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Post by Commissioner on Feb 9, 2014 8:45:41 GMT -5
A lot of jockeying still to do in the conference standings, but time to also start looking ahead to the Horizon League tournament.
Based on the standings at the end of Saturday, Feb. 8, the tournament would look like this:
First Round (March 4) 1. #9 UIC @ #4 Milwaukee 2. #8 Detroit @ #5 Wright State 3. #7 Oakland @ #6 Youngstown State
Second Round @ Green Bay (March 7): 4. UIC/UWM vs. UDM/WSU 5. OU/YSU vs. #3 Valparaiso
Semi-finals @ Green Bay (March 8) 6. Game 4 winner @ #1 Green Bay 7. Game 5 winner vs. #2 Cleveland State
Final (@ highest remaining seed: 8. Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner.
What strikes me is how wide open the first two rounds are. I think that Green Bay and CSU are separating themselves from the pack, but even after they enter the fray, it looks pretty competitive.
Today's YSU/UDM and OU/Valpo games will scramble the lineup a bit - there should be intense jockying for position over these next 3 weeks.
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Post by Commissioner on Feb 10, 2014 23:28:54 GMT -5
After Sunday, it looks like this (if the tournament were held today)
First Round (March 4) 1. #9 UIC @ #4 Milwaukee 2. #8 Oakland @ #5 Wright State 3. #7 Youngstown State @ #6 Detroit
Second Round @ Green Bay (March 7): 4. UIC/UWM vs. OU/WSU 5. YSU/Detroit vs. #3 Valparaiso
Semi-finals @ Green Bay (March 8) 6. Game 4 winner @ #1 Green Bay 7. Game 5 winner vs. #2 Cleveland State
Final (@ highest remaining seed: 8. Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner.
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Post by Commissioner on Feb 28, 2014 0:18:17 GMT -5
After Thursday's games, here's how it looks:
#1 Green Bay #2 Cleveland State #3 Wright State with a win over UIC or a Valpo loss to Cleveland State #4 Valpo unless beats CSU while Wright State loses to UIC #5-#8: Milwaukee, Oakland, Detroit, YSU [see below] #9 UIC
#5-#8 #5: Milwaukee, if Detroit loses to Green Bay or Detroit beats Green Bay and Oakland beats YSU. 84% #5: Detroit, if Detroit beats Green Bay and YSU beats Oakland. 16%
#6: YSU, if it beats Oakland and Detroit loses to Green Bay. 48% #6: Oakland, if it beats YSU. 36% #6: MIlwaukee, if Detroit beats Green Bay and YSU beats Oakland. 16%
#7: Oakland, if Oakland and Detroit both lose. 48% #7: YSU if it beats Oakland and Detroit beats Green Bay; or if it loses to Oakland and Green Bay beats Detroit 43% #7: Detroit, if it beats Green Bay and Oakland beats YSU. 9%.
#8: Detroit, if it loses to Green Bay. 75% #8: Oakland, if it loses YSU and Detroit beats Green Bay. 16% #8: YSU, if it loses to Oakland and Detroit beats Green Bay. 9%
So if percentages hold, it will be #5 Milwaukee #6 YSU #7 Oakland #8 Detroit
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