Primarily a collection of news links about all 12 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.
Ben Jacobson coaching UNI to a win against number one UNC in Cedar Falls in 2015. Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
Ben Jacobson has been the Missouri Valley Statesman. He is the
longest tenured coach in the conference amassing a 269-170 record over
14 seasons in Cedar Falls. He doesn’t just rack up the wins in the
regular season though Jacobson has fur NCAA tournament victories in four
trips under his belt. He is known for getting the most out of his
players, and is no stranger to Wichita State as the panthers and
shockers had their battled over the years in the MVC, most notably on
college gameday once. I think it is unlikely Jacobson leaves for WSU,
but stranger things have happen.
Brian Wardle
Brian Wardle Picture from Peoria Journal Star
Wardle has been steadily turned two midwestern programs around and
made them into contenders in their leagues. First leading Green Bay to
two NIT trips, and then catapulting his stock by winning Arc Madness at
Bradley twice. Now I know what your going to say Brain Wardle has lost 9
straight games at Valpo he can’t be a good coach, but I assure you
despite his lack of success at the Athletics Recreation Center against
my Alma Matter he is actually a good coach. While Beilein, Jans, or
Jacobson would be fantastic hires I’m not sure any actually come to
Wichita. I think Wardle is the best option that would say yes if the
Shockers came calling with a good offer.
The Greatest College Basketball Programs Ever: Ranking the top teams of all time, Nos. 68-51--CBS Sports
Record since 1938-39: 1,377-966 | Regular-season titles: 7 NCAA Tournaments: 9 | Final Fours: 2 Weeks ranked: 128 | Top-60 NBA picks: 25 POINTS: 384.8
Yeah,
another surprising small-conference team, but look at the win total,
look at the weeks ranked and keep in mind two Final Fours. You don't
automatically qualify for this list because you are in a major
conference. Here's a program that is totally overlooked for its history.
Bradley was one of 10-20 best programs in college hoops for an entire
decade -- the 1950s -- and as I'll remind you a few times in this
series, what a team did in 1939 or 1954 means just as much as what a
team did in 2006 or 2019. Bradley's power years are what gets it onto
the list. This team had a dude named "Squeaky" Melchiorre carry it to
the Final Four … but unfortunately Squeaky and some of his teammates
took bribes to shave points during the 1951 NCAA Tournament. Not good!
Chuck Orsborn's .776 win percentage (194-56) included two NIT titles and
five more NIT showings in the 1950s and 1960s at a time when that
tournament was considered as legitimate as the NCAA Tournament. We also
must give a nod to Hersey Hawkins, the most exciting player in school
history. Hawkins is one of fewer than 25 players in history to finish
with more than 3,000 points (3,008).
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