Outside of our game tonight, 1 other game in the Valley and it's a pretty good one:
#91 South Dakota State @ #73 Missouri State 6:00 PM ESPN+ (Missouri State favored by 3.5)
South Dakota State has 2 big wins this year against #76 Nevada and #42 Washington State but has one of the worst losses of the season for a KenPom Top 100 team losing to #337 Idaho. Saw on Twitter that Missouri State is like 0-14 against KenPom Top 100 teams in their last few seasons.
Missouri State playing a little better lately. Solid home win over the Jackrabbits.
Missouri Valley Conference games for Thursday, December 16th:
#259 Jackson State @ #82 Drake 7:00 PM ESPN+ (Drake favored by 15.5)
Jackson State faces their 3rd Valley team of the year after losing a close one to Northern Iowa the other night and beating Illinois State earlier this season. Jackson State has been a very bad offensive team but a pretty good defensive team. They lost 47-37 to a top 15 Iowa State team last week.
Jackson State and Drake in a battle late
Drake holds on 70-65 in OT, not a very inspiring win.
Evansville and Loyola have both canceled games due to COVID.
Missouri Valley Conference games for Saturday, December 18th:
#330 Alabama A&M @ #181 Indiana State 12:00 PM ESPN3 (Indiana State favored by 14)
Sycamores get a Bulldogs team on a 7 game losing streak after winning their season opener against #311 Tennessee State, their only home game.
#187 Saint Joesph's @ #180 Bradley 2:00 PM ESPN+ (Bradley favored by 4.5)
Bradley faces a Saint Joe's team that has wins over #111 Georgetown and #151 Temple this season.
#130 Northern Iowa @ #118 Marshall 3:00 PM Stadium (Marshall favored by 2)
Northern Iowa gets a good test in West Virginia against a 7-4 Thundering Herd team that's been good in past years. Could be a nice win for the Panthers.
#258 Ball State @ #241 Illinois State 3:00 PM ESPN+ (Illinois State favored by 5.5)
Ball State beat Indiana State earlier in the year but have some bad losses to #242 FIU and #206 Georgia Southern.
#341 Central Arkansas @ #69 Missouri State 7:00 PM ESPN3 (Missouri State favored by 24)
As the 24 point spread tells you, the Bears of Central Arkansas are one of the worst teams in D1. They have 1 win this year surprisingly against #165 Oral Roberts but have lost the other 8. Should be an easy win for Missouri State.
Apparently Loyola is most likely done with games until January 2 against SIU. Seems like a good upset opportunity to me.
UNI whips Marshall by 17 - Greene had 29.
Redturds wiped Balls State. MoState over UCA, ISU over BamaSt, Gargoyles squeak by St Joes.
Probably would have went 7-0 if UT Martin-Evansville wasn't canceled.
Speaking of UT Martin, they traveled to Des Moines to face Drake tomorrow because Chicago State had a COVID shut down.
Probably would have went 7-0 if UT Martin-Evansville wasn't canceled.
Speaking of UT Martin, they traveled to Des Moines to face Drake tomorrow because Chicago State had a COVID shut down.
I wouldn't put too much faith in Evansville winning haha. I'm content with 6-0.
Missouri Valley Conference games for Monday, December 20th:
Oakland City @ #174 Indiana State 4:00 PM ESPN+
Indiana State gets NAIA Oakland City from Oakland City, Indiana.
#263 Eastern Michigan @ #224 Valparaiso 6:00 PM ESPN3 (Valpo favored by 8)
Valpo gets an Eastern Michigan team that is 5-5 but has won 3 in a row against a non D-1 team, Niagara, and FIU. They beat Illinois State in double OT earlier this year at home and gave Western Illinois one of their two losses.
Drake loses a decent game this week:
https://twitter.com/DrakeBulldogsMB/status/1473047911705497604
Illinois State up 16 late on UTSA, looking to move to 8-5.
Bradley is facing Sam Houston in El Paso at 6:00
Missouri Valley Conference games for Wednesday, December 22nd:
#336 William & Mary @ #212 Valparaiso (In progress) ESPN3
Just got underway from the ARC. William & Mary is 1-11 this year and their only win is against non D-1 Mary Baldwin. They feature one of the youngest teams in D-1.
Diamond Head Classic
#117 Northern Iowa vs #121 Liberty 2:00 PM ESPNU (Northern Iowa favored by 2)
Northern Iowa gets Liberty in Hawaii. Liberty hasn't been as good as year's past but beat Missouri earlier this year.
#353 Chicago State @ #91 Drake 5:00 PM (Drake favored by 24)
Chicago State played last night at Iowa State and plays tonight as a fill-in against Drake. Chicago State hasn't been totally awful this year compared to year's past but Drake should roll.
Sun Bowl Invitational in El Paso, TX
#155 Bradley @ #168 UTEP 7:00 PM YouTube Live (Even line)
Bradley is in a 4 team tournament in El Paso and gets UTEP in a true road game. Miners are 7-4 with no good wins and no bad losses.
#65 Missouri State @ #39 Saint Mary's 9:00 PM WCC Network (Saint Mary's favored by 6.5)
Probably the game of the night in the MVC. Saint Mary's has wins over Notre Dame, Oregon and Utah State this year. This would be a nice get for the Bears.
