What's Up In The Missouri Valley: What's Up In The Missouri Valley 10/10//2023

Belmont is an intriguing but unproven team--Nashville Hoops

Women's Basketball’s MVC Slate Unveiled--belmontbruins.com

Full Bradley Women's Basketball Schedule Released--bradleybraves.com

Caleb Love, Donovan Clingan and the most intriguing men’s college basketball players--The Athletic

17. Tucker DeVries, Drake
When you’re playing for your dad, and you’re playing at conference-player-of-the-year levels for your dad, and the conference you’re doing that in is the Missouri Valley Conference … almost by complete accident you are making it harder for the school you play for to keep your dad. So it goes at Drake. Darian DeVries, the head coach and the dad in question, has a 122-48 record in Des Moines and a contract that runs through 2028-29. The more he wins, the less the fine print matters to motivated power-league administrators. Tucker DeVries, the 6-7 forward who averaged 18.6 points with an eFG of 53.9 percent as a sophomore, makes it more likely the wins keep coming. And then what? If all goes to plan, does a father-son combo get booked for main-stage performances in 2024-25? Is the kid good enough to leave college hoops behind altogether? It’s all about what the DeVries clan accomplishes this season and the reverberations it will cause.

Women's Basketball Sets Remainder of 2023-24 Schedule with MVC Contests--godrakebulldogs.com