That was not good.

That was about the worst possible thing that could have happened today. I never even considered a blowout after ISU played Drake tough twice this year already. I don't think ISU got blown out all year did they??? Anyway, I still think they deserve an at large bid considering it was Drake that won the MVC tourney - 2 bids from the MVC is warranted.

But hey, that's just my opinion. We'll see Sunday.

Drake played a perfect game, and ISU played a terrible game.  Drake's a good team that will go to the sweet sixteen at least.  It is just unfortunate that we lost by 30 pts. and that we lost the other 2 meetings.

If we do make it, it will be a close game (unless we play someone like Kansas).  The previous worst loss of the season was 13 by Indiana.  Drake is a hard team to match up with, and they exposed us, but I don't see many other teams doing that to us. 

This team is hungry, and if they are given a second chance, they will play twice as hard.  Their defense was around 12th in the nation before "that game".  When you look at the first 32 games, we seem deserving of a bid, but when you look at Sunday's game, we look like we don't belong.  Only time will tell.

P.S.    The loser of the valley championship game has made it to the sweet sixteen the past 2 years (Bradley 06,  SIU 07).  Maybe that will give us a little hope.  But we have to make it to the NCAA tourney first.