and then if I have to restart from scratch, edit the FOFC coaches to show their records for the 2013-2014 season that I did that wouldn't show up in the new game otherwise?

Let me know what you guys think

britrock88 · 02-18-2014, 12:42 PM

Do what's easiest. I wouldn't want to put conditions on your recreational pursuits.

ntndeacon · 02-18-2014, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by britrock88

Do what's easiest. I wouldn't want to put conditions on your recreational pursuits.

Agreed!

collegesportsfanms · 02-21-2014, 05:46 PM

Guys, I am hoping, 1 way or the other, to jump back into this project, if not this weekend, by sometime early next week. I make no guarantees. Thanks for your patience, I will get back to this one way or another.

collegesportsfanms · 02-22-2014, 10:02 PM

MVC Jan. 13-19, 2014

Game of the Week

Southern Illinois @ Wichita State - Jan. 15 -- The pickings were slim this week, not a lot of key games, but these 2 teams are 4th and 3rd in the standings, respectively. On paper, the Shockers should win this game easily, but they have been on a slide as of late.

Game Scores

Jan. 15, 2014

Southern Illinois 80, at Wichita State 61
at Indiana State 77, Bradley 58
at Northern Iowa 79, Loyola Chicago 51
at Illinois State 71, Drake 64

Jan. 16, 2014

at Evansville 70, UW Green Bay 63 (non-conference)
at Missouri State 58, Texas Christian 50 (non-conference)

Jan. 18, 2014

Evansville 76, at Missouri State 56
at Wichita State 77, Bradley 57
at Indiana State 63, Southern Illinois 60
at Northern Iowa 64, Drake 57
at Illinois State 82, Loyola Chicago 65

Game of the Week Recap

Southern Illinois @ Wichita St. -- The Shockers led by 4 at halftime, but Southern Illinois put up 52 points in the second half and forced 17 turnovers in the game, as they shock the Shockers in a big way.

MVC Standings:

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Northern Iowa Panthers        7   0  1.000  14   3  .824   18        74
Illinois State Redbirds       6   1   .857  16   3  .842   15        67
Evansville Aces               4   3   .571   7  10  .412   90        54
Wichita State Shockers        4   3   .571  12   5  .706  103        81
Indiana State Sycamores       4   3   .571  12   6  .667   29        57
Southern Illinois Salukis     4   3   .571   7  10  .412  169        56
Missouri State Bears          2   5   .286   7  10  .412  156        65
Bradley Braves                2   5   .286   5  12  .294  180        55
Drake Bulldogs                2   6   .250   7  11  .389   51        57
Loyola Chicago Ramblers       1   7   .125   9   9  .500  166        43

Although it's still fairly early in the conference race, it's looking like a 2 team race right now, with a major log jam in the middle. Loyola got off to that hot start but since then have not had a warm welcome into the MVC.

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Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Saint Mary's (72) 18-2 1800 1 West Coast Conference
2. New Mexico 14-2 1728 2 Mountain West Conference
3. Gonzaga 15-3 1648 3 West Coast Conference
4. George Mason 15-1 1578 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. Ohio 15-1 1508 5 Mid-American Conference
6. UNLV 14-2 1438 4 Mountain West Conference
7. VCU 11-5 1331 18 Atlantic 10 Conference
8. Massachusetts 14-1 1241 8 Atlantic 10 Conference
9. Northern Iowa 14-3 1125 9 Missouri Valley Conference
10. Illinois State 16-3 1110 13 Missouri Valley Conference
11. UAB 12-3 1031 15 Conference USA
12. Saint Joseph's 12-4 952 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
13. UTEP 13-2 911 19 Conference USA
14. Murray State 16-2 852 16 Ohio Valley Conference
15. Southern Mississippi 11-4 730 7 Conference USA
16. New Mexico State 12-4 675 NR Western Athletic Conference
17. Brigham Young 12-6 667 24 West Coast Conference
18. Saint Louis 12-3 574 12 Atlantic 10 Conference
19. Kent State 13-3 549 23 Mid-American Conference
20. Old Dominion 10-4 464 NR Conference USA
21. Loyola Maryland 16-3 441 14 Patriot League
22. Akron 13-4 306 11 Mid-American Conference
23. San Diego 14-3 264 17 West Coast Conference
24. East Tennessee State 15-3 238 NR Southern Conference
25. George Washington 12-3 85 10 Atlantic 10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Middle Tennessee 13-3 67 Conference USA
South Dakota State 14-3 31 Summit League
Wright State 14-4 27 Horizon League
Manhattan 14-4 24 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Montana 12-3 4 Big Sky Conference
Wichita State 12-5 1 Missouri Valley Conference

Interesting to see Wichita State get a vote, especially since they were blasted by Southern Illinois early in the week.

collegesportsfanms · 02-22-2014, 10:06 PM

Guys, I am going to make a change in the format and eliminate the game of the week and game of the week recap. At this point I think keeping track of the week by week MVC games, standings, and polls is good enough. If you guys want to see the game of the week come back, let me know, and I'll put it back, but for now, I think I'll leave it out.

collegesportsfanms · 02-22-2014, 10:15 PM

Jan. 20-26, 2014

Game Scores

Jan. 20, 2014

Loyola Chicago 76, at North Dakota State 52 (non-conference)

Jan. 22, 2014

Indiana State 58, at Evansville 41
Wichita State 85, at Missouri State 74
at Southern Illinois 64, Northern Iowa 60 (1st conf loss for UNI)
Illinois State 84, at Bradley 69

Jan. 25, 2014

Wichita State 82, at Evansville 72
Indiana State 76, at Missouri State 68
Illinois State 73, at Southern Illinois 65
Northern Iowa 81, at Bradley 74
Drake 79, at Loyola Chicago 69

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2013 Missouri Valley Conference Standings

 TEAM                         CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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 Northern Iowa Panthers        8   1  .889  15   4  .789   41        74
 Illinois State Redbirds       8   1  .889  18   3  .857   25        67
 Wichita State Shockers        6   3  .667  14   5  .737   93        81
 Indiana State Sycamores       6   3  .667  14   6  .700   32        57
 Southern Illinois Salukis     5   4  .556   8  11  .421  136        56
 Evansville Aces               4   5  .444   7  12  .368  116        54
 Drake Bulldogs                3   6  .333   8  11  .421   51        57
 Missouri State Bears          2   7  .222   7  12  .368  175        65
 Bradley Braves                2   7  .222   5  14  .263  162        55
 Loyola Chicago Ramblers       1   8  .111  10  10  .500  190        43

Halfway through conference play, and it's gonna be a doozy the rest of the way. Don't count out either Wichita St. or Indiana St. At this point, it looks like 4 of the MVC teams are a lock for the postseason.

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Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Saint Mary's (72) 19-2 1800 1 West Coast Conference
2. New Mexico 16-2 1727 2 Mountain West Conference
3. Gonzaga 17-3 1654 3 West Coast Conference
4. George Mason 17-1 1567 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. VCU 13-5 1523 7 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. UNLV 15-3 1431 6 Mountain West Conference
7. Ohio 15-3 1304 5 Mid-American Conference
8. Illinois State 18-3 1221 10 Missouri Valley Conference
9. UAB 14-3 1203 11 Conference USA
10. Saint Joseph's 14-4 1197 12 Atlantic 10 Conference
11. Southern Mississippi 13-4 1007 15 Conference USA
12. UTEP 15-2 997 13 Conference USA
13. New Mexico State 14-4 914 16 Western Athletic Conference
14. Kent State 15-3 867 19 Mid-American Conference
15. Northern Iowa 15-4 770 9 Missouri Valley Conference
16. Akron 15-4 666 22 Mid-American Conference
17. Brigham Young 13-7 600 17 West Coast Conference
18. Massachusetts 14-3 547 8 Atlantic 10 Conference
19. Murray State 17-3 519 14 Ohio Valley Conference
20. East Tennessee State 17-3 431 24 Southern Conference
21. Saint Louis 13-4 374 18 Atlantic 10 Conference
22. Old Dominion 11-5 294 20 Conference USA
23. Wright State 16-4 279 NR Horizon League
24. Middle Tennessee 15-3 196 NR Conference USA
25. South Dakota State 16-3 85 NR Summit League

Others Receiving Votes:
Wichita State 14-5 85 Missouri Valley Conference
Loyola Maryland 17-4 79 Patriot League
San Diego 14-4 22 West Coast Conference
St. Bonaventure 13-5 22 Atlantic 10 Conference
George Washington 13-4 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
Manhattan 15-5 5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Belmont 13-6 2 Ohio Valley Conference
Weber State 14-4 1 Big Sky Conference

collegesportsfanms · 02-22-2014, 10:26 PM

MVC Jan. 27-Feb. 2, 2014

Game Scores

Jan. 27, 2014

Southern Illinois 65, at Central Florida 53 (non-conference)

Jan. 29, 2014

Indiana State 81, at Northern Iowa 70
Wichita State 90, at Illinois State 84
Evansville 76, at Loyola Chicago 69
at Drake 75, Missouri State 71
at Texas 65, Southern Illinois 61 (non-conference)

Feb. 1, 2014

at Bradley 65, Southern Illinois 53
Wichita State 89, at Northern Iowa 69
at Illinois State 57, Indiana State 43
at Loyola Chicago 97, Missouri State 80
at Drake 77, Evansville 75

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2013 Missouri Valley Conference Standings

 TEAM                         CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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 Illinois State Redbirds       9   2  .818  19   4  .826   28        67
 Northern Iowa Panthers        8   3  .727  15   6  .714   49        74
 Wichita State Shockers        8   3  .727  16   5  .762   61        81
 Indiana State Sycamores       7   4  .636  15   7  .682   26        57
 Southern Illinois Salukis     5   5  .500   9  13  .409  146        56
 Drake Bulldogs                5   6  .455  10  11  .476   68        57
 Evansville Aces               5   6  .455   8  13  .381  116        54
 Bradley Braves                3   7  .300   6  14  .300  172        55
 Loyola Chicago Ramblers       2   9  .182  11  11  .500  219        43
 Missouri State Bears          2   9  .182   7  14  .333  188        65

What a difference a couple weeks makes in the MVC conference race. Illinois St. is now on top, with 2 teams a game behind, and 1 team 2 games behind. This is definitely a 4 team race. Unfortunately, the rest of the MVC is way behind in picking up the slack.

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Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Saint Mary's (72) 21-2 1800 1 West Coast Conference
2. New Mexico 17-3 1721 2 Mountain West Conference
3. Gonzaga 18-4 1644 3 West Coast Conference
4. VCU 15-5 1594 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. George Mason 19-1 1518 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. UNLV 16-3 1411 6 Mountain West Conference
7. Brigham Young 15-7 1318 17 West Coast Conference
8. Ohio 17-3 1265 7 Mid-American Conference
9. UAB 16-3 1203 9 Conference USA
10. Saint Joseph's 15-5 1102 10 Atlantic 10 Conference
11. Illinois State 19-4 1091 8 Missouri Valley Conference
12. New Mexico State 16-4 996 13 Western Athletic Conference
13. Kent State 17-3 911 14 Mid-American Conference
14. UTEP 17-2 903 12 Conference USA
15. Southern Mississippi 14-5 893 11 Conference USA
16. Wichita State 16-5 700 NR Missouri Valley Conference
17. Akron 16-5 613 16 Mid-American Conference
18. Northern Iowa 15-6 452 15 Missouri Valley Conference
19. Fairfield 17-6 367 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
20. Saint Louis 14-5 350 21 Atlantic 10 Conference
21. Old Dominion 12-6 346 22 Conference USA
22. St. Bonaventure 15-5 292 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
23. Belmont 15-6 199 NR Ohio Valley Conference
24. East Tennessee State 18-4 169 20 Southern Conference
25. Murray State 18-4 130 19 Ohio Valley Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Massachusetts 15-4 124 Atlantic 10 Conference
San Diego State 13-8 68 Mountain West Conference
Indiana State 15-7 47 Missouri Valley Conference
Wright State 16-5 44 Horizon League
Middle Tennessee 16-4 35 Conference USA
Iona 16-6 34 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Weber State 16-4 27 Big Sky Conference
Long Beach State 15-4 20 Big West Conference
George Washington 14-5 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
South Dakota State 17-4 4 Summit League
Davidson 12-8 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
Cornell 13-6 1 Ivy League
Loyola Maryland 17-6 1 Patriot League

collegesportsfanms · 02-22-2014, 10:32 PM

The first bubble watch is out, and let's take a look at how the MVC teams stack up (although this probably wont' be a surprise to anybody)

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MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE BUBBLE WATCH

 Team                 Record         RPI  vs. 1-50  vs. 51-100  vs. 101-200  vs. 200+  SOS  Projected
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 Illinois State         19-4   .630 (28)       4-3         4-1          6-0       5-0   74       Lock
 Wichita State          16-5   .583 (61)       4-3         2-1          5-1       5-0  113       Lock
 Indiana State          15-7   .633 (26)       3-4         2-3          6-0       4-0   26         In
 Northern Iowa          15-6   .597 (49)       4-2         2-2          4-1       5-1   68         In
 Loyola Chicago        11-11  .467 (219)       0-3         1-3          4-4       6-1  257        Out
 Drake                 10-11   .572 (68)       0-6         2-2          5-3       3-0   47        Out
 Southern Illinois      9-13  .518 (146)       1-4         3-4          3-4       2-1  103        Out
 Evansville             8-13  .535 (116)       0-6         1-5          3-2       4-0   70        Out
 Missouri State         7-14  .489 (188)       0-5         0-4          5-4       2-1  104        Out
 Bradley                6-14  .499 (172)       0-6         0-4          2-4       4-0   59        Out

The good news is that our top 4 MVC teams are expected to make the NCAA tournament, to this point. Obviously that could change.

