Obvious Weekly Awards--Valley Hoops Insider
Braves Face Missouri State on the Road Wednesday--bradleybraves.com
Arch Madness Simulator: Week 11--Eville-Ways
Mayo and ISU women remain positive--Terre Haute Tribune Star
Loyola Hosts Southern Illinois Thursday Night--loyolaramblers.com
Basketball over break--The Standard
Root's (Power) Rankings: 2020 Week 2--Three Man Weave
Mid-Major Five:
3. Northern Iowa
Consensus preseason opinion had Missouri State as the clear favorite in the Missouri Valley. Blue Ribbon had the Bears ranked 1st, Busting Brackets did too, CBB Central, our very own 3MW preview, even the conference’s preseason poll. Well, Northern Iowa went to Springfield this weekend and unceremoniously took a flamethrower to consensus preseason opinion, torching the host Bears in a laughably lopsided affair (UNI led 73-39 midway through the second half).
The Other Top 25: Can you rank the top five teams in the Atlantic 10? Because we could not.--Mid-Major MadnessThis team now rivals the 2015 Seth Tuttle-led squad as the best offense of the Ben Jacobson era, and it’s led by a similarly devastating talent in A.J. Green. Green, a 6’4 scoring guard, is a completely different player than the 6’10 offensive fulcrum that was Tuttle, but the key point is how Jacobson structured an offense around his star’s talents. The 2015 team played through Tuttle on the block, letting his passing be the spark that burned down the opposition. This edition, on the other hand, spreads the floor with Green dictating from the top of the key, attacking off the bounce (often via pick-and-roll), forcing defenses to help and rotate. That’s two very different approaches to similar ends: a likely MVC Championship and NCAA Tournament bid.
The Other Top 25
| Rank | School | Record | Change | Our reasoning | This week's games |
|---|
| 5 | Northern Iowa | 14-2 | 4 | Putting the clamps down on a disappointing Missouri State team was expected, but the way in which the Panthers beat the Bears was worth mentioning. Northern Iowa shot 59.1% from three, and the Panthers have recorded an eFG% north of 50% in all but one MVC game so far. | vs. Valparaiso (1/15), @ Bradley (1/18) |
| Bubble Watch: So … Stanford. What exactly is going on here?--The Athletic |
Northern Iowa (12-2, 3-1; NET: 37, SOS: 119): The Panthers will be rooting for Colorado all year long. That is the noteworthy win on their nonconference profile, and UNI desperately needs it to hold up over the long haul. If it does — and if Northern Iowa effectively dodges losses to the rest of the Valley, which is always easier said than done — it’ll have a shot at the bubble. If not, they won’t.UNI offense among the nation's most efficient--Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
UNI Men's Basketball Host Crusaders--unipanthers.com
No place like home for UNI women's team--Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
‘No denying his talent’: Merrillville graduate Mileek McMillan embraces his role as a 6-foot-8 center for Valparaiso--Post-Tribune
Men's Basketball to Face Road Challenge on Wednesday--valpoathletics.com
MVC Women's Basketball Notebook - Jan. 14--The Missouri Valley
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