GLVC February 2/4 Thread

[Tyler Madsen]

Updated Standings entering the week:
East
Bellarmine || 10-1 (7-0 division) || 18-3 overall
Southern Indiana || 9-2 (5-2 division) || 19-2 overall -- wins UWP tiebreak via divisional road record
UW-Parkside || 9-2 (5-2 division) || 17-3 overall
Indianapolis || 8-3 (4-3 division) || 11-8 overall -- wins Lewis tiebreak via divisional road record
Lewis || 8-3 (4-3 division) || 13-8 overall
Saint Joseph's || 3-8 (1-6 division) || 9-12 overall
Illinois Springfield || 2-9 (1-6 division) || 7-13 overall
McKendree || 1-9 (1-6 division) || 7-11 overall

West
Quincy || 8-3 (6-1 division) || 18-4 overall -- wins TSU tiebreak via divisional record
Truman State || 8-3 (5-2 division) || 16-5 overall
Drury || 6-5 (5-2 division) || 13-6 overall -- wins RU tiebreak via divisional record
Rockhurst || 6-5 (4-3 division) || 12-7 overall
Missouri-St. Louis || 3-8 (3-4 division) || 9-12 overall -- wins MST tiebreak via road victory
Missouri S&T || 3-8 (3-4 division) || 9-9 overall
William Jewell || 2-8 (2-5 division) || 6-12 overall
Maryville || 1-10 (0-7 division) || 7-16 overall

This Week's Games:
Thursday, Feb. 2
Saint Joseph's at Quincy
Indianapolis at Truman State
Drury at Bellarmine
UW-Parkside at Rockhurst
Missouri-St. Louis at Illinois Springfield
Missouri S&T at Southern Indiana
Lewis at William Jewell
Maryville at McKendree

Saturday, Feb. 4
Indianapolis at Quincy
Saint Joseph's at Truman State
Drury at Southern Indiana
Lewis at Rockhurst
Missouri-St. Louis at McKendree
Missouri S&T at Bellarmine
UW-Parkside at William Jewell
Maryville at Illinois Springfield

[schnautza]

Re: GLVC February 2/4 Thread

Bellarmine has now secured the first GLVC bid of the year - they've permanently passed UIS, McK, and Maryville with their record and also own the first tiebreaker over St Joe (should both teams win out/lose out the rest of the season to tie their records)

USI and UWP are now one win way from their bids.

If GLVC were seeded today:

First Round Bye:
1. Bellarmine (E1) 10-1
2. Quincy (W1) 8-3 [tiebreaker #2 over Quincy with divisional record)
3. USI (E2) 9-2 [tiebreaker #4 over UWP with divisional road record]
4. UWP (E3) 9-2

First round (12@5, 11@6, 10@7, 9@8)
5. Truman (W2) 8-3 [tiebreaker over UIndy with win over BU]
6. UIndy (E4) 8-3 [tiebreaker #4 over Lewis with divisional road record]
7. Lewis (E5) 8-3
8. Drury (W3) 6-5 [tiebreaker #2 over Rockhurst with divisional record)
9. Rockhurst (W4) 6-5
10. St Joe (E6) 3-8 [tiebreaker #1 over UMSL, head-to-head]
11. UMSL (W5) 3-8 [tiebreaker #1 over S&T, head-to-head]
12. Missouri S&T (W6) 3-8

Staying home:
13. William Jewell (W7) 2-8
14. Ill-Springfield (W8) 2-9
15. McKendree (E8) 1-9
16. Maryville (W8) 1-10

[Tyler Madsen]

Re: GLVC February 2/4 Thread

Not that it matters a ton since TSU/UIndy play on Thursday and it could settle it w/ a road win, but for the time being, wouldn't TSU be the 5-seed due to their home win against Bellarmine (UIndy lost at home to BU)?

[schnautza]

Re: GLVC February 2/4 Thread

Not that it matters a ton since TSU/UIndy play on Thursday and it could settle it w/ a road win, but for the time being, wouldn't TSU be the 5-seed due to their home win against Bellarmine (UIndy lost at home to BU)?

You are correct - I missed that one! I apparently really had the USI game on my mind. Thanks for checking me. Fixing now.

[Tyler Madsen]

Re: GLVC February 2/4 Thread

The two games I'm most looking forward to tonight are Indianapolis/Truman and Parkside/Rockhurst. The 'Hounds are shooting the ball really well right now, and Truman got crushed on the boards last Saturday in their loss to S&T, so really it might come down to whether the Truman team that beat Drury by 33 and forced a ton of turnovers or the team that lost to S&T by five shows up.

I also am interested to track Parkside/Rockhurst... RU is a completely different team at home (11-2 vs. 1-5 on the road) and this is a long roadtrip for UWP & Lewis to the Kansas City schools. I think Parkside will win, but I also think it will be a nip-and-tuck game throughout.

[kwcpantherfan]

Re: GLVC February 2/4 Thread

This is meant as an observation, not a bash - isn't this about the time of year when USI historically drops a game to someone awful? i.e. Maryville last year? Could S&T do the same this year? Ok maybe it's a little bit of a bash but it's also true.

[Knightmoves]

Re: GLVC February 2/4 Thread

If Rajala is not playing, I would expect USI to have a tough game against S&T. It's not that Rajala is an All-America, its just that they have no viable substitute.

Bellarmine might have a tough game against S&T as well, because one thing S&T does is get offensive rebounds. That has traditionally been BU's achilles heel.

[schnautza]

Re: GLVC February 2/4 Thread

If GLVC was seeded today:

1. Bellarmine (E1) 11-1
2. Quincy (W1) 9-3
3. USI (E2) 10-2
4. UWP (E3) 9-3 [tiebreaker #1 over Lewis with head-to-head; tiebreaker #2 over Indy with divisional record]

5. UIndy (E4) 9-3 [tiebreaker #3 over Lewis with divisional road record]
6. Lewis (E5) 9-3
7. Truman (W2) 8-4
8. Rockhurst (W3) 7-5
9. Drury (W4) 6-6
10. UMSL (W5) 4-8
11. St Joe (E6) 3-9 [tiebreaker #3 over S&T with home win]
12. Missouri S&T (W6) 3-9

13. [coin flip] McKendree (E7) OR William Jewell (W7) 2-9
14. [coin flip] McKendree (E7) OR William Jewell (W7) 2-9
15. UIS (E8) 2-10
16. Maryville (W8) 1-11