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Set Your TiVo: 11.16.11

bmulvihill — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:05:48 +0000

Brendon Mulvihill is an RTC contributor. You can find him @themulv on Twitter. See bottom of the post for the Official RTC Star System.

After a twenty-four hour marathon of hoops yesterday, we settle things down a bit and get into the groove of regular season college basketball. Let’s check out a few games for you to watch tonight.

Indiana @ Evansville – 8 PM EST on ESPN3 (***)

Cody Zeller Leads Indiana Against Evansville

Picking up right where it left off last year, Evansville continues to win games at the free throw line. Junior guard Colt Ryan scored 14 of his [...]

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 [...]

Checking in on… the MVC

Brian Goodman — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:40:40 +0000

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

A Look Back

MVC/MWC Challenge: The Missouri Valley Conference and the Mountain West Conference hooked up again this season for a “challenge” series between the two conferences. Last season, the Valley won the series 5-4. This year has been a completely different story, with the MWC shellacking the Mo Valley 8-1 in last week’s games. Missouri State did not participate in this year’s challenge because the Mountain West Conference only has nine teams. With the Bears performing well this season, maybe the conference [...]

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)

All-Conference Team (key stats [...]

Checking in on… the MVC

jstevrtc — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:16:52 +0000

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

Current Records and my standings, (Conference Record) (Last Week):

Northern Iowa 14-1 (5-0) (1) Wichita State 13-2 (4-1) (2) Missouri State 13-3 (3-2) (3) Illinois State 12-4 (3-2) (4) Indiana State 11-5 (3-2) (6) Bradley 7-8 (2-3) (7) Southern Illinois 9-5 (2-3) (5) Creighton 7-9 (2-3) (8) Drake 6-11 (1-4) (10) Evansville 6-8 (0-5) (9)

STORIES OF THE WEEK

Valley sitting 10th — The Missouri Valley Conference is sitting 10th right now in the Pomeroy ratings with Northern Iowa sitting up on top at #33 with Wichita [...]

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 [...]

Checking in on the… Missouri Valley

nvr1983 — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:49:39 +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 (14-6) (8-1)(1) Illinois State (17-3) (6-3)(2) Bradley (12-8) (6-3) (4) Drake (14-7) (5-4) (3) Creighton (15-6)(5-4) (5) Evansville (12-7) (4-5) (6) Southern Illinois (9-11) (4-5) (7) Wichita State (9-11) (3-6) (9) Missouri State (9-11) (2-7) (8) Indiana State (4-16) (2-7) (10)

Almost everyone went 1-1 in the conference this week. The only consistent team at this point in the season is Northern Iowa. The rest of the conference looks mediocre and at this point it looks like only [...]