What's Up In The Missouri Valley 3/19/2022

3/19/2022 NIT/CBI/TBC NEWS AND NOTES--Staring At The Floorboards

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NIT QUARTERFINALS

1. Northern Iowa lucked out against SLU, as the Bills sat Yuri Collins and the Panthers went insane from 3 in the first half to bury them early. Now they head to BYU for their first game in altitude this year...

CBI FIRST ROUND (all games in Daytona Beach)

IPFW’s inventive motion actions are tough to defend if you’re unprepared/not engaged, and while I don’t have any reason to think Drake is either of those...

Clark, Czinano lead Iowa past Illinois State 95-58 in NCAA--Associated Press
Hawkeyes cruise past Redbirds in NCAA tournament opener--Dispatch Argus
Watch now: Iowa eliminates Illinois State from NCAA Tournament--The Pantagraph
Watch now: Takeaways from Illinois State women trip to NCAA Tournament--The Pantagraph
ISU falls 98-58 to Iowa in the first round of NCAA Tournament--The Vidette
Illinois State Falls to Iowa in NCAA First Round--goredbirds.com

The return of Kyle Young, the glue that holds Ohio State together, pushes the Buckeyes ahead in the NCAA Tournament--The Athletic
Loyola bows out of the NCAA Tournament with a first-round loss to Ohio State: ‘I don’t want this game to define our season’--Chicago Tribune
Ohio State puts clamps on Loyola Chicago in 54-41 NCAA win--Associated Press
Loyola Chicago Basketball: Ramblers offense falls flat in loss to Ohio State--Busting Brackets
NCAA Tournament: Ice-cold Loyola bounced from NCAA Tournament by Ohio State - Chicago Sun-Times--Chicago Sun-Times
Offensive Woes Doom Loyola In First Round, Eliminated by Ohio State--Loyola Phoenix
Loyola Falls To Ohio State In NCAA Tournament First Round, 54-41--loyolaramblers.com

2022 Women’s NCAA Tournament odds and picks: Lyndsey D’Arcangelo selects Saturday’s first-round winners--The Athletic

Spokane Region

No. 11 Missouri State vs. No. 6 Ohio State (-5.5), 2:30 p.m., ESPNU

Ohio State quietly put together its best season since 2017, sharing the Big Ten regular-season title with Iowa and reaching the conference tournament semifinals. The Buckeyes have the sixth-best scoring offense with 79.2 points per game. Senior transfer Taylor Mikesell (Maryland, Oregon) is second in the nation with 3.6 3s per game and owns the third-highest 3-point percentage at 46.6. Junior Jacy Sheldon (19.5) leads the team in scoring overall. Though Missouri State’s defense holds opponents to 54.5 points per game, its offensive production is middle of the road. The Bears need to put up some big points against the Buckeyes. But without a strong outside shooting game, that’s going to be hard to do. My pick: Ohio State

Three storylines for No. 6 Ohio State women’s basketball vs. No. 11 Missouri State in NCAA Tournament first round--Land Grant Holy Land
Missouri State vs. Ohio State: 4 things to know before NCAA Tournament first-round matchup--Springfield News-Leader