Wednesday, March 8, 2023

What's Up In The Missouri Valley 3/8/2023

The Other Top 25: Two conference champions join rankings--Mid-Major madness

The Other Top 25: March 6, 2023

Rank Team (First-Place Votes) Points Record Previous
T-15 Drake 29 27-7 NR

Others Receiving Votes:

Yale 5; Utah Valley 4; Furman 3; Colgate 3; Louisiana 2; Sam Houston State 2; Bradley 1

Dropped from Ranking:

Southern Miss; Bradley; Utah Valley


Belmont rides 14-game win streak into Valley tourney--Quad-City Times
Red-hot Belmont No. 2 seed entering Missouri Valley Conference Tournament--The Pantagraph
Women’s MVC Tourney primer: Title holder Illinois St., Belmont boast star power--Terre Haute Tribune Star



Belmont basketball's Casey Alexander is a finalist for Skip Prosser Man of the Year--The Tennessean

Belmont Women’s Basketball Captures First MVC Regular Season Championship--Sports Credential
Belmont Releases ‘The Shoulders We Stand On’ Mini-Doc Spotlighting Women’s Basketball Program--Sports Credential



Bradley's Arch Madness run is over, so what's next? Let's answer some questions--Peoria Journal Star

Rouse’s big night leads Popovec-Goss and Braves to first conference win--Bradley Scout



Another father-and-son duo makes Big Dance out of Missouri Valley Conference--Mid-Major madness
Tourney Talk: HoopsHD interviews Drake SO G/F Tucker DeVries--Hoops HD
Drake Dancing – Veterans Rewarded--Valley Hoops Insider
Drake men's basketball picks up 3-star recruit Kevin Overton in 2023 class--Des Moines Register
Drake basketball advances to March Madness with MVC win--Times Delphic
DeVries Named Finalist for Hugh Durham, Jim Phelan National Awards--godrakebulldogs.com



The Aces finished with a worse record than last year. How will David Ragland rebuild?--Evansville Courier & Press
Aces open postseason against eighth-seeded Racers on Thursday--gopurpleaces.com



Illinois State looking for assistant basketball coach as Walter Offutt's name removed--The Pantagraph

Illinois State's Paige Robinson MVC Player of Year, Kristen Gillespie Coach of the Year--The Pantagraph



CBI Bracketology #9 3-6-23--Happening Hoops

College Basketball Invitational (16 Teams Daytona Beach Florida)

  • Ball State (20-11 MAC)
  • Indiana State (22-12 MVC)
  • Marshall (24-8 Sun Belt)
  • Merrimack (17-16 NEC)
  • Milwaukee (21-11 Horizon)
  • Montana State (23-9 Big Sky)
  • North Alabama (18-14 ASUN)
  • Samford (21-11 SoCon)
  • Sam Houston State (24-6 WAC)
  • San Francisco (20-14 WCC)
  • San Jose State (19-12 Mountain West)
  • Southern Indiana (16-16 OVC)
  • Southern Utah (20-11 WAC)
  • Stetson (17-13 ASUN)
  • Towson (21-12 CAA)
  • Washington State (16-15 Pac 12)

Postseason possibilities: Sycamores seek one more budding run--Terre Haute Tribune Star


ISU women to play Southern Illinois in MVC tourney--Terre Haute Tribune Star
Sycamores, Salukis square off in opening round of Hoops in the Heartland--gosycamores.com



What to watch for now that Missouri State basketball's 2022-23 season is over--Springfield News-Leader

Lady Bears MVC Tournament Central--missouristatebears.com



State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament; Drake ends Racers’ stay at Arch Madness--Murray Ledger & Times
Racer Smith says he will leave college for pro level--Murray Ledger & Times

Rebounding dooms Racer women at UIC--Murray Ledger & Times
Racers Open Hoops In The Heartland Thursday--goracers.com



UNI Athletics: Panther women close regular-season strong, look to Hoops in Heartland--Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
Panthers prepare for Hoops in the Heartland--Northern Iowan



Salukis to take on Indiana State in first round of Hoops in the Heartland--siusalukis.com



Way-Too-Early look at 2023-24 Valpo Basketball--The Victory Bell

Valpo Basketball Weekly: March 6--valpoathletics.com
Women's Basketball Ready for Hoops in the Heartland--valpoathletics.com



Women's Basketball Player/Newcomer of the Week (Mar. 6)--The Missouri Valley
MVC Women's Basketball Tournament Notebook - Mar. 6--The Missouri Valley
MVC Announces Women's Basketball Postseason Awards--The Missouri Valley

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