Primarily a collection of news links about all 12 Missouri Valley League teams on a daily basis, culled from online newspapers, school athletic websites, the conference website, and school newspapers, plus some other content from time to time.
Michigan State (Big Ten, 3-1, 21 KP) vs. Loyola Chicago (MVC, 4-0, 34 KP), 12 p.m. (ESPN) Auburn (SEC, 3-0, 30 KP) vs. UConn (Big East, 4-0, 22 KP), approx. 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Syracuse (ACC, 2-1, 48 KP) vs. VCU (A 10, 2-2, 110 KP), approx. 5 p.m. (ESPN2) Baylor (Big 12, 4-0, 4 KP) vs. Arizona State (Pac-12, 2-2, 62 KP), approx. 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
This year’s Atlantis field is arguably more impressive
than Maui’s, and that’s with some teams struggling a bit...
The top half of the field has played more cleanly so far,
with Loyola and UConn looking particularly strong even though both have
faced lower-tier competition. Michigan State has rebounded from its
Opening Night 87-74 loss to Kansas with three straight wins. In today’s
first game, Tom Izzo’s Spartans will encounter a familiar face in former
grad assistant (and Oakland guard) Drew Valentine. Denzel’s brother
replaced Porter Moser on the Ramblers’ bench when he left for Oklahoma.
Championship: Stephen F. Austin (WAC, 4-1, 135 KP) vs. Saint Louis (A 10, 5-1, 94 KP), approx. 8:30 p.m. Consolation: Buffalo (MAC, 2-2, 85 KP) vs. Illinois State (MVC, 2-3, 228 KP), 6 p.m.
In Tuesday’s semifinals, SFA held on to win a 79-78
thriller over a Buffalo team that entered this event as the
highest-ranked of the eight in KenPom. Then, Saint Louis took down
Illinois State by an 82-76 count in the nightcap. That spared some
blushes for the Atlantic 10, which had a rough night in tournament play.
Charlotte (C-USA, 3-2, 220 KP) finishes seventh and will
not play on day three due to Abilene Christian’s (WAC, 1-2, 163 KP)
withdrawal (COVID).
The Rockets won a 68-67 thriller over Tulane and the
Chanticleers took down Valpo by a 64-61 count in their tournament
opener. Based on those results, tonight’s final in Nassau might end up
being a classic.
Championship: Kent State (MAC, 3-1, 130 KP) vs. ETSU (SoCon, 3-2, 128 KP), approx. 8 p.m. 3rd/4th Place: George Washington (A 10, 2-5, 246 KP) vs. Missouri State (MVC, 3-2, 70 KP), 5:30 p.m. 5th/6th Place: James Madison (CAA, 5-1, 174 KP) vs. Murray State (OVC, 4-1, 105 KP), approx. 2:30 p.m. 7th/8th Place: Wright State (Horizon, 1-4, 146 KP) vs. Long Beach State (Big West, 1-4, 314 KP), 12 p.m.
ETSU stunned Missouri State, 77-76, to knock the tournament favorites out of title contention.
-It was fun seeing old Valley rivals Creighton and Southern Illinois
go at it again in the Paradise Jam, and it was fitting that it seesawed
back and forth and came down to the wire. Creighton ended up with the
66-64 win to improve to 5-1. The Salukis fall to 2-3, but they’ve shown
some promise and with a lot of season left to go they could still end
up having a big year. They REALLY could have used this one though!
HIGHLIGHTED GAMES:
-EAST TENNESSEE STATE AT MISSOURI STATE (Naples Invitational).
Missouri State lost their season opener, which was a setback right out
of the gate, but they’re still a good team that could play their way
close to the bubble. Maybe even on it. Maybe even inside of it. They
need these wins away from home, though.
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