natetheskate wrote:
not so sure on the MVC...I think we would be right in the mix of things....The Drake team, tied for 1st, is pretty much the same one we have played the last two years..When I watch the Valley teams you can see the difference in length, speed, height...Scweigert I think would have been freshman of the year in the Valley.
Nah, there is just no way. The top MVC teams are about as good as they were last year, but we've taken a huge step back. Let's not forget we could barely beat UIC this year. Dayton and VCU are barely above Drake in KenPom. It's not that the top-level competition is that much better in the 2023 A10 vs. 2022 MVC, we are just way worse than last year.
Maybe we could scratch our way to the middle of the conference, since we're about at the same level as the crappy teams in the MVC, and there are more crappy teams in the MVC than the A10. But Drake, Bradley, Indiana State, and Belmont would definitely whoop us about as bad as the A10 teams have this year. No chance we'd be competing with them with this 2023 squad and coaching.