Thursday, January 9, 2025

What's Up In The Missouri Valley 1/9/2025

Men’s College Basketball Viewing Guide: Wednesday, January 8, 2025--Blogging the Bracket

MVC

(77) Drake at (75) Bradley, 7 (CBSSN)

The Bulldogs’ at-large chances are all but gone following consecutive losses to UIC and Murray State. So, this contest is reduced to the first of two potential Arch Madness final previews. (Drake will host Bradley one month before Selection Sunday.)

This game also illustrates one of my issues with the NET and how quadrants are too heavily weighted toward road wins. Since the Braves are in the top 75 (barely), a win tonight could be a Quad 1 victory for the Bulldogs. However, only home games against the top 75 fall under Quads 1 and 2. So, a Bradley win over Drake—currently two spots lower—is only a Quad 3 win.

Hoops HD Daily Rundown – Thursday, Jan 9th--Hoops HD

NEWS AND NOTES:

-Drake, who had dropped two straight, rebounded in a big way with a 64-57 road win at Bradley. The road to landing inside the bubble is still very narrow for Drake, but last night’s win was one they should get a lot of credit for considering how good Bradley is and that it was a road game.



Belmont survives second-half onslaught to beat Southern Illinois 90-86--Main Street Media of Tennessee
Belmont Secures Victory Against Salukis--Belmont Vision
Rogers Leads Men's Basketball Past Southern Illinois--belmontbruins.com

Women's Basketball’s Friday Home Matchup with UIC Moved Up to 2 p.m.--belmontbruins.com



Bradley with a bounce back opportunity against UIC--bradleybraves.com

Women's Basketball to host undefeated Drake--bradleybraves.com



Drake men's basketball snaps 2-game losing streak with road win over Bradley--Des Moines Register
Bulldogs Get Lift From Bench, Defeat Bradley 64-57--godrakebulldogs.com

Women's Basketball Preview: Bradley & Illinois State--godrakebulldogs.com



UE basketball is delivering a turnaround in MVC play. A big reason is Tayshawn Comer--Evansville Courier & Press
Defense shines as UE men defeat Illinois State--gopurpleaces.com



Poor shooting dooms Illinois State men in road defeat--The Pantagraph
Illinois State men's basketball falters on the road against Evansville--The Vidette
Redbirds Go Cold on the Road--goredbirds.com

Illinois State women face MVC co-leaders in Northern Iowa--The Pantagraph
Redbirds Hosting Whiteout vs UNI, Pack the Arena vs Drake This Week--goredbirds.com



Sycamores drop overtime heartbreaker at Valpo 98-95--Terre Haute Tribune-Star
ISU men's basketball preparing for showdown with Belmont--Terre Haute Tribune-Star
Indiana State drops Wednesday road contest at Valpo in overtime--gosycamores.com



Bears, Salukis Continue Rivalry Saturday--missouristatebears.com



How’s this for toughness?; Harcum floater, huge defensive stop give Racer men first Iowa sweep since joining The Valley--Murray Ledger and Times
Episode 243: It's the 'Ride Home' after an Iowa sweep for the Racers--Racer Basketball
Racers complete Iowa sweep at UNI--Racer Basketball
Episode 244: TheVictoryBell.com's Paul Oren preview's the Valpo men and women coming to Murray State to face the Racers this weekend--Racer Basketball
Mr. Clutch - Harcum Sends Racers To Sweep of Iowa Trip--goracers.com

Racers Return Home for Conference Matchup with Valparaiso--goracers.com



Three Takeaways from Northern Iowa's last-second loss to Murray State--Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
UNI men’s basketball: Late game comeback against Racers comes up short--unipanthers.com

Panthers open two-game road stand at Illinois State--unipanthers.com



BOX SCORE BELMONT 90, SIU 86--Dawg Bites
SIU MEN’S BASKETBALL UPDATED GAMER BELMONT 90, SIU 86--Dawg Bites
Second-half surge, Dibba’s 33 not enough as SIU falls to Belmont--The Daily Egyptian
Recap | Strong Second Half Not Enough as Salukis Fall to Belmont in Nashville, 90-86--siusalukis.com



Women’s Basketball Returns to the Road Friday to Take on Belmont--uicflames.com



Beacons continue to chop wood--The Victory Bell
Valpo Outlasts Indiana State in Overtime, Extends Winning Streak to Three--valpoathletics.com
Valpo Seeks Fourth Straight Win on Saturday--valpoathletics.com

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