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Set Your Tivo: 11.14.09

nvr1983 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:55:33 +0000

I originally wanted this to be a post for the entire weekend, but after looking at the schedule for the weekend I realized that the only games worth watching were on Saturday so I had to make a slight revision and consequently this will be a Saturday only post. The way I look at it is to view Sunday as a day off to rest up (maybe get a little bit ahead on either school work or “real world” work so you can do absolutely nothing next week) for the first set of big games, which [...]

2009-10 Conference Primers: #10 – Missouri Valley Conference

rtmsf — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:33:51 +0000

Patrick Marshall of White and Blue Review is the RTC correspondent for the Missouri Valley Conference.

Predicted Order of Finish:

Creighton (24-6, 14-4) Northern Iowa (23-6, 13-5) Wichita St. (23-8, 12-6) Southern Illinois (21-8, 12-6) Illinois St. (23-7, 11-7) Bradley (19-10, 10-8) Indiana St. (17-13, 8-10) Drake (13-18, 5-13) Evansville (10-19, 3-15) Missouri St. (9-21, 2-16)

All-Conference Team. This is a guard laden league which will populate the Missouri Valley All-Conference team this season.

Kevin Dillard (G), So., Southern Illinois ( 12.2 pts., 4.2 ast.)—The bright spot for Southern Illinois last season is a tenacious ball handler and defender. Clevin Hannah (G), Sr., Wichita St. (11.2 pts. 4.3 ast.)—Hannah comes in as the leader for [...]

RTC 2009-10 Top 65 Games: November/December

zhayes9 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:01:32 +0000

To get our readers excited for the endless possibilities of 2009-10, I’ve compiled an extensive list of the top 65 college basketball games of the upcoming season. Any true college hoops fan knows why we selected the number 65. Splitting up this season preview feature into three posts the next three Mondays (November/December, January and February/March), hopefully this list will provide you with the most vital of dates to circle on your calendar. Coaches are realizing more and more the importance of compiling a respectable non-conference slate to boost RPI/SOS numbers and provide their team adequate experience and [...]

Make Your Case: Creighton Bluejays

nvr1983 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:46:21 +0000

As part of our ongoing quest to provide you with the best college basketball coverage in the nation, we have enlisted the help of some of the finest team-specific bloggers on the planet to help us. With the NCAA Selection Show coming up on March 15th there are still several teams on the proverbial “bubble”. We figured it might be interesting to see what kind of nonpartisan arguments these bloggers could make for their team deserving a spot in the NCAA tournament. We welcome any discussion of their arguments and praise or criticism of their reasoning in the [...]

RTC Aftermath: MVC Semifinals

nvr1983 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:47:44 +0000

RTC Aftermath will come to you each night where our correspondents are at the conference tournament games as a part of RTC Live. Patrick Marshall is in St. Louis all weekend covering the MVC Tournament for RTC.

RTC Live Aftermath—Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, March 7, 2009

Today’s Missouri Valley Conference tournament game between Creighton and Illinois State was covered by Rush the Court. Illinois State dominated Creighton from the start and won 73-49 to advance to the finals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.

Tournament officials decided to do something a little different than [...]

Boom Goes the Dynamite: 03.07.09

nvr1983 — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:32:21 +0000

We’re back for the final weekend of regular season Boom Goes the Dynamite for this college basketball season. The highlights of the weekend are obviously the two top 10 match-ups (in Pittsburgh on Saturday and in Chapel Hill on Sunday). We would love to provide you with another RTC Live from those site, but apparently we’re not big enough for them yet. (The onus is on you to spread the word.)

In any event, we’re going to make lemonade out of those lemons so we’ll be providing coverage from our bi-coastal offices covering all the [...]

RTC Aftermath: MVC Quarterfinals

rtmsf — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:14:10 +0000

Today you experienced our live blog of the Bradley-Southern Illinois game in the quarterfinal round of the MVC tournament. This game was up and down for both teams. Both teams were ready to go:

Bradley won this game by hitting timely shots and wearing out the Salukis. The Salukis shot only 35% from [...]

Missouri Valley Conference Wrapup & Tourney Preview

rtmsf — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:34:13 +0000

Patrick Marshall of Bluejay Basketball is the RTC correspondent for the MVC and Big 12 Conferences. He will be reporting from the MVC Tournament this weekend in St. Louis, Missouri.

The Missouri Valley Conference finished regular season play this last week with Northern Iowa and Creighton sharing the MVC regular season crown. Due to the complicated tie-breaker formula, Northern Iowa received the 1-seed for the MVC Tournament and Creighton the 2nd. My preseason predictions weren’t exactly what happened, but like the whole bizarre Valley season usually is, the middle was all muddled up. No one [...]

Checking in on the… Missouri Valley

rtmsf — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:29:12 +0000

Current Records and my standings (Conference Record)(Last Week Rank)

Creighton (23-6)(12-4) (2) Northern Iowa (18-10) (12-4)(1) Illinois St. (22-6) (11-5)(3) Bradley (16-12) (9-7) (4) Evansville (16-11) (7-9) (5) Drake (17-12) (7-9) (7) Wichita St. (14-14) (7-9) (6) Indiana St. (9-19) (6-10) (8) Southern Illinois (11-17) (6-10) (9) Missouri St. (11-17) (3-13) (10)

BRACKETBUSTERS

This weekend all 10 teams took part in the annual ESPN Bracketbusters event. Though the league went 7-3 in its games, 2 of the top three teams in the league suffered losses. The MAAC was not friendly to the Valley as Illinois St. lost to Niagara and Northern Iowa continued its slide losing [...]

