The Missouri Valley Conference continues to claw out a spot just outside the top tier conferences in college basketball, and it did so again in 2014-15 with a noticeably improved product.
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Final Arch Madness Notes: MVC still in good hands in St. Louis
When Creighton departed the Missouri Valley Conference for the Big East, the levels of worry from some on the outside ranked from concern to alarm that both the MVC and its signature Arch Madness men’s basketball event were in trouble. Despite the doomsday predictions of some, though, the league and the event continues to roll with the punches and comes out strong at the end.
Semifinal loss at Arch Madness does not diminish Loyola’s improvement
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (March 7) – Sometimes, in order to fully appreciate a team’s season, one has to take a look at what was expected of them before it. In the case of Loyola (Ill.), if one would’ve told Rambler fans before the season that their team would win 19 games and advance to the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, they would’ve been tickled pink.
Northern Iowa shows another side in winning MVC title
The book on Northern Iowa, or at least the popular one anyway, is that the Panthers this year are a really good team because of their defense and Seth Tuttle. Little is said of its offense, but let it be known: Northern Iowa is pretty darn good on that end, too.
Illinois State surprises Wichita State, on cusp of something special in MVC
Illinois State coach Dan Muller said it was going to take a player having a special day to defeat top seed and No. 8-ranked nationally Wichita State in his team’s semifinal Saturday at the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. It was senior Daishon Knight who delivered, scoring 25 points in a masterful performance as the Redbirds shocked the Shockers 65-62.
The Morning Dish – Friday, March 6, 2015
The nickname will live on, but as far as the team that earned the label for Florida Gulf Coast, it turns out the first we saw of “Dunk City” in the NCAA tournament in 2013 was also the last. At the same time, FGCU’s legacy as a D-I newcomer making it big will live on and could only be added to this March.
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 4, 2015
On the scale of chic topics in basketball in general, free throws is near the bottom. But like special teams in the NFL playoffs, you better believe free throws will be important this month.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, February 12, 2015
We lost another college basketball legend on Wednesday as Jerry Tarkanian passed away at the age of 84.
The Morning Dish – Thursday, January 8, 2015
The 9 p.m. EST block of games Wednesday night-many of them on TV-may go down as one of the uglier two-hour stretches in NCAA Division I college basketball history.
The Morning Dish – Friday, January 2, 2015
Of all the leagues in the college basketball landscape, few are as much fun to follow as the Missouri Valley Conference.
