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.
Preseason favorites (again) to take the Missouri Valley, the Drake
Bulldogs have the good fortune of starting one of the best mid-major
hoopers: Tucker DeVries. He'll be a threat to drop 20 or more against
any opponent. His father is the head coach, and Darian DeVries has
surrounded Tucker with mid-major transfers such as Kyron Gibson (UT
Arlington), Ethan Roberts (Army) and Atin Wright (CSUN). This will be
a squad that looks to shoot from deep early and often, and they've got
veteran 5-man Darnell Brodie as a security blanket in the paint.
It's been too long (2016) since Northern Iowa danced. I think this
team, after an unexpected letdown of a 14-win year, becomes the
biggest competitor to Drake in the Missouri Valley and has a big
bounce-back. It'll have a chance to make noise in November thanks to
playing in the Bahamas at the Battle 4 Atlantis. Ben Jacobson has a
potential 20-point-per-game guy in combo guard Bowen Born. Tytan
Anderson is also among the MVC's best.
It’s never too early to start looking ahead to the upcoming year!
Check below for our list of 20 head coaches on the rise entering the 2023-24
college basketball season.
This list does not include coaches
from both the Atlantic 10 and Mountain West.
In no particular order:
Darian Devries, Drake: DeVries has averaged a whopping 24.4 wins
during his five-year tenure with the Bulldogs, which has also included four
postseason appearances and two trips to the NCAA Tournament. DeVries also
boasts an impressive 63-29 mark in Missouri Valley regular season games
during his career. This guy is a high-major coach in a mid-major conference.
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