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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.

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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 (18-8) (12-3)(1) Creighton (21-6)(11-4) (2) Illinois St. (21-5) (10-5)(3) Bradley (14-12) (8-7) (4) Evansville (15-10) (7-8) (5) Wichita St. (13-13) (7-8) (8) Drake (15-12) (6-9) (6) Indiana St. (7-19) (5-10) (10) Southern Illinois (11-15) (6-9) (7) Missouri St. (10-16) (3-12) (9)

The Missouri Valley Conference has basically come down to two teams fighting for an NCAA spot—Northern Iowa and Creighton. UNI due to their run in the conference and the likelihood of them winning the regular season conference crown and Creighton [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/02/15/checking-in-on-the%e2%80%a6-missouri-valley-3/feed/ 0 Checking in on the… Missouri Valley http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/19/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-7/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/19/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-7/#respond Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:33:01 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=3918

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 [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/01/19/checking-in-on-the-missouri-valley-7/feed/ 0 2008-09 Season Primers: #10 – Missouri Valley http://rushthecourt.net/2008/11/02/2008-09-season-primers-10-missouri-valley/ http://rushthecourt.net/2008/11/02/2008-09-season-primers-10-missouri-valley/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:04:14 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=1606

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

 

Predicted Order of Finish:

Creighton  (27-4, 15-3) Southern Illinois  (25-6, 14-4) Bradley  (22-8, 12-6) Illinois St.  (22-8, 10-8) Drake  (21-10, 10-8) Indiana St.  (17-13, 7-11) Wichita St.  (15-15, 6-12) Northern Iowa  (15-15, 6-12) Evansville  (14-15, 6-12) Missouri St.  (13-17, 4-14)

WYN2K.  Last season, Drake was predicted to finish 9th in the league and ended up having a dream season, winning the conference and the conference tournament, only to be knocked out by Western Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA tournament in a thrilling game.  [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2008/11/02/2008-09-season-primers-10-missouri-valley/feed/ 3