Week 3 Schedule
Monday, November 20th
MVC Teams
Missouri St. vs. Paradise Jam, TBA
Drake vs, Cayman Island Classic, TBA
Missouri St. vs. Paradise Jam, TBA
Murray St. vs. UNC Wilmington, 12:30 p.m. (Ft. Myers Tip-Off Classic)
Illinois St. vs. Long Beach St., 12:30 p.m. (Gulf Coast Showcase)
Bradley vs. Tulane, 9:30 p.m. (SoCal Challenge)
Other Teams
Austin Peay vs. Tarleton St., 4 p.m. (SoCal Challenge)
Southern Indiana at Bucknell, 6 p.m.
New Orleans at Oklahoma St., 7 p.m.
Wisconsin-Stout at No. Dakota St., 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 21th
MVC Teams
SIU vs. James Madison, 5 p.m. (Cancun Challenge)
Drake vs, Cayman Island Classic, TBA
Illinois St. vs. Gulf Coast Challenge, TBA
Indiana St. vs. Rice, 5:30 p.m. (Ball Dawgs Challenge
W. Illinois at Valparaiso, 7 p.m. (Joseph Biggs Invitational)
Other Teams
Chicago St. vs. No. Colorado, 2 p.m. (Cancun Challege)
Wednesday, Nov. 22nd
MVC Teams
SIU vs. Cancun Challenge, 5 p.m.
Illinois St. vs. Gulf Coast Challenge, TBA
Bradley vs. SoCalChallenge, TBA.
Northern Iowa vs. North Carolina, 11 a.m. (Battle 4 Atlantis)
Murray St. vs. Appalachian St., 11 a.m. (Ft. Myers Tip-Off Classic)
Indiana St. vs. Pepperdine, 6 p.m. (Ball Dawgs Challenge)
Other Teams
Chicago St. vs. Cancun Challenge, TBA
James Madison vs. Cancun Challenge, TBA
Austin Peay vs. SoCalChallenge, TBA
Fairleigh-Dickenson at Queens, 6 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 23rd
MVC Teams
Northern Iowa vs. Battle 4 Atlantis, TBA
Friday, Nov. 24th
MVC Teams
Northern Iowa vs. Battle 4 Atlantis, TBA
Evansville at Chattanooga, 1 p.m. (Chattanooga MTE)
Belmont vs. Monmouth, 1 p.m. (Cathedral of College Hoops Classic)
Indiana St. vs. Toledo, 1 p.m. (Ball Dawgs Challenge)
UIC vs. Middle Tenn. St., 4:30 p.m. (Baha Mar Nassau Challege)
Other Teams
Southern Indiana at Duke, 5 p.m.
Houston Christian at Oklahoma St., 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 25th
MVC Teams
UIC vs. Baha Mar Nassau Classic, TBA
So. Carolina St. at Missouri St., 1 p.m.
Evansville vs. SE MIssouri St., 1 p.m. (Chattanooga MTE)
Southern U. at Valparaiso, 7 p.m. (Joseph Biggs Invitational)
Belmont at Penn, 3 p,m. (Cathedral of College Hoops Classic)
Texas Southern at Drake, 6 p.m.
Vermont at Bradley, 7 p.m.
Other Teams
UT Martin at Chicago St., 2 p.m.
Queens at Richmond, 5 p.m.
Norfolk St. at Wichita St., 6 p.m.
Dartmouth at St. Louis U., 7 p.m.
No. Dakota St. at Grand Canyon, 7 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 26th
MVC Teams
UIC vs. Baha Mar Nassau Classic, TBA
Belmont vs. Lafayette, 11 a.m. (Cathedral of College Hoops Classic)
Other Teams
Austin Peay at Appalachian St., noon
Monday, November 20th
MVC Teams
Stephen F. Austin 92, Drake 68 (Cayman Island Classic)
UNC Wilmington 83, Murray St. 81 OT (Ft. Myers Tip-Off Classic)
Illinois St. 61, Long Beach St. 52 (Gulf Coast Showcase)
Missouri St. vs. Abilene Christian, 7 p.m. (Paradise Jam)
Bradley vs. Tulane, 9:30 p.m. (SoCal Challenge)
Other Teams
Tarleton St. 66, Austin Peay 59 (SoCal Challenge)
Southern Indiana at Bucknell, 6 p.m.
New Orleans at Oklahoma St., 7 p.m.
Wisconsin-Stout at No. Dakota St., 7 p.m.
Monday, November 20th
MVC Teams
Drake vs. Stephen F. Austin, 12:30 p.m. (Cayman Island Classic)
Murray St. vs. UNC Wilmington, 12:30 p.m. (Ft. Myers Tip-Off Classic)
Illinois St. vs. Long Beach St., 12:30 p.m. (Gulf Coast Showcase)
Missouri St. vs. Abilene Christian, 7 p.m. (Paradise Jam)
Bradley vs. Tulane, 9:30 p.m. (SoCal Challenge)
Other Teams
Austin Peay vs. Tarleton St., 4 p.m. (SoCal Challenge)
Southern Indiana at Bucknell, 6 p.m.
New Orleans at Oklahoma St., 7 p.m.
Wisconsin-Stout at No. Dakota St., 7 p.m.
Big day for the Valley. Not a single "easy" game but all winnable. If we could somehow go 5 - 0 today, that would be huge for the conference.
Kinda surprised that Bradley/Tulane is the only TV game today. And it's on CBS Sports Network.
Uhhhh.... Don't think I want to pay $30/month for a FloHoops sub to get those other games.
Murray/Wilmington might be "1st to 80 wins". Racers up 21-20 before the 8-minute media TO.
ISUred up 18-7 on Long Beach St. at the 12-minute media TO.
At the half:
Murray up 37-35 over UNC Wilmington
ISUred up 32-24 over Long Beach St.
Drake losing 38-32 to Stephen F. Austin
ISUred closed out over Long Beach St. 61-52
Drake got blown out by Stephen F. Austin 92-68
Murray blew a double-digit second half lead and are in overtime with UNC Wilmington.
Racer Scum go down in Flames.
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Valley had a good start to non-con overall, but the teams we thought were going to be at the top have been disappointing so far save for Bradley. UNI and Ben Jacobson for whatever reason just suck in the non-con almost every year. Feels like they are about to go lose 3 games at their MTE and be in a real big hole after Thanksgiving. I wish they would get that figured out or just suck all year.
Drake hasn't looked great to me so far this year and then they get absolutely spanked by SFA. SFA shot out of their mind, but still a 22 point drubbing is unacceptable from our pre-season #1. They may have some issues with all the new faces coming together, but their non-con doesn't allow for a ton of marquee wins.
Hopefully Mo St. and Bradley can salvage the day.
Valley had a good start to non-con overall, but the teams we thought were going to be at the top have been disappointing so far save for Bradley. UNI and Ben Jacobson for whatever reason just suck in the non-con almost every year. Feels like they are about to go lose 3 games at their MTE and be in a real big hole after Thanksgiving. I wish they would get that figured out or just suck all year.
Drake hasn't looked great to me so far this year and then they get absolutely spanked by SFA. SFA shot out of their mind, but still a 22 point drubbing is unacceptable from our pre-season #1. They may have some issues with all the new faces coming together, but their non-con doesn't allow for a ton of marquee wins.
Hopefully Mo St. and Bradley can salvage the day.
I do like that some of the supposed weaker teams have had some decent wins so far, i.e. Evansville. I'm hoping SIU can join in with a VERY nice win tomorrow.
Monday's Games
MVC Teams
Missouri St. 87, Abilene Christian 69 (Paradise Jam)
Bradley 80, Tulane 77 (SoCal Challenge)
Other Teams
Bucknell 67, Southern Indiana 56
Oklahoma St. 96, New Orleans 68
No. Dakota St. 101, Wisconsin-Stout 72
Tuesday's Games
MVC Teams
James Madison 82, SIU 76 (Cancun Challenge)
Drake 79, Akron 59 (Cayman Island Classic)
High Point 74, Illinois St. 72 (Gulf Coast Challenge)
Indiana St. 103, Rice 88 (Ball Dawgs Challenge)
W. Illinois at Valparaiso, 7 p.m. (Joseph Biggs Invitational)
Other Teams
No. Colorado 78, Chicago St. 77 (Cancun Challege)
Illinois St came oh so close to winning that one. Valpo up at the half vs. Western as well.
Tuesday's Late Games
MVC Teams
Valparaiso 73, W. Illinois 66
Other Games
Fresno St. 81, New Mexico St. 66
Wednesday's Games
MVC Teams
SIU 81, New Mexico St. 54 (Cancun Challenge)
North Carolina 91, Northern Iowa 69 (Battle 4 Atlantis)
Appalachian St. 67, Murray St. 57 (Ft. Myers Tip-Off Classic)
Wright St. 74, Illinois St. 49 (Gulf Coast Challenge)
Indiana St. 90, Pepperdine 82 (Ball Dawgs Challenge)
Bradley 63, UTEP 59 (SoCalChallenge)
Other Teams
Chicago St. 84, Morgan St. 83 (Cancun Challenge)
Austin Peay 74, Sacramento St. 71 (SoCal Challenge)
Queens 97, Fairleigh-Dickenson 84
James Madison 95, Fresno St. 64 (Cancun Challenge)
Lance Jones and Purdue are in the Maui Championship on ESPN against Marquette. I'm upset about Domask not being back, with Lance Jones though I think we both benefited from him leaving. He's out there playing great defense and he'll be a big contributor on what should be a Final Four team unless Purdue happens in March.