The bad news is that none of the other 5 MVC teams look to have a shot at postseason play in any of the other 3 tournaments. Loyola Chicago and Drake are the only other schools that even come close to having a winning record.

collegesportsfanms · 02-25-2014, 11:25 AM

We have another sign-up for an interactive coach. Grover has signed up to be the coach at the University of Maine for next season. He will become the first FOFC, non-MVC coach. If any of you guys in it want to add a second coach to the mix outside the MVC, you are more than welcome to. I will be able to do some more on this tonight when I get home from work.

I've been given the ok to move forward, it appears my internet/computer issues, if there were any, are gone now, so I will be hitting this project hard over the next few days.

collegesportsfanms · 02-25-2014, 06:57 PM

MVC Feb. 3-9, 2014

Game Scores

Feb. 5, 2014

at Evansville 71, Southern Illinois 55
Bradley 79, at Missouri State 70
at Wichita State 71, Loyola Chicago 52
at Indiana State 58, Drake 50

Feb. 8, 2014

Bradley 69, at Evansville 57
Southern Illinois 64, at Missouri State 63
at Wichita State 82, Drake 73
at Indiana State 87, Loyola Chicago 59
at Illinois State 97, Northern Iowa 60

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2013 Missouri Valley Conference Standings

 TEAM                         CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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 Illinois State Redbirds      10   2  .833  20   4  .833   11        67
 Wichita State Shockers       10   3  .769  18   5  .783   61        81
 Indiana State Sycamores       9   4  .692  17   7  .708   23        57
 Northern Iowa Panthers        8   4  .667  15   7  .682   48        74
 Southern Illinois Salukis     6   6  .500  10  14  .417  158        56
 Evansville Aces               6   7  .462   9  14  .391  149        54
 Bradley Braves                5   7  .417   8  14  .364  155        55
 Drake Bulldogs                5   8  .385  10  13  .435   68        57
 Loyola Chicago Ramblers       2  11  .154  11  13  .458  203        43
 Missouri State Bears          2  11  .154   7  16  .304  220        65

Still a lot of congestion in the middle of the conference, as teams look to stay out of those play-in games. Sadly, our FOFC coached teams are leading the bottom of the pack. In fact, 4 of our 5 FOFC coached teams would be playing in the play-in games of the MVC tournament if it started right now.

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Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Saint Mary's (72) 23-2 1800 1 West Coast Conference
2. New Mexico 19-3 1714 2 Mountain West Conference
3. Gonzaga 20-4 1639 3 West Coast Conference
4. VCU 17-5 1604 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. George Mason 21-1 1520 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. UNLV 16-5 1437 6 Mountain West Conference
7. Ohio 18-4 1268 8 Mid-American Conference
8. Brigham Young 16-8 1245 7 West Coast Conference
9. Illinois State 20-4 1186 11 Missouri Valley Conference
10. UAB 18-3 1149 9 Conference USA
11. New Mexico State 18-4 1123 12 Western Athletic Conference
12. Akron 18-5 1071 17 Mid-American Conference
13. Saint Joseph's 15-7 826 10 Atlantic 10 Conference
14. UTEP 18-3 800 14 Conference USA
15. Kent State 18-4 794 13 Mid-American Conference
16. Southern Mississippi 15-6 732 15 Conference USA
17. Wichita State 18-5 673 16 Missouri Valley Conference
18. Old Dominion 14-6 571 21 Conference USA
19. Indiana State 17-7 510 NR Missouri Valley Conference
20. Fairfield 19-6 417 19 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
21. Murray State 20-4 266 25 Ohio Valley Conference
22. Northern Iowa 15-7 259 18 Missouri Valley Conference
23. Wright State 18-5 174 NR Horizon League
24. San Diego State 15-8 171 NR Mountain West Conference
25. Saint Louis 15-6 163 20 Atlantic 10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Weber State 18-4 64 Big Sky Conference
East Tennessee State 19-5 59 Southern Conference
Massachusetts 16-5 47 Atlantic 10 Conference
Belmont 17-6 44 Ohio Valley Conference
St. Bonaventure 15-7 29 Atlantic 10 Conference
Iona 17-7 18 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Middle Tennessee 17-5 12 Conference USA
Davidson 14-8 8 Atlantic 10 Conference
Cornell 15-6 5 Ivy League
Long Beach State 16-5 2 Big West Conference

collegesportsfanms · 02-25-2014, 07:07 PM

MVC Feb. 10-16, 2014

Game Scores

Feb. 11, 2014

at Missouri State 66, Arkansas State 46 (non-conference)

Feb. 12, 2014

Indiana State 61, at Southern Illinois 54
Wichita State 89, at Bradley 69
at Loyola Chicago 70, Illinois State 66
Northern Iowa 80, at Drake 72

Feb. 12, 2014

Missouri State 80, at Air Force 61 (non-conference)

Feb. 15, 2014

at Evansville 85, Missouri State 66
Wichita State 66, at Southern Illinois 49
Indiana State 86, at Bradley 64
Northern Iowa 81, at Loyola Chicago 57
at Drake 64, Illinois State 59

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2013 Missouri Valley Conference Standings

 TEAM                         CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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 Wichita State Shockers       12   3  .800  20   5  .800   61        81
 Indiana State Sycamores      11   4  .733  19   7  .731   27        57
 Illinois State Redbirds      10   4  .714  20   6  .769   23        67
 Northern Iowa Panthers       10   4  .714  17   7  .708   40        74
 Evansville Aces               7   7  .500  10  14  .417  157        54
 Southern Illinois Salukis     6   8  .429  10  16  .385  155        56
 Drake Bulldogs                6   9  .400  11  14  .440   64        57
 Bradley Braves                5   9  .357   8  16  .333  151        55
 Loyola Chicago Ramblers       3  12  .200  12  14  .462  180        43
 Missouri State Bears          2  12  .143   9  17  .346  220        65

After a slow start, Wichita St. has started to take control of the conference race, having a 1 game lead over Indiana St. and a 1 1/2 game lead over Illinois St. and Northern Iowa. Getting into the top 2 spots is very important for the MVC tournament, as the top 2 seeds get a bye. Not having to play an extra game really helps teams out. On the other hand, it looks as if Loyola Chicago and Missouri St. are going to be the bottom 2 seeds in the MVC tournament.

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Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Saint Mary's (72) 25-2 1800 1 West Coast Conference
2. New Mexico 21-3 1716 2 Mountain West Conference
3. VCU 19-5 1662 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
4. Gonzaga 21-4 1590 3 West Coast Conference
5. UNLV 18-5 1479 6 Mountain West Conference
6. George Mason 21-3 1459 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
7. Brigham Young 18-8 1303 8 West Coast Conference
8. UAB 20-3 1302 10 Conference USA
9. Akron 20-5 1210 12 Mid-American Conference
10. New Mexico State 20-4 1207 11 Western Athletic Conference
11. Ohio 19-5 1065 7 Mid-American Conference
12. Wichita State 20-5 927 17 Missouri Valley Conference
13. Illinois State 20-6 841 9 Missouri Valley Conference
14. Kent State 19-5 768 15 Mid-American Conference
15. Saint Joseph's 16-8 718 13 Atlantic 10 Conference
16. Indiana State 19-7 699 19 Missouri Valley Conference
17. Southern Mississippi 16-7 552 16 Conference USA
18. Saint Louis 17-6 539 25 Atlantic 10 Conference
19. Fairfield 21-6 523 20 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
20. Old Dominion 15-7 408 18 Conference USA
21. Northern Iowa 17-7 396 22 Missouri Valley Conference
22. Murray State 22-4 362 21 Ohio Valley Conference
23. UTEP 18-5 291 14 Conference USA
24. San Diego State 17-8 210 24 Mountain West Conference
25. Weber State 20-4 163 NR Big Sky Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
St. Bonaventure 17-7 87 Atlantic 10 Conference
Wright State 19-6 42 Horizon League
Iona 19-7 33 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
East Tennessee State 20-6 21 Southern Conference
Manhattan 19-7 16 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Belmont 18-7 11 Ohio Valley Conference

collegesportsfanms · 02-25-2014, 07:19 PM

MVC Feb. 17-23, 2014

Game Scores

Feb. 19, 2014

at Wichita State 77, Evansville 66
Missouri State 66, at Indiana State 63
at Northern Iowa 82, Bradley 70
at Illinois State 87, Southern Illinois 71

Feb. 20, 2014

at Drake 74, UW Green Bay 66 (non-conference)

Feb. 22, 2014

at Wichita State 90, Missouri State 85
Evansville 67, at Indiana State 62
Southern Illinois 66, at Northern Iowa 65
at Illinois State 77, Bradley 52
Loyola Chicago 51, at Drake 39

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2013 Missouri Valley Conference Standings

 TEAM                         CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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 Wichita State Shockers       14   3  .824  22   5  .815   62        81
 Illinois State Redbirds      12   4  .750  22   6  .786   27        67
 Northern Iowa Panthers       11   5  .688  18   8  .692   54        74
 Indiana State Sycamores      11   6  .647  19   9  .679   44        57
 Evansville Aces               8   8  .500  11  15  .423  126        54
 Southern Illinois Salukis     7   9  .438  11  17  .393  130        56
 Drake Bulldogs                6  10  .375  12  15  .444   86        57
 Bradley Braves                5  11  .313   8  18  .308  154        55
 Loyola Chicago Ramblers       4  12  .250  13  14  .481  175        43
 Missouri State Bears          3  13  .188  10  18  .357  197        65

With 1 week left in conference play, Wichita St. has clinched at least a share of the MVC title. The only team that can share with them is Illinois St., and that's only if they win both their remaining conference games and Wichita St. loses theirs. It won't be an easy week for the Shox though, as they play Bucknell in a non-conference game, then travel to Indiana St. A couple of wins would really help their NCAA seeding, but a couple of losses.. well Gregg Marshall doesn't even wanna think about that. Near the bottom, Loyola Chicago actually has a chance to finish the regular season with a winning record, which would bode will for Jawouk Bafou (britrock88). The top 4 spots in the MVC tournament are decided, and naturally, those 4 spots will go to the only 4 teams in the conference that have a winning record for the season. Still a lot to play for in the middle of the pack though, as teams could play their way out of play-in games, or play their way into a play-in game.

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Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Saint Mary's (72) 26-2 1800 1 West Coast Conference
2. New Mexico 23-3 1701 2 Mountain West Conference
3. VCU 21-5 1679 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
4. Gonzaga 23-4 1588 4 West Coast Conference
5. UNLV 20-5 1494 5 Mountain West Conference
6. George Mason 22-4 1432 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
7. Brigham Young 20-8 1326 7 West Coast Conference
8. UAB 22-3 1318 8 Conference USA
9. New Mexico State 22-4 1225 10 Western Athletic Conference
10. Ohio 21-5 1165 11 Mid-American Conference
11. Akron 21-6 1031 9 Mid-American Conference
12. Wichita State 22-5 935 12 Missouri Valley Conference
13. Illinois State 22-6 845 13 Missouri Valley Conference
14. Saint Joseph's 18-8 809 15 Atlantic 10 Conference
15. Saint Louis 19-6 734 18 Atlantic 10 Conference
16. Southern Mississippi 18-7 708 17 Conference USA
17. Murray State 24-4 641 22 Ohio Valley Conference
18. Old Dominion 17-7 606 20 Conference USA
19. Kent State 20-6 518 14 Mid-American Conference
20. Fairfield 22-6 507 19 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
21. San Diego State 19-8 412 24 Mountain West Conference
22. Weber State 22-4 355 25 Big Sky Conference
23. UTEP 19-6 193 23 Conference USA
24. Northern Iowa 18-8 140 21 Missouri Valley Conference
25. Iona 21-7 87 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
East Tennessee State 22-6 45 Southern Conference
Indiana State 19-9 35 Missouri Valley Conference
St. Bonaventure 18-8 28 Atlantic 10 Conference
Vermont 21-5 14 America East Conference
Wright State 20-7 14 Horizon League
Manhattan 20-7 5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Long Beach State 19-6 3 Big West Conference
Massachusetts 18-7 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
Oral Roberts 20-8 2 Summit League
Belmont 19-8 1 Ohio Valley Conference
Cornell 18-6 1 Ivy League

JAG · 02-25-2014, 09:01 PM

We're in last place, but at least we'll have the first overall pick in the draft with which to rebuild.

