What's Up In The Missouri Valley 2/19/2024

The Other Top 25: San Diego State takes over top spot of ranking--Mid-Major Madness

Memphis and Bradley were dropped from the top 25. The Tigers, who spent three weeks at No. 1, have lost six of their last nine contests, including both this week. Most recently, they fell at SMU 106-79. The Braves have suffered defeats in three of their last four games.

Here are the full rankings:

The Other Top 25: Feb. 19, 2024

Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Points	Previous
10	Drake	87	12
12	Indiana St.	78	6

Others Receiving Votes:

Charlotte 15; Memphis 14; Akron 11; UC Irvine 5; Vermont 5; Louisiana Tech 4; Bradley 3

Dropped from Ranking:

Memphis – T-16; Bradley – 24

NIT Bracketology, Feb. 19--NIT Bracketology

NIT Bracket (Automatic Bids in Bold, Bubble Teams in Italics):

1. Butler

U. Washington

4. Iowa (Big Ten 2)

U. Oregon

3. Xavier

U. Syracuse

2. Indiana St.

U. VCU

1. Wake Forest (ACC 1)

U. James Madison

4. LSU (SEC 1)

U. Richmond

3. Pittsburgh (ACC 2)

U. Minnesota

2. St. John's (Big East 2)

U. Princeton

1. Utah (Pac-12 1)

U. San Francisco

4. UCF (Big 12 1)

U. Virginia Tech

3. Kansas St. (Big 12 2)

U. SMU

2. Colorado (Pac-12 1)

U. Maryland

1. Villanova (Big East 1)

U. Rutgers

4. Georgia (SEC 2)

U. N.C. State

3. Ohio St. (Big Ten 1)

U. Memphis

2. Providence

U. Miami FL

Others Considered (In Order): Boston College, Cornell, Charlotte, St. Bonaventure, Florida St., Bradley, North Texas, UNLV, UCLA, Loyola Chicago

The week ahead: Belmont’s big trip to Drake and more--NashvilleHoops.blog

Women's Basketball's Home Winning Streak Snapped--Belmont Vision

Drake men’s basketball beats Murray State, ties Indiana State for share of first place--The Des Moines Register
Overton Earns Fourth MVC Freshman of the Week Award--godrakebulldogs.com

Malachi Poindexter shines with career-high 27 points as Illinois State outshoots Evansville--The Pantagraph
Johnny Kinziger earns MVC Player of the Week honors, Myles Foster named Newcomer of the Week--The Vidette
Kinziger, Foster Earn MVC Weekly Awards--goredbirds.com

Abbie Aalsma settling in, looking to become next great guard for ISU women's basketball--The Vidette

Sycamores fall from AP, USA Today Top 25 polls; Drake gets 1 vote--Terre Haute Tribune-Star
The Sycamore Slump Continues--Indiana Statesman

Bears Host Bradley Wednesday in Key Valley Matchup--missouristatebears.com

Drake bombs way to tie for 1st place in Valley in win over Racer men--Murray Ledger & Times
Drake's hot shooting burns Murray State--Racer Basketball

UNI has lead only 24 seconds, still gets past Racer women--Murray Ledger & Times

UNI takes down Bradley in men’s basketball--Cedar Rapids Gazette

Valpo to Host Indiana State in Penultimate Home Game--valpoathletics.com

MVC Men's Basketball Coaches Zoom (Feb. 19, 2024)--The Missouri Valley
MVC Weekly Men's Basketball Notebook (2-19-2024)--The Missouri Valley