Primarily a collection of news links about all 11 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.
Miami (Ohio) junior Evan Ipsaro and Illinois-Chicago freshman
Andy Johnson announced they’ll be returning to their respective teams
next season. Yes, that is a thing now with the portal that even players
deciding to stay and honor their scholarships have to announce their
intentions in doing so.
Johnson | Photo provided | UIC Athletics
Johnson, A Cooper alum, posted a solid freshman season of 11.2
points and 3.5 rebounds per game with the Flames. He started in 34 of
35 contests and averaged 28.7 minutes per game. Expect his role to
increase as well with the departure of Elijah Crawford, who transferred
to Villanova. Crawford led the team in scoring while Johnson was third.
The Flames made a surprising run to the Missouri Valley Conference
Championship before losing to Northern Iowa and were invited to the NIT
and lost to Cal in the first round.
That is the fourth visit that Hare has taken already in the transfer
portal. She also visited with the Illinois State Redbirds and two more
Big Ten programs: the Cyclones' rivals, the Iowa Hawkeyes and Michigan
Wolverines.
