What's Up In The Missouri Valley 11/12/2019

First Week All-Stars--Valley Hoops Insider

Monday’s Three Things To Know: DePaul wins, Saint Mary’s loses, Cincinnati cruises--College Basketball Talk

3. CINCINNATI DOMINATES DRAKE

I thought that the Bulldogs were going to have the horses to run with Cincinnati, that their shooting and they weapons offensively would allow them to keep it close against a team that is turnover over so much in their program.

That didn’t happen.

Cincinnati jumped out to a 42-18 lead and cruised to a 22-point victory despite getting just 11 points from their All-American Jarron Cumberland. They shot 51.7 percent from the floor and hit 11 threes.

This is certainly a far cry from the performance that we saw out of the Bearcats on the opening night of the season, a 64-56 loss at Ohio State.

Defeats Drake 81-59--48 Minutes Network
Drake falls at Cincinnati for first loss of 2019-20 season--Associated Press
Drake basketball: What we learned in the Bulldogs' loss at Cincinnati--Cincinnati Enquirer
Men’s Basketball Unable To Erase First-Half Deficit In Loss At Cincinnati--godrakebulldogs.com

Women’s Basketball Set for Two Games this Week--godrakebulldogs.com

No. 1 Kentucky basketball vs. Evansville: Betting odds, lines, under/over--Evansville Courier & Press

Illinois State basketball lands 6-9 forward Alston Andrews from Orlando--The Pantagraph
Men's basketball: Zach Copeland takes home first MVC Player of the Week Award--Vidette Online

Illinois State women's basketball coach Kristen Gillespie signs two-year extension--The Pantagraph
Women’s Basketball Head Coach Kristen Gillespie Signs Extension--goredbirds.com

ISU falls to Dayton in season opener--Indiana Statesman
Sycamores Ready For Challenge At Nationally-Ranked Louisville Wednesday Night--gosycamores.com

Women’s Basketball Team Finishes Opening Week 1-1--Indiana Statesman

Week 1 Happening Hoops Chicago College Basketball Power Rankings--Happening Hoops

2 – Loyola Chicago – The ramblers are 1-1 on the season. They beat UC Davis by a large margin in Chicago, and lost to Furman on the road by a large margin. With an upcoming schedule of Coppin State, Saint Joe’s, and IUPUI all at Gentile Arena I feel like it will be difficult to judge who this team really is until they get into the Cayman Islands Classic Tournament with teams like USF, New Mexico State, and George Mason. One thing to note is Loyola Chicago has managed only four fast break points in two games.

Let's Overreact!--Three Man Weave

Grand Canyon Sucks! Illinois Sucks! Missouri State Sucks! Nebraska Sucks!
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Missouri State, the Valley favorite, suffered a shocking loss of their own at the hands of Little Rock, a lower tier Sun Belt squad. Highly touted JUCO recruit Gaige Prim missed the game for the Bears, but Dana Ford’s uber-talented squad had no excuse dropping this one. The Bears followed up the lackluster effort by struggling to put away Alabama State, a SWAC school with no business competing against a Missouri Valley title contender, at least on paper. Small sample size results should be taken with a grain of salt, but it appears MO State may have one of those “frustratingly inconsistent” type of seasons.

The Missouri State men aren't playing good basketball right now. Dana Ford knows it.--Springfield News-Leader

Freshman James Betz forces his way into UNI men's BB rotation--Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
Jamie Straka Honored as Team Captain Against Northern Colorado--unipanthers.com

Panther Women's Hoops Travels to Missouri Wednesday--unipanthers.com

MVC Women's Basketball Notebook - Nov. 12--The Missouri Valley