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RTC Conference Primers: #12 – Missouri Valley Conference

Brian Goodman — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:00:02 +0000

Patrick Marshall of White & Blue Review is the RTC correspondent for the Missouri Valley Conference. You can find him on Twitter @wildjays.

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Back to Multiple Bids?: The Missouri Valley Conference is getting a little more attention entering this season than in the past, and rightfully so. Six of the top ten scorers in the league are back along with four of the top five rebounders. The league is looking to have the impact it had back in the 2005-06 season, when it sent four teams to the NCAA Tournament. Since then, only the automatic qualifier [...]

Missouri Valley Wrap & Tourney Preview

Brian Goodman — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:38:43 +0000

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

Postseason Preview

The Missouri Valley Conference Tournament will be a dogfight this season as a lot of teams feel like they have a great chance at winning it all. The top six seeds all have legitimate shots at winning. Games are not always about who has the best players, but who ultimately gets the best matchups.

Who’s Hot—Missouri State is definitely the team to beat. They are on a roll with six straight conference wins to [...]

Set Your Tivo: 02.18-02.20

Brian Otskey — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:11:35 +0000

***** – quit your job and divorce your wife if that’s what it takes to watch this game live **** – best watched live, but if you must, tivo and watch it tonight as soon as you get home *** – set your tivo but make sure you watch it later ** – set your tivo but we’ll forgive you if it stays in the queue until 2013 * – don’t waste bandwidth (yours or the tivo’s) of any kind on this game

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With only two weeks left in the regular season, [...]

Checking in on… the MVC

Brian Goodman — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:00:05 +0000

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

A Look Back

Battle for Seeding—The last two weeks of the season will be about seeding for the MVC Tournament. No one wants to be the team that has to play four consecutive days for a chance to play in the NCAA Tournament. Indiana State, Creighton, Evansville, and Drake are fighting to stay out of that #7-seed hole. Unpredictable Valley—If you don’t pay attention to the Missouri Valley Conference for a period of time, you will get lost on everything happening in the [...]

Checking in on… the MVC

Brian Goodman — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:14:23 +0000

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

A Look Back

BracketBusters Matchups—BracketBuster matchups were announced last week, and the Missouri Valley Conference was awarded three games on national television.

2/18, 6PM, ESPN2–VCU @ Wichita State 2/19, 4PM, ESPN2–Missouri State @ Valparaiso 2/19, 6PM, ESPN2–George Mason @ Northern Iowa

The other matchups between the other conference members:

Creighton @ Akron Evansville @ Murray State Morehead State @ Indiana State UW-Green Bay @ Southern Illinois Illinois State @ Western Michigan Detroit @ Drake Bradley @ Tennessee-Martin

Bradley Has a Winning Week – After starting conference play 0-11, [...]

Morning Five: 02.04.11 Edition

rtmsf — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:02:08 +0000

As the season moves into the final month, players are starting to wear down. There have been quite a few injuries lately, and yesterday was no different. Northern Iowa’s heart and soul, Lucas O’Rear, an undersized senior “center” who was averaging a team-high 5.7 rebounds this season, will miss the remainder of the season with a broken ankle. This comes at a tough time for UNI, as the Panthers are on an eight-game winning streak in the Missouri Valley and are only one game behind leader Wichita State. O’Rear ends his college basketball career, but he has a promising professional [...]

Checking in on… the MVC

Brian Goodman — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:05:01 +0000

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

A Look Back

Indiana State Is For Real — Indiana State came into the week with a 4-1 conference record, but many were not convinced they were a legitimate contender based on the teams they have played so far—mainly teams in the bottom of the league. However, the Sycamores escaped with a big win against Creighton on the last second lay-in by Carl Richard to take them to 6-1 in league play heading into this week.

Bradley and Illinois State Remain [...]

Checking in on… the MVC

Brian Goodman — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:00:53 +0000

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

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A Look Back

Indiana State On The Rise—After a rough start in non-conference play, the Sycamores have been improving, jumping out to an early 4-1 record in conference play. A lot of it has been without Jake Kelly and Dwayne Latham. First year head coach Greg [...]

Set Your Tivo: 11.12.10

Brian Otskey — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:44:02 +0000

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RTC Conference Primers: #10 – Missouri Valley

Brian Goodman — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:12:34 +0000

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

You only need one video clip to sum up the Missouri Valley Conference last season: Ali Farokhmanesh hitting the dagger three-pointer against #1 Kansas in the NCAA Tournament to advance to the Sweet 16.

Predicted Order of Finish:

Missouri State (24-6, 14-4) Wichita State (23-7, 13-5) Creighton (23-8, 13-5) Southern Illinois (21-9, 11-7) Northern Iowa (20-11, 10-8) Bradley (19-11, 10-8) Illinois State (16-16, 7-11) Drake (12-18, 4-14) Evansville (11-16, 4-14) Indiana State (9-21, 4-14)

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Eglseder Suspended Three Games for DUI

jstevrtc — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:52:56 +0000

Northern Iowa big man Jordan Eglseder has been suspended for three games as a result of his arrest in the early hours of Sunday morning for drunk driving.

According to a report at DesMoinesRegister.com, Panthers coach Ben Jacobson announced the suspension and his disappointment with Eglseder’s actions. Eglseder himself released a statement noting, “I made a regretful decision last night,” and apologized to UNI basketball fans and indeed the entire university.

Not that there’s any good time for this kind of thing, but it’s especially bad for UNI right now. They suffered their third [...]