I remember when the MVC used to mandate good OOC schedules. Not sure when that changed.
Roman Penn is dealing with an injury. Drake probably has the depth to withstand it for awhile
MVC men's preseason poll unveiled tomorrow:
https://twitter.com/ValleyHoops/status/1582077986630778890?t=LbZKa_t63lY7I8R-BFYMDQ&s=19
Antonio Reeves seems to be fitting in quite nicely at Kentucky as he led them in scoring in a couple of their exhibition games.
https://twitter.com/BradleyUMBB/status/1585670176766164995
This looks like a terrible blow for Bradley, which was picked second just ahead of Southern in the preseason poll. Really bad for the league as a whole, too, in a year with so few teams that return proven firepower.
I believe I read the term "a few weeks" rather than being out for the whole season.
Impressive from Bradley:
Especially since Bradley is without Mast for several weeks.
https://twitter.com/BradleyUMBB/status/1587127279208910848
Just enough to kill Bradley's non-conference enough to hurt the Valley. But they probably would have done that anyways.
Sagarin ratings out.............
SIU comes in at 123, good for 6th in the Valley.
| 79 | Drake |
| 107 | Bradley |
| 109 | Missouri State |
| 117 | Belmont |
| 119 | Northern Iowa |
| 123 | Southern Illinois |
| 138 | Murray State |
| 156 | Indiana State |
| 170 | Valparaiso |
| 194 | Illinois State |
| 235 | Illinois-Chicago |
| 245 | Evansville |
One more number-cruncher site. This one from barttorvik.com....
59 - Drake
99 - Bradley
107 - SIU
146 - ISUblue
171 - Valpo
185 - ISUred
200 - Belmont
204 - MoState
207 - Murray St.
215 - UNI
322 - Evansville
334 - UIC
Salukis are projected to go 20-10, 13-7 in conference.
https://www.si.com/college/2022/11/02/ranking-every-team-in-college-basketball-unc-gonzaga
63. Drake
78. Bradley
92. Southern Illinois
125. Murray State
130. Belmont
137. Missouri State
143. Indiana State
166. Northern Iowa
174. Illinois State
213. Valparaiso
278. UIC
315. Evansville
Team Rankings is finally out and has SIU coming in 4th in the Valley, which is a possible outcome.
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| Team | conf W | L | overall W | L |
| Drake | 13.5 | 6.5 | 19.9 | 9.1 |
| Bradley | 12.6 | 7.4 | 19.2 | 10.8 |
| Belmont | 12.3 | 7.7 | 18.1 | 10.9 |
| S Illinois | 11.7 | 8.3 | 18.5 | 11.5 |
| Missouri St | 10.6 | 9.4 | 15.6 | 13.4 |
| Indiana St | 10.4 | 9.6 | 17 | 12 |
| Illinois St | 10.2 | 9.8 | 16.8 | 12.2 |
| N Iowa | 10.2 | 9.8 | 15.5 | 14.5 |
| Murray St | 10.1 | 9.9 | 14.3 | 13.7 |
| Valparaiso | 8.3 | 11.7 | 14.5 | 16.5 |
| Evansville | 5.3 | 14.7 | 8.9 | 22.1 |
| IL-Chicago | 4.7 | 15.3 | 9.5 | 21.5 |