Checking in on the… Missouri Valley

nvr1983 — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:31:52 +0000

Patrick Marshall of Bluejay Basketball is the RTC correspondent for the Big 12 and Missouri Valley Conferences.

Current Records and My Standings (Conference Record)(Last Week Rank)

Northern Iowa (17-7) (11-2)(1) Creighton (19-6)(9-4) (2) Illinois St. (19-5) (8-5)(3) Bradley (13-11) (7-6) (4) Evansville (15-8) (7-6) (5) Drake (15-10) (6-7) (6) Southern Illinois (11-13) (6-7) (7) Wichita St. (11-13) (5-8) (8) Missouri St. (10-14) (3-10) (9) Indiana St. (5-19) (3-10) (10)

The Missouri Valley Conference is part of the ESPNU Bracketbusters event (February 21st) once again this season and received 4 games on one of the ESPN family of networks:

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Set Your Tivos: 02.08.09

nvr1983 — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:36:29 +0000

Today’s schedule is a lighter than yesterday, but there are several solid games today.

#13 Purdue at #21 Illinois at 1 PM on CBS: Both teams looking to bounce back from road losses in the Big Ten. The homecourt should be pretty big here as Illinois is 13-1 with their only loss coming by 2 points against a Clemson team that is pretty good (just ask Coach K about the Tigers). If Purdue was at full strength, they might be able to give them a challenge, but they will be without Robbie Hummel. Purdue coach Matt Painter will [...]

Checking in on the… Missouri Valley

rtmsf — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:33:01 +0000

Patrick Marshall of Bluejay Basketball is the RTC correspondent for the Big 12 and Missouri Valley Conferences.

Current Records and my standings (Conference Record)(Last Week Rank)

1. Northern Iowa (12-6) (6-1)(1) 2. Illinois St. (16-2) (5-2)(3) 3. Drake (13-6) (4-3) (2) 4. Bradley (11-7) (5-2) (5) 5. Creighton (14-5)(4-3) (4) 6. Evansville (12-5) (4-3) (6) 7. Southern Illinois (8-10) (3-4) (7) 8. Missouri St. (8-10) (1-6) (9) 9. Wichita St. (7-11) (1-6) (10) 10. Indiana St. (4-14) (2-5) (8)

So many things have happened this week and the Valley power has shifted this week. Thus life in the Missouri Valley Conference.

GAME OF THE WEEK:

Creighton 73, Southern [...]

Checking in on the… Missouri Valley

rtmsf — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:01:01 +0000

Patrick Marshall of Bluejay Basketball is the RTC correspondent for the Missouri Valley and Big 12 Conferences.

Current Records and my standings (Conference Record)(Last Week Rank)

Creighton (11-2)(1-0) (2) Illinois St. (12-0) (1-0)(1) Evansville (9-2) (1-0) (4) Drake (9-4) (0-1) (3) Bradley (7-5) (1-0) (7) Northern Iowa (6-6) (0-1)(6) Missouri St. (7-5) (0-1) (5) Wichita St. (6-6) (0-1) (8) Southern Illinois (5-7) (0-1) (9) Indiana St. (3-9) (1-0) (10)

Happy Holidays and welcome to a look at the MVC as conference play started. Valley play started this past Sunday with a full slate of games. As conference season goes on, there will be a [...]

Checking in on the… Missouri Valley

rtmsf — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:20:38 +0000

Patrick Marshall of Bluejay Basketball is the RTC correspondent for the MVC and Big 12 Conferences.

Current Records and my standings (Last Week Rank):

Illinois St. (10-0) (1) Creighton (8-2) (2) Drake (9-3) (4) Evansville (8-2) (3) Missouri St. (7-3) (5) Northern Iowa (6-5) (7) Bradley (5-5) (6) Wichita St. (5-5) (9) Southern Illinois (4-6) (8) Indiana St. (2-8) (10)

The non-conference season for the Missouri Valley Conference basically ended this past week with conference play starting next Sunday. The non-conference games left for the Valley this coming week are most teams playing lower level competition that should result in wins for the Valley. [...]

Checking in on the… Missouri Valley

rtmsf — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:22:23 +0000

Patrick Marshall of Bluejay Basketball is the RTC correspondent for the Missouri Valley and Big 12 Conferences.

Current Records and my standings (Last Week Rank)

Illinois St. (9-0) (1) Creighton (7-2) (2) Evansville (7-1) (3) Drake (8-3) (6) Missouri St. (5-3) (5) Bradley (5-4) (7) Northern Iowa (5-5) (4) Southern Illinois (3-5) (9) Wichita St. (4-5) (8) Indiana St. (1-8) (10)

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Evansville (2-0 this week)—I could easily put Creighton in this position after the big win against previously unbeaten Dayton, but Evansville has earned the recognition for what some would consider a surprising start this season. Their only loss is to [...]