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December 6, 2007
Games To Watch - 12/6/07
Last night's action was a mess of blowouts. West Virginia ran out to almost a 30 point lead over Auburn before the Tigers figured out how to shoot. Texas Tech rode a huge run from midway through the first half to midway through the second half to a 45 point lead against Louisiana Tech. The Red Raiders eventually won by 55 over the Bulldogs. Yes, this is the same Texas Tech team that lost to Centenary. I can't imagine what got into them other than Louisiana Tech is just not that good, which just plays back into the WAC's terrible MRI score for their conference. The former power conference is mired in 20th place, which leads me to believe that whoever comes out of that league will be lucky to get a 10 seed.
Some mid-major conferences start their league play tonight, which leads to some very uninteresting games. So I am only pointing to one tonight which you can attempt to watch if you can't get the NFL network and will miss the Bears - Redskins game.
Valparaiso at Wright State: Valparaiso, the former power of the Mid-Con conference, has moved from the conference now known as Summit to one known as Horizon. This new day for the Crusaders starts in earnest tonight as they face what could be their biggest foe for 2nd place in their new home. Valpo is off to a 5-1 start against Division 1 competition, but the loss came against the only real foe that they have faced yet, Vanderbilt. Wright State has a 2-1 record and their loss came against Marist, a team surprising early, out of the MAAC. So where does that leave us tonight? A tough game in middle America to be 2nd in line to Butler, the team likely to dominate the league. See if Valpo can shut down Todd Brown, Wright State's leading scorer, and force turnovers from the rest of the team, who seem to have ball control issues. For its part, Wright State will to stop Valpo's good ball rotation and find a way to overcome their size discrepancy. The MRI likes the home team in this one, but it could go either way.
MRI Predicts: Wright State Confidence Factor: 51.17%
MRI Stats:
Yesterday: 46 - 11
This Season: 291 - 113, 72.03%
All Time: 11978 - 4715, 71.75%
The MRI is a computer basketball ranking system. It has been picking games since 2003. Ben Miraski writes for MRISports.com and is a featured blogger on FanIQ. Readers can contact Ben at bmiraski@mrisports.com
Posted by bmiraski at December 6, 2007 12:15 PM
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