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Morning Five: 05.11.10 Edition

rtmsf — Tue, 11 May 2010 06:08:53 +0000

The buzz yesterday was in regard to a report from 810 WHB in Kansas City that the Big Ten has made offers to four schools to join its conference, including Big 12 members Missouri and Nebraska as well as independent Notre Dame and the Big East’s Rutgers. We’ll have more up on this later today, but so far, mum is the word at the four schools with denials from all interested parties. Which means there’s probably something to this report. We’ll know when we know. Four St. Bonaventure players were fined $250 each for their roles in a March on-campus fight [...]

Missouri Valley Tournament Preview

rtmsf — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:38:15 +0000

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

PRESEASON vs. ACTUAL RESULTS

As you can see from the preseason predictions I made on the Missouri Valley conference back in October versus how things ended up, the MVC turned out to be difficult to predict this year as none of the teams performed as expected other than Northern Iowa and Wichita State.

I originally was not sold on the Panthers, but as the season wore on, I could see the [...]

Checking in on… the MVC

rtmsf — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:28:45 +0000

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

Current Records and my standings (Conference Standings) (Last Week)

Northern Iowa 24-3 (14-2) (1) Wichita State 22-7 (11-5) (2) Illinois State 20-8 (10-6) (3) Creighton 14-14 (8-8) (4) Bradley 14-13 (8-8) (5) Indiana State 16-12 (8-8) (6) Missouri State 18-10 (7-9) (7) Drake 13-16 (7-9) (8) Southern Illinois 15-12 (6-10) (9) Evansville 7-20 (1-15) (10)

STORIES OF THE WEEK

Bracketbusters Dominance—The Missouri Valley Conference had a nice showing in Bracketbusters this past weekend, going 7-3 against the competition and 2-1 in televised games. Northern Iowa had all [...]

Checking in on… the MVC

rtmsf — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:18:15 +0000

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

Current Records and my standings, (Conference Standings) (Last Week)

Northern Iowa 22-3 (13-2) (1) Wichita State 21-6 (10-5) (2) Illinois State 18-8 (9-6) (3) Creighton 13-13 (8-7) (6) Bradley 13-12 (8-7) (7) Indiana State 15-11 (7-8) (4) Missouri State 17-9 (7-8) (5) Drake 11-16 (6-9) (8) Southern Illinois 14-11 (6-9) (9) Evansville 7-18 (1-14) (10)

STORIES OF THE WEEK

Northern Iowa clinches conference—UNI clinched a share of the MVC title on Wednesday night with their win against Drake. They will go into the MVC Tournament as the [...]

Checking in on… the MVC

jstevrtc — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:47:06 +0000

Current Records and my standings, (Conference Standings) (Last Week)

Northern Iowa 19-2 (10-1) (1) Wichita State 19-4 (8-3) (2) Illinois State 15-7 (6-5) (3) Drake 11-12 (6-5) (4) Creighton 11-11 (6-5) (6) Missouri State 15-7 (5-6) (7) Indiana State 13-9 (5-6) (9) Bradley 10-11 (5-6) (5) Southern Illinois 12-9 (4-7) (8) Evansville 6-15 (0-11) (10)

STORIES OF THE WEEK

Northern Iowa wrapping things up—The Panthers are sitting pretty at 10-1 in the conference and survived a threat from Missouri State this weekend. Northern Iowa’s ability to hang on and finish games will make them a [...]

Morning Five: 01.26.10 Edition

rtmsf — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:33:40 +0000

Some suspension news: Creighton’s P’Allen Stinnett was suspended indefinitely by Dana Altman for conduct unbecoming to the team, and Michigan’s Manny Harris has been reinstated to play tonight against Michigan State. Harris’ 85-game streak of games played for the Wolverines ended on Saturday when he was held out of their game against Purdue. Purdue’s Matt Painter and Lewis Jackson have a tough decision to make in the coming weeks over whether the talented point guard will play this season. Jackson could help provide depth in the Boilermaker backcourt, but there’s a considerable dilemma over whether it’s worthwhile to play him for [...]

Checking in on… the MVC

jstevrtc — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:54:36 +0000

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

Current records and my standings (Conference Standings) (Last Week):

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

STORIES OF THE WEEK

Northern Iowa mowing down the Valley — Those that don’t consider Northern Iowa the class of the Valley [...]

After the Buzzer: Man Oh Manny!

rtmsf — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:24:15 +0000

Another intriguing “opening” day of college hoops, as mostly everybody who didn’t play yesterday played today.

Story of the Day. Manny Harris Records Michigan’s Second Ever Triple Double. These triple-double things are spreading among Big Ten players, as Michigan guard Manny Harris today dropped 18/13/10 assts in 29 minutes in a 97-50 shellacking of D2 Northern Michigan. Does it matter that Harris had his historic night (Gary Grant in 1987 was UM’s only other) against a non-D1 school? Not to us — Harris is a tremendous player and a dime is a dime. [...]

RTC Live: Creighton @ Dayton

rtmsf — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:29:19 +0000

Our first game on Saturday afternoon will feature two of the very best mid-major programs on an annual basis in college basketball. Dayton and Creighton combined for ten NCAA appearances in the 2000s, and both schools are poised to be in contention for their respective conference crowns again in 2009-10. And how about some kudos to both of these teams for scheduling a game either could easily lose as the first game of the year — it takes stones to put your RPI on the line so early in the season, so both Brian Gregory and Dana Altman [...]

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 [...]

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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