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.
-Drake is a team that we felt would be around the middle of the
Missouri Valley this year. They went into Kansas State and picked up a
nice early season win. We all think K State is terrible, but it’s still
a nice win for a UTR team that we didn’t think would be anywhere near
the top of the standings.
HIGHLIGHTED GAMES
-BRADLEY AT XAVIER (Xavier Invitational). A lot of people are
keeping their eyes on Bradley because they’ve won back-to-back MVC
Tournaments. A win today would really get everyone’s attention. Xavier
had no trouble at all with Oakland yesterday. They weren’t expected to
have any trouble, but from what I saw Xavier looked really good.
-NORTHERN IOWA AT SAINT MARY’S (Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic).
Both teams are coming off losses and looking to rebound. I think both
are capable of making the NCAA Tournament and picking up a win today
would be huge. I don’t want to say this game has a pivotal feel to it
because it’s still very early, but it kind of does. The winner gets a
nice win on their resume, and the loser drops down to 0-2.
-Xavier survived a scare from Bradley, but managed to hold on to win
after Bradley missed what would have been a game tying freethrow on the
front end of a 1-and-1.
-Northern Iowa desperately needed a bounce back win yesterday against
Saint Mary’s, and didn’t get it. Neither of Northern Iowa’s losses are
potentially damaging, but they are two missed opportunities for a team
that isn’t likely to have too many more chances at
committee-impressing-caliber-wins the rest of the way.
HIGHLIGHTED GAMES
-UTAH STATE AT NORTHERN IOWA (Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic).
Both teams come into this game 0-2 and both really need this win. Both
teams have the potential to have big seasons, but starting off 0-3 means
they’ll have a steeper up hill climb the rest of the way.
Ball State and IU lead the in-state programs with
nine homegrown Hoosiers each. Then it's Purdue (eight), Indiana State
(seven), Valparaiso (four), IUPUI (three), Butler and Evansville (two)
and Purdue Fort Wayne (one). Notre Dame has no Indiana products on its
2020-21 roster.
Of out-of-state schools, Army
has the most Indiana products with seven. Drake and Division I new boys
Bellarmine have five each, and Miami (Ohio), coached by former Purdue
assistant Jack Owens, has four.
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