What's Up In The Missouri Valley 9/17/2020

2020-21 Basketball Season May Begin Nov. 25--bradleybraves.com

Recruiting mailbag: Where do Iowa State, Drake stand in the race for Tucker DeVries?--Des Moines Register

NCAA pushes back start of college basketball, affecting UE non-con schedule--Evansville Courier & Press

Watch now: Illinois State coach Dan Muller anticipates 'mad scramble' to set up schedules with Nov. 25 start date--The Pantagraph
NCAA confirms 2020-21 college basketball start date--Vidette Online

Lansing pleased college basketball is scheduled to be back on Nov. 25--Terre Haute Tribune Star

The most intriguing men’s college basketball players for the 2020-21 season--The Athletic

20. A.J. Green, Northern Iowa

You’re going to have to take a slightly longer view on this one, although the insta-background on the 6-4 junior is notable enough: Top 80 recruit doesn’t leave his hometown to play college ball, takes home Missouri Valley Conference freshman of the year honors and then averages 19.7 points as a sophomore for a 25-win team to earn the league’s player of the year award. No, what’s increasingly intriguing is Green’s potential to etch his name in the conference’s record books over the long haul and thereby put himself in some pretty illustrious company. He has 1,119 points in two seasons; if Green just matches that output for the next two years, he’d surpass Doug McDermott for fourth place on the MVC’s career scoring list. If he maintains something close to his 2019-20 pace, he should slide into third. It’ll take some big, big nights to push toward D.J. Ballentine (second place with 2,464 points) and Hersey Hawkins (first with 2,569), but it’s a pursuit worth monitoring.

Salukis could lose Puerto Rico trip after NCAA pushes start date--Southern Illinoisan