2 MVC teams playing Tuesday, 12/9

[Tulsa Brave]

Missouri State lost to Auburn, but beat Arkansas. I'm still not convinced that they're so much better than everyone thought they'd be. Maybe I'll change my mind after tomorrow night, but I doubt it.

[tornado]

Iowa's freshman Anthony Tucker was immediately suspended by Iowa coach Lickliter.
None of this crap about letting the system play itself out or dealing with the discipline internally without any suspension as some MVC coaches do.
In fact, one MVC player was found by police passed out behind the wheel of a car that was running, and then later that same guy was arrested for driving on the suspended license, and yet he still was never disciplined.
I admire the Iowa response, as the facts were quite clear from the beginning, that Tucker was drinking at the bar and was found outside unconscious, and taken by ambulance to the hospital.
He should be fine, and will have likely learned a valuable lesson when he is reinstated, but I admire that Lickliter took an immediate and solid stance on this behavior.
The cases at Iowa State (Michael Taylor), UNI (O'Rear), ISU (Sampay), and even SIU (Tatum, Foster, etc.) showed that some coaches just ignore the arrests until the press calls them out on it, and then some still never discipline their players

More news on Iowa's Anthony Tucker
He was charged with public intoxication and is still indefinitely suspended

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081209/SPORTS/81209007/1093/SPORTS05

[tornado]

Here's an interesting discussion on how Rick Hartzell, the old boss (AD) for Greg McDermott at UNI was reffing this game between Iowa State & Drake
and a number of people felt that was inappropriate for some reason........

http://www.cyclones.com//pdf4/357272.pdf?SPSID=46661&SPID=4252&DB_OEM_ID=10700

http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/mens-basketball/44039-rick-hartzel.html

http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/mens-basketball/44370-rick-hartzell.html