What's Up In The Missouri Valley

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

What's Up In The Missouri Valley 9/14/2022

Turning up the heat in the Missouri Valley Conference--The Next Hoops

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

What's Up In The Missouri Valley 9/13/2022

Coach Brooks, Jones and Wells to Participate in MVC Women’s Basketball Tipoff Wednesday--belmontbruins.com

#87 Southern Illinois Men's Basketball 2022-2023 Preview--College Sports Madness

Monday, September 12, 2022

What's Up In The Missouri Valley 9/12/2022

NCAA Basketball: 10 best players from state of Ohio of last decade--Busting Brackets
Blue Ribbon Yearbook Picks Men's Basketball Fourth in MVC--belmontbruins.com

One-On-One: Which Bradley head coach will have the most success in year one?--Bradley Scout

Kate Popovec-Goss will make the most noise in year one

By Latif Love

First year head coach Kate Popovec-Goss will be the most successful first year coach at Bradley this season because she specializes in recruiting, developing players and locking down on defense, which will be instrumental to the Braves’ success.

As recruiting coordinator at Northwestern, Popovec-Goss oversaw the recruitment of the Class of 2025 that was ranked No. 10 according to ESPN. During her short time at Bradley, she has already brought in four transfers that can help improve the team.

Among those transfers is sophomore guard Alex Rouse, who averaged 25.5 points per game in high school. The Braves will also return the 2021 MVC Freshman of the Year Caroline Waite, who averaged 13 points per game last season.

Popovec-Goss is also great at mentoring and developing players, especially forwards and centers. While at Northwestern, players thrived under Popovec-Goss’s leadership. Two of the forwards under her tutelage at Northwestern earned all-conference honors in 2019-2020. The development of frontcourt play will be big this season and much needed for the Braves. Last season, over a 28 game span, Bradley was outrebounded by an average of 6.6 rebounds per game.

Bringing in Popovec-Goss as head coach should strengthen the Braves’ defense. Last year, the Braves allowed nearly 70 points per game. In her first season at the helm of Northwestern’s stout defense, Popovec-Goss led the Wildcats to the best scoring defense in Big Ten play, allowing just under 61 points a game.

Bringing in a young, but experienced, coach who can relate and get the most out of her players will prove to lead to success for the Braves this season.

#66 Drake Men's Basketball 2022-2023 Preview--College Sports Madness

NCAA Basketball: 10 best players from state of North Dakota of last decade--Busting Brackets

Neese selected to Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook Preseason All-MVC Team--gosycamores.com

Alumnae Marie Hunter signs professional contract--Indiana Statesman

Racer MBB Announces Non-Conference Schedule--goracers.com

Racers Announce WBB Non-Conference Slate--goracers.com

Kevion Taylor signs pro basketball contract--Valpo Torch
Krikke Named to Blue Ribbon Preseason All-MVC Team--valpoathletics.com

Blue Ribbon Yearbook Tabs Drake as MVC MBB Favorite--The Missouri Valley

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

What's Up In The Missouri Valley 9/7/2022

10 mid-majors to watch for the 2022-23 season--College Hoops Today

Drake: Darian Devries has posted four straight 20-win seasons at Drake, but he’s never had a team that’s boasted this type of experience. Three graduate students — Roman Penn (11.1 points, 3.9 assists, three rebounds) Garrett Sturtz (11 points, 7.1 rebounds), and D.J. Wilkins (10.3 points) — return after averaging double figures on last season’s team that lost to Loyola Chicago in the finals of the Missouri Valley Tournament . 6-8 senior Darnell Brodie is also back while Texas Tech transfer Sardaar Calhoun should make a significant impact. 6-7 guard Tucker Devries (13.9 points, 4.6 rebounds) — the son of Darian Devries — is now a sophomore after leading Drake in scoring a year ago as a freshman. You won’t want to see this team in March.