Hello Salukis,
Looking forward to the Drake series this weekend, should be a doozy and have big implications at the end of the year.
I just posted the week 5 updated power rankings. I am also using the ten teams from my first article, "Every MVC School's Best Basketball Team of the 20th Century" to play out a simulated all-time MVC season using whatifsports.com. Part one of my two part series on that is also posted. SIU's participant is the 2007 Sweet 16 team.
Have a happy new year all.
The Week 6 Power Rankings and Tidbits are now posted.
I have also posted the second part of my All-Time MVC simulated season. The regular season has finished so you can see the final standings, where the 2007 Salukis landed and their scores.
Really looking forward to next week when I play out my all-time season's Arch Madness complete with box scores and game summaries. I have already started and it has been a blast.
Thanks for those of you who are reading. Really cool to see multiple hundreds of views on my articles!
https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/
I sort of think of you all as a good fantasy team who just keeps facing the best team of the week each week. You haven't gotten a lot of breaks with the schedule and a desperate ISU team in Terre Haute probably isn't a great break either. Best of luck. I think it will all pan out in the end for SIU.
Hello Salukis,
There are two new posts this week. The first is my standard weekly power ranking, summaries and tidbits.
The second is one I am really excited about. It is Session 1 of my "All-Time Arch Madness" featuring all the teams from my "Every MVC School's Best Team of the 20th Century" article. For this, I have supplied a writeup and a box score for each game as provided by whatifsports. Session 1, Thursday Night, is posted, and I will be posting one session a day for the next five days. As the 6-seed, 2007 SIU will make its debut on Thursday in session 3 against 2017 ISU so make sure to check back. After this week, I'll get back to my normal stuff.
Thanks all. The link is here:> https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/
Hello Saluki Fans,
The new weekly power rankings and summaries are posted. This week's other article is about the "Top 30 Newcomers in the MVC in 20-21 (So Far)". The Salukis feature heavily in this list. You'll find the names Verplancken, Filewich, D'Avanzo, Banks and Harvey familiar. Also my "All-Time Arch Madness" was played out in five sessions over the course of last week and that is now finished and posted.
The link is here:> https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/
Thanks all and good luck.
Salukis!
I just made two new blog posts. One is the standard power rankings and tidbits for week 9. The other is "Every MVC School's Most Famous Basketball Alum". The SIU rep is Walt Frazier. I also included an addendum for other famous alums at each school. Please let me know which ones I missed. I really enjoyed researching this one.
Alright, there is a lot of new stuff this week at https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/.
-We are now on Twitter. Follow @BeatMVC
-New week 10 power rankings and tidbits. The tidbits this week are essentially a mid-major bubble watch so I figure that might be interesting to some people. https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/week-10-summary-power-rankings-mid-major-bracketology-update
-This week's other article is a check-in on the Larry Bird Trophy race (written primarily before this weekend's games, so it is already a bit out of date. I look at the top 15 candidates with at least one from each team. Jones and Domask are featured for SIU. https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/midseason-larry-bird-trophy-watch-top-15
Thanks everyone! Have a good one!
Hello Salukis. New content is up.
Week 11 Power Rankings and mid-major rundown was just posted: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/week-11-summary-updated-power-rankings-mid-major-tidbits
I also did a rundown of the current situation on the women's side: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/2020-21-mvc-women-s-basketball-check-in
And you can now follow me on Twitter @BeatMVC
Thanks!
-The new week 12 power rankings are up: Week 12 Summary, Updated Power Rankings, Mid Major Tidbits
-With the FCS season starting this week my second article is an MVFC preview. Take a look if you're interested, and best of luck to the Salukis this football season: 2021 MVFC Spring Season Preview
You can now also follow me on Twitter @BeatMvc
Thanks!
This week's posts are in!
-Week 13 Power Rankings are here: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/week-13-summary-updated-power-rankings-mid-major-tidbits
-This week's featured article, "Top Ten Arch Madness Quarterfinal Games Of the Last Decade" is here: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/top-ten-arch-madness-play-in-quarterfinal-games-of-the-decade
-Week 2 MVFC Football Power Rankings are here (if you are into the sort of thing): https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/mvfc-football-week-2-power-rankings
Also follow me on Twitter at @BeatMVC
Good luck this weekend.
I also did my week 3 MVFC Power Rankings if you're into that: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/mvfc-football-week-3-power-rankings
I try not to post twice a week, but I am making an exception this week to promote my Arch Madness preview I just posted. I honestly think it is some of my better work. Check it out here if you want a primer for the weekend:
https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/2021-arch-madness-preview
I try not to post twice a week, but I am making an exception this week to promote my Arch Madness preview I just posted. I honestly think it is some of my better work. Check it out here if you want a primer for the weekend:
https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/2021-arch-madness-preview
This is good work. Some really interesting games this week. Agree that Northern Iowa got the short end of the stick. It's hard to beat a team 3 times in a season and they have to do it 3 times in less than a week. Although, same would go for Loyola on Friday if SIU played them.
I try not to post twice a week, but I am making an exception this week to promote my Arch Madness preview I just posted. I honestly think it is some of my better work. Check it out here if you want a primer for the weekend:
https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/2021-arch-madness-preview
This is good work. Some really interesting games this week. Agree that Northern Iowa got the short end of the stick. It's hard to beat a team 3 times in a season and they have to do it 3 times in less than a week. Although, same would go for Loyola on Friday if SIU played them.
Haha, boy does this post look prophetic now! Thank you for reading!
I wrap up my thoughts on Arch Madness and the UNI situation in this week's article. I also talk about the upcoming commissioner hire, possible alternative locations for Arch Madness, and the oft-discussed topic of expansion.
https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/arch-madness-port-mortem-what-s-next-for-the-valley
I intend to continue to create MVC content as Drake and Loyola's seasons continue. Plus I have an idea for a fun article next week. So I am not done yet. But this does sort of feel like a season wrap up article in many ways.
PS- MVFC Football Power Rankings for this week here: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/mvfc-football-week-4-power-rankings
Hello Saluki Fans! I have three new articles for your consumption.
No new power rankings for hoops but I do have tid-bits. I pontificate on Loyola and Drake in the NCAAs, another weird COVID situation for the MVC at Hoops in the Heartland, Indiana State's reported new coach and a mid-major laden NIT field here:
In my other piece I put together what a Mid Major NCAA Tournament might have looked like if the NCAA was split into two subdivisions in basketball similar to football:
https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/alternate-reality-mid-major-basketball-championship
Finally, I have my weekly MVFC power rankings here:
https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/mvfc-football-week-5-power-rankings
As always, you can follow me on Twitter @BeatMVC
Thanks everyone!
