Quotes & Notes: The Mighty Edwards

■ MU's Wednesday night opponent, SIU-Edwardsville, is 2-9 in its inaugural Division I season. Boyd's World gives them an RPI of .376, good enough for 279th (out of 300 D-I schools), and that's with a Strength of Schedule ranked 247th. So, to summarize, they've played lousy against lousy competition.

The Eds have won twice, against Lehigh and Long Island, and have lost 9 games to teams like USC Upstate (?), Wofford, George Mason, Arkansas State, St. Bonaventure, Pittsburgh, Saint Joseph's and Ohio State. Looks like a line-up of Mid-Major teams on the bubble for the NIT.

■ The weather looks a little dicey for Wednesday night's game. According to Weather.com, there is a 40% chance of rain and thunderstorms beginning at about 3PM today, and extending throughout the evening and night.

■ Looking at the official SIU-Ed Cougars website, the first thing I saw was a headline: "SIUE's Bugger Named to GLVC Hall of Fame", which was about as disturbing as some of the sights I saw last week on my vacation in Redneck Vegas (aka Branson, MO).