What's Up In The Missouri Valley: What's Up In The Missouri Valley 2/18/2022

Happening Hoops CBI/The Basketball Classic Bracketology #6 2022--Happening Hoops

College Basketball Invitational (16 Teams in Daytona Beach Florida March 19-23).

Bellarmine (16-11 ASUN)

Drake (18-9 MVC)

Jacksonville (17-8 ASUN)

Campbell (14-10 Big South)

Delaware (18-9 CAA)

Oakland (18-8 Horizon)

Siena (12-9 MAAC)

Stony Brook (15-11 America East)

Howard (13-10 MEAC)

Kansas City (16-10 Summit)

Bryant (16-9 NEC)

Navy (18-8 Patriot)

UNCG (16-11 SoCon)

San Diego (14-12 WCC)

California Baptist (14-12 WAC)

Utah Valley (17-8 WAC)

The Basketball Classic (32 Teams Campus Sites March 14-31)

Midwest

Youngstown State (17-11 Horizon)

Fort Wayne (16-10 Horizon)

Kent State (16-9 MAC)

Bradley (15-12 MVC)

Morehead State (20-8 OVC)

Oral Roberts (17-9 Summit)

Western Illinois (15-12 Summit)

NCAA mid-major Top 25 rankings: Chattanooga back on track; Montana State rolling--Heat Check CBB

23. Drake Bulldogs (18-9)

The Bulldogs pulled out of a three-game skid by smacking Evansville with a 22-point win on Wednesday night. That is a good way to go into the biggest game left on the schedule: a trip to Chicago to face off with Loyola on Saturday. DJ Wilkins dropped 20 in a Jan. 30 win over the Ramblers at home. If Drake can pull off the season sweep, the Bulldogs will be cruising into a cushy final trio of MVC games — and a chance to improve their seeding for the conference tournament. -Andy Dieckhoff

13. Missouri State Bears (20-8)

Missouri State took care of business over this past week with a pair of home wins over Valparaiso and Indiana State. The Bears have now won three in a row – including a road victory over Drake – and sit in a tie for second place in the Missouri Valley. A tough closing schedule approaches as they still have to face Northern Iowa on the road and Bradley at home. Isiaih Mosley and Gaige Prim form one of the best duos in the country and make them exceedingly dangerous in any game. If Mosley catches fire, particularly from deep, he is almost unstoppable; he has scored over 30 points five times this season. -LH

5. Loyola Chicago Ramblers (20-5)

Reports of the Ramblers’ demise have been greatly exaggerated. Alarm bells were ringing for some after Loyola followed up a 5-0 start to MVC play with a 3-4 stretch. Since losing to Bradley on Feb. 9, Drew’s team scored wins on either side of Valentine’s Day. A 27-point dismantling of UNI made a big statement on Feb. 12, while a 71-69 survival-horror win in Valparaiso thrust Loyola back into first place. -AD

Postseason Awards Preview- MVC Hoops--Missouri Valley Beat

Braves Host I-74 Rival Illinois State Saturday--bradleybraves.com

Men's Basketball Gears Up for Battle in the Windy City--godrakebulldogs.com

Women's Basketball Heads to Cedar Falls--godrakebulldogs.com

Men’s basketball hosts Valpo at 1 p.m. on Saturday--gopurpleaces.com

College basketball coaching changes 2022: Coaching carousel tracker--Heat Check CBB

Team Former coach New coach Notes

Illinois State Dan Muller
Muller announced his resignation on Feb. 14, 2022. Associate HC Brian Jones will serve as interim HC through remainder of 2021-22 season. (LINK)

Team	Former coach	New coach	Notes
Illinois State	Dan Muller		Muller announced his resignation on Feb. 14, 2022. Associate HC Brian Jones will serve as interim HC through remainder of 2021-22 season. (LINK)