Games of interest 2018/19

[wsuraider09]

Feb 3, 2019 18:16:12 GMT -5 kingnebwsu said:

Went 1-1 this week and gained a game on first. Crazy!

...think of where we COULD have been..

[wsuraider09]

If you want a chuckle, head over to the NKU board and see one (not the only "regular") fan completely losing his shit over the weekend sweep.

[Big D]

Feb 3, 2019 19:45:37 GMT -5 wsuraider09 said:

If you want a chuckle, head over to the NKU board and see one (not the only "regular") fan completely losing his shit over the weekend sweep.

The guy has 6 total posts. It’s most likely a fan of another HL school trolling their board.

[wsuraider09]

Weekend Recap:

The winners:

Youngstown State - went into Detroit and Oakland and squeaked out wins putting pressure on Milwaukee and the slew of 5-loss team for the 8th and final spot in the league tournament.
UIC - knocked off WSU and NKU at home and finished 3-1 against the top 2 preseason teams in the regular season.

The losers:

Cleveland State - They have pretty much locked up not participating in the league tournament with pathetic showings at Detroit and Oakland.
Northern Kentucky - Swept at IUPUI and UIC to allow reopen the entire league race.

The standings:

NKU 8-3
WSU 7-4 (owns current tiebreaker over Oakland, worth nothing)
OAK 7-4
UIC 6-5
DET 6-5
IUPUI 6-5
GB 5-5
MIL 4-6
YSU 4-7
CSU 1-10

This week's schedule:

Thursday:

GB @ CSU, 7pm
OAK @ WSU, 7pm
MIL @ YSU, 7pm
DET @ NKU, 7pm

Saturday:

UIC @ IUPUI, 1pm
MIL @ CSU, 3pm
GB @ YSU, 6pm
DET @ WSU, 7pm
OAK @ NKU, 7pm

Normally I highlight games to watch, but all of the Friday games are at the same time as ours, and the Saturday early games aren't incredibly intriguing, but the IUPUI vs. UIC game is the most interesting. IUPUI beat UIC by 2 in January, so IUPUI is going for the sweep on their home hardwood.

[mrose]

The irony is, this year the Horizon League, in aggregate, is a better conference than last year--via the metrics. But there appears to be more parity and that may not play out well for the world's perception of the HL come the tournament. The HL is a 1-bid league and depending on who wins the league they could receive a seed anywhere between 13-16, and the 13 seed was before the NKU loss at UIC. In short, there's an increasing probability the HL champ could be a 15 or 16 seed...a lower seed with an overall improved conference from last year.

[wsuraider09]

No crazy upsets today.

NKU over Detroit 97-65
YSU over Milwaukee 72-71 (YSU wins at the buzzer)
Green Bay over Cleveland St. 82-65

[kingnebwsu]

YSU has won three in a row by a combined four points. They get a big test in two weeks when they play us & NKU on the road. They won't be an easy out if they end up as the #8 seed for whoever is #1.

[wsuraider09]

Youngstown is certainly trending up while Milwaukee is now the favorite to join CSU on the outside of the league tournament.

There's still a huge jam of 5 loss teams, it is important to widen that gap and lock up the 1/2/3 seed (rather not the 4).

[wsuraider09]

The Milwaukee tailspin continues with a 78-68 loss to Cleveland State at the Wolstein Center.

[wsuraider09]

Halftime score:

Oakland 34
NKU 32

[wsuraider09]

NKU 79
Oakland 64

[wsuraider09]

A couple close games up north this evening. YSU continues to roll and has a pretty big game Saturday against UIC. I believe YSU needs one more win to lock up a playoff spot, and they are going to be a tough out. UIC squeaks past CSU, and the Vikings are officially out of the playoff hunt.

IUPUI 73
YSU 75

UIC 81
CSU 77

[wsuraider09]

Oakland 54
Green Bay 66

Detroit 90
Milwaukee 84

The Panthers take a back seat view to the league playoffs and will need a miracle to make it to Motor City Madness.

[wsuraider09]

YSU over UIC by 8 and Oakland leads Mikwaukee by 9. If the Oakland score holds, that's the best possible weekend we could have asked for.

[CincyDrummer]

Oakland over Milwaukee 89-73