What's Up In The Missouri Valley: What's Up In The Missouri Valley 11/15/2025

11/15 KenPom rankings update--RacerBasketball.com

Hoops HD Daily Rundown – Saturday, Nov 15th--Hoops HD

HIGHLIGHTED GAMES:

OTHER NOTABLE GAMES:

-Bradley @ San Francisco – Bradley is a good team despite being just 1-2, but this is probably their biggest test so far. San Francisco is a team that I think will land inside the bubble come March and they should be able to hold serve at home in this one.

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#127 Bradley at #85 San Francisco (-8), 10 PM ET, ESPN+.

It's nice when you get one of these on the slate. Bradley's star is diminished somewhat by a surprising home loss to UT-Martin, but when you're in their position it's all about conference play, anyway. I'd wager there's a lot more at stake here for San Fran, who has a roster capable of an at-large bid and needs to accumulate as many wins as they can in the non-con.

'24-25 and '25-26 Bradley aren't the exact same but the general formula of small point guard + large wings remains, which makes last year's home win over USF worth looking back at. Bradley won that game almost entirely on the back of a 60% 3PT outing (USF 11-31), but more notable was USF shooting 34.5% from two against a smaller team.

Bradley's defensive scheme does a great job of eliminating open threes, which seemed to rattle last year's jumper-heavy USF roster. Key here for me: if USF can go back to the off-ball screens and handoffs they love using to create open looks. Every Bradley game eventually boils down to "how'd you shoot," anyway. - Will Warren