Salukis add transfer guard Shemera Williams--siusalukis.com
Women's basketball prepared to compete in Missouri Valley Conference--Belmont Vision
Dominique Doseck Promoted to Assistant Coach--valpoathletics.com
Redbird Alum JuJu Redmond Signs Professional Contract--goredbirds.com
Redbird Women’s Basketball Program Mourns The Loss Of Simone Goods--goredbirds.com
Women’s Basketball Announces Non-Conference Schedule--bradleybraves.com
Murray State
The Missouri Valley Conference losing Loyola Chicago -- a recent Final Four participant -- to the Atlantic 10 wasn't ideal, but the league reacted strongly by adding a proud and great basketball program in Murray State. The Racers have made three of the past four NCAA Tournaments and been in eight NCAA Tournaments this century with five different head coaches, which is always a sign of a program with a strong foundation. When basically every coach hired for a significant stretch of time succeeds, it's no accident. On that note, consider that the last Murray State coach who didn't take the school to the NCAA Tournament at least once is Ron Greene, whose final game with the Racers was in 1985.
That's incredible.
There's no real reason to think Murray State's transition to the MVC will be anything but smooth, at least from a longterm perspective, even with Matt McMahon leaving for LSU after last season. That's because his replacement is Steve Prohm, who preceded McMahon and guided the Racers to two conference championships, one NCAA Tournament and a top-10 ranking. He knows what success at Murray State looks like, and that's why I expect Prohm to keep the Racers in contention for NCAA Tournament berths nearly annually in the MVC, which was a two-bid league as recently as two seasons ago. -- Gary Parrish
New Racers AD enjoys emotional welcome home--Murray Ledger & Times
Women’s Basketball Announces 2022 Non-Conference Schedule--uicflames.com
Bigger Better Deeper Missouri Valley Conference--Valley Hoops Insider
Missouri Valley works to strengthen Q-C ties--Quad-City Times
Missouri Valley Basketball: Storylines for league after Loyola-Chicago’s exit--Busting Brackets
Valley brings tipoff event to the Quad-Cities--Quad-City Times
Turner: Racer women will ‘focus on ourselves’ in Valley--Murray Ledger & Times
