The family is set to attend its first EIU men's basketball game this evening, as the Panthers take on the Racers from Murray State.
Some bizarre factoids about the current state of EIU basketball is that the Panthers are dead last in RPI. That's right, EIU's squad is 341st out of 341 teams ranked by the RPI. In addition, it's not like other teams in the Ohio Valley Conference are that great either. Currently the OVC is ranked 29th out of 31 conferences in Sagarin rankings, and the next to last team in RPI is Jacksonville State (an OVC member). As EIU Coach Matt Miller related in this morning's Charleston Times-Courier, "I don't know if there's ever a team in your league you say that's good to be playing. But I don't know if there is five-point difference in any team we play in our league."
I guess you have to hit rock bottom to improve, but this is ridiculous.
You're not in Tuscaloosa anymore, Mr. Nasty.
2 comments:
Do you actually have to pay to watch that quality of basketball?
Actually, they weren't all that bad. We watched the first half, and EIU has two pretty good players--a point guard from the Twin Cities and a Center/Forward from the Ivory Coast--who did well in the first half.
Like a lot of bad teams though, they let the Racers back in the game after half. The Panthers took it to OT and won.
The arena is quite nice though. It's not huge or anything like a major DI power or anything but has good sight lines with a fun environment.
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