What's Up In The Missouri Valley: What's Up In The Missouri Valley 2/3/2022

MVC's Top Ten Super Seniors/5th Year Players--Missouri Valley Beat

'We let our foot off the gas': Bradley basketball win streak snapped at Northern Iowa--Peoria Journal Star
Rapid Recap: Panthers drown Braves with 3-pointers, turnovers--Bradley Scout
Braves Fall at Northern Iowa--bradleybraves.com

Bradley Women's Basketball will start the second half of the MVC schedule by hosting Indiana State Friday--bradleybraves.com

Drake Keeps It Rolling at Indiana State--godrakebulldogs.com

Watch now: Loyola jumps on top early, sends Illinois State to fourth straight loss--The Pantagraph
Watch now: Muller feels Illinois State showed positive signs in second half of Loyola loss--The Pantagraph
Redbirds offense struggles early as losing streak extends to four with 78-64 loss at Loyola--Vidette Online
Strong Second Half Not Enough in Loss at Loyola--goredbirds.com

Illinois State Hosts Evansville and Indiana State This Weekend--goredbirds.com

Quest for continuity continues as ISU falls to Drake--Terre Haute Tribune Star
Drake Uses Balanced Attack to Down Sycamores Wednesday--gosycamores.com

Fast start pushes Panthers past Sycamores--Terre Haute Tribune Star
Fast start pushes Panthers past Sycamores--gosycamores.com

Loyola Men’s Basketball Dominates Illinois State, Williamson Sees Career High--Loyola Phoenix
Williamson Shoots Ramblers Past Illinois State, 78-64--loyolaramblers.com
NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch 2022: What will it take to reach March Madness?--Heat Check CBB

Others

Some perspiration: Loyola Chicago, Murray State

Loyola Chicago Ramblers
NET: 32, Resume: 57.0, Quality: 35.0
Q1: 1-2 | Q2: 3-2 | Q3: 4-0 | Q4: 7-0

Loyola Chicago had been playing with fire for a few games before it eventually got burned in a 10-point home loss to Missouri State. They also dropped a road game to Drake a few games later. Even with those defeats, though, the Ramblers are in decent shape to reach the NCAA Tournament as an at-large team.

They hold an excellent 16-4 overall record that includes a neutral-site win over San Francisco. Two of their losses are to teams poised to land top-four seeds, so those are not killers. Loyola Chicago ranks well in quality metrics, which is a very good thing because they cannot afford too many more losses.

While they are in good shape now, they only have one Q1 win, and there are not many high-quality opportunities in the Missouri Valley. The Ramblers have a margin for error right now, but one that will shrink quicker than those in high-major conferences. They are currently on our No. 10 seed line.

Loyola Opens Second Half Of Valley Play In Iowa--loyolaramblers.com