...oh, right.

collegesportsfanms · 02-27-2014, 03:13 PM

MVC Feb. 24-March 2, 2014

Game Scores

Feb. 24, 2014

at Indiana State 76, Coastal Carolina 44 (non-conference)
at Wichita State 100, Bucknell 73 (non-conference)

Feb. 25, 2014

at Evansville 83, Northern Iowa 74
Illinois State 67, at Missouri State 58
at Southern Illinois 66, Loyola Chicago 49
Drake 76, at Bradley 60

March 1, 2014

Illinois State 72, at Evansville 55
Northern Iowa 85, at Missouri State 68
Wichita State 86, at Indiana State 63
at Southern Illinois 64, Drake 63
at Bradley 91, Loyola Chicago 73

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Final 2013 Missouri Valley Conference Standings

 TEAM                         CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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 Wichita State Shockers       15   3  .833  24   5  .828   48        81
 Illinois State Redbirds      14   4  .778  24   6  .800   25        67
 Northern Iowa Panthers       12   6  .667  19   9  .679   61        74
 Indiana State Sycamores      11   7  .611  20  10  .667   41        57
 Evansville Aces               9   9  .500  12  16  .429  113        54
 Southern Illinois Salukis     9   9  .500  13  17  .433  131        56
 Drake Bulldogs                7  11  .389  13  16  .448  101        57
 Bradley Braves                6  12  .333   9  19  .321  170        55
 Loyola Chicago Ramblers       4  14  .222  13  16  .448  191        43
 Missouri State Bears          3  15  .167  10  20  .333  197        65

Wichita St. wins the MVC regular season title and is assured at least an NIT berth. I can almost guarantee they'll be in the big dance, along with Illinois St. Poor Missouri St. heads up the rear of the conference. More often than not, newcomers to a conference end up last, but this time Loyola changed that by finishing 9th. No matter, they are still in a play-in game.

Code:

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Saint Mary's (72) 27-3 1800 1 West Coast Conference
2. Gonzaga 25-4 1708 4 West Coast Conference
3. VCU 22-6 1650 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
4. New Mexico 24-4 1610 2 Mountain West Conference
5. UNLV 21-5 1512 5 Mountain West Conference
6. Brigham Young 22-8 1387 7 West Coast Conference
7. George Mason 23-5 1387 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
8. UAB 24-3 1309 8 Conference USA
9. Wichita State 24-5 1182 12 Missouri Valley Conference
10. Akron 23-6 1152 11 Mid-American Conference
11. New Mexico State 24-4 1073 9 Western Athletic Conference
12. Ohio 22-6 958 10 Mid-American Conference
13. Illinois State 24-6 906 13 Missouri Valley Conference
14. Southern Mississippi 20-7 861 16 Conference USA
15. Kent State 22-6 705 19 Mid-American Conference
16. Saint Louis 21-6 690 15 Atlantic 10 Conference
17. Fairfield 24-6 611 20 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
18. Saint Joseph's 20-8 592 14 Atlantic 10 Conference
19. San Diego State 20-9 559 21 Mountain West Conference
20. Weber State 24-4 438 22 Big Sky Conference
21. Murray State 25-5 399 17 Ohio Valley Conference
22. Old Dominion 18-8 338 18 Conference USA
23. Iona 23-7 242 25 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
24. UTEP 20-7 108 23 Conference USA
25. East Tennessee State 24-6 54 NR Southern Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Oral Roberts 22-8 46 Summit League
Wright State 22-7 42 Horizon League
Northern Iowa 19-9 25 Missouri Valley Conference
Vermont 22-5 23 America East Conference
Long Beach State 21-6 14 Big West Conference
Belmont 21-8 8 Ohio Valley Conference
St. Bonaventure 19-9 8 Atlantic 10 Conference
Cornell 19-7 2 Ivy League
Indiana State 20-10 1 Missouri Valley Conference

collegesportsfanms · 02-27-2014, 03:19 PM

1 more non-conference game before the MVC tournament starts, this took place on March 3, 2014.

at Wichita State 68, Northern Illinois 43

MVC Play-in Round

(7) Drake beats (10) Missouri St. 83-65
(9) Loyola Chicago beats (8) Bradley 68-59. Congrats to Loyola for getting their first MVC conference tournament win.

collegesportsfanms · 02-27-2014, 03:21 PM

MVC Quarterfinals

(1) Wichita St. over (9) Loyola 72-63
(4) Indiana St. beats (5) Evansville 59-39
(3) Northern Iowa beats (6) Southern Illinois 59-53
(2) Illinois St. beats (7) Drake 75-65

No big shocks there as the 4 teams that pretty much dominated the Valley this season advance to the semifinals.

collegesportsfanms · 02-27-2014, 03:23 PM

2014 MVC Semifinals

(4) Indiana St. stuns (1) Wichita St. 94-84
(3) Northern Iowa gets by (2) Illinois St. 77-70.

Most definitely not the results I was expecting, but as a whole, it's good for the Valley.

collegesportsfanms · 02-27-2014, 03:28 PM

2014 MVC Championship

(3) Northern Iowa wins the MVC tournament with an 81-74 win over (4) Indiana St. Congrats to Patrick Hutt (zinto) on the championship, 1 of what I hope will be the first of many for our FOFCers.

Postseason Predictions

We know that Northern Iowa has earned the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. I still think that Wichita St. is a lock, along with Illinois St. I can see Indiana St. get an at-large bid to the NCAA's as well, but it also won't surprise me to see them in the NIT. I don't see any of our other 5 conference teams playing another game this season. I guess the CBI does sometimes take teams with losing records, which is the only shot that our two 14-17 teams (Drake and Loyola Chicago) have.

collegesportsfanms · 02-27-2014, 10:21 PM

2014 Selection Sunday

Wichita St. is the 7th seed in the NCAA West Region and will open up against (10) St. Louis.

Northern Iowa gets the 10th seed in the NCAA Midwest Region and will square off with (7) Oklahoma St.

Illinois St. is the 6th seed in the NCAA South Region and will draw (11) Indiana in the First Round.

Indiana St. sneaks in as the 11th seed in the NCAA East Region, and gets (6) Penn St. in the First Round.

Interesting how we got 4 teams in the NCAA tournament, 1 in each region. How sweet would it be for all 4 of the MVC teams to square off in the Final Four? Ok, I'm dreaming now...

No big surprise as Bradley, Drake, Evansville, Loyola Chicago, and Southern Illinois got no postseason.

I'm pleased that we got 4 teams in the big dance, but it means nothing if we don't win a few games while we are there. It also is disheartening that we got NO teams in the other 3 postseason tournaments. Got to do better next year.

collegesportsfanms · 02-27-2014, 10:25 PM

2014 NCAA First Round

(10) St. Louis defeated Wichita St. 90-88.

(7) Oklahoma St. defeated Northern Iowa 75-67.

Illinois St. snuck by (11) Indiana 75-74.

In a good old fashioned shootout, (6) Penn St. beat Indiana St. 99-85.

collegesportsfanms · 02-27-2014, 10:35 PM

2014 NCAA Second Round

(3) #9 Miami beats Illinois St. 98-88, ending the postseason for the MVC.

Well, not a great first season, we had 4 teams reach the postseason and only 1 of those 4 teams won a game. Definitely a lot of improvement can be made.

2014 Postseason Wrap-Up

The NCAA championship saw a bit of a Cinderella story, as the 8th seed out of the South, St. Josephs, beat the 3rd seed out of the East, Villanova, 65-62 to win the championship. The other 2 teams in the Final Four were the top seed out of the West, Tennessee, and Xavier, who was the 6th seed out of the Midwest.

A pair of 5th seeds battled it out for the NIT Championship, as Washington beat West Virginia 59-49. South Florida and Vanderbilt were the other teams in the NIT Final Four.

UC Santa Barbara kept the Cinderella postseason going, as they were the 13rd seed in the CBI, and won the CBI championship over (3) Hofstra in 2 games. UCSB won the first game 84-60, and the second game 72-41. (Remember guys, the CBI Finals are best 2 of 3.)

To finish it off (6) Siena won the CIT championship, beating (12) Charlotte 63-55.

collegesportsfanms · 02-27-2014, 10:49 PM

We've got a few new coaches to add to the mix. bbgunn has added 2 coaches for next season. B.B. Gunn will take over Hawaii, and Kuji Chagulia will take over Florida Atlantic. thanks bbgunn.

Grover is also adding a coach. Cillian O'Reilly will take over the University of Maine next season. Thanks Grover.

I am personally adding a coach as well. Rudy Arellano will take over Kansas St.

This gives us 9 FOFC coaches now, 5 in the MVC and 4 outside the MVC. I feel it's only right to do a short recap on the 4 non-MVC schools that will have FOFC coaches next year.

Let's start with Kansas St. They finished the season 21-12, 11-7 in the Big 12. They were the (6) seed in the NIT South Region, and got beat in the First Round by (3) Cincinnati, 95-76.

U of Maine finished the season 11-19, and 7-9 in the America East Conference. No postseason for them.

Florida Atlantic was 10-20, 4-12 in Conference USA. Of course, no postseason for them.

Hawaii was 13-17, 7-9 in the Big West Conference. No postseason for them either.

collegesportsfanms · 02-27-2014, 10:51 PM

Let's take a look at the Missouri Valley Conference awards for the 2013-2014 season:

Code:

2013 MISSOURI VALLEY AWARDS

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Player of the Year:

JR SG Joseph Basile  Northern Iowa  20.4 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 2.9 APG 0.9 SPG, 0.2 BPG

Freshman of the Year:
FR PF Silvano Mecurio  Wichita State  5.5 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 1.0 APG 0.8 SPG, 1.0 BPG

Coach of the Year:
Dan Muller  Illinois State  26 - 8 (14 - 4) 

All-league 1st Team:
C  SR Brian Spalding  Northern Iowa  10.6 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 1.5 APG, 0.8 SPG, 3.0 BPG
PF SR Manual Clift  Indiana State  8.5 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 1.4 APG, 0.9 SPG, 2.5 BPG
SF JR Richard Kennedy  Wichita State  19.3 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 1.8 APG, 1.2 SPG, 0.4 BPG
SG JR Joseph Basile  Northern Iowa  20.4 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 2.9 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.2 BPG
PG SR Chris Dugger  Illinois State  17.9 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 3.9 APG, 2.1 SPG, 0.2 BPG

All-league 2nd Team:
C  SR Logan Malcolm  Wichita State  7.2 PPG, 10.2 RPG, 1.4 APG, 1.0 SPG, 1.8 BPG
PF SR Brian Thao  Evansville  16.8 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 1.4 APG, 0.7 SPG, 1.9 BPG
SF SR Alton Izzo  Missouri State  13.5 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 5.1 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.3 BPG
SG SR Rene Gerhart  Wichita State  17.3 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 3.7 APG, 1.6 SPG, 0.3 BPG
PG JR Jamie Redford  Indiana State  9.6 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 4.5 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.0 BPG

All-freshman Team:
C  FR Kenneth Paiz  Southern Illinois  3.6 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 0.7 APG, 0.2 SPG, 0.3 BPG
PF FR Silvano Mecurio  Wichita State  5.5 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 1.0 APG, 0.8 SPG, 1.0 BPG
SF     
SG FR Arthur Morris  Bradley  14.1 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 2.2 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.0 BPG
PG FR Carlton Bradley  Evansville  8.4 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 2.0 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.2 BPG

collegesportsfanms · 02-27-2014, 10:56 PM

Here is a look at the MVC recruiting rankings for the 2013-2014 season.

