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    Looking ahead

    It's not a coincidence that the teams that actually win Arch Madness play defense really well. If you look at defensive efficiency, which is one of the best ways to really look at fully how well teams play and take into account how fast or slow they are offensively, look at the past 10 champs...
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    3 Observations from Arch Madness

    Some shared and different thoughts I wrote last night - feels appropriate to add in here: https://bubraves2006.substack.com/p/a-weekend-in-st-louis-basketball Thanks to everyone who has read my writing throughout the season. I've loved doing it and don't plan on stopping unless something with...
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    Final: Bradley 90 Valparaiso 84

    Vegas line per CBS Sports started as UNI as 5.5 point favorites, now down to 4.5.
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    Final: Bradley 90 Valparaiso 84

    It is a SEA of red here!!!
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    Arch Madness games

    He did it again, wow.
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    MVC Awards (2025-26)

    They can hire me if they want. I've written more words this season than they have in two seasons, probably. :LOL:
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    MVC Awards (2025-26)

    To the whole point about Jaquan's DPOY getting minimized, this looks like a classic MVC thing where they don't even know what they're doing. Sorry to be blunt towards them but when you have a tweet that sits for 12+ hours and you don't get a working link for your first set of conference awards...
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    MVC Awards (2025-26)

    Tried to beat the MVC out with my story ... guess I missed it by a couple minutes. https://bubraves2006.substack.com/p/my-mvc-awards-player-and-coach-of JJ gets 1st team and defensive player of the year Alex on the newcomer team Time to get the MVP chants ready for STL every time he does...
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    Player losses....

    Not to be overly picky, but Schtolzberg is redshirting, so he'll still have another year of eligibility. I know a bunch of Racer fans were pretty excited about him, so if he's back, he'll likely be a contributor. Definitely an interesting list, though!
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    MVC Awards (2025-26)

    Cobbling this together, it seems like the list is: Most Improved Bully (Bradley) * Will Hornseth (UNI) Rolyns Aligbe (SIU) Drew Scharnowski (Belmont) Justus McNair (Valpo) All Bench Roman Domon (Murray State) * Brigham Rogers (Belmont) Jack Smiley (Belmont) Montana Wheeler (Bradley) Justus...
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    MVC Awards (2025-26)

    Usually the MVC releases the all-bench and most-improved teams on the Tuesday afternoon before the tournament. Then the rest of the awards come Weds. I'm ahead of those this time and sharing my choices: My MVC Awards: All-Bench & Most-Improved Players (Note: My choices are mine from watching...
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    Final game: Bradley vs. Murray State, Sunday, March 1, 1:00 pm

    I really enjoyed writing this one. Looking at where we were just a month ago and looking back on some harsh (but probably true) thoughts at the time and how things have changed: Bradley: The Team That Always Gets Better
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    1 game Saturday, Feb. 28 and 5 games Sunday, March 1- Final games of the regular season

    ISU goes up to the 3 seed. This season is crazy. I can't imagine what Arch Madness will have in store ...
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    Final game: Bradley vs. Murray State, Sunday, March 1, 1:00 pm

    Domon is a matchup problem for everyone. He's a heck of a lot better player than Mason Miller but I've always just assumed that the way that Coach Miller basically has a 1A and 1B team that he helps balance out the scoring on the "B" squad even though he's definitely one of their five best players.
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    Final game: Bradley vs. Murray State, Sunday, March 1, 1:00 pm

    One final game for the regular season. Can the Braves avenge a disastrous loss to Murray State from early January? Breakdowns, recent games and a prediction: https://bubraves2006.substack.com/p/march-1st-valley-game-20-vs-murray
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    Matt Hackman 2026 MVC tourney seeding probabilities

    That's actually pretty easy to explain. Murray State holds the tiebreaker over UIC. So, they are the only team that controls its destiny. They win against us and they are guaranteed the two seed regardless of what UIC does. BU could get the two seed but that requires BOTH a win and a UIC loss...
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    Final: UIC 93 Bradley 86

    Edit. Unfortunately, there is a scenario where still can finish 6th. It's kind of insane, but if we lose Sunday, either ISU or UNI wins out AND Valpo wins out AND somehow UIC loses to Indiana State, then there's a four way tie for 3rd and we lose the round robin to everyone in that because our...
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    Jaquan Johnson

    I know it irritates a lot of you guys, but you can't fault Coach Wardle for being consistent. He sat Alex after a critical turnover and some bad defensive sequences. He even said so on the postgame show (without lighting Alex up publicly). It's become abundantly clear that is why Burch was...
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    Final: UIC 93 Bradley 86

    Seeding possibilities for BU: 2nd: W v. Murray State, UIC loses at Indiana State 3rd: W v. Murray State, UIC wins at Indiana State (lose tiebreaker A with Flames, 0-2 head to head) 4th: L v. Murray State, UIC wins at Indiana State (lose tiebreaker A with Racers, 0-2 head to head); OR L v. Murray...
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    Final score: Bradley 74 Illinois State 60

    Had fun with this one ... ALEX AND JAQUAN THE HEARTBREAKERS! https://bubraves2006.substack.com/p/bradley-sellout-crowd-treated-to
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