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The Morning Dish – Sunday, November 6, 2016
We continue our preseason quick glance at the conferences by checking in with the MAC, MEAC, MVC and Mountain West.
2015-16 MVC Post-Mortem
The end of the 2015-16 season marked the end of an era in the Missouri Valley Conference, and that’s saying something in a 109-year old conference where names like Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird, Wes Unseld and Ed McCauley grace the list of former stars.
2016 NCAA Tournament Final Review: Final finish what this year’s event needed
The 2016 NCAA Tournament needed its signature game, and it got one in no better place-in its final game. And it was much-needed in a tourney that in many ways was slightly below average.
Final Arch Madness Notes: Washpun adds to UNI tradition of big shots
Maurice Newby. Ben Jacobson (the player, not the coach). Ali Farokhmanesh. Wes Washpun. A growing history of memorable buzzer-beating shots is building at Northern Iowa. Not coincidentally, so is a record of postseason success.
Evansville continues almost-silent consistency in Arch Madness win over Missouri State
Seventh-seeded Missouri State had No. 2 seed Evansville right where it wanted in the teams’ Missouri Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinal Thursday night-tie game, 15 minutes to play, pressure squarely on the higher seed. Then, with quiet efficiency on its next three possessions against the Bears’ matchup zone defense, the Purple Aces scored six straight points-layup, layup, two free throws. Evansville would not trail again.
Arch Madness-tested Northern Iowa cool, collected in holding off Salukis
Wichita State has earned much of the recognition in the Missouri Valley Conference this year, and deservedly so, but let it not be forgotten that Northern Iowa is the defending champion of Arch Madness. And there are plenty of veterans still around from that team who know how to get the job done again.
Wichita State latest top seed to sidestep danger in MVC quarters
At the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, it’s the tradition unlike any other: the winner of the first round game between the eighth and ninth seeds annually goes on to give the top seed a hard time in the quarterfinals.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Tuesday night was a moment New Jersey Institute of Technology awaited for 10 years. Unfortunately for the Highlanders, it didn’t last nearly as long as they hoped.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, November 11, 2015
We’re now just two days from opening day, and Hoopville continues our preseason look at all 32 NCAA Division I conferences.