Code:

2013 Recruiting Rankings

      # Team                      Conference           Best Player   Rtg  5*  4*  3*  2*  1*
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    41. Illinois State       Missouri Valley     PF Eric McCartney   ***   0   0   3   0   0
    78. Southern Illinois    Missouri Valley      SF Glenn Sterner   ***   0   0   2   0   0
   104. Evansville           Missouri Valley        SF Jesse Brown   ***   0   0   1   1   0
   113. Wichita State        Missouri Valley  PF Baudouin Plancque  ****   0   1   0   0   0
   227. Loyola Chicago       Missouri Valley     SF Arthur Legrand    **   0   0   0   2   2
   289. Indiana State        Missouri Valley     SG Albert Roussel    **   0   0   0   2   0
   301. Drake                Missouri Valley      SF Nathan Taylor    **   0   0   0   1   0
   341. Northern Iowa        Missouri Valley    C  August Therrien     *   0   0   0   0   1
   343. Bradley              Missouri Valley        C  Jose McCraw     *   0   0   0   0   1
   350. Missouri State       Missouri Valley                               0   0   0   0   0

Yi-yi-yi, that's bad, really bad. 2 teams in the top 100, 4 teams lower than 300, and Missouri St. didn't even get a recruit. I'm happy for Barry Hinson over at Southern Illinois, but Northern Iowa and Indiana State really, really disappointed me. Again, got to be better next season.

collegesportsfanms · 02-27-2014, 11:04 PM

There was no conference movement this season, and since all of the MVC coaches had a 1 year grace period, there was no coach movement. This is where I stop for the night. Next time I will get the 4 new coaches into the game, and give expectations for the coaches.

For those of you FOFCers outside the MVC, I have no control over your coaches being fired. That is on the game AI. The only coaches I will fire are all MVC coaches, FOFC or non-FOFC.

collegesportsfanms · 03-01-2014, 10:13 PM

I have added another coach into the mix. Shannon Elliott will be taking over the Washington Huskies.

Now it's time to take a look at coach expectations. I have broken this down into hotseat ratings. While there will be other ratings in the long run, for the time being, there are only cool and average hotseat ratings.

GWAL Coach Hotseat Ratings

Cool Hotseat Ratings

Marty Simmons (Evansville) finished a surprising 9-9 in the MVC last season, including a couple wins over the big 4 teams. With the recruiting class he had, I'm expecting bigger things this season.

Dan Muller (Illinois St.) was the MVC coach of the year last season and got the MVC their only postseason victory, coming in the NCAA tournament. No doubt his seat is very cool.

Greg Lansing (Indiana St.) led the Sycamores to a big win over a top 5 team in the regular season last year, but didn't see the benefits of it from his recruiting class. I still think they can go back to the NCAA's.

Patrick Hutt (Northern Iowa) led the Panthers to the MVC tournament title last season, but had 1 of the bottom 3 classes in the MVC. With the talent they have coming back, they should still compete for the MVC title again this year.

Barry Hinson (Southern Illinois) had the 2nd best recruiting class in the MVC last season, and 78th best in the nation. I've always liked Barry (how can you not after his passionate rant about his team in real life earlier this year.) With that recruiting class, a .500 MVC record is very doable.

Gregg Marshall (Wichita St.) won the regular season MVC title and put together a nice winning streak in MVC play last season. They should be in good shape to win the title again this year, whether it be the regular season, MVC tournament, or both.

Average Hotseat Ratings

Alex Donovan (Bradley) just missed the hotseat this season. I have a feeling he can do something with that roster, so he's gonna get a chance again this year without having to worry about his job. He has to stay out of the cellar though.

Randolph Childress (Drake) was a couple games under .500 in conference play last season, and 3 games under .500 overall. I'd like him to build on that and get those records to .500 or better this season.

Jawouk Bafou (Loyola Chicago) really had a nice first season with Loyola in the MVC. While they only won 4 conference games, that was about 3 more than most fans expected them to win. Now to keep building on that, and not slip back into the cellar of the conference.

Score Galore (Missouri State) also just missed the hotseat. Worst conference record, worst MVC recruiting class.. so what is keeping this guy off the hotseat? 4 returning players that all have a chance to finish 1st team or even second team all-MVC.

Non-GWAL Coach Hotseat Ratings

We have 5 new coaches to this dynasty, all of them choosing to coach non-MVC teams. These coaches will have their fate in the hands of the AI. I will not decide whether they are fired or not. Let's take a look at those 5 coaches, who are all average ratings right now.

Kuji Chagulia (Florida Atlantic)
B.B. Gunn (Hawaii)
Rudy Arellano (Kansas St.)
Cillian O'Reilly (Maine)
Shannon Elliott (Washington)

collegesportsfanms · 03-01-2014, 10:24 PM

2014 Preseason Tournaments

GWAL

Indiana St. will be the 5th seed in the Alaska Invitational and will open up against (4) Georgia.

Northern Iowa will be the 7th seed in the Coaches Invitational and will start against (11) Wright St.

Evansville will be the 4th seed in the Island Invitational and will open up against (5) Montana.

Illinois St. will be the 3rd seed in the Las Vegas Challenge and will open up against (6) Middle Tennessee.

Bradley will be the 9th seed in the Las Vegas Shootout and will open up against (8) Vermont.

Drake will be the 7th seed in the Maui Shootout and opens up against (2) Michigan St.

Wichita St. will be the 6th seed in the Preseason NIT and will open up against (11) Colorado St.

Southern Illinois will be the 4th seed in the Top of the Globe Invitational and will open up against (5) Western Kentucky.

Missouri State will be the top seed in the 4 team Vision Classic and will open up against (4) Hartford.

Non-GWAL

Hawaii will be the 14th seed in the GDS Classic and will open up against (3) St. Louis.

Washington will be the 2nd seed in the Las Vegas Shootout (also including Bradley) and will open up against (15) Cal Poly.

Kansas St. will be the 4th seed in the Preseason NIT (also including Wichita St.) and will open up against (13) Pacific.

No preseason tournaments for Loyola (again), Maine, or Florida Atlantic.

collegesportsfanms · 03-02-2014, 01:01 PM

Nov. 2014 Tournament Wrap-Up

2014 Alaska Invitational

Indiana State beat (4) Georgia 72-66 in their opening game, then got hammered by (1) UNLV, 81-53. In the third place game, they got by (3) N.C. State 76-65.

2014 Coaches Invitational

Northern Iowa won their first round game against (11) Wright State 79-52, then got beat by (3) Missouri 64-55 in the quarterfinals.

2014 GDS Classic

Hawaii had a short stay at the GDS Classic, losing their first round game 64-51 to (3) St. Louis.

2014 Island Invitational

Evansville won their first game 65-58 over (5) Montana, then shocked (1) George Mason 81-74, but couldn't win the title, as (3) Rutgers beat them in the championship game, 51-47.

2014 Las Vegas Challenge

Illinois State was very disappointing in this this tournament, as they went OT in their first game, but beat (6) Middle Tennessee 90-82. In the winners bracket semifinals, they got blasted by (2) Memphis, 67-40. In the third place game, the effort was better, but they still lost to (4) Arizona State 79-73. An interesting note in this one, (8) Duquesne actually won this tournament. Shocking.

2014 Maui Shootout

Drake lost their first game 79-54 to (2) Michigan State, then lost the loser bracket semifinal to (6) Providence 82-73. They became the first team not to win a game in a 3 game guarantee preseason tournament, losing the 7th place game to (8) Buffalo 75-69. Unacceptable.

2014 Preseason NIT

Wichita State lost their first round game to (11) Colorado State 72-68

Kansas State won their first round game 78-66 over (13) Pacific 78-66, the lost their quarterfinal game 73-60 to (5) Cincinnati.

2014 Top of the Globe Invitational

Southern Illinois beat (5) Western Kentucky 63-50 in their opening game, then beat (1) Dayton 69-58 in the winners bracket semifinals. In the championship, they fell short to (3) Iona, 54-45.

2014 Vision Classic

Missouri State won their first round game of this 4 team tournament, beating (4) Hartford 77-52. They won the Vision Classic championship with a 63-50 win over (3) Northern Colorado. Congrats to Score Galore for bringing the MVC home their first piece of hardware in the 2014-2015 season.

A tournament championship, a 2 second place finishes, and a 3rd place finish gives me hope for the conference, but I'm not at all happy at the way Drake and Illinois St. played in their tournaments.

collegesportsfanms · 03-02-2014, 01:26 PM

1 tournament to tell you about in December, so we'll start with it:

2014 Las Vegas Shootout

Bradley lost their first round game to (8) Vermont 73-65.

Washington hammered (15) Cal Poly in their first round game, then beat (7) Auburn 70-57 in the quarterfinals, but fell short in the semifinals, losing 72-69 to (3) Seton Hall.

Here are the MVC standings through Dec. 24, 2014 (which is the first day of conference play.)

Code:

TEAM                         CW  CL   Pct  W  L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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 Wichita State Shockers        0   0  .000  7  1  .875  156        81
 Illinois State Redbirds       0   0  .000  6  4  .600   15        71
 Southern Illinois Salukis     0   0  .000  5  6  .455   33        56
 Northern Iowa Panthers        0   0  .000  5  5  .500   79        74
 Missouri State Bears          0   0  .000  5  5  .500  195        60
 Evansville Aces               0   0  .000  4  5  .444   17        55
 Indiana State Sycamores       0   0  .000  4  5  .444   62        61
 Bradley Braves                0   0  .000  3  6  .333   26        53
 Drake Bulldogs                0   0  .000  3  7  .300  210        56
 Loyola Chicago Ramblers       0   0  .000  2  8  .200  292        43

Absolutely dismal. Only 2 teams with winning records, although we do have 3 teams with RPIs in the top 30. Wichita State has not lost since their season opening tournament loss. Let's take a look more in depth at our 5 MVC teams coached by FOFCers.

Bradley (Alex Donovan) has played 3 teams currently ranked in the top 10 (which bodes well for SOS and RPI). #1 Wisconsin blasted them by 28, but they lost by 1 point to #6 Villanova, and 3 points to #9 Louisville. Looks as if they are on the cusp of getting that big, marquee win, although they did beat Butler, who is 7-3 on the season. They have played an absolutely brutal schedule in non-conference, which is ok with me.

Drake (Randolph Childress) has also played a pretty tough schedule, with lots of Midwest teams. Since that pitiful showing in the Maui Shootout, they've recovered somewhat, handing Notre Dame their only loss so far. Notre Dame was ranked 14th at the time. Losses to Buffalo and UW Milwaukee hurt the most.

Loyola Chicago (Jawouk Bafou) has 2 wins on the season against Illinois-Chicago, and Miami (OH). They haven't exactly played a tough schedule, but they are still a newcomer to the MVC and I think they can find their grove eventually.

Missouri State (Score Galore) won their first 3 games, and has since lost by single digits to Texas A&M, Purdue, and Vanderbilt, as well as Boise State. A few breaks, and they could easily be an 8 or 9 win team at this point.

Northern Iowa (Patrick Hutt) got a nice win at previously ranked Arizona, as well as wins against Iowa State and Iowa, laying claim to one of the top teams in Iowa. However, that upset loss to Western Illinois at home, combined with a blowout loss to a 4 win Minnesota team, also at home, have me questioning the consistency of this team.

collegesportsfanms · 03-02-2014, 01:44 PM

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- 3-7, 0-0 America East. It's been a rough go of it so far for young rookie coach Cillian O'Reilly, as his teams average margin of defeat is 19.1 points. They did, however, beat the Buffalo team that Drake lost to. Their other 2 wins are against teams with RPIs over 300.

Kansas State (Rudy Arellano) -- 7-2, 0-0 Big 12. Since their 24 point loss to Fresno State, the Wildcats have won 5 in a row, but 4 of those wins came against teams with a combined 5-33 record. They did get a nice victory in their last game against Missouri, who currently has a 32 RPI.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 4-5, 0-0 Big West. There are some positives to look at for the Warriors, as their worst RPI opponent so far is UMKC at 252. Hawaii hammered them by 32, and also has good wins at DePaul, Oakland, and Pacific. But of the 2 teams they played that have RPIs of 100 or better, they lost to Tulsa by 18 points and lost to Robert Morris on a buzzer beater. Another team that with a few breaks could easily have a winning record.

Florida Atlantic (Kuji Chagulia) -- 5-4, 0-0 Conference USA. While the Owls have a winning record, 2 of their wins have come against teams that haven't won a game yet, and another win came against a team that has only won once. Their only significant win was against Georgia Southern, and even their RPI is 230. I fear Mr. Chagulia might get a wake up once C-USA conference play starts.

Washington (Shannon Elliott) -- 8-3, 0-0 Pac 12. The Huskies have 2 bad losses of their 3. You know about the loss to Seton Hall. They've also lost to Pacific.. well ok, I guess that one isn't totally bad. Pacific is a decent team. But they also have given Portland State their only win of the season thus far. Other than Seton Hall, their SOS hasn't really been impressive, so its hard to get a good read on them yet.

The polls entering conference play look really bad. We've got 1 MVC team in the mid-major poll, and none of our other MVC or FOFC teams even sniffed a vote in the AP top 25, or the mid Major top 25.

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Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. UNLV (72) 8-0 1800 1 Mountain West Conference
2. VCU 8-1 1728 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
3. UAB 9-1 1654 3 Conference USA
4. George Mason 8-1 1557 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. Saint Mary's 9-3 1487 10 West Coast Conference
6. Belmont 11-1 1470 4 Ohio Valley Conference
7. New Mexico 8-2 1366 11 Mountain West Conference
8. Duquesne 8-1 1200 14 Atlantic 10 Conference
9. Louisiana Tech 9-1 1121 6 Conference USA
10. Wichita State 7-1 1034 17 Missouri Valley Conference
11. Georgia State 9-1 993 16 Sun Belt Conference
12. Brigham Young 8-3 982 19 West Coast Conference
13. Kent State 6-2 883 8 Mid-American Conference
14. East Tennessee State 9-1 872 9 Southern Conference
15. Massachusetts 8-1 793 7 Atlantic 10 Conference
16. UTEP 7-1 769 21 Conference USA
17. Southern Mississippi 8-2 765 23 Conference USA
18. New Mexico State 7-2 711 22 Western Athletic Conference
19. Northern Illinois 7-2 538 NR Mid-American Conference
20. Texas Southern 7-1 415 12 Southwestern Athletic Conference
21. Iona 9-2 351 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
22. Old Dominion 9-2 234 NR Conference USA
23. San Diego 10-2 198 NR West Coast Conference
24. Ohio 8-2 175 13 Mid-American Conference
25. Saint Louis 8-2 70 15 Atlantic 10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Boise State 7-2 63 Mountain West Conference
Princeton 8-2 44 Ivy League
San Diego State 7-3 37 Mountain West Conference
Middle Tennessee 9-2 33 Conference USA
Davidson 6-2 14 Atlantic 10 Conference
LIU Brooklyn 8-2 11 Northeast Conference
Mercer 7-2 10 Southern Conference
Sacred Heart 8-2 9 Northeast Conference
North Texas 7-2 5 Conference USA
Akron 8-3 3 Mid-American Conference
Valparaiso 6-2 3 Horizon League
Cal State Fullerton 8-3 2 Big West Conference

collegesportsfanms · 03-02-2014, 05:30 PM

MVC Dec. 24-28

Although Dec. 24 falls in the middle of the week, any other games during the week before Dec. 24 were included in the previous report. Hopefully that doesn't confuse anybody!

Game Scores

Dec. 24, 2014

Missouri State 68, at Northern Iowa 57
at Southern Illinois 76, Loyola Chicago 59
at Drake 94, Bradley 75
Evansville 64, at Indiana State 55
Illinois State 72, at Dayton 70 (OT) (non-conference)
at Wichita State 78, Texas A&M 67 (non-conference)

Dec. 27, 2014

at Wichita State 79, Illinois State 70
at Northern Iowa 56, Loyola Chicago 44
at Southern Illinois 70, Missouri State 58
Evansville 78, at Drake 70
at Indiana State 79, Bradley 69

MVC Standings:

Code:

TEAM                         CW  CL    Pct  W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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 Wichita State Shockers        1   0  1.000  9   1  .900   72        81
 Southern Illinois Salukis     2   0  1.000  7   6  .538   56        56
 Evansville Aces               2   0  1.000  6   5  .545   11        55
 Missouri State Bears          1   1   .500  6   6  .500  165        60
 Northern Iowa Panthers        1   1   .500  6   6  .500  112        74
 Indiana State Sycamores       1   1   .500  5   6  .455  111        61
 Drake Bulldogs                1   1   .500  4   8  .333  263        56
 Illinois State Redbirds       0   1   .000  7   5  .583    7        71
 Bradley Braves                0   2   .000  3   8  .273   74        53
 Loyola Chicago Ramblers       0   2   .000  2  10  .167  313        43

2 teams that had a good opening week of conference play are Southern Illinois and Evansville. It'll be interesting to see if they can keep pace all season long.

collegesportsfanms · 03-02-2014, 05:38 PM

Non-MVC Dec. 24-28

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- 4-8, 0-1 America East. The Black Bears won their final non-conference game at Yale 65-64, then went to Hartford and lost their first conference game 75-61.

Kansas State (Rudy Arellano) -- 8-2, 0-0 Big 12. Only 1 game for the Wildcats, as they hammered winless Alcorn State 80-50.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 4-6, 0-0 Big West. The Warriors went to Kent State and lost 69-54, their only game of the week.

Florida Atlantic (Kuji Chagulia) -- 6-5, 0-0 Conference USA. The Owls won at Florida Gulf Coast 61-50, then hosted Texas State and lost 83-75.

Washington (Shannon Elliott) -- 8-3, 0-0 Pac 12. Nothing new to report this week, as the Huskies didn't have a game.

The MVC is finally getting some votes in the AP Top 25, so I will be showing that poll first:

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Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Wisconsin (72) 12-0 1800 1 Big Ten Conference
2. Xavier 10-0 1683 2 Big East Conference
3. Pittsburgh 11-1 1678 3 Atlantic Coast Conference
4. Duke 11-1 1547 7 Atlantic Coast Conference
5. Villanova 12-1 1505 6 Big East Conference
6. Alabama 11-0 1498 5 Southeastern Conference
7. Temple 10-0 1347 8 American Athletic Conference
8. Tennessee 9-1 1306 10 Southeastern Conference
9. Connecticut 10-2 1211 11 American Athletic Conference
10. UNLV 8-1 1147 4 Mountain West Conference
11. Louisville 11-0 1014 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. UAB 10-1 985 17 Conference USA
13. UCLA 10-1 886 21 Pacific-12 Conference
14. Oklahoma 11-1 804 19 Big 12 Conference
15. Clemson 9-0 690 18 Atlantic Coast Conference
16. Saint Mary's 11-3 681 25 West Coast Conference
17. Louisiana State 10-1 636 20 Southeastern Conference
18. Oklahoma State 10-1 616 14 Big 12 Conference
19. Wake Forest 11-1 519 22 Atlantic Coast Conference
20. West Virginia 9-2 514 NR Big 12 Conference
21. Kentucky 9-2 415 23 Southeastern Conference
22. Seton Hall 11-1 272 13 Big East Conference
23. Purdue 9-2 185 NR Big Ten Conference
24. Belmont 11-1 126 NR Ohio Valley Conference
25. Syracuse 9-2 94 NR Atlantic Coast Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Miami 9-3 74 Atlantic Coast Conference
Illinois 8-2 66 Big Ten Conference
North Carolina 9-2 44 Atlantic Coast Conference
South Florida 11-1 15 American Athletic Conference
Georgetown 8-2 12 Big East Conference
Florida 8-2 9 Southeastern Conference
Michigan State 8-2 8 Big Ten Conference
Wichita State 9-1 5 Missouri Valley Conference
Florida State 9-1 4 Atlantic Coast Conference
Indiana 9-1 4 Big Ten Conference

Here is the mid-major poll for the week ending Dec. 28th:

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Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. UNLV (72) 8-1 1800 1 Mountain West Conference
2. Saint Mary's 11-3 1694 5 West Coast Conference
3. UAB 10-1 1686 3 Conference USA
4. Belmont 11-1 1585 6 Ohio Valley Conference
5. George Mason 9-2 1489 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. Wichita State 9-1 1364 10 Missouri Valley Conference
7. Southern Mississippi 10-2 1285 17 Conference USA
8. Kent State 8-2 1228 13 Mid-American Conference
9. Georgia State 10-1 1218 11 Sun Belt Conference
10. East Tennessee State 11-1 1133 14 Southern Conference
11. New Mexico 9-3 1054 7 Mountain West Conference
12. Louisiana Tech 9-1 1042 9 Conference USA
13. VCU 9-3 1014 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
14. Massachusetts 8-1 896 15 Atlantic 10 Conference
15. San Diego 11-2 648 23 West Coast Conference
16. Saint Louis 9-2 629 25 Atlantic 10 Conference
17. Old Dominion 9-2 605 22 Conference USA
18. Akron 9-3 593 NR Mid-American Conference
19. Princeton 10-2 498 NR Ivy League
20. Brigham Young 9-4 449 12 West Coast Conference
21. Middle Tennessee 10-2 422 NR Conference USA
22. Davidson 8-2 298 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
23. New Mexico State 9-2 256 18 Western Athletic Conference
24. Valparaiso 8-2 196 NR Horizon League
25. Sacred Heart 10-2 113 NR Northeast Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
UTEP 7-2 93 Conference USA
LIU Brooklyn 9-2 46 Northeast Conference
Northern Illinois 8-2 33 Mid-American Conference
Ohio 10-3 16 Mid-American Conference
Iona 10-3 11 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Murray State 9-3 5 Ohio Valley Conference
Texas Southern 7-2 1 Southwestern Athletic Conference

02-13-2014, 11:47 PM	#5
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Cool stuff. Hopefully I can get in at some point in the future __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

02-14-2014, 01:05 AM	#7
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Done __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

02-15-2014, 04:04 PM	#10
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	Dec. 2013 Tournament Wrap-Up 2013 Las Vegas Shootout Bradley lost their first round game to (10) Northeastern 51-50. With our conference play starting on Dec. 25, and with me doing week by week reports during the MVC Conference schedule, the MVC standings will be through Dec. 22, 2013, and here they are: Code: TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Illinois State Redbirds 0 0 .000 9 2 .818 11 67 Loyola Chicago Ramblers 0 0 .000 8 2 .800 58 43 Indiana State Sycamores 0 0 .000 7 3 .700 7 57 Northern Iowa Panthers 0 0 .000 6 3 .667 28 74 Wichita State Shockers 0 0 .000 6 2 .750 51 81 Drake Bulldogs 0 0 .000 5 5 .500 4 57 Missouri State Bears 0 0 .000 4 5 .444 106 65 Bradley Braves 0 0 .000 3 6 .333 166 55 Evansville Aces 0 0 .000 2 7 .222 57 54 Southern Illinois Salukis 0 0 .000 2 7 .222 291 56 Illinois State and Indiana State have been the most impressive teams so far. Illinois State started undefeated before losing 2 tough games to top 25 ACC teams. Indiana State has also lost to a couple ranked teams, but they have a couple nice wins at Purdue and St. Louis. Bradley (Alex Donovan) has just 3 wins, against teams with RPIs of 225, 320, and 178. Their closest loss was the 1 point loss to Northeastern. Their other 5 losses have all been by 9 points or more. Drake (Randolph Childress) followed their tournament win by almost upsetting UCLA. They've played a solid schedule, with over half their games coming against teams from the BCS conference. They even got wins at Tulsa and Iowa State. Loyola-Chicago (Jawouk Bafou) is on an 8 game winning streak. Granted, their schedule hasn't been anywhere near as tough as Drakes has been (they've only played 3 schools that have a .500 or better record), but they are the lowest prestige team in the MVC, and its good for them to get a few wins under their belt headed into conference play. Missouri State (Score Galore) battled an Oklahoma State team who's RPI is 3. They lost to them by a bucket. They have the potential to be a strong team outside the MVC, but a lack of consistency has Mr. Score Galore scratching his head. This was never more evident in their game against Vanderbilt, which they were hammered by 21 points. Northern Iowa (Patrick Hutt) has the conferences best win so far, as they beat Notre Dame 73-70. At the time, the Fighting Irish were ranked 14th. However, inconsistency is an issue with the Panthers as well. After that upset of Notre Dame, they turned around and lost to a 5-5 Toledo team. However, they did defeat the Vanderbilt team that Missouri State lost to.

02-15-2014, 07:25 PM	#12
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	We only scored 50 points? UNACCEPTABLE. This is the way I described my coach to CS.. "His game plan is basically "HAVE BALL? SHOOT BALL! DON'T HAVE BALL? GET BALL, SHOOT BALL!" __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

02-15-2014, 11:02 PM	#13
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	MVC Dec. 23-30, 2013 Guys, this will be my format once conference play starts, keeping in mind there will be some non-conference games mixed in sometimes. When giving scores, any FOFC coached teams will be in bold. Game of the Week Indiana State @ #4 Tennessee - Dec. 25 -- This is the most important game of the week for so many reasons. I felt Indiana St. was slighted by not getting a vote in the mid-major poll. A good showing against undefeated Tennessee would go a long way. And if the Sycamores can pull the upset? That would be huge for the conference as a whole. Other Key Games Southern Illinois @ Loyola Chicago - Dec. 25 -- These 2 teams were picked to be at the bottom of the Valley standings. Southern Illinois is there, Loyola has been a pleasant surprise, but how well will they fare in their first MVC game? Indiana State @ Wichita State - Dec. 28 -- Depending on the result of the game against Tennessee, this could be another big chance for the Sycamores to earn some respect nationally, as Wichita State is the overwhelming favorite to win the Valley. Game Scores Dec. 24, 2013 Wichita State 82, at South Dakota 39 (non-conference) Dec. 25, 2013 at Northern Iowa 83, Missouri State 74 at Illinois State 88, Evansville 74 at Loyola Chicago 92, Southern Illinois 53 at Drake 72, Bradley 64 Indiana State 81, at #4 Tennessee 59 (non-conference) Dec. 26, 2013 Wichita State 68, at Nebraska Omaha 41 (non-conference) Dec. 28, 2013 at Wichita State 95, Indiana State 92 at Northern Iowa 52, Evansville 46 at Illinois State 72, Missouri State 63 Bradley 79, at Loyola Chicago 72 Southern Illinois 69, at Drake 56 Game of the Week Recap Indiana State @ #4 Tennessee -- This once looked bad early on, as the Sycamores went into the locker room trailing 39-21. I'm not sure what Coach Lansing said to fire up his guys in the locker room, but it worked. They outscored Tennessee 60-20 in the second half. Yes you heard right, 60-20. That led to an 81-59 shocking over the #4 team in the nation and a huge, huge win for the Valley. Key Game Recaps Southern Illinois @ Loyola Chicago -- Loyola took care of business in the second half, shooting 62.3% for the game as they rolled to a 39 point victory. Indiana State @ Wichita State -- The Shockers knew they would be in for a battle, and this one was a thrilling game. Neither team led by more than 7 at any point, and defense wasn't even a thing to think about in this one, but Wichita St. prevailed barely. Here are the standings after the first week of conference play: Code: TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Illinois State Redbirds 2 0 1.000 11 2 .846 15 67 Wichita State Shockers 1 0 1.000 9 2 .818 75 81 Northern Iowa Panthers 2 0 1.000 8 3 .727 31 74 Loyola Chicago Ramblers 1 1 .500 9 3 .750 128 43 Drake Bulldogs 1 1 .500 6 6 .500 23 57 Bradley Braves 1 1 .500 4 7 .364 96 55 Southern Illinois Salukis 1 1 .500 3 8 .273 218 56 Indiana State Sycamores 0 1 .000 8 4 .667 3 57 Missouri State Bears 0 2 .000 4 7 .364 86 65 Evansville Aces 0 2 .000 2 9 .182 65 54 And with no teams ranked in the AP top 25 poll, lets take a look at the mid-major top 25 again: # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Saint Mary's (72) 13-1 1800 1 West Coast Conference 2. Gonzaga 10-2 1727 3 West Coast Conference 3. UNLV 10-1 1596 2 Mountain West Conference 4. New Mexico 8-2 1595 5 Mountain West Conference 5. Akron 10-1 1434 7 Mid-American Conference 6. Massachusetts 11-0 1422 6 Atlantic 10 Conference 7. Ohio 9-1 1321 9 Mid-American Conference 8. Southern Mississippi 9-2 1302 8 Conference USA 9. George Mason 10-1 1282 10 Atlantic 10 Conference 10. VCU 7-3 1173 4 Atlantic 10 Conference 11. Saint Louis 9-1 1125 11 Atlantic 10 Conference 12. UTEP 10-1 999 13 Conference USA 13. George Washington 10-1 887 14 Atlantic 10 Conference 14. Saint Joseph's 8-2 838 12 Atlantic 10 Conference 15. San Diego 10-1 830 18 West Coast Conference 16. Illinois State 11-2 746 23 Missouri Valley Conference 17. Montana 8-1 562 24 Big Sky Conference 18. UAB 9-2 534 25 Conference USA 19. Wichita State 9-2 470 NR Missouri Valley Conference 20. Loyola Maryland 12-2 458 NR Patriot League 21. Murray State 10-2 357 16 Ohio Valley Conference 22. St. Bonaventure 8-2 242 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 23. James Madison 10-2 136 17 Colonial Athletic Association 24. Northern Iowa 8-3 118 NR Missouri Valley Conference 25. Weber State 8-2 109 NR Big Sky Conference Others Receiving Votes: Middle Tennessee 9-2 83 Conference USA Old Dominion 6-3 81 Conference USA Marist 10-2 40 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference South Dakota State 10-2 38 Summit League Dayton 7-2 36 Atlantic 10 Conference Davidson 9-3 27 Atlantic 10 Conference Pennsylvania 8-2 25 Ivy League Iona 10-3 4 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Wright State 9-3 2 Horizon League Wyoming 10-3 1 Mountain West Conference It's unbelievable that even after that win at Tennessee, the Indiana State Sycamores still can't garner a vote in the mid-major polls. What are these people smoking?

02-13-2014, 10:59 PM	#2
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	Here is a look at the 10 MVC coaches that now have their fate in my hands. FOFC coaches are in bold. Bradley- Geno Ford Drake- Randolph Childress (ntndeacon) Evansville- Marty Simmons Illinois St.- Dan Muller Indiana St.- Greg Lansing Loyola Chicago- Jawouk Bafou (britrock88) Missouri St.- Score Galore (JAG) Northern Iowa- Patrick Hutt (Zinto) Southern Illinois- Barry Hinson Wichita St.- Gregg Marshall

02-13-2014, 11:04 PM	#3
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	Just so everyone gets an idea, here are the starting prestiges for the MVC schools: Bradley- 55 Drake- 57 Evansville- 54 Illinois St.- 67 Indiana St.- 57 Loyola Chicago- 43 Missouri St.- 65 Northern Iowa- 74 Southern Illinois- 56 Wichita St.- 81

02-13-2014, 11:17 PM	#4
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	2013 Season Tournaments Southern Illinois is the 6th seed in the Alaska Invitational. They will open up against 3rd seed Texas A&M Northern Iowa is the 7th seed in the Coaches Invitational. They will take on 10th seed Ohio in their first game. Evansville is the 8th seed in the GDS Classic. They will open up against 9th seed Princeton. Missouri State is the 3rd seed in the Island Invitational and will start with 6th seed Western Michigan. Indiana State is the 6th seed in the Las Vegas Challenge. Interestingly, their first round opponent is former MVC member Creighton. Bradley is the 7th seed in the Las Vegas Shootout. Their first round opponent is 10th seed Northeastern. Illinois State is the 2nd seed in the Orlando Classic. Their first round opponent is 7th seed Bowling Green. Wichita State is the 6th seed in the Preseason NIT. Their first round opponent is 11th seed Vermont, Drake is the 1st seed in the 4 team Tennessee Challenge and will face 4th seed Delaware State in their first game. Loyola Chicago did not get a tournament.

02-14-2014, 12:04 AM	#6
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	sirfozzie, Since I won't be simming any of the season until tomorrow at least, I can get you in for the current season if you sign up in time. Just hit me up with a coaches name, what school you want to coach at, coaches age, hometown, alma mater. And you have 240 points to spread between offense, defense, recruiting, and scouting. Get me that info before the next time I load FBCB and I'll get you in for this season.

02-14-2014, 10:21 AM	#8
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	sirfozzie has added a coach to the mix. His coach is Alex Donovan, and he will be taking over at Bradley. That means Geno Ford will be unemployed this season. I have to work until very late tonight, so I don't know if I'll get anything done on this tonight. I'm hoping that this weekend I can get through November and December of the 2013-2014 season. Thanks to all who have signed up so far, hopefully we can add more to the mix over time!

02-15-2014, 03:42 PM	#9
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	Nov. 2013 Tournament Wrap-Up 2013 Alaska Invitational Southern Illinois lost their first round game to (3) Texas A&M 62-52, then lost in the consolation semifinals to (7) St. Bonaventure 77-69. They completed the trifecta that nobody wants to complete by losing to (8) Rider 68-62 in the 7th place game. 2013 Coaches Invitational Northern Iowa dropped a heartbreaker in the first round to (10) Ohio 69-57. Since this is a 16 team single elimination tournament, their run is over after 1 game. 2013 GDS Classic Evansville lost to (9) Princeton 72-65 in the first round. This is also a 16 team single elimination tournament. 2013 Island Invitational Missouri State becomes the first MVC team to win an in-season tournament game in my tenure as commissioner, as they beat (6) Western Michigan 75-74 in the first round. In the winners bracket semifinals, they lost to (2) Boston College 77-65, but rallied to win the 3rd place game over (4) Marshall, 90-82. 2013 Las Vegas Challenge Indiana State lost their first round game to former MVC member (3) Creighton, 70-57. Then they surprised (2) Baylor in the losers bracket semifinals, beating the Bears 80-72. They won the 5th place game against (8) Wofford, 74-62. 2013 Orlando Classic Illinois State won their first round game over (7) Bowling Green 77-57. Then they beat (3) Rutgers 74-53 in the winners bracket semifinals. In the championship game, they beat (1) Virginia Tech 77-69 to bring home the first in-season conference tournament trophy for the MVC with me running the conference. Congrats to the Redbirds and head coach Dan Muller. 2013 Preseason NIT Wichita State won their first round game against (11) Vermont 85-76, then lost in the quarterfinals to (3) Arizona 94-71 in this 16 team tournament. 2013 Tennessee Challenge Drake beat (4) Delaware State 74-56 in the first round, then in the championship game they beat (2) Manhattan 66-50. Randolph Childress becomes our first FOFC coach to win an in-season tournament, albeit a 4 team tournament. A tournament championship is still the same whether it is a 4, 8, or 16 team tournament. While the 2 tournament titles is impressive for the MVC, we had 2 teams in 16 team tournaments that went one and done, and a team that finished in 8th place in their tournament. This is unacceptable. We've got one more team (Bradley) who will play their in-season tournament in December. It's also a 16 team single elimination tournament, and they have a very winnable first round game.

02-15-2014, 11:21 PM	#14
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	MVC Dec. 30, 2013-Jan. 5, 2014 Game of the Week Illinois State @ Wichita State - Jan. 4, 2014 -- The top 2 teams in the Valley to this point will battle. Illinois St. seems to have the best chance to unseat Wichita State at the top. Other Key Game Northern Iowa @ Indiana State - Jan. 4, 2014 -- These are the other 2 teams that could pose a threat to Wichita State early on. As far as the polls go, Indiana State may need this win more, as they don't seem to be getting the respect they deserve. Game Scores Dec. 30, 2013 Southern Illinois 76, at Saint Louis 68 Jan. 1, 2014 at Evansville 65, Drake 34 at Missouri State 72, Loyola Chicago 59 Northern Iowa 78, at Wichita State 70 Illinois State 76, at Indiana State 60 at Minnesota 79, Bradley 65 (non-conference) Jan. 4, 2014 at Evansville 66, Loyola Chicago 44 Drake 66, at Missouri State 63 Illinois State 76, at Wichita State 73 Northern Iowa 79, at Indiana State 75 at Southern Illinois 69, Bradley 61 Game of the Week Recap Wichita State @ Illinois State -- Despite 33 points from Richard Kennedy, the Shockers couldn't hang on in this one, as Illinois State comes from behind late to win. Key Game Recap Northern Iowa @ Indiana State -- Despite forcing 21 turnovers, Indiana State trailed by 15 at halftime. While their pressure defense led to a lot of turnovers, it also led to a lot of easy baskets, as Northern Iowa shot 51% from the field. MVC Standings: Code: TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Illinois State Redbirds 4 0 1.000 13 2 .867 9 67 Northern Iowa Panthers 4 0 1.000 10 3 .769 28 74 Southern Illinois Salukis 2 1 .667 5 8 .385 152 56 Evansville Aces 2 2 .500 4 9 .308 52 54 Drake Bulldogs 2 2 .500 7 7 .500 44 57 Wichita State Shockers 1 2 .333 9 4 .692 94 81 Bradley Braves 1 2 .333 4 9 .308 130 55 Missouri State Bears 1 3 .250 5 8 .385 91 65 Loyola Chicago Ramblers 1 3 .250 9 5 .643 179 43 Indiana State Sycamores 0 3 .000 8 6 .571 7 57 2 dissapointments so far have been Indiana State and Wichita State. The Sycamores are winless early on in conference play after upsetting Tennessee, and Wichita State was the preseason Valley favorite, but they went 0-2 this week against teams that look to be top contenders to knock off the Shockers. Mid Major Top 25: # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Saint Mary's (72) 14-2 1800 1 West Coast Conference 2. Gonzaga 12-2 1728 2 West Coast Conference 3. New Mexico 10-2 1621 4 Mountain West Conference 4. UNLV 12-1 1598 3 Mountain West Conference 5. George Mason 12-1 1454 9 Atlantic 10 Conference 6. Massachusetts 13-0 1426 6 Atlantic 10 Conference 7. Ohio 11-1 1395 7 Mid-American Conference 8. Southern Mississippi 9-2 1338 8 Conference USA 9. Akron 11-2 1205 5 Mid-American Conference 10. Illinois State 13-2 1131 16 Missouri Valley Conference 11. George Washington 10-1 1006 13 Atlantic 10 Conference 12. VCU 8-4 1003 10 Atlantic 10 Conference 13. Saint Louis 9-2 852 11 Atlantic 10 Conference 14. Loyola Maryland 14-2 835 20 Patriot League 15. Northern Iowa 10-3 720 24 Missouri Valley Conference 16. UAB 9-2 650 18 Conference USA 17. Murray State 12-2 622 21 Ohio Valley Conference 18. UTEP 10-2 561 12 Conference USA 19. Saint Joseph's 10-3 542 14 Atlantic 10 Conference 20. San Diego 11-2 538 15 West Coast Conference 21. Davidson 10-3 367 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 22. Middle Tennessee 10-2 295 NR Conference USA 23. Old Dominion 7-3 284 NR Conference USA 24. Marist 12-2 280 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 25. Manhattan 11-3 70 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Others Receiving Votes: Montana 9-2 28 Big Sky Conference Kent State 9-3 26 Mid-American Conference East Tennessee State 12-3 18 Southern Conference St. Bonaventure 9-3 6 Atlantic 10 Conference Dayton 7-3 1 Atlantic 10 Conference

02-15-2014, 11:28 PM	#15
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	For those FOFC coaches and any other readers, I have a question. I will post the conference standings every week, but how about polls? What kind of polls do you want to see every week? Do you want the AP Top 25 poll, the Mid-Major Poll, both polls, neither poll, or just polls that an MVC or FOFC coached team is receiving votes in? Personally I'm not sure if there is a need for the AP poll unless an MVC team is in it (or an FOFC, non MVC team), as the focus of this right now is the MVC. What do you guys think?

02-16-2014, 10:59 AM	#17
Zinto College Starter Join Date: Jan 2011	It looks like I have been doing a pretty good job at Northern Iowas so far!

02-17-2014, 10:29 PM	#18
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	Guys, I'm in a bit of a tough spot here. There is a chance that our internet service got infected area wide and we may have to reformat all the computers in the house to fix the problem. So I can either do 1 of 2 things: I can hold off on this project, because if we do have to reformat stuff, I will have to start from scratch. And reformatting won't happen until this weekend at the earliest. Or, I can go ahead and finish this 2013-2014 season, since there will be no coach movement the first season anyways, and if I have to reformat I can just pick up at the 2014-2015 season, and edit our FOFC coach stats and records and team prestige records and everything. What would you guys rather have me do.. just wait it out and restart from scratch if need be, or go ahead and finish out the current season and then if I have to restart from scratch, edit the FOFC coaches to show their records for the 2013-2014 season that I did that wouldn't show up in the new game otherwise? Let me know what you guys think

02-18-2014, 12:42 PM	#19
britrock88 Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Madison, WI	Do what's easiest. I wouldn't want to put conditions on your recreational pursuits.

02-21-2014, 05:46 PM	#21
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	Guys, I am hoping, 1 way or the other, to jump back into this project, if not this weekend, by sometime early next week. I make no guarantees. Thanks for your patience, I will get back to this one way or another.

02-22-2014, 10:06 PM	#23
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	Guys, I am going to make a change in the format and eliminate the game of the week and game of the week recap. At this point I think keeping track of the week by week MVC games, standings, and polls is good enough. If you guys want to see the game of the week come back, let me know, and I'll put it back, but for now, I think I'll leave it out.

02-25-2014, 11:25 AM	#27
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	We have another sign-up for an interactive coach. Grover has signed up to be the coach at the University of Maine for next season. He will become the first FOFC, non-MVC coach. If any of you guys in it want to add a second coach to the mix outside the MVC, you are more than welcome to. I will be able to do some more on this tonight when I get home from work. I've been given the ok to move forward, it appears my internet/computer issues, if there were any, are gone now, so I will be hitting this project hard over the next few days.

02-25-2014, 09:01 PM	#31
JAG Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: St. Paul, MN	We're in last place, but at least we'll have the first overall pick in the draft with which to rebuild. ...oh, right.

02-27-2014, 03:19 PM	#33
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	1 more non-conference game before the MVC tournament starts, this took place on March 3, 2014. at Wichita State 68, Northern Illinois 43 MVC Play-in Round (7) Drake beats (10) Missouri St. 83-65 (9) Loyola Chicago beats (8) Bradley 68-59. Congrats to Loyola for getting their first MVC conference tournament win.

02-27-2014, 03:21 PM	#34
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	MVC Quarterfinals (1) Wichita St. over (9) Loyola 72-63 (4) Indiana St. beats (5) Evansville 59-39 (3) Northern Iowa beats (6) Southern Illinois 59-53 (2) Illinois St. beats (7) Drake 75-65 No big shocks there as the 4 teams that pretty much dominated the Valley this season advance to the semifinals.

02-27-2014, 03:23 PM	#35
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	2014 MVC Semifinals (4) Indiana St. stuns (1) Wichita St. 94-84 (3) Northern Iowa gets by (2) Illinois St. 77-70. Most definitely not the results I was expecting, but as a whole, it's good for the Valley.

02-27-2014, 03:28 PM	#36
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	2014 MVC Championship (3) Northern Iowa wins the MVC tournament with an 81-74 win over (4) Indiana St. Congrats to Patrick Hutt (zinto) on the championship, 1 of what I hope will be the first of many for our FOFCers. Postseason Predictions We know that Northern Iowa has earned the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. I still think that Wichita St. is a lock, along with Illinois St. I can see Indiana St. get an at-large bid to the NCAA's as well, but it also won't surprise me to see them in the NIT. I don't see any of our other 5 conference teams playing another game this season. I guess the CBI does sometimes take teams with losing records, which is the only shot that our two 14-17 teams (Drake and Loyola Chicago) have.

02-27-2014, 10:21 PM	#37
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	2014 Selection Sunday Wichita St. is the 7th seed in the NCAA West Region and will open up against (10) St. Louis. Northern Iowa gets the 10th seed in the NCAA Midwest Region and will square off with (7) Oklahoma St. Illinois St. is the 6th seed in the NCAA South Region and will draw (11) Indiana in the First Round. Indiana St. sneaks in as the 11th seed in the NCAA East Region, and gets (6) Penn St. in the First Round. Interesting how we got 4 teams in the NCAA tournament, 1 in each region. How sweet would it be for all 4 of the MVC teams to square off in the Final Four? Ok, I'm dreaming now... No big surprise as Bradley, Drake, Evansville, Loyola Chicago, and Southern Illinois got no postseason. I'm pleased that we got 4 teams in the big dance, but it means nothing if we don't win a few games while we are there. It also is disheartening that we got NO teams in the other 3 postseason tournaments. Got to do better next year.

02-27-2014, 10:25 PM	#38
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	2014 NCAA First Round (10) St. Louis defeated Wichita St. 90-88. (7) Oklahoma St. defeated Northern Iowa 75-67. Illinois St. snuck by (11) Indiana 75-74. In a good old fashioned shootout, (6) Penn St. beat Indiana St. 99-85.

02-27-2014, 10:35 PM	#39
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	2014 NCAA Second Round (3) #9 Miami beats Illinois St. 98-88, ending the postseason for the MVC. Well, not a great first season, we had 4 teams reach the postseason and only 1 of those 4 teams won a game. Definitely a lot of improvement can be made. 2014 Postseason Wrap-Up The NCAA championship saw a bit of a Cinderella story, as the 8th seed out of the South, St. Josephs, beat the 3rd seed out of the East, Villanova, 65-62 to win the championship. The other 2 teams in the Final Four were the top seed out of the West, Tennessee, and Xavier, who was the 6th seed out of the Midwest. A pair of 5th seeds battled it out for the NIT Championship, as Washington beat West Virginia 59-49. South Florida and Vanderbilt were the other teams in the NIT Final Four. UC Santa Barbara kept the Cinderella postseason going, as they were the 13rd seed in the CBI, and won the CBI championship over (3) Hofstra in 2 games. UCSB won the first game 84-60, and the second game 72-41. (Remember guys, the CBI Finals are best 2 of 3.) To finish it off (6) Siena won the CIT championship, beating (12) Charlotte 63-55.

02-27-2014, 10:49 PM	#40
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	We've got a few new coaches to add to the mix. bbgunn has added 2 coaches for next season. B.B. Gunn will take over Hawaii, and Kuji Chagulia will take over Florida Atlantic. thanks bbgunn. Grover is also adding a coach. Cillian O'Reilly will take over the University of Maine next season. Thanks Grover. I am personally adding a coach as well. Rudy Arellano will take over Kansas St. This gives us 9 FOFC coaches now, 5 in the MVC and 4 outside the MVC. I feel it's only right to do a short recap on the 4 non-MVC schools that will have FOFC coaches next year. Let's start with Kansas St. They finished the season 21-12, 11-7 in the Big 12. They were the (6) seed in the NIT South Region, and got beat in the First Round by (3) Cincinnati, 95-76. U of Maine finished the season 11-19, and 7-9 in the America East Conference. No postseason for them. Florida Atlantic was 10-20, 4-12 in Conference USA. Of course, no postseason for them. Hawaii was 13-17, 7-9 in the Big West Conference. No postseason for them either.

02-27-2014, 11:04 PM	#43
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	There was no conference movement this season, and since all of the MVC coaches had a 1 year grace period, there was no coach movement. This is where I stop for the night. Next time I will get the 4 new coaches into the game, and give expectations for the coaches. For those of you FOFCers outside the MVC, I have no control over your coaches being fired. That is on the game AI. The only coaches I will fire are all MVC coaches, FOFC or non-FOFC.

03-01-2014, 10:13 PM	#44
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	I have added another coach into the mix. Shannon Elliott will be taking over the Washington Huskies. Now it's time to take a look at coach expectations. I have broken this down into hotseat ratings. While there will be other ratings in the long run, for the time being, there are only cool and average hotseat ratings. GWAL Coach Hotseat Ratings Cool Hotseat Ratings Marty Simmons (Evansville) finished a surprising 9-9 in the MVC last season, including a couple wins over the big 4 teams. With the recruiting class he had, I'm expecting bigger things this season. Dan Muller (Illinois St.) was the MVC coach of the year last season and got the MVC their only postseason victory, coming in the NCAA tournament. No doubt his seat is very cool. Greg Lansing (Indiana St.) led the Sycamores to a big win over a top 5 team in the regular season last year, but didn't see the benefits of it from his recruiting class. I still think they can go back to the NCAA's. Patrick Hutt (Northern Iowa) led the Panthers to the MVC tournament title last season, but had 1 of the bottom 3 classes in the MVC. With the talent they have coming back, they should still compete for the MVC title again this year. Barry Hinson (Southern Illinois) had the 2nd best recruiting class in the MVC last season, and 78th best in the nation. I've always liked Barry (how can you not after his passionate rant about his team in real life earlier this year.) With that recruiting class, a .500 MVC record is very doable. Gregg Marshall (Wichita St.) won the regular season MVC title and put together a nice winning streak in MVC play last season. They should be in good shape to win the title again this year, whether it be the regular season, MVC tournament, or both. Average Hotseat Ratings Alex Donovan (Bradley) just missed the hotseat this season. I have a feeling he can do something with that roster, so he's gonna get a chance again this year without having to worry about his job. He has to stay out of the cellar though. Randolph Childress (Drake) was a couple games under .500 in conference play last season, and 3 games under .500 overall. I'd like him to build on that and get those records to .500 or better this season. Jawouk Bafou (Loyola Chicago) really had a nice first season with Loyola in the MVC. While they only won 4 conference games, that was about 3 more than most fans expected them to win. Now to keep building on that, and not slip back into the cellar of the conference. Score Galore (Missouri State) also just missed the hotseat. Worst conference record, worst MVC recruiting class.. so what is keeping this guy off the hotseat? 4 returning players that all have a chance to finish 1st team or even second team all-MVC. Non-GWAL Coach Hotseat Ratings We have 5 new coaches to this dynasty, all of them choosing to coach non-MVC teams. These coaches will have their fate in the hands of the AI. I will not decide whether they are fired or not. Let's take a look at those 5 coaches, who are all average ratings right now. Kuji Chagulia (Florida Atlantic) B.B. Gunn (Hawaii) Rudy Arellano (Kansas St.) Cillian O'Reilly (Maine) Shannon Elliott (Washington)

03-01-2014, 10:24 PM	#45
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	2014 Preseason Tournaments GWAL Indiana St. will be the 5th seed in the Alaska Invitational and will open up against (4) Georgia. Northern Iowa will be the 7th seed in the Coaches Invitational and will start against (11) Wright St. Evansville will be the 4th seed in the Island Invitational and will open up against (5) Montana. Illinois St. will be the 3rd seed in the Las Vegas Challenge and will open up against (6) Middle Tennessee. Bradley will be the 9th seed in the Las Vegas Shootout and will open up against (8) Vermont. Drake will be the 7th seed in the Maui Shootout and opens up against (2) Michigan St. Wichita St. will be the 6th seed in the Preseason NIT and will open up against (11) Colorado St. Southern Illinois will be the 4th seed in the Top of the Globe Invitational and will open up against (5) Western Kentucky. Missouri State will be the top seed in the 4 team Vision Classic and will open up against (4) Hartford. Non-GWAL Hawaii will be the 14th seed in the GDS Classic and will open up against (3) St. Louis. Washington will be the 2nd seed in the Las Vegas Shootout (also including Bradley) and will open up against (15) Cal Poly. Kansas St. will be the 4th seed in the Preseason NIT (also including Wichita St.) and will open up against (13) Pacific. No preseason tournaments for Loyola (again), Maine, or Florida Atlantic.

03-02-2014, 01:01 PM	#46
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	Nov. 2014 Tournament Wrap-Up 2014 Alaska Invitational Indiana State beat (4) Georgia 72-66 in their opening game, then got hammered by (1) UNLV, 81-53. In the third place game, they got by (3) N.C. State 76-65. 2014 Coaches Invitational Northern Iowa won their first round game against (11) Wright State 79-52, then got beat by (3) Missouri 64-55 in the quarterfinals. 2014 GDS Classic Hawaii had a short stay at the GDS Classic, losing their first round game 64-51 to (3) St. Louis. 2014 Island Invitational Evansville won their first game 65-58 over (5) Montana, then shocked (1) George Mason 81-74, but couldn't win the title, as (3) Rutgers beat them in the championship game, 51-47. 2014 Las Vegas Challenge Illinois State was very disappointing in this this tournament, as they went OT in their first game, but beat (6) Middle Tennessee 90-82. In the winners bracket semifinals, they got blasted by (2) Memphis, 67-40. In the third place game, the effort was better, but they still lost to (4) Arizona State 79-73. An interesting note in this one, (8) Duquesne actually won this tournament. Shocking. 2014 Maui Shootout Drake lost their first game 79-54 to (2) Michigan State, then lost the loser bracket semifinal to (6) Providence 82-73. They became the first team not to win a game in a 3 game guarantee preseason tournament, losing the 7th place game to (8) Buffalo 75-69. Unacceptable. 2014 Preseason NIT Wichita State lost their first round game to (11) Colorado State 72-68 Kansas State won their first round game 78-66 over (13) Pacific 78-66, the lost their quarterfinal game 73-60 to (5) Cincinnati. 2014 Top of the Globe Invitational Southern Illinois beat (5) Western Kentucky 63-50 in their opening game, then beat (1) Dayton 69-58 in the winners bracket semifinals. In the championship, they fell short to (3) Iona, 54-45. 2014 Vision Classic Missouri State won their first round game of this 4 team tournament, beating (4) Hartford 77-52. They won the Vision Classic championship with a 63-50 win over (3) Northern Colorado. Congrats to Score Galore for bringing the MVC home their first piece of hardware in the 2014-2015 season. A tournament championship, a 2 second place finishes, and a 3rd place finish gives me hope for the conference, but I'm not at all happy at the way Drake and Illinois St. played in their tournaments.

03-02-2014, 01:26 PM	#47
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	1 tournament to tell you about in December, so we'll start with it: 2014 Las Vegas Shootout Bradley lost their first round game to (8) Vermont 73-65. Washington hammered (15) Cal Poly in their first round game, then beat (7) Auburn 70-57 in the quarterfinals, but fell short in the semifinals, losing 72-69 to (3) Seton Hall. Here are the MVC standings through Dec. 24, 2014 (which is the first day of conference play.) Code: TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wichita State Shockers 0 0 .000 7 1 .875 156 81 Illinois State Redbirds 0 0 .000 6 4 .600 15 71 Southern Illinois Salukis 0 0 .000 5 6 .455 33 56 Northern Iowa Panthers 0 0 .000 5 5 .500 79 74 Missouri State Bears 0 0 .000 5 5 .500 195 60 Evansville Aces 0 0 .000 4 5 .444 17 55 Indiana State Sycamores 0 0 .000 4 5 .444 62 61 Bradley Braves 0 0 .000 3 6 .333 26 53 Drake Bulldogs 0 0 .000 3 7 .300 210 56 Loyola Chicago Ramblers 0 0 .000 2 8 .200 292 43 Absolutely dismal. Only 2 teams with winning records, although we do have 3 teams with RPIs in the top 30. Wichita State has not lost since their season opening tournament loss. Let's take a look more in depth at our 5 MVC teams coached by FOFCers. Bradley (Alex Donovan) has played 3 teams currently ranked in the top 10 (which bodes well for SOS and RPI). #1 Wisconsin blasted them by 28, but they lost by 1 point to #6 Villanova, and 3 points to #9 Louisville. Looks as if they are on the cusp of getting that big, marquee win, although they did beat Butler, who is 7-3 on the season. They have played an absolutely brutal schedule in non-conference, which is ok with me. Drake (Randolph Childress) has also played a pretty tough schedule, with lots of Midwest teams. Since that pitiful showing in the Maui Shootout, they've recovered somewhat, handing Notre Dame their only loss so far. Notre Dame was ranked 14th at the time. Losses to Buffalo and UW Milwaukee hurt the most. Loyola Chicago (Jawouk Bafou) has 2 wins on the season against Illinois-Chicago, and Miami (OH). They haven't exactly played a tough schedule, but they are still a newcomer to the MVC and I think they can find their grove eventually. Missouri State (Score Galore) won their first 3 games, and has since lost by single digits to Texas A&M, Purdue, and Vanderbilt, as well as Boise State. A few breaks, and they could easily be an 8 or 9 win team at this point. Northern Iowa (Patrick Hutt) got a nice win at previously ranked Arizona, as well as wins against Iowa State and Iowa, laying claim to one of the top teams in Iowa. However, that upset loss to Western Illinois at home, combined with a blowout loss to a 4 win Minnesota team, also at home, have me questioning the consistency of this team.

03-02-2014, 01:44 PM	#48
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- 3-7, 0-0 America East. It's been a rough go of it so far for young rookie coach Cillian O'Reilly, as his teams average margin of defeat is 19.1 points. They did, however, beat the Buffalo team that Drake lost to. Their other 2 wins are against teams with RPIs over 300. Kansas State (Rudy Arellano) -- 7-2, 0-0 Big 12. Since their 24 point loss to Fresno State, the Wildcats have won 5 in a row, but 4 of those wins came against teams with a combined 5-33 record. They did get a nice victory in their last game against Missouri, who currently has a 32 RPI. Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 4-5, 0-0 Big West. There are some positives to look at for the Warriors, as their worst RPI opponent so far is UMKC at 252. Hawaii hammered them by 32, and also has good wins at DePaul, Oakland, and Pacific. But of the 2 teams they played that have RPIs of 100 or better, they lost to Tulsa by 18 points and lost to Robert Morris on a buzzer beater. Another team that with a few breaks could easily have a winning record. Florida Atlantic (Kuji Chagulia) -- 5-4, 0-0 Conference USA. While the Owls have a winning record, 2 of their wins have come against teams that haven't won a game yet, and another win came against a team that has only won once. Their only significant win was against Georgia Southern, and even their RPI is 230. I fear Mr. Chagulia might get a wake up once C-USA conference play starts. Washington (Shannon Elliott) -- 8-3, 0-0 Pac 12. The Huskies have 2 bad losses of their 3. You know about the loss to Seton Hall. They've also lost to Pacific.. well ok, I guess that one isn't totally bad. Pacific is a decent team. But they also have given Portland State their only win of the season thus far. Other than Seton Hall, their SOS hasn't really been impressive, so its hard to get a good read on them yet. The polls entering conference play look really bad. We've got 1 MVC team in the mid-major poll, and none of our other MVC or FOFC teams even sniffed a vote in the AP top 25, or the mid Major top 25. Code: Mid Major Top 25 # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. UNLV (72) 8-0 1800 1 Mountain West Conference 2. VCU 8-1 1728 2 Atlantic 10 Conference 3. UAB 9-1 1654 3 Conference USA 4. George Mason 8-1 1557 5 Atlantic 10 Conference 5. Saint Mary's 9-3 1487 10 West Coast Conference 6. Belmont 11-1 1470 4 Ohio Valley Conference 7. New Mexico 8-2 1366 11 Mountain West Conference 8. Duquesne 8-1 1200 14 Atlantic 10 Conference 9. Louisiana Tech 9-1 1121 6 Conference USA 10. Wichita State 7-1 1034 17 Missouri Valley Conference 11. Georgia State 9-1 993 16 Sun Belt Conference 12. Brigham Young 8-3 982 19 West Coast Conference 13. Kent State 6-2 883 8 Mid-American Conference 14. East Tennessee State 9-1 872 9 Southern Conference 15. Massachusetts 8-1 793 7 Atlantic 10 Conference 16. UTEP 7-1 769 21 Conference USA 17. Southern Mississippi 8-2 765 23 Conference USA 18. New Mexico State 7-2 711 22 Western Athletic Conference 19. Northern Illinois 7-2 538 NR Mid-American Conference 20. Texas Southern 7-1 415 12 Southwestern Athletic Conference 21. Iona 9-2 351 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 22. Old Dominion 9-2 234 NR Conference USA 23. San Diego 10-2 198 NR West Coast Conference 24. Ohio 8-2 175 13 Mid-American Conference 25. Saint Louis 8-2 70 15 Atlantic 10 Conference Others Receiving Votes: Boise State 7-2 63 Mountain West Conference Princeton 8-2 44 Ivy League San Diego State 7-3 37 Mountain West Conference Middle Tennessee 9-2 33 Conference USA Davidson 6-2 14 Atlantic 10 Conference LIU Brooklyn 8-2 11 Northeast Conference Mercer 7-2 10 Southern Conference Sacred Heart 8-2 9 Northeast Conference North Texas 7-2 5 Conference USA Akron 8-3 3 Mid-American Conference Valparaiso 6-2 3 Horizon League Cal State Fullerton 8-3 2 Big West Conference

03-02-2014, 05:30 PM	#49
collegesportsfanms Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004	MVC Dec. 24-28 Although Dec. 24 falls in the middle of the week, any other games during the week before Dec. 24 were included in the previous report. Hopefully that doesn't confuse anybody! Game Scores Dec. 24, 2014 Missouri State 68, at Northern Iowa 57 at Southern Illinois 76, Loyola Chicago 59 at Drake 94, Bradley 75 Evansville 64, at Indiana State 55 Illinois State 72, at Dayton 70 (OT) (non-conference) at Wichita State 78, Texas A&M 67 (non-conference) Dec. 27, 2014 at Wichita State 79, Illinois State 70 at Northern Iowa 56, Loyola Chicago 44 at Southern Illinois 70, Missouri State 58 Evansville 78, at Drake 70 at Indiana State 79, Bradley 69 MVC Standings: Code: TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wichita State Shockers 1 0 1.000 9 1 .900 72 81 Southern Illinois Salukis 2 0 1.000 7 6 .538 56 56 Evansville Aces 2 0 1.000 6 5 .545 11 55 Missouri State Bears 1 1 .500 6 6 .500 165 60 Northern Iowa Panthers 1 1 .500 6 6 .500 112 74 Indiana State Sycamores 1 1 .500 5 6 .455 111 61 Drake Bulldogs 1 1 .500 4 8 .333 263 56 Illinois State Redbirds 0 1 .000 7 5 .583 7 71 Bradley Braves 0 2 .000 3 8 .273 74 53 Loyola Chicago Ramblers 0 2 .000 2 10 .167 313 43 2 teams that had a good opening week of conference play are Southern Illinois and Evansville. It'll be interesting to see if they can keep pace all season long.