Wednesday, January 15, 2020

What's Up In The Missouri Valley 1/15/2020

S. Illinois, Loyola-Chicago meet in conference play--Associated Press


What to watch when Bradley plays at Missouri State--Peoria Journal Star
So far, Missouri State has not equaled the sum of its talented parts--Peoria Journal Star
Koch Bar Named COUNTRY Financial Scholar-Athlete Of The Week--bradleybraves.com


Men's Basketball Hosts Illinois State In Thursday Valley Tilt--godrakebulldogs.com


UE basketball looks to end MVC skid in a tough environment--Evansville Courier & Press
I Hate Terre Haute--Eville-Ways
Men's basketball travels to Indiana State on Wednesday--gopurpleaces.com


Breaking down men's basketball's start to the Missouri Valley Conference--Vidette Online
ISU set to host Taste of Redbirds on Feb. 8--Vidette Online
Redbirds to host Taste of Redbirds on February 8--goredbirds.com
Final Coaches Luncheon Series Event Date Has Been Adjusted--goredbirds.com

Illinois State Athletics to Host First-Ever Pride Night--goredbirds.com


Sycamores promise not to overlook the Aces--Terre Haute Tribune Star
Sycamores Renew Oldest Rivalry With Evansville Wednesday Night--gosycamores.com


West in Enterprise Bank MVC Scholar-Athlete Spotlight--missouristatebears.com


Bracket Projection From the Puppet: January 13th--Hoops HD
So, you see a lot of brackets on this site, and I realize that at this time a year we have several people who only look at the brackets.  I want to make sure everyone knows what it is they are looking at.  This IS NOT an attempt to guess what the actual selection committee will do on Selection Sunday.  It also IS NOT an attempt to speculate what the real selection committee would do if today were Selection Sunday.  For the sake of this exercise, we do not give a damn about the actual Selection Committee.  We do have one of the best Selection Committee guessing experts in the world in Jon Teitel.  If that is what you’re looking for, then CLICK HERE for his latest projections.
What I am doing is laying out what I personally think the NCAA Tournament SHOULD look like if the season ended TODAY.  I’m not guessing the future.  I’m merely assessing what I’ve already seen.  I have some notes below the bracket that explain some of what I’ve done.  I assure you that everything I have written is pure genius.  If you disagree with it, then you are almost assuredly wrong.



NOTES FROM DAVID:-Northern Iowa is the only Under the Radar team that landed inside the bubble, and they are BARELY inside the bubble.  They are sandwiched in between the First Four.  Unfortunately I do not see that changing.  Perhaps Akron or East Tennessee State can play their way up if they blow through their conferences.  Liberty may get quite a bit of love from the actual committee if they win out, and they probably will win out, but to me they just don’t have any opportunities to make their resume any better.  They have virtually no one remaining that’s in the top 200, so all winning out really establishes is that they’re capable of beating teams outside the top 200.  That’s hardly distinctive when comparing them to other NCAA Tournament caliber teams because of course all of them can do that.
UNI basketball takeaways: How NCAA's NET rankings factor into in-game coaching decisions--The Gazette


Saluki Basketball 5@5: Evansville adds Nebraska transfer for 2020, presidential debate delays Drake game, and Mullins returns to Loyola--The Southern Illinoisan

Amy Rakers to have jersey retired on Feb. 21--siusalukis.com
Salukis host No. 18 Missouri State on Friday--siusalukis.com


Enterprise Bank MVC Scholar-Athlete Spotlight (Jan. 15)--The Missouri Valley

